Mystery car pix

andys120

If at first you don't succeed>

ab348

(Firefox back on walkout, Chrome stepped in to provide service)

stickguy

is that a Toyota crown?

ab348

Nope.

fintail

Nissan President ~1990, basis for our Infiniti Q45.

andys120

Firefox and Safari not working, this via Chrome.

omarman

I really liked the early Q45 weirdness back then. The exterior door handles and other touches.

Michaell

Lotus Exige?

ab348

fintail said:

Nissan President ~1990, basis for our Infiniti Q45.

Yessir!

andys120

Michaell said:

Lotus Exige?

Close, it's a 2005 Lotus Elise

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Michaell said:

Lotus Exige?

Close, it's a 2005 Lotus Elise

Saw a 1st generation Miata yesterday, that had those Lotus seats swapped in. Looked great.

andys120

berri

Ford Cortina maybe mid to late 60's?

andys120

berri said:

Ford Cortina maybe mid to late 60's?

That green stripe is the tip-off that it's a 1966 Ford-Lotus Cortina Mk. 1. Only a handful of the Mk. 1s made it to the USA,

andys120

Brochure art>

berri

70 or 71 Camaro. I liked the 2nd gen Camaro until it started getting plumper several model years into its reign. I think the lines on this car are very clean personally.

omarman

Yep that looks like another 1970 Camaro, still showing the low back seats. The "banana" shape signal lamps indicate that this one is not a Rally Sport.

berri

That RS was probably my favorite model. I also liked the Dodge Challenger. The 71 Mustang was a disappointment for me.

omarman

Back then I think I had a lot of favorites from every make but it changed every September.
I didn't like the 1970 MY Camaro until I saw the RS option. Very nice. Instant favorite.


And I still like the '72 Torino 1 year only style:

stickguy

That red Camaro is gorgeous

berri

I always thought that 1 year 72 Torino fastback was sharp looking too, and the front end (like it or not) looks modern in today's market.

texases

"I agree"

ab348

Adding back a bit of mystery:

stickguy

An Audi? Or did auto union use the 4 rings?

ab348

OK, that's a start...

lostwrench1

And, for any other aircraft fans...........
That 1967 Cessna 337B is still registered and flying!

omarman

Wow. Around the same time that Torino advert was being shot Cessna O-2 Skymasters were used in the forward control mission in Vietnam. I found this pic from the movie Bat 21 but probably not a real military version.


edit to add: Amazing what google can do! Not a recent pic of N2344S but like you said still registered!

berri

Now that's going back in time. The pusher prop concept never really took off (no, don't mean that literally on the runway).

andys120

stickguy said:

An Audi? Or did auto union use the 4 rings?

Audi and DKW as part of Auto Union both sported the 4 rings which stood for the makes that combined to form the Auto Union. The other two rings were for Horch and Wanderer, which
were rarely seen in the USA. NSU didn't get a ring when it was absorbed by Auto Union in the mid 60s.

The pictured car is a DKW F89, based on a pioneering prewar FWD design, powered by a 2-stroke engine that eventually found it's way to SAABs (92/93/95).

The DKW F9 and it's descendants had a fantastically convuluted history being produced by IFA in Eisenach (East Germany) and by DKW in Dusseldorf and Zwickau (Western Zone).

imidazol97

Interesting about the Cessna.

I have a question and I assume there are two engines. What is the sound like sitting in the cabin between the two motors?

ab348

I think there is only one engine right behind the cabin, and a twin-boom tail section.

texases

ab348 said:

I think there is only one engine right behind the cabin, and a twin-boom tail section.

Well, there's one engine in front of the cabin and one engine behind the cabin.

stickguy

long prop shaft otherwise

ab348

texases said:

ab348 said:

I think there is only one engine right behind the cabin, and a twin-boom tail section.

Well, there's one engine in front of the cabin and one engine behind the cabin.

Oops! Never even saw that front prop! Some engineers worked overtime dreaming that up.

texases

It was actually a pretty successful design. They started with the front half of their typical Cessna single engine plane, added the engine in back and the twin booms and the greatly increased load capacity, etc.

omarman

imidazol97 said:

Interesting about the Cessna.

I have a question and I assume there are two engines. What is the sound like sitting in the cabin between the two motors?

Louder and more vibration than conventional twin engine aircraft. Doesn't seem to discourage owners who fly them.

For what it's worth people who have flown them really like the Riley Skyrocket versions of the turbocharged Cessna P337. Jack Riley added more soundproofing and at some point offered A/C on later conversions!

andys120

andys120

For some reason no one has taken on the spiffy blue station wagon. In case you need more of a hint than you get from the four rings in the grille Ill let you in on a secret: It's an Audi.

tmart

2001 Audi Avant wagon

andys120

tmart said:

2001 Audi Avant wagon

Yup but not just any 2001 Avant. The big wheels and the wide lower grille are the tells for the RS4 Audi Avant, the high performance version, a very hot car.

andys120

stickguy

Dodge Omni. from the wheels guessing it is a GLH (Shelby). Mid-80s. Taillights look odd though.

andys120

stickguy said:

Dodge Omni. from the wheels guessing it is a GLH (Shelby). Mid-80s. Taillights look odd though.

Right Stick, that's a 1986 Shelby/Dodge GLH

tjc78

Don't remember them in red.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Lotus? I always get the model wrong

kyfdx

One for @andys120

andys120

kyfdx said:

One for @andys120

Mid 60s Triumph TR-4 ('62-'65) very similar to the '66 TR-4A I owned. The wheels are aftermarket copies of Minilite mags probably a lot cheaper than the real things.

texases

andys120 said:

Recent Alfa 4c Spider

tjc78

Spotted at work yesterday.