Mystery car pix

texases

Another Bond boo-boo: in Goldfinger they crush a Lincoln limo (4000 lbs+), only to have it come out small enough and light enough to put in the bed of a Falcon Ranchero!

kyfdx

texases said:

Another Bond boo-boo: in Goldfinger they crush a Lincoln limo (4000 lbs+), only to have it come out small enough and light enough to put in the bed of a Falcon Ranchero!

I bet you are a lot of fun at the movies...

stickguy

Oh, lower right. Definitely a white falcon ranchero.

texases

Only when I’m seeing it for the 23rd time!

tjc78

I point out continuity errors, and car errors all the time in movies. It drives my wife nuts.

For example during a scene in Breaking Bad, Jane is eating a popsicle. In the course of the scene that popsicle gets small, then large again.

magnette

The ADO 16 was sold I think as the Glider in Denmark, although it might have been applied to the 1800 instead. It was licence made in Spain and Italy too.

And later the Vanden Plas 1300 version was selling well second hand in Japan for a while and fetching good money.

magnette

I'm terrible at telling my missus that the car in the background in whatever programme is from 1960 so Miss Marple or whoever shouldn't be able to see it in 1955... Also pointing out cars with fake number plates and why does every bus in London from about the start of the blitz to the early fifties have to be a Routemaster - introduced in 1955.
Don't get me started on how people get on a 737 to fly somewhere and the underside shot is of a 747 with way more wheels which get retracted, and then it lands somewhere else and its a DC9 or a 727....

magnette

The ladies with the Beehive hair do's look like a shot from Mad Men.
That Minx is from the 1958 or 59 series I think as they changed the grille pretty frequently.
I can see a pale green Studebaker Lark above the striped bollards between that Ford Ranch Wagon and what I think is a 55 Chrysler with a black roof
Is the green and white car parked on its own in the distance above the VW a Pontiac - say about 1955?
And is the grey car in the second row above the black Cadillac about a 1948/50 Mopar sedan?

fintail

Yes to both, I believe.

The Mopar is likely the oldest car in the pic, no newer than 48.

magnette said:

Is the green and white car parked on its own in the distance above the VW a Pontiac - say about 1955?
And is the grey car in the second row above the black Cadillac about a 1948/50 Mopar sedan?

andys120

andys120 said:

texases said:

Is that the back corner of a Ranchero on the right?

Definitely a Falcon Ranchero

ab348

magnette said:

I'm terrible at telling my missus that the car in the background in whatever programme is from 1960 so Miss Marple or whoever shouldn't be able to see it in 1955... Also pointing out cars with fake number plates and why does every bus in London from about the start of the blitz to the early fifties have to be a Routemaster - introduced in 1955.
Don't get me started on how people get on a 737 to fly somewhere and the underside shot is of a 747 with way more wheels which get retracted, and then it lands somewhere else and its a DC9 or a 727....

Airliners were (maybe still are) badly abused in terms of continuity in TV series. I guess producers don’t think anyone will notice or care but it does bother me when they show a 747 when the character is flying a short hop somewhere or vice versa. But the thing that always jumps out at me are inconsistencies in the cars used by lead characters. Right now I’m watching Mannix. He had a Dodge Dart convertible for a few seasons, then ‘70 and ‘71 Barracuda convertibles so far (I’m about halfway through). But occasionally they show him still driving the Dart in transitional shots. Drives me nuts.

imidazol97

fintail said:

Definitely a Hillman Minx next to the Beetle, and a Falcon Ranchero at lower right.

60 Ford is above the Minx, a 2 door post just to the right of the fins of a 59 Coupe DeVille.

Is the Ford next to the Cadillac above the Minx? Good eye. I had scanned for 60 Fords and didn't see any. That's a two-door low line.

fintail

Yep, directly above the rear of the Minx. A Fairlane, I guess.

imidazol97 said:

Is the Ford next to the Cadillac above the Minx? Good eye. I had scanned for 60 Fords and didn't see any. That's a two-door low line.

fintail

Hollywood Freeway, 1962:

tmart

59 Ford going away.

Lostwrench3

1952 Buick.

Lostwrench3

Unlike around here, zero dents in the center guard rail.

magnette

1960 Ford approaching behind the VW, and I think a Rambler American following it.
Following the 52 Buick I see a 58 Cadillac.
The only import other than the VWs is one of ours so I'll leave that to you, just pulling out from the back of that truck.

The oldest car I thought, might be the older approaching Buick just about under the sign, behind a VW as I think that might be a 49, but there is something potentially older two cars back from it obscured by a car with it's lights on. I thought that looked pretty old if it is perhaps a 40's Ford, but it looks too wide for that and my other guess would be a Hudson

magnette

Had to go into Firefox to do this as it won't work in Safari for me.

Sorry the picture is a bit grainy but wanted to try to se if I can get something there - this picture was taken in Dover Kent, in 1965. Didn't want to come in quite yet, so sorry for jumping the queue - lets leave mine and go back to the rainy one first.

magnette

Back in rainy Hollywood, what is the car on the extreme right going away from us beside the Ford wagon, as I thought at a glance that it was a VW but the headlight would indicate it is something else.

ab348

The other import @magnette mentioned in the Hollywood freeway pic is an Austin Cambridge.

I'm not sure if the car going away from the camera next to the Ford wagon isn't just a Beetle with a door mounted wing mirror that makes it appear to be a pedestal headlight in the perspective from which the picture was taken.

stickguy

Pontiac tempest convertible center front?

magnette

Hi ab
I thought about a wing mirror and it is certainly more likely to be a VW with a mirror - it just looked odd somehow.

The import pulling round the truck isn't an Austin though - it is from a slightly less famous British firm but was sold here under one name and in the US under a different one.

ab348

magnette said:

Hi ab
I thought about a wing mirror and it is certainly more likely to be a VW with a mirror - it just looked odd somehow.

The import pulling round the truck isn't an Austin though - it is from a slightly less famous British firm but was sold here under one name and in the US under a different one.

Well, you've got me stumped then. I know it isn't a Morris but I'm at a loss.

fintail

I believe the British car pulling round the truck is a Standard-based Triumph TR-10.

ab348

Never saw or heard of one of those before. Remarkable how 2 different companies can independently make such a similar (and unhappy-looking) vehicle.

fintail

Maybe a USDM only model, as those things probably had no problem selling with their original badging north of 49 due to old loyalties. There was also a wagon version I think called simply the "Triumph Estate Wagon".

In Dover, Kent, I see the BMC Farina was quite popular.

magnette

Yep - it's a Standard TR10 but a Standard Ten here. With it's cheaper relative the Standard Eight it was quite a strong seller in the early fifties and they were still making them until about 1961 or so when the Triumph Herald took over.

magnette

Yes, in Dover we seem to have a lot of Farinas and ADO16's as well.
No problem with finding the oldest car in that shot either, although I am having difficulty identifying it as it is one of those shots where there are several unrelated but very similar cars and the identifying features are all at the end of the car we can't see...

fintail

Is the oldie a late prewar or early postwar Rover, or larger Austin? Really hard to tell off the top of my head without studying a little.

I'll also pick off the 105E Anglia, as I like those too.

magnette

Yes, the 105E was very popular then and a distinctive looking car.

I don't think the old saloon is a large Austin like an 18 or something as they had divided rear windows, and the Rover P2 or P3 don't quite match either.

I thought maybe either of these could fit the bill

The Singer Super Twelve - they made that from 1946 to about 1949



Or The Vauxhall 14 (there was also a Twelve but they were virtually identical. This one is a 1939 one, but they made it to 1948



I like the Vauxhall better

I don't think its a Wolseley or a Morris, but if it's a prewar car then there were Standard Twelves and EDIT I think Standard actually used the Singer body for it's immediate postwar Twelve too before the Vanguard - but I don't know

Further EDIT - I've looked at this again and think it might be an immediate prewar Morris - probably a 14 or even a 25. The trim line along the body below the windows goes down at the rear and I've got a picture somewhere of one of those.

magnette

Those Farinas, meanwhile include an Austin A60 alongside the Minx, a Morris Oxford VI just leaving shot to the left ahead of the parked Victor and a Wolseley 16/60 parked by the departing caravan.
Rarest though is the Farina in the foreground - A larger, six cylinder Wolseley 6/99 - they only made those for a couple of years before replacing it in 1962 with the more familiar 6/110

And I can only see one foreign car - and it's not a VW!

magnette

This is a Morris 14/6 - see how the trim line dips to the rear. so maybe it's one of these. THe Morris had a spare wheel carrier on the back panel, but that is obscured on this photo so we cannot tell from that.

fintail

Behind the Anglia, Hillman Super Minx? I think I see a couple F-series Vauxhall Victor, too.

Michaell

tmart

Mid 60 Chevy II Nova. Ford Country Squire under the red pants. Green Cougar above the Dodge van.

omarman

I remember that pic posted last summer as Sunset Blvd, 1979. The yellow Celica and disco Thunderbird were spotted really quick!

andys120

In the lane coming towards camera about halfway between top and bottom of pic is a mustard colored Fiat 124 Spider/1600 with it's top down, same color as the one I had from '71-'79.

fintail

I remember that pic, cool one, would have been a great time for car spotting in LA.

Moving away from traffic I see a then-new Fox Mustang hatch with a MB W116 (also possibly a new car) in front of it, a blue likely 260/280Z in front of that, 3 cars in front of that a Peugeot 504. In the oncoming lane, far background, I see what looks like a beige Jaguar S-Type with maybe a white fintail beside it.

stickguy

looks like a silver brick Volvo behind an MB SL up by the Pacific outdoor store.

ab348

Yellow Celica with a body kit coming towards us is interesting.

The billboards seemed to be unique to LA, not just in the subjects, but the way they actual signage was shaped to be more than the typical rectangle. You see that more generally now but back then it was uncommon around here.

magnette

Yes, Fin, that double parked car in Dover is a Super Minx
I can see two F type Victors and a couple of Minxes the foreign car is a Simca Aronde - it's effectively following the old car in a right turn across the picture.

stickguy

Silver Plymouth arrow heading away, in front of a light blue Volvo 144, identical looking to the one my parents got when I was 7, and I learned to drive on.

magnette

In Sunset Blvd ?

To the left above the turquoise Ford van I can see a similar colour car which I think is a Mercury Cougar
The approaching Buick - is that a Skylark?
Behind the yellow Celica, I think it's a red Mazda and then a white Mercury Monarch - the equivalent of your Granada - about 1978/9?

stickguy

Van is a dodge, car is a cougar. White monarch, but the red car in front of it I was having trouble with.

Way back, a Datsun B210 followed by a green dodge van with a tan Jag S type behind it

magnette

I'm no good on US vans as ours are mostly different.

ab348

stickguy said:

Van is a dodge, car is a cougar. White monarch, but the red car in front of it I was having trouble with.

Way back, a Datsun B210 followed by a green dodge van with a tan Jag S type behind it

I think the red car might be a late-'70s Datsun 810. Just a guess though.

fintail

Red car in front of the Monarch is a Toyota Corona. White car behind the blue Beetle is an earlier Corona. In front of the Peugeot 504 perhaps an Alfa Spider.

I see the R107 SL near the Volvo under the Eddie Money/Pacific Outdoor sign, too.

stickguy

I was thinking Toyota but roof just looked odd. Probably just the angle of the picture.

fintail

1981, the golden age of the automobile. Sadly, most 60 Fords had aged off the road by then: