Mystery car pix

tjc78

That’s a 01-03 Prius

andys120

Yup, first Gen Prius sold here from Dec 1997-2003

andys120

stickguy

I know it is a Lotus. And very pretty. Never sure of the specific models though. Looks like a pretty early one.

berri

Very nice looking car. Wonder if that picture was taken in the Pacific Northwest?

andys120

stickguy said:

I know it is a Lotus. And very pretty. Never sure of the specific models though. Looks like a pretty early one.

About as early as they come, it's Lotus first road car to be sold in built form, not as a kit.
It's a Lotus Elite S1 ca. 1958-63.

Very advance for the era with fiberglass body, IRS and a twin-cam (Ford) motor

kyfdx

berri

I'll guess 53 Buick Woody? Maybe the last year of those.

omarman

And maybe the first year of fake wire wheel covers?

kyfdx

berri said:

I'll guess 53 Buick Woody? Maybe the last year of those.

Correct on ‘53

andys120

My favorite truck ever>

stickguy

a guy around the corner from me has a tired looking one of those in his driveway, but it is a brushwhacker fire truck set-up. Kinda cool looking though. Been there for many years untouched. I doubt it ever will be either.

tmart

48 Dodge Power Wagon

andys120

tmart said:

48 Dodge Power Wagon

That's exactly right.

tmart

Thanks, the year was a wag, Dodge and Power Wagon were on the hood.

andys120

sda

Ab348 is familiar with this GS

ab348

LOL

andys120

sda said:

Ab348 is familiar with this GS

ab348 said:

LOL

I don't get it. What am I missing?

lostwrench1

1966 Buick Riviera.

ab348

andys120 said:

sda said:

Ab348 is familiar with this GS

ab348 said:

LOL

I don't get it. What am I missing?

I had posted the link to that ad last week in the classic car board here.

andys120

I'm a huge fan of that generation of Rivieras. I think it's between them and the'63 Pontiac GP for the best looking of the "personal coupes".

andys120

tmart

2019 Volvo V90

stickguy

nice looking. great color. Kinda big. Now, a V60 version would be perfect.

that's the "CUV" version (cross country). AKA a jacked up station wagon with some plastic cladding, for people that would not be caught dead driving a station wagon!

andys120

stickguy said:

nice looking. great color. Kinda big. Now, a V60 version would be perfect.

You rang?>
https://www.volvocars.com/us/cars/new-models/v60/trims/r-design

stickguy

I might be able to sell that to the wife. Though she might prefer an XC.

andys120

tjc78

48ish Chevy Suburban

andys120

tjc78 said:

48ish Chevy Suburban

You're a little early, it's a 1952 Chevy Suburban 3100 not that it's much different from a '48 but I'd be surprised to see two-tones on a 48 anything.

ab348

andys120 said:

tjc78 said:

48ish Chevy Suburban

You're a little early, it's a 1952 Chevy Suburban 3100 not that it's much different from a '48 but I'd be surprised to see two-tones on a 48 anything.

Well, that's unlikely to be original paint so who knows.

berri

Something attractive about the relative simplicity of that design.

imidazol97

I thought it looked like an oversized HHR.

texases

I seem to remember that Chevy used that era Suburban to 'guide' the styling on the HHR.

ab348

texases said:

I seem to remember that Chevy used that era Suburban to 'guide' the styling on the HHR.

HHR stood for "Heritage High Roof", supposedly.

andys120

Vive la mer>



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fintail

At right, between a backed-in Citroen DS and a Dauphine, I spot an Alfa Giulietta Sprint.

stickguy

Is the blue convertible bottom left a sunbeam alpine?

andys120

stickguy said:

Is the blue convertible bottom left a sunbeam alpine?

Good guess, there is a resemblance from that angle but I think that's a Simca Oceane Sport
c. late 50s, it's based on the Aronde.(lots of American styling influence!)

andys120

fintail said:

At right, between a backed-in Citroen DS and a Dauphine, I spot an Alfa Giulietta Sprint.

Good eye mon ami. I don't see another non-French car which is interesting given that the photo is from Menton, France which abuts San Remo on the Italian Riviera.

andys120

The two-tone car driving toward the camera is a Simca Ariane which was a full sized sedan developed by Simca in response to the Suez crisis of 1956 which had Europeans looking for cars with tiny gas-sipping motors. The Ariane was originally designed as a follow-on to the Ford Vedette but after Simca took over Ford of France they offered the Ariane with a 1.3 liter as well as the Ford-designed V8.

fintail

I'm still thinking the blue roadster at lower right is an Alpine.
The Traction Avant is also interesting as although it looks so old, it might have only been several years old.

andys120

fintail said:

I'm still thinking the blue roadster at lower right is an Alpine.
The Traction Avant is also interesting as although it looks so old, it might have only been several years old.

Versions of the TA were made until 1957, later one ('52-'57) had the bustleback extended trunk.

andys120

think there is a car in this photo that is NOT a Fiat. Can you spot it?

thebean

I see two VW’s - one dark one up close and a light one on the left side far up.

andys120

thebean said:

I see two VW’s - one dark one up close and a light one on the left side far up.

Good call, Bean. You can just make out the roof of a Beetle in the upper left. I think there's two more, the parked on on left and you can just make out the roof of one past the Fiat 500 on the right.

There's another non-Fiats. Forward of the white Fiat 124 coupe there is a small hatchback that looks to me like an Autobianchi A112. Looking past the rightmost Fiat 124 is a parked van you can just see the side window of--VW Transporter?

texases

A BMW Neue Classe, who knows what number they had in Italy, 1602?

ab348

Is that a Renault 12 on the billboard?

fintail

I thought the same about the billboard, and technically that counts too

andys120

texases said:

A BMW Neue Classe, who knows what number they had in Italy, 1602?

I don't think that's a Bimmer but I can't quite place it. Don't think it's a Fiat either.