Mystery car pix

andys120

fintail said:

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

Sure, it counts, honestly I didn't even notice.
I'm struck by the number of 124 Sport coupes, a type relatively rare over here. I guess this is a middle class section of Rome where cars like the 124 SC are thought of as family cars a step above the ubiquitous Fiat 500/600s but oddly I see no 124 Berlinas (4drs) a very popular all over the globe-except NA.

texases

andys120 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.

I think you’re right. Maybe an Alfa or Lancia?

andys120

texases said:

I think you’re right. Maybe an Alfa or Lancia?

Possibly a Lancia Fulvia Berlina?



The C-post looks wider than in the other photo but that could be a production yr change.
I don't see the mid-trunk lid notch that would make it an Alfa Giulia.

omarman

Below the billboard is a man standing at the driver's side of a car which looks like this Fiat 1300:

And behind that is a car which looks like this Italian Ford Anglia Torino:

ab348

omarman said:

And behind that is a car which looks like this Italian Ford Anglia Torino:

Now, you cannot post that pic and not tell us what that 3-wheeler in the background is!

omarman

Regal looking ain't it?

andys120

omarman said:

Below the billboard is a man standing at the driver's side of a car which looks like this Fiat 1300:

And behind that is a car which looks like this Italian Ford Anglia Torino:

I never knew there was an Italian Ford.

andys120

ab348 said:

omarman said:

And behind that is a car which looks like this Italian Ford Anglia Torino:

Now, you cannot post that pic and not tell us what that 3-wheeler in the background is!

Isn't that a Reliant Robin, Jeremy Clarkson's candidate for worst handling car of all time? It was supposed to provide transportation for handicapped vets of WWII.

omarman

Some pics and info on this page regarding This new design was drawn up by Michelotti and built by Officina Stampaggi Industriala (O.S.I)

ab348

andys120 said:

Isn't that a Reliant Robin, Jeremy Clarkson's candidate for worst handling car of all time? It was supposed to provide transportation for handicapped vets of WWII.

Nope, that's not a Robin.

omarman

Half credit though because it's a Reliant Regal.

andys120

omarman said:

Half credit though because it's a Reliant Regal.

It is probably as ill-handling as the Robin. The Top Gear segment on it where Clarkson keeps rolling one is really funny. I wonder what posessed Reliant to use a 1 wheel in front-2 in back layout. That's a recipe for bad cornering behavior which is why vehicles like the CanAm Spider and the Polaris Slingshot do the opposite (2 in front-1 in back).

Reliant went on to build a decent four-wheel sports car, the Scimitar

texases

Jeep?

stickguy

Based on rest of garage guessing VW based. Earlier version of the Thing?

texases

Nothing to do with an aircooled VW.

fintail

DKW Munga, I believe.

texases

Yep. distant relative of the Quattro:
https://jalopnik.com/this-old-german-jeep-is-the-grandfather-of-audis-legen-1485767284

magnette

I've been to Menton while staying at San Remo about ten years ago.

The VW looking car virtually alongside the chap walking from the tall dark truck is a Renault 750 /4CV
Isn't that a dark M-B Ponton alongside the approaching Ariane?
I'll pick up on one particular oddity. To the right third car up just beyond a blue / white Peugeot 403 is a little grey van. That is a Renault Dauphinoise, which was an estate car version of the old Renault Juvaquattre dating back to the 40s but still made until about 1960 - it was named Dauphinoise.
Going away from us is a Peugeot 203 Fourgonette
I must say that Simca roadster to the left looks much like an early Sunbeam Alpine too.

Note the yellow / white Citroen DS has an Italian numberplatewhich is why it spoils the line of the rear.

magnette

Reliant made commercial vehicles based on the front half of a motorbike and a box van on the back on the mid thirties and sold thousands of them - it was only later they made cars too, but of course they used the single front wheel layout for those as well. In Austerity britain (probably coming back soon...) people didn't all drive quite like Clarkson, and many only had a motorbike to replace...

magnette

indeed we also would have had really great three wheelers made by Morgan with two front wheels - and they were proper sporting machines... Since revived in last ten years or so....

andys120

omarman

Through the glass I think that's a Ford Model A on the other side.

edit: maybe like this 1928 model A on wiki.

fintail

Looks like a Borgward Isabella Kombi, and I agree, a Model A Tudor behind it.

andys120

fintail said:

Looks like a Borgward Isabella Kombi, and I agree, a Model A Tudor behind it.

Yup, the Isabella is MY 1960 Don't know the MY of the Model A.

andys120

stickguy

Ford escort EXP. Early -mid 80s.

tmart

Wow, a Ford EXP! Early 80’s.

ab348

I wonder if the EXP (or its LN7 cousin) looked good on paper. It sure did not in the real world.

texases

I remember an interview with Lee Iaccoca where he boasted 'the young folks will just eat these up' or something to that effect...oops...

fintail

I had a toy EXP when I was a kid, yellow with an opening rear hatch. I thought it was a kind of cool sporty car, kind of a weird face/eyes though.

magnette

We never saw the EXP nor its relatives here so this is a complete unknown to me.... I gather it wasn't all it was hoped for.

texases

It garnered the unfortunate nickname 'frogface'...

omarman

...and then it croaked.

tjc78

They got a better front end in the later years.

bhill2

texases said:

It garnered the unfortunate nickname 'frogface'...

My cousin had a friend who had one. He referred to his EXP as the POS (the P and O stood for Piece Of).

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

'69 Baur 2002 Cabriolet?

texases

I was surprised, I thought all Baurs had the 'basket handle'. But is this a 1602?

andys120

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

'69 Baur 2002 Cabriolet?

texases said:

I was surprised, I thought all Baurs had the 'basket handle'. But is this a 1602?

It's a 1971 BMW 1600 cabriolet by Baur. Some one has blacked out the grille to make it look like a 2002.

texases

And put on later wheels...

kyfdx

Yeah, those appear similar to E21 wheels

andys120

texases said:

And put on later wheels...

Those wheels didn't come along until the late 70s/early 80s.

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andys120

PF_Flyer

That kinda looks like some IRON!

stickguy

The Buick nova! About a 75. AKA Skylark.

andys120

stickguy said:

The Buick nova! About a 75. AKA Skylark.

Egg-zackly

imidazol97

How can one year be distinguished from another?

On this one the taillight does not seem to have a chrome color stripe on it.
On the 1975 in a brochure, it does have a bright line...

Michaell

A little help?

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/56627/general/x/help-identify-two-cars-in-photo-from-south-africa#latest