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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,806
    Bottom right, roof of a Mercedes!

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    Yeah. A 60 Ford,
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    You're close, car with no grille is a 36 Oldsmobile.

    Car directly behind the Stude is a 36 Ford. Car behind Stude at the curb appears to be a 35 Dodge.


    magnette said:

    Behind the Kaiser is a Hudson although not sure of the model - would that be a Straight Eight?

    The car with the missing grille in front of the Studebaker - has it got portholes on the sides of the hood ie a Buick?

    Finally car behind the Studebaker looks like a 38 or so Ford I think

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    That all time classic of classics, a 60 Ford, this one a Galaxie 4 door post.
    ab348 said:

    Solvang CA again, this time in 1965. Look what stopped by for a visit again! This should expand nicely.

  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,674
    Did Ford sell more full size cars than Chevy in 1960? From all these look back pics at different locations it seems so.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    I believe they did in 59, but not 60.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,727
    edited September 2020
    I went to a 300 to 400 car cruise on Saturday. Not 1 1960 Ford. Previous years there had been a wagon and I believe another year a convertible. Several Chevies of that year.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    Let's take a swing past Jack Poet Pontiac on Hollywood Blvd in 1973 to look for a cool set of new used wheels.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,806
    Love the 70 road runner, next to another of my favorites, a gen 1 Capri with a snazzy vinyl top.

    Center left, a land cruiser that would be worth a bundle today. Middle a nice Volvo P1800.

    And lots of big domestic boats!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    I want the FJ-40 Land Cruiser!! i want it!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    Two to the left of the FJ40 looks like a Toyota Corona Mark II. Front row far right looks like another Corona, this one with an anomaly distorting the rear side window.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,806
    Left front, looks like a 68ish cutlass next to a Granville.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    I believe I see a '69 or '70 Pontiac Grand Prix in the second row partly hidden by the Caddy up front. There is a 2-door HT of indeterminate make next to it but by the way the rear wheels are deeply inset into the rear quarter panels I suspect it may be a Ford or Mercury.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,674
    72 Catlina coupe to the left, 71 to the right behind the light post.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,614
    Just give me the Volvo and I'll leave quietly.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    Today from Hollywood (Blvd) and Genesee Ave, an interesting street scene from 1973. Should blow up nicely, lots of stuff to see here.



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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,806
    Big jag sedan hiding on the left. And a tasty 911 on the right.

    Interesting 71ish Torino in front of the MGB GT. maybe a cobra?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Doesn't look all that different today:
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    Jag is likely a Mark IX. 2 behind it appears to be a then-new Monte Carlo.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Ahead of the Torino is a Chevy Vega and in front of that is the oldest visible car an early 50s Buick ('54-56?)

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    A '68/'69 Torino fastback parked ahead of the 911. And on the opposite curb a '63/'64 Riviera.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Styling evolution>


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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,674
    I like that 57 Olds. Unusual color I haven’t seen before.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    And a 49-50 Chevy in the background, a style that ran through 51 - styles changed fast.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    sda said:

    I like that 57 Olds. Unusual color I haven’t seen before.

    Apparently that shade of Copper (orange/red/brown) was new for '57. CCopper has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years.

    Back then cars had extended model names so that's a 1957 Super 88 Holiday Coupe.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,727
    That 57 Olds was beautifully styled, IMHO at the time, and the copper brown color was fairly popular in my rural area. Also the green and yellow combo which I believe was shown in ads was somewhat popular with the bold folks.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,727
    I tried to find a picture of a 57 with the medium green front with yellow rear and couldn't find one.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    edited September 2020
    Fredericktown, Ohio, early 1970s. Nice size.

    Tough decision across the street. Should I but that new color TV I've been saving for from the Philco dealer., or the Zenith guy?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    '63 Ford (Galaxy) in lower right corner. Saw one in reality last night, black w sloped NASCAR
    roof... huge looked like it took two parking spaces. Blue '66 version parked 3 cars up.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,806
    nice blue 68 Camaro. On steelies, which is odd looking. The early Falcon up from it definitely does not seem to be on stock tires/wheels. and on the right, red 65ish Chevy II/Nova next to a later 60s round version in green.

    little white car seems to be the only import other than the VW bus. Maybe an Austin Marina?

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,168
    @ab348 Go with the Zenith!

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 834
    Way in the back, a 1961 Ford.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 834
    kyfdx said:

    @ab348 Go with the Zenith!

    I agree.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    kyfdx said:

    @ab348 Go with the Zenith!

    I've always had my doubts about Ford products. :sunglasses: Although the Philco radio we had in our '74 Maverick was possibly the best part of the entire car!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    edited September 2020
    I think the small white car is an Opel Kadett. Blue Ford a few cars up is a 65 Galaxie.

    The original Philco radio my dad's 68 Fairlane worked fine in the 90s.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    edited September 2020
    52/54 white Ford last in line at right. Two styles of the Chevy II.
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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Holy Grail Galaxie. 19631/2 Lightweight R Code.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,614
    edited September 2020
    fintail said:

    I think the small white car is an Opel Kadett. Blue Ford a few cars up is a 65 Galaxie.

    The original Philco radio my dad's 68 Fairlane worked fine in the 90s.

    Small point. The 65 Ford isn't a Galaxie. The Galaxie tail lights filled the entire housing. That one is a lower trim Custom or Custom 500.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    andys120 said:


    Yup, 7 liters under the fiberglass hood, glass trunk+doors, aluminum bumpers, stripped interior trim. Only 212 made (IIRC).

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    Don't believe we've seen this one before. It is labeled as Pittsburgh airport in the late 1960s.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,806
    nothing but Fords and GM (chevy). with a Mercury or 2?

    odd to see no Chrysler products. Maybe this is rental car row.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited September 2020
    Douglas DC3 on right facing EAL Boeing 727, top left is a TWA Boeing 707. Also a bunch of boring cars. :(

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,465
    stickguy said:

    nothing but Fords and GM (chevy). with a Mercury or 2?

    odd to see no Chrysler products. Maybe this is rental car row.

    I thought that at first too, but there is one there that would not fit that.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    I think rental row, signs with spot numbers behind the cars, all parked nose out, no general parking lot would look like that.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,644
    I was thinking the same - many rental cars there. Full size probably lightly optioned domestic cars, just like now. By the lineup I will guess 1967.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 834
    andys120 said:

    Douglas DC3 on right facing EAL Boeing 727, top left is a TWA Boeing 707. Also a bunch of boring cars. :(

    I was at your former Pease AFB for an air show when a regularly scheduled 727 commercial flight arrived. The air show announcer said "let's greet this arriving "Kerosene Queen"", a nickname for the 727. There must have been passengers on board who didn't know that there was an air show that day at Pease and seeing the thousands of people there, looked around the cabin to see what famous person was on board.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    image
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    Good ole Weird Al.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,614
    ab348 said:

    stickguy said:

    nothing but Fords and GM (chevy). with a Mercury or 2?

    odd to see no Chrysler products. Maybe this is rental car row.

    I thought that at first too, but there is one there that would not fit that.
    Is the red job between the white '66 (or '67) Ford and the burgundy '67 Chevy by any chance an Ambassador?

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