Mystery car pix

andys120

Yep, it's a '54 Fraser Vagabond. The Kaiser equivalent was the Traveler IIRC.

varmint

or not so easy?



I should add that this unit was never sold in North America.

stickguy

I don't have much left to mess with anyway.

Well, it looks like a LR Discovery, except the grill maybe looks not quite right. maybe it's just the black vertical bars on it?

Or maybe it's a clone made by someone else?

bumpy

One of those Rover/Honda rebadge jobs. Google sez: Honda Crossroad.

varmint

Right. Back when Honda was interested in partnering with Rover to produce trucks. The deal went south when Rover got bought out.

Kinda like the name Crossroad, though.

andys120

bumpy

Honda Prelude, 1988 or so. Probably the best mainstream car Honda ever built.

stickguy

Looks more like an Accord coupe to me...

bumpy

Yep, it's a 'lude. The first Accord coupes had a slightly different nose and windowline.

kyfdx

Don't feel bad... Even after knowing it is a Prelude.. that picture still looks like an Accord coupe... weird.. (me and the picture).

navigator89

rockylee

OMG where do ya'll find these cars that deserve to be in the crushers. Did humans actually invent and engineer these out of this world cars ????? :surprise:

Yuk- Rocky

andys120

It's either a Datsun B-210 with trick wheels and exhaust or some oddity from Malaysia, Serbia or perhaps Indonesia or something.

andys120

rockylee

A corvette ? Hell it looks nice and is way before my time.

Rocky

negative

A mid '70's Datsun 120Y, I think.

For some reason, in the '70's, some of the Datsuns sold in the U.S. had the first two digits in the model name reversed in the rest of the world. The B210 was the 120Y, and what was sold here as a Datsun 510 was (IIRC) a 150Y.

Just don't ask me to explain Sunny or Cherry. They sound like fruit drinks, not cars.

andys120

Sorry, it's definetly not a 'Vette but it probably is before your time and it certainly is very nice looking.

rockylee

Well this caught my eye. Is that a Ferrari logo on the hood ? Yeah being 27 it's before my time.

But yes it's a nice ride :shades:

Rocky

tmart

Resembles a Karmen Gia to me, but I know it's not one.

rockylee

Well they copied a 50's era Corvette I do know that.

Rocky

andys120

Well they copied a 50's era Corvette I do know that

It's probably more the other way around but I don't see much resemlance to any Corvette. It's the rare Zagato-bodied version of the Ferrari 250GT TDF (ca. 1957-59 IIRC), sometimes known as the 250 GTZ (for Zagato).

andys120

rockylee

How much would one cost me ? :surprise:

Rocky

rockylee

What is that ? Ford Fusion retro

Rocky

negative

'62 Chevy. Sorry, but the raised-letter tires just don't cut it. :P

lemko

...it's a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air for they rationed out a strip of brightwork. The Biscayne would be plainer.

andys120

...it's a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air for they rationed out a strip of brightwork. The Biscayne would be plainer. Perhaps the chrome was an optional extra on Biscaynes that year.

Pretty good supposition re: chrome striping but the car is advertised as a 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409

The rear of the car in the link does lack the satin silver rear panel of contemporary Impalas.

Raised white letter tires and mags are indeed not period correct as they came into vogue in the later 60s. Other than that it's a pretty good example of a '62 Chevy 409 configured for max performance with the lighter coupe bodywork
(with a B pillar and bench seats).

andys120

It's being offered for $24K with a clasimed mileage of 25K and change>>

kyfdx

911SC... I'll guess '79

themoon77

Those pictures just remind me how strange and bloated Hondas look these days. I remember when those Preludes were brand new on the lots. My brother had just turned 16 and wanted a yellow 89 or 90 with the 4ws, but at close to 20k dollars they were a bit out of his range. He bought a 75 Monte Carlo instead.

Edge

navigator89

Negative, you're right, 5718 is a 1977 Datsun 120Y.

andys120

911SC... I'll guess '79

Close, it's a '77 911S

bumpy

yesterday. They're as common around here as a Maybach (which means this is the only one I've ever seen).

andys120

Nice Pic, that's a 1950s Volvo PV544 if I recall the numbers correctly. Looks like they copied a '46 Ford.

rockylee

Nice old car

Rocky

bumpy

but I don't have a proper place to keep it, or the $40,000 I'd need to buy it.

andys120

I've just spent a half hour Googling 1970s Datsun
Skylines, Sylvias and the like. I couldn't find that car.

tmart

40 big ones for this? :confuse: Loks kinda like a Dart, but noway it'd be $40k.

fintail

It's a Datsun/Nissan of some kind ca. 1970

rockylee

:surprise:

Rocky

bumpy

tougher than I thought it would be.

What we have here is a KPGC10, better known as the 1970 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R coupe. 2-liter DOHC I6, 160 hp at 7000 rpm, independent RWD suspension, about 2400 pounds curb weight. While I was looking for the picture, I found a Japanese export house that had a fully-restored '71 GT-R on deck for 5 million yen.

andys120

for 5 million yen.

What's that in American, about $500 bucks? :P

bumpy

I wish. The exchange rate is about 119 yen to the dollar at the moment, hence my financial lament.

andys120

Remember it?

kyfdx

We just had this.. maybe in another thread...

Bluebird, Sunbird... not those.. but something like it.. It had a line drawing bird decal on the C-pillar..

kyfdx

got it...

Skybird...

imidazol97

1977 Skybird

au1994

and there was even a version decked out in red called...drum roll please...the Red Bird!

imidazol97

imidazol97