Mystery car pix

andys120

Man, you gotta love those tires, talk about wide whitewalls.

ab348

You need to find a NOS set of white rubber tires for your car.

fintail

Those will be a pain in the butt to keep clean!

fintail

A collection owned by a kind old Japanese guy:

Michaell

The only one I know is the Nash.

Trivia question - what did Daniels mom drive?

tmart

I’ll claim the 49/50 Ford Woody. Is the yellow convertible a 40 Ford?

ab348

tmart said:

I’ll claim the 49/50 Ford Woody. Is the yellow convertible a 40 Ford?

That was my first impression too, but upon a second look I think it is a '46-'48 Super DeLuxe Ford.

tjc78

Michaell said:

The only one I know is the Nash.

Trivia question - what did Daniels mom drive?

A Chevelle wagon I believe, late 60s.

magnette

fintail said:

I think I have seen the Squire you mention. I have a handful of 1:43, mostly period castings. This one is probably the most relevant to me:

That Dinky toy Benz looks great especially with it being a close match to your car's colour although the tyres area little chunky I suppose.
I think in the background I recognise pink and grey Vauxhall Cresta / Velox and a yellow Victor - both Matchbox - I have my childhood Matchbox cars in our loft although access is difficult presently.

magnette

The group of cars in that Japanese guy's diorama is great - is the Station wagon a 50 Pontiac ? as it looks like a Fleetline Chevrolet but with more chrome

omarman

The right side pic is from Cobra Kai.

Lostwrench3

magnette said:

The group of cars in that Japanese guy's diorama is great - is the Station wagon a 50 Pontiac ? as it looks like a Fleetline Chevrolet but with more chrome

Yes, a 1951 Pontiac wagon.

Lostwrench3

I'll grab the 1952 Cadillac.
The Ford convertible is a 1946 or early 1947. It is not a 1947.5 which had the parking lights moved to below the headlights.

andys120

The pickup looks like an International.

fintail

The Ford in the original movie anyway is a 48, here is another view:



Pickup is a 41 Chevy. When I was a kid, our neighbor had one very similar. He also had a green X1/9, an early Camry, and a Marty McFly style Toyota Xtra Cab 4x4 was often in the driveway - he must have been a car guy.

fintail

Some Dinkys have scale issues with tires - made as toys after all. I have a couple of that specific casting, being in effectively the same color as my car makes it hard to resist when I happen upon one.

Good spot on the Matchbox, I've moved things around a little since, here is how some of the loose car display looks now. You are probably familiar with a number of these. The Cresta in the building at upper left is very rare, scored it at a local estate sale a couple years ago:

magnette said:

That Dinky toy Benz looks great especially with it being a close match to your car's colour although the tyres area little chunky I suppose.
I think in the background I recognise pink and grey Vauxhall Cresta / Velox and a yellow Victor - both Matchbox - I have my childhood Matchbox cars in our loft although access is difficult presently.

fintail

Seattle protests on I5, the day after Kent State:

magnette

fintail said:

Some Dinkys have scale issues with tires - made as toys after all. I have a couple of that specific casting, being in effectively the same color as my car makes it hard to resist when I happen upon one.

Good spot on the Matchbox, I've moved things around a little since, here is how some of the loose car display looks now. You are probably familiar with a number of these. The Cresta in the building at upper left is very rare, scored it at a local estate sale a couple years ago:

magnette said:

I like that Matchbox garage - I had a tinplate multi storey garage whenI was a kid but that looks way better...

I the I have about six out of your top picture and bout nine out of the lower one - I note you also have a Snowcat box... I had a model of one of those but the treads perished - all my Matchbox models are in the loft - together with my remaining Dinkys, and I haven't seem most of them since I cleared Mum's house in Wales in about 2007 when she went into a care home.
My more contemporary collection of cars is a more recent development..

magnette

At the Seattle protest I see the cops have a Plymouth and the outer car is a Chevrolet - I assumed an Impala but it could be a Bel Air or would the lower model be Biscayne? I think based on the Chev this is 1965

bhill2

It can't be 1965, the Ford is a '67, and the cop car is, I believe, a '69. Actually IIRC it is 1970.

ab348

bhill2 said:

It can't be 1965, the Ford is a '67, and the cop car is, I believe, a '69. Actually IIRC it is 1970.

As Fin's intro read, this was in response to the Kent State tragedy which happened in 1970.

fintail

Seattle ~1968, another diverse assortment of cars and ages:

tmart

57 Chevy.

Lostwrench3

And a 1954 Chevy and a 1955 Chevy and a 1963 Chevy and a 1967 Chevy.
And, trying to hide on the right, a 1965 Olds.
Ok, the Chevy II, another Chevy, and the year is...........

andys120

Looks like a Hillman Husky next to the Camaro. There's an MG-A sandwiched between the '57 Chevy and the white Chevy II(Nova)

stickguy

what's the convertible up toward the left behind the dark blue (55?) Chevy

andys120

The locomotive is a GM something or other.

Lostwrench3

andys120 said:

The locomotive is a GM something or other.

Another train fan!
Yes, it is a General Motors GP35.
16 cyl. 2500 horsepower.

imidazol97

Thx for the GM engine info.
This picture doesn't blow up very clearly for me. Hard to tell beyond the Camaro.

fintail

Not much to ID here, but I thought the pics were cool - at one time Seattle had an especially interesting junkyard:

andys120

2nd pic>

White/Salmon '57 Chevy Nomad

Lostwrench3

1954 Chevy.
Corvettes are not loved and kept forever?

fintail

Used car lots in the early 70s could be interesting, I bet, IIRC that was around the time 300SL gullwings hit their depreciation floor.

bhill2

ab348 said:

bhill2 said:

It can't be 1965, the Ford is a '67, and the cop car is, I believe, a '69. Actually IIRC it is 1970.

As Fin's intro read, this was in response to the Kent State tragedy which happened in 1970.

Oh. Oh yeah. That's where I heard it. Apologies, Fin.

tjc78

Bonus points for the movie.

Lostwrench3

1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88.
Movie - ?

tjc78

Lostwrench3 said:

1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88.
Movie - ?

Yep!

Someone must know the movie. Hint. Chick Flick from the late 80s.

Michaell

tjc78 said:

Lostwrench3 said:

1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88.
Movie - ?

Yep!

Someone must know the movie. Hint. Chick Flick from the late 80s.

Had to look at it again ... Dirty Dancing.

stickguy

Never saw it. Just a few clips at times.

fintail

Dang, I knew that one too, was thinking about it just the other day. I recall Patrick Swayze's car was a 57 Chevy . Not my kind of movie, but my sister loved it, so I saw it more than once.

fintail

Today is the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens - I'll probably post a few related pics, as it is a big deal here. Not difficult, but this is a good way to start:

tjc78

Yep Dirty Dancing. My wife loves it so I’ve seen it more times than I care to admit.

And yeah, 57 Chevy. Funny how it’s only 6 years old in the movie yet looked old then.

stickguy

Hornet hatch. I had one in dark green but I think slightly newer with rear impact bumper. Behind an Adam 12 matador.

kyfdx

@fintail We went there on our way back from Portland, when we vacationed in the PNW, in 2017. Incredible stories, and visuals.

fintail

I don't remember the day of the eruption as I was pretty young, but I clearly remember the ash that was everywhere for years after. It was easy to spot alongside roads for some time, eventually kind of resembling snow. I was very interested in the event when I was a kid, and have been to the visitor centers several times, along with hiking around Spirit Lake some time ago.

A nice WSP car and other period cars in the background:

imidazol97

Thank God for duct tape!

ab348

fintail said:

Today is the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens - I'll probably post a few related pics, as it is a big deal here. Not difficult, but this is a good way to start:

This looks like the home of the local AMC dealer principal.

fintail

A few were caught out:

omarman

'77 Royal Monaco.
RIP Harry Truman

fintail said:

I don't remember the day of the eruption as I was pretty young, but I clearly remember the ash that was everywhere for years after. It was easy to spot alongside roads for some time, eventually kind of resembling snow. I was very interested in the event when I was a kid, and have been to the visitor centers several times, along with hiking around Spirit Lake some time ago.

A nice WSP car and other period cars in the background:

fintail

Harry Truman had a pink 57 Caddy, IIRC.

I wonder what trim/engine variant this is: