Mystery car pix

stickguy

on sunset. lower right heading away, is the left half of a Volvo 144 in light blue. Identical looking to the one my parents had when I was little, and I learned to drive on.

kyfdx

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/comment/5726062#Comment_5726062

Before my wife got her first E46, we looked at a 2001 325Ci that was Steel Gray over Red interior. It was three years old, and only had 7K miles! Owner wanted too much, and we ended up with an '03 325i Sedan with Sport package, instead.

My current E46 is our third one. My wife is on her third X3.

texases

"My wife is on her third X3."

Any thoughts/pointers on the new X3? We're looking at that.

stickguy

I sat in one at the dealer. If was really nice!

I heard they drive well too.

kyfdx

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/comment/5726297#Comment_5726297

She has a 2017, the last year for the "old" model.

I've only driven the new model as a loaner, and not enough to really tell any difference (just back from the dealership to my house). It has the same powertrain. Interior layout is a little different, and it's better looking. Other than that, I couldn't say.

Her car is very, very nice and the engine/transmission work well together. Very quick for a 4-cylinder turbo. (8-speed automatic). That part wouldn't have changed, I don't think.

andys120

I don't think this was Id'd

stickguy

A Crosley?

andys120

stickguy said:

A Crosley?

Yup, it's a 1951 Crosley SS roadster

andys120

Thanks tech dept: edit capability restored!

stickguy

corvair wagon bottom left heading away from camera. and what is the little sports car ahead of the VW bus? I guess a Triumph.

fintail

Cool 61 Country Squire beside the Corvair, and a lower line 61 Chevy (Biscayne?) beside it? Beside the front left of the bus I think I see the fin of a 60-61 Comet. In the middle of the pack in the oncoming lane the small car looks like an Austin A50.

lostwrench1

Approaching on the left, a 1951 or 1952 Pontiac Chieftan.

The nose ornament, side trim, or wheel covers would indicate which of the two years, but they can't be seen.

lostwrench1

At the bottom left, a 1957 Cadillac.

andys120

stickguy said:

corvair wagon bottom left heading away from camera. and what is the little sports car ahead of the VW bus? I guess a Triumph.

Hard to tell from that angle but the topless roadster looks like a Healey "Frogeye" Sprite Mk1 but I guess it could easily be a TR-3.

tmart

59 Ford going away, two ahead of the little sports car.

berri

Looks like one 61 Chevy is a Biscayne and the other (dark one) perhaps a Bel Air. I think the bus is a Mack.

andys120

berri said:

Looks like one 61 Chevy is a Biscayne and the other (dark one) perhaps a Bel Air. I think the bus is a Mack.

IIRC that year the Biscayne only had for 4 taillights, not sure how many the BelAir got. Impalas had six. To the left of the light Chevy a '61 Ford Country Squire and to the wagon's left a Corvair wagon.

The bus looks like a GMC Coach to me.

magnette

The white station wagon approaching non the extreme left of the picture is a 62 Dodge, so I assumed a Dodge Custom but wasn't the contemporary Dodge Dart also provided with a Station wagon in that range and presumably that only had a shorter wheelbase or similar?

berri

Bel Air and Biscayne both deferred to Impala with four total taillights. The former had a bit more chrome and a nicer interior to go with its in between price. But the lowly Biscayne really wasn't that bad inside either.

Dodge Custom was basically a Chrysler Newport, but with a Dodge interior and some little differences on the outside. The lesser Dart was smaller I believe.

andys120

stickguy

that must be like running a locomotive. Tiny slit windows over a long, pointed hood.

lostwrench1

1947 Hudson Commodore.

kyfdx

via Windows10/Chrome

stickguy

FWD Lotus

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

1947 Hudson Commodore.

Correct yr and make but different model. It's a 1947 Hudson Super Six.

andys120

Lotus Elan M100 ca. 1989-1995. For some reason Lotus kept sticking the storied Elan name on cars that had little in common with the Elan of the early 60s. The M100 version featured a very un-Lotus like FWD drive train from Isuzu. It did have a backbone chassis and fiberglass body like the early Lotus sports cars.

kyfdx

It’s an old picture, but I have it labeled as a ‘91 model

lostwrench1

I based my post of the Hudson's being a Commodore because of the belief that the '47 Commodore had four verticals on the front bumper and the Super 6, two. Well, that was wrong. The Super 6 came with both two and four verticals on the '47. One learns something new every day.

lostwrench1

Hmmm, I clicked on "quote" on Andys120 post and it didn't display, only my response above.

kyfdx

lostwrench1 said:

Hmmm, I clicked on "quote" on Andys120 post and it didn't display, only my response above.

Works for me

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

Hmmm, I clicked on "quote" on Andys120 post and it didn't display, only my response above.

I've had intermittent problems w that feature.

andys120

andys120

Notice that almost every car visible is a pillar-less hardtop. The exception is the leftmost two-tone car that is only partially visible and the two door Pontiac.

fintail

Now fairly rare 61 Mercury (Monterey?) 4 door HT at right.

andys120

I think the Poncho is a 1963 MY low end model. I don't recall the model name (Chieftain?)

Anyone know or have a good guess on the two-tone four-poster partially visible behind the man?

fintail

Forward look Mopar, perhaps.

andys120 said:

I think the Poncho is a 1963 MY low end model. I don't recall the model name (Chieftain?)

Anyone know or have a good guess on the two-tone four-poster partially visible behind the man?

lostwrench1

A 1958 Oldsmobile 98, known to be called the "Chrome King" of all cars.

Looking at the tail end of that Pontiac, I see a '62.

lostwrench1

fintail said:

Now fairly rare 61 Mercury (Monterey?) 4 door HT at right.

The 1961 Mercury to have is the 9 passenger Commuter wagon - 6 built.

imidazol97

Is the Oldsmobile 98, 1958, a sedan? I believe it is. It has the same trim width on the glass as the 88's sedan.

lostwrench1

imidazol97 said:

Is the Oldsmobile 98, 1958, a sedan? I believe it is. It has the same trim width on the glass as the 88's sedan.

I see in print that the '58 Olds "98" is listed as a sedan.

Further study on that Olds shown results in that it could be an "88". If only we knew the wheelbase.

imidazol97

The original comment said most were pillarless hardtops other than the one to the left. I noticed it appears to be a post sedan.

The 98 had "Oldsmobile" lettering across the trunk; the 88, not. ALSO the 98 has the triangular chrome piece at the rear corner of the roof. But so does the Super 88. Does the Super 88 have the lettering on the trunk?

lostwrench1

imidazol97 said:

The original comment said most were pillarless hardtops other than the one to the left. I noticed it appears to be a post sedan.

The 98 had "Oldsmobile" lettering across the trunk; the 88, not. ALSO the 98 has the triangular chrome piece at the rear corner of the roof. But so does the Super 88. Does the Super 88 have the lettering on the trunk?

Yes, the Super 88 has the lettering.
If only we knew the wheelbase of the one shown.
Super 88 - 122.5 inches.
98 - 126.5 inches.

imidazol97

@lostwrench1

Yes, the Super 88 has the lettering. 

If only we knew the wheelbase of the one shown.

Super 88 - 122.5 inches.

98 - 126.5 inches.

Comparing the overhang of the rear deck with various pictures of Super 88's and 98's on the internet, I think this is a Super 88. The help would come if the position of the rear wheel to the rear edge of the rear door could be seen. That extra wheelbase shows up there in the pictures, I believe.

Compare the vertical position of the rear door edge to the rim of the wheel in the two pictures above.

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

A 1958 Oldsmobile 98, known to be called the "Chrome King" of all cars.

Looking at the tail end of that Pontiac, I see a '62.

You're right about the Pontiac, the 63-s taillights were on the rear of the fenders, not inset
as on the '62s.

if the '58 0lds was the KIng of Chrome the '58 Buick was surely the Queen.

andys120

kyfdx

'74 280 SEC?

Michaell

I think either a 250 or 280 SE. something I’d really like to have, if I had the budget for maintenance.

andys120

Michaell said:

I think either a 250 or 280 SE. something I’d really like to have, if I had the budget for maintenance.

You're close, it's a 1975 Mercedes 250C (W114) wearing the Bundt alloys that were optional on Benzes of the era.

My Dad owned a 4dr version ('68 250) that I drove a couple of times. I thought it was quite ponderous with very slow steering and a lot of pressure needed on the gas pedal for some reason. He didn't have it long as maintenence was costly.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Michaell said:

I think either a 250 or 280 SE. something I’d really like to have, if I had the budget for maintenance.

You're close, it's a 1975 Mercedes 250C (W114) wearing the Bundt alloys that were optional on Benzes of the era.

My Dad owned a 4dr version ('68 250) that I drove a couple of times. I thought it was quite ponderous with very slow steering and a lot of pressure needed on the gas pedal for some reason. He didn't have it long as maintenence was costly.

I'd guess that by 1975, that may have improved?