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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    edited June 2020
    I liked the look of that 41 Dodge coupe - never seen one of those but 41 wasn't a good year for overseas imports here unless painted matt and fitted with a turret or similar
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    edited June 2020
    I assume this was taken in Baltimore as it came from a Baltimore Sun website but I've lost the details.



    I tried posting this earlier today using Firefox without success but this went straight in using Safari

    Apart from the obligatory 60 Fords - one passing another - I note the Studebaker Hawk and the laissez faire attitude to kids seats in that big wagon - which I can't identify as it is open
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    '63 Ford Galaxie convertible making a turn at the intersection ahead near the <--BRIDGE sign. Ocean City?
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,238
    60 Ford Galaxy four door hardtop. Falcon , Ford wagon.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,146
    1960 Ford Fairlane fordoor

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,146
    Wagon is 1956 Chevrolet. 210 Townsman model?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    62 Ford wagon, Country Sedan I guess, parked at right just ahead of the 60.

    That Galaxie is the "Town Victoria" model that I somewhat like.

    57 Chevy ahead of the open rear wagon, and a late model Rambler wagon in front of that.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    andys120 said:

    Variety!!>


    '77 or so Trans Am behind the old Volvo. and a few cars behind the old Chevy, looks like the front fender of a 69ish Charger. Hidden headlights.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,388
    magnette said:

    Hi Andy

    The Chevrolet is a 51 - either a Styleline or a Fleetline although I have no idea what the difference would be, and there is a Volvo 544 across the street

    That's OK, I have no idea what distinguished a '51 Chebby from a '49/50/'52

    Odd photo, the Chevy is parked right in front of a sign that sez "NO PARKING ANYTIME". It's from San Francisco but parking in front of that sign would get you a quick tow and a big fine in NYC or Boston.

    And where did that mid-late '70s Firebird come from? the future?

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,078
    Something tells me this pic may have appeared here previously so apologies if so - I couldn't find it after a search so maybe I just intended to post it and forgot to do so. Scottsdale AZ circa 1964.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,388
    Pink car on left: 1958 Mercury

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    Beetle way down top left. And 64 Chevy top right.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,146
    ab348 said:

    Something tells me this pic may have appeared here previously so apologies if so - I couldn't find it after a search so maybe I just intended to post it and forgot to do so. Scottsdale AZ circa 1964.


    Is that a Canadian Ford next to the Mercury? The side trim doesn't match. I see a 1958 Meteor Niagara with trim sort of like this, but that's a low line model and does not have a 4-door hardtop like this one.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    White sat next to the salmon mercury looks like a 2 door to me

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    White '64 Catalina under the Barry Goldwater sign.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    edited June 2020
    White car next to the Mercury looks like a 58 Edsel 4 door HT (a Pacer, perhaps), odd in single tone, repaint maybe.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    edited June 2020
    @andys120
    Odd photo, the Chevy is parked right in front of a sign that sez "NO PARKING ANYTIME". It's from San Francisco but parking in front of that sign would get you a quick tow and a big fine in NYC or Boston.



    In Italy parking like that would probably get the driver a commendation....

    or Paris
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    edited June 2020
    That Pink Mercury has no whitewalls and I don't think it has a Continental kit either...

    Surviving cars now would have both I suppose...

    Across the way above the Mercury roof is a 59 Buick four door - perhaps a LeSabre
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    imidazol97 said:

    Wagon is 1956 Chevrolet. 210 Townsman model?



    Thanks - I couldn't work out what the wagon was at all... I thought the Townsman and its relatives were fairly narrow cars but I think I am basing that on having never seen one really
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 741
    andys120 said:

    Pink car on left: 1958 Mercury

    Oops. Those verticals under the headlights would make it a 1957.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,238
    White 56 Ford at left.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 741
    Anyone else having difficulty with the car on the right of the '59 Buick?
    The paint scheme shouts '55 Pontiac but the tail lights are wrong.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,078
    Lostwrench3 said:

    Anyone else having difficulty with the car on the right of the '59 Buick?
    The paint scheme shouts '55 Pontiac but the tail lights are wrong.

    Pic is a bit blurry to be certain but it reads to me like an Oldsmobile.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    Minneapolis ~1982, a little blurry (click and zoom), quite a smorgasbord here:

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,078
    "OK Harriet, if you insist, we'll buy that little Accord, but I want a vinyl roof!"

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    Lovely red gen 1 RX7 up front. Next to a weird Renault (redundant, I know).

    Blue and white healey really sticks out. Volvo 140 wagon a few up from that.

    Far left, a pinto with a big haul box on top. I’d worry it would tip over.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    I don't recall ever seeing an Accord like that with a vinyl top. Renault is a 17, sold stateside for maybe 2 or 3 model years in the mid 70s.

    I'll pick off just one, white Subaru next to the Volvo (which I suspect might be a 200 series).
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    Might be. Grill does seem slanted but I don’t have enough resolution to tell for sure.

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Looks like a Saab 900 turbo behind the pole on left.
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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,471
    Just give me the Austin-Healy 3000 in the rightmost row and I will leave quietly.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    I associate the black trim with lower line 200 series cars.

    Speaking of those, I recall when I was a kid, around 1989 or so, a relative had a late 70s maybe 245 wagon, in a pleasing green color. It was a local car, but had rusted out oddly - at the hood hinges. Maybe a poor repair of some kind, I remember my dad saying it was going to be a difficult fix. The hood wouldn't align properly at the rear.

    stickguy said:

    Might be. Grill does seem slanted but I don’t have enough resolution to tell for sure.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    in front of the brick wagon, a silver Mazda GLC. I looked at those back in the day. Really liked it. should have bought that instead of something else I bought.

    left row middle, another brick Volvo (4 door light green), and 1 down other side of the row, what looks like the nose of a yellow/orange Mustang Mach 1.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 6,964
    magnette said:

    That Pink Mercury has no whitewalls and I don't think it has a Continental kit either...

    Surviving cars now would have both I suppose...

    Across the way above the Mercury roof is a 59 Buick four door - perhaps a LeSabre

    It does need whitewalls. I’m not a fan of Continental kits, hanging dice, dual rear radio antennas, spotlights, etc. Keep it factory and nicely equipped.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    edited July 2020
    Continental kits look like a good way to lose any chance of parking in normal streets but to be honest your cars of that era were large enough to have zip codes so times were different

    Nowadays I find the problem with parking is that cars are all larger - I drive a Ford Fiesta which is the smallest car in our street and it is visibly wider than the previous generation - it's the same with VW Polos that are as large as five year old Golfs and don't get me started on Minis....

    Trouble is, I park in a street where we have buses and cars threading through and no off road parking at all so every couple of years one or other of my neighbours gets a nice red stripe down the side of their car courtesy of London Transport buses or something
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    edited July 2020
    USDM care similar. Modern Civics and Corollas are early 90s Accords and Camrys. Heck, I suspect a new C-class is like a W124 E-class, especially in terms of mass. BMW bloat might even be worse.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,704
    edited July 2020
    Mystery engine - this is stock, except maybe the air cleaners:

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    Nice looking motor. And no plastic cover!

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,704
    Hint - note brake master cylinder.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,388
    I doubt those (Weber?) carbs are stock. Is it from a Ford Escort RS?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,704
    Yep, stock. Not Ford.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    Triumph?

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 741
    Chrysler Slant 6.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,704
    Chrysler yes, slant 6's replacement, but not in the US.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,704
    And it's a 'hemi'...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    Must be from Oz?

    A few things to ID here - bonus points for the driver:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,388
    convertible is a Rolls-Royce Corniche which was around for much of the 60s/70s. This is a late version ca. mid 70s( ?)w 4 headlights. The red Beetle is a 60s version that looks identical to my 1965 1200
    Type1.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,507
    edited July 2020
    67 Camaro, behind the black Mustang

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,136
    The Rolls-Royce is about a decade earlier, think Rodney Dangerfield.
    andys120 said:

    convertible is a Rolls-Royce Corniche which was around for much of the 60s/70s. This is a late version ca. mid 70s( ?)w 4 headlights. The red Beetle is a 60s version that looks identical to my 1965 1200
    Type1.

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 741
    Lostwrench3 said:

    Anyone else having difficulty with the car on the right of the '59 Buick?
    The paint scheme shouts '55 Pontiac but the tail lights are wrong.

    Ahaa! Found it.
    1955 Packard Clipper.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,704
    edited July 2020
    Yep, that engine is the Chrysler Australia Hemi 6. That photo is of the top tune option, 265 cid and 301 hp gross, triple Webers and tube headers. Originally planned for the US as the slant 6 replacement around 1970, abandoned here, adopted by the Aussies. 215 and 245 cid versions in a fee states of tune were also made.

    Wonder how my ‘72 Duster would have done with that 265! Quite an improvement over its 198 cid 100 hp lump.
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