Mystery car pix

stickguy

IH Scout. from the 70's someplace I assume.

texases

Yep, I hadn't seen a Scout pickup before, mid-60s if I had to guess. I was surprised how many different pickups International made, once I started looking. The Scout pickup sure was short.

stickguy

yeah, probably the length of a Jeep. i think the different variants were the same car, different roof configs.

andys120

kyfdx

Bentley convertible..

Continental GT?

andys120

Yessir that's a 2008 Bentley Continental GTC. Thes are real traffic stoppers. The styling is subtly aggressive but spot on.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Hasn't moved for 40 years.

Hint: It's postwar, They only made 84 of them. It's western European. Note the electric gear shift.

omarman

Postwar electric shift mystery car.
Steering wheel looks Delahaye and body is 235 coupe? Maybe 1952.

imidazol97

Is the logo strip that's in reverse down in the metal box supposed to give a hint to those who know the various models. Or is the name strip readable left to right?

"Essence" and "lanternes" are indicative of what country?

Mr_Shiftright

omarman said:

Postwar electric shift mystery car.
Steering wheel looks Delahaye and body is 235 coupe? Maybe 1952.

Very good Omarman! Registration says 1953 but close enough. They only made 84 of this model, and, regrettably, most were bodied by Chapron, like this one. I believe Saoutchik made a few coupes that are much prettier----well, as pretty as a 235 gets.

The electric shift is probably a Cotal 4-speed In America Cord also used an electric pre-select, which was pretty fragile, often called "the fusible link" in the Cord drivetrain. Tucker used that same box, and modified it a little (synchro first I think). having no transmission of its own---so it scrounged the wrecking yards for Cord boxes. I can't imagine the Tucker boxes having much longevity will all that added power from the engine.

Delahaye was just another one of those automobile companies that couldn't survive after WW II.

fintail

French car. I agree with the Delahaye guess.

ab348

I missed the die cast “Dela...” emblem in the metal box in pic #2, so I think that's a pretty good guess.

Mr_Shiftright

Here's what I think is an oil filler cap ??

omarman

Maybe fuel tank cap.

Mr_Shiftright

Also possible. Stuff has to be cleared out of the way before I can take a closer look. It is odd that it's RHD. Probably built for the UK.

andys120

Michaell

Triumph GT6, early 70's

texases

Whitewalls???

Michaell

texases said:

Whitewalls???

I dunno, I think they look tasteful.

andys120

Michaell said:

Triumph GT6, early 70's

The ad sez it's a 1968 Triumph GT6 but it lacks an amber lens on the turn signal. The white walls are not period correct but only by a few years. My 1966 TR-4A came with Goodyears that had the same narrow whitewalls but I'm pretty sure they weren't on cars delivered in '68.

The aftermarket wheels are nice Minilite look alikes probably by PanaSport.

The GT6 was a brilliant idea that never caught on much,perhaps because Triumph's rep for poor build quality was catching up with them. The 2.5 Liter I-six was a very nice engine.

Mr_Shiftright

texases said:

Whitewalls???

Heresy. Off with his head!

ab348

andys120 said:

Nobody bit on this and I'll admit I have no idea either. What is it?

fintail

Apollo 3500GT.

I had to cheat backwards to find the name. I recognize the car as the "Thorndyke Special" from the original Herbie movie. Off to IMCBD, and there it is:

andys120

fintail said:

Apollo 3500GT.

I had to cheat backwards to find the name. I recognize the car as the "Thorndyke Special" from the original Herbie movie. Off to IMCBD, and there it is:

Yup, the red coupe is the beautiful Buick-powered Intermeccanica Apollo GT ca.1963

As for your yellow car, I think it's one of the VW-based sports/GTs to come out of Brazil in the 60s but I can't recall the name.

fintail

Yellow car is the Apollo from Herbie, different angle from the red car produces a somewhat different look.

andys120 said:

As for your yellow car, I think it's one of the VW-based sports/GTs to come out of Brazil in the 60s but I can't recall the name.

omarman

BLAST you, Havershaw! How dare you patronize me! I am not losing my nerve!

ab348

andys120 said:

Yup, the red coupe is the beautiful Buick-powered Intermeccanica Apollo GT ca.1963

Thanks. When I first saw the pic featuring a rear 3/4 view my first thought was that it was some sort of modified E-type Jag. But then I saw enough differences to conclude it wasn't that. It does look good from that angle but I have to say, now that I've looked up pics of it from other angles, that it really does very little for me due to the front end styling. It does look like they used the E-type as inspiration, but they kind of messed it up, especially the front end.

andys120

The rear definitely has a lot of E-type in it but I like the front as well, which is almost a direct lift from Pininfarina's Ferrari 250 series.

andys120

Note to tech: Couldn't post pic using Safari. Nothing happened when I clicked the pic icon.
Chrome works okay.

ab348

You have to be very into those G-body Cutlasses to tell the subtle differences each year, but I would guess that to be an '86 Cutlass Supreme.

andys120

ab348 said:

You have to be very into those G-body Cutlasses to tell the subtle differences each year, but I would guess that to be an '86 Cutlass Supreme.

Bingo! It's easy to forget that in the 80s the Olds Cutlass Supreme was the best selling car for a number of years.

texases

My bride had one of those Cutlasses in '83, the metallic silver paint on the trunk was fading after only a couple of years. We sold it soon after we moved to Anchorage, the Cherokee (XJ) was much better suited to the winters!

tjc78

It's easy to forget that in the 80s the Olds Cutlass Supreme was the best selling car for a number of years.

From best seller to defunct nameplate in only 20 years... how the mighty have fallen.

omarman

Ford Escort was best selling car in America in 1982, 1987 and 1988 according to C&D. Any best selling car in the 80's list needs an asterisk to reflect voluntary import restraints and the general CHMSL tech dreck of the times.

edit to add:

texases

omarman said:

Ford Escort was best selling car in America in 1982, 1987 and 1988 according to C&D. Any best selling car in the 80's list needs an asterisk to reflect voluntary import restraints and the general CHMSL tech dreck of the times.

edit to add:

So THAT's where Caddy got their inspiration:

omarman

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

andys120

Michaell

andys120 said:

That's a down under Capri.

ab348

texases said:

So THAT's where Caddy got their inspiration:

Nah.

kyfdx

I have to say, the CTS coupe looks a lot better than those examples.

tjc78

kyfdx said:

I have to say, the CTS coupe looks a lot better than those examples.

Yeah tiny bit .... 

andys120

Michaell said:

andys120 said:

That's a down under Capri.

Yup, it's a 1994 Mercury Capri, made in Oz by Ford Australia.

texases

kyfdx said:

I have to say, the CTS coupe looks a lot better than those examples.

Oh, for sure. Just thought there was enough resemblance to joke about.

andys120

stickguy

first generation RX7. I love these. Good looking car. Maybe an SE? I will guess it is an 80.

kyfdx

stickguy said:

first generation RX7. I love these. Good looking car. Maybe an SE? I will guess it is an 80.

Holy cow, those were pricey, when new. About $16K MSRP, IIRC.

andys120

It's a 1983 Mazda RX7.

texases

From what I can tell, the '83 was more like $13k. My '83 GTI was almost $10k, so it wasn't that much more for the RX-7.

kyfdx

Might have had an ADM.