Mystery car pix

kyfdx

andys120 said:

MGB GT

With the marker lights and the bumpers, I'll guess '70 model.

andys120

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

MGB GT

With the marker lights and the bumpers, I'll guess '70 model.

It's a 1973 MGB GT, one of the nicest looking and most complete sports cars of the era. IIRC '73 was the last yr of small bumpers. I've never seen one that color. The wheels are stamped steel but styled to make them look like alloy wheels. Rostyle wheels were actually an American design licensed to several different British car makers.

kyfdx

andys120 said:

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

MGB GT

With the marker lights and the bumpers, I'll guess '70 model.

It's a 1973 MGB GT, one of the nicest looking and most complete sports cars of the era. IIRC '73 was the last yr of small bumpers. I've never seen one that color. The wheels are stamped steel but styled to make them look like alloy wheels. Rostyle wheels were actually an American design licensed to several different British car makers.

Yeah.. had those on my '77 Cobra II - "Styled Steel Wheels"

Love the MGB GT and the Triumph GT6

andys120

Michaell

Honda City?

andys120

Michaell said:

Honda City?

Yup, ca.1981-86 Honda City. The Gen 1 styling has held up pretty well but subsequent gens were conventionally styled three box cars. They're still making and selling them (gen. 6) in all sorts of places but AFAIK have never officially offered them in the USA.

tjc78

Something tells me, that would never meet US crash regulations.

magnette

We had that version of the Honda City here in the UK in the 80's but they called it the Honda Jazz as Mini was at that time selling a variant of their best sellers the Mini City..

It was popular here but they were still maintaining a voluntary quota here on Japanese cars and basically they dropped the small models like this as it made more sense too import their bigger models.

The one pictured has Australian plates

fintail

Yep, Honda City never would have passed regs here. The most amusing view of the City would be from the rear, when paired with the optional Motocompo, a quite small folding motorbike designed to fit in a quite small car:

andys120

omarman

Blue car looks like '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible.

stickguy

Mid 90s roadmaster wagon

andys120

stickguy said:

Mid 90s roadmaster wagon

Yup, a 1993 Buick Roadmaster, the last of the great American family wagons.

andys120

stickguy

I see you are into Buicks today!

berri

Maybe a 66 or 67 Skylark convertible. I liked Olds Cutlass more back in the latter 60's and early 70's. But these days as my testosterone wanes I think I do prefer the Buick's now. Unappreciated perhaps when they originally came out.

andys120

berri said:

Maybe a 66 or 67 Skylark convertible. I liked Olds Cutlass more back in the latter 60's and early 70's. But these days as my testosterone wanes I think I do prefer the Buick's now. Unappreciated perhaps when they originally came out.

I too have more appreciation for the Skylarks than I once did. I know from experience that they're nothing special (pun intended in 6 Cylinder form but they can be nice with V8 power.

That one is a 1967 Buick Skylark GS with a 425 motor. It wasn't the original engine which I assume was the 401.

andys120

ab348

andys120 said:

That one is a 1967 Buick Skylark GS with a 425 motor. It wasn't the original engine which I assume was the 401.

Actually a 1966.

ab348

Less of a mystery than the car pictured above but such a cool picture:

berri

Those Chrysler Turbines were so neat when they first came out. Got people excited back then.

fintail

Red roadster is a Ferris Bueller Modena 250GT California replica.

ab348

Firefox actually let me post the Turbine car pic but I guess it couldn't stand prosperity as it won't let me do any others, so I'm in Chrome right now to post this:

andys120

Honestly I had trouble placing that one but having looked at a bunch of pics I'll say 1958
Chrysler Imperial.

ab348

You're running one year hot today. It's a '57 Imperial coupe.

berri

Like the rear profile of that vintage Imperial. They actually made some single headlight Imperials that year as well, do to delays in some states approving quads. The single ones didn't seem to flow with the lines as well.

ab348

Firefox allowed me to post a pic, so I'm posting while the posting is good.

andys120

Lancia Aurelia B50 Spider ca. late 50s. Pininfarina badge in front of rear wheel. Wire wheels weren't usually seen on these.

Beautiful car.

ab348

andys120 said:

Lancia Aurelia B50 Spider ca. late 50s. Pininfarina badge in front of rear wheel. Wire wheels weren't usually seen on these.

Beautiful car.

You're close, but not spot on.




(Firefox has gone on strike against images again, so I'm back in Chrome for this one)

ab348

The workers at Firefox are still on strike against image posting so I'm trying to link this directly using HTML.

texases

Wings = Aston Martin
Square headlights = 1980s
Oddball styling = Zagato
So a 1986-ish Aston Martin V8 Zagato

ab348

Excellent deductive powers, @texases !! Are you actually Sherlock Holmes behind that handle?

thebean

Or, he looked at the title of the file.

Davercee

"Wings = Aston Martin
Square headlights = 1980s
Oddball styling = Zagato
So a 1986-ish Aston Martin V8 Zagato"

Hmm, and I didn't even think of that. Nice!

texases

Honest, no cheating involved...but I did sleep at a HIE...

andys120

ab348 said:

andys120 said:

Lancia Aurelia B50 Spider ca. late 50s. Pininfarina badge in front of rear wheel. Wire wheels weren't usually seen on these.

Beautiful car.

You're close, but not spot on.




(Firefox has gone on strike against images again, so I'm back in Chrome for this one)

Oh, it's a B24 one of the great Lancia spiders.

andys120

Posted via Firefox!

berri

Looks a bit like an old Muntz, but I know that's not it.

omarman

Citroen DS front end, single spoke steering wheel and shift lever on the column.
And the coupe body points to Henri Chapron.
I'm guessing Le Dandy Coupe and the swoopy lines at the rear could make it a '65 to '68?

andys120

omarman said:

Citroen DS front end, single spoke steering wheel and shift lever on the column.
And the coupe body points to Henri Chapron.
I'm guessing Le Dandy Coupe and the swoopy lines at the rear could make it a '65 to '68?

The DS-based LeDandy was introduced in 1956. only about 50 were built

fintail

I think the Le Dandy launched around 1960 - series production of the DS was just beginning in 56.

ab348

stickguy

DAF Volvo? 460?

Michaell

stickguy said:

DAF Volvo? 460?

480, I think.

andys120

Couldn't load by Firefox, used Safari to post this one.

thebean

Checker Marathon civilian, as opposed to taxi.

andys120

thebean said:

Checker Marathon civilian, as opposed to taxi.

Yep, that's a Checker Marathon, post-1968 (side markers) and pre-1974 (small bumpers) one of small number of Marathons that didn't see cab or airport shuttle duty.
Believe it or not, some were used as limousines (William F Buckley, J. Edgar Hoover!)

thebean

I should have made a stab at the year. It was no great accomplishment for me to just guess Checker Marathon, as probably everyone on here would have gotten it.

andys120

Posted via Firefox.

kyfdx

Not the best picture