Mystery car pix

stickguy

and a Fargo PU. Don't think I ever saw one of those before. Gussied up Dodge.

fintail

Background center I think I see the stacked lights of an International pickup.

Lostwrench3

Also in there, a '59 Ford and a '60 Chevy.

andys120

Fargo pickup parked on left. For some reason Dodge trucks were rebadged as Fargos for the CDM. The car passing a truck down street on the right looks like a '59 Ford but it's probably a Meteor.

ab348

andys120 said:

Fargo pickup parked on left. For some reason Dodge trucks were rebadged as Fargos for the CDM. The car passing a truck down street on the right looks like a '59 Ford but it's probably a Meteor.

Not exactly. Dodge dealers here sold Dodge trucks. Chrysler-Plymouth dealers here sold Fargo trucks. That lasted until about 1970 when Fargo was discontinued and all Chrysler Canada dealers got Dodge trucks.

andys120

That's interesting, perhaps Chrysler corp gave a line of trucks to Chrsler-Plymouth there because there was proportionately more demand for trucks in Cdn.

ab348

I think it was due more to the small size of the Canadian dealer network and the marketplace here, meaning smaller communities might have a C-P dealer but not a Dodge dealer. For whatever reason, rather than just let those C-P dealers sell Dodge trucks, they created the Fargo brand for them to sell. Maybe there was something in the agreements between Chrysler Canada and Dodge dealers that gave them exclusivity on that brand, but I don't know.

ab348

It is very difficult to tell the difference between a '59 Fairlane and a '59 Meteor from the front with the resolution of that pic. The most obvious clue is the ornament at the center of the hood, with a Ford shield versus a Meteor 4-pointed star and badge. I can't really tell on this one.

andys120

ab348 said:

It is very difficult to tell the difference between a '59 Fairlane and a '59 Meteor from the front with the resolution of that pic. The most obvious clue is the ornament at the center of the hood, with a Ford shield versus a Meteor 4-pointed star and badge. I can't really tell on this one.

Would Ford-badged cars be more numerous in Canada back then, than Meteor-badged versions?

magnette

The reason Dodge was marketed in Canada as a Fargo may relate to the fact that in UK we had Dodge trucks too, and they were made by the Rootes Group and marketed here under that name and we also had Commer and Karrier as other commercial brands through the same network.

It maybe that the Dodge name was recognised in some sort of Empire / Commonwealth arrangement as a British Rootes product and protected on that basis.

ab348

andys120 said:

Would Ford-badged cars be more numerous in Canada back then, than Meteor-badged versions?

I think back in this era it would be Ford by a small margin over Meteor, simply because there would have been more Ford dealers than Mercury dealers.

ab348

Sunset Blvd again, 1965, from the Ruscha collection at the Getty, expands some:

stickguy

Square bird mid block. And first car looks like a Volvo PV.

tmart

Appears to be a 1960 Thunderbird.

magnette

Opel Olympia Caravan - about 1962 I think
and a c 54 Kaiser on the left

ab348

@magnette got my two favorites. I had never seen that model Opel before, and the Kaiser 2-door is sweet!

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1981-Trimph-Acclaim-CD-1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1

The front looks like an '81 Civic

stickguy

It’s the Buckets car!

Lostwrench3

stickguy said:

It’s the Buckets car!

Please. That's "Boo Kay".

sda

Lostwrench3 said:

stickguy said:

It’s the Buckets car!

Please. That's "Boo Kay".

Loved that show, it’s timeless.

Lostwrench3

sda said:

Lostwrench3 said:

stickguy said:

It’s the Buckets car!

Please. That's "Boo Kay".

Loved that show, it’s timeless.

"Mind the pedestrian, Richard."

andys120

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1981-Trimph-Acclaim-CD-1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1

The front looks like an '81 Civic

Basically it is an '81 Civic but it was sold under a different Marque badge.

ab348

Triumph Acclaim.

magnette

Yes - the Buckets car....

See the red hatchback directly above the roof of the Acclaim with the bonnet up? That is probably one of the most derided of British Leyland (many) mistakes of the 1970's and as a result is now collectible.
It's an Austin Allegro Estate.

magnette

And to go back to that Opel I don't think I have ever seen a Kaiser on the road.

sda

I thought it was an entry level Rover, Honda based. It looked like a nice car. The beat up backfiring Cortina Onslow drove was a hoot.

andys120

Lostwrench3

sda said:

I thought it was an entry level Rover, Honda based. It looked like a nice car. The beat up backfiring Cortina Onslow drove was a hoot.

Onslow! Your elderly father is on the roof!!!
"Ask him if he has my bottle opener."

stickguy

Ferrari 365GTB Daytona?

andys120

stickguy said:

Ferrari 365GTB Daytona?

Yup, ca. 1969-72 IIRC.

andys120

https://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Charl2-1080x650.jpg

andys120

stickguy

2 tone 57 Ford 4 door at the curb, and center a 58 black Chevy convertible. Bel air?

fintail

57 Mercury Colony Park, front/lower right.

fintail

Those make me think of this (before my time, but I know a few things):

andys120 said:

Yup, ca. 1969-72 IIRC.

fintail

The Bucket car is the same model, but next gen:



Onslow's Cortina is such a cult thing now that people have made replicas of it, I think.

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the debut of that show.

stickguy said:

It’s the Buckets car!

andys120

andys120 said:

Isee a couple of '58MY cars, a Colony Park wagon and an Impala convertible. I think they're the newest

tmart

55 Ford, 52/54 Ford, plus the already mentioned 57 Ford

magnette

Just behind the H of the Hale Street sign a 1952 De Soto is changing lanes

ab348

Found this pic on my PC and don't think it's been posted here before (apologies if so). California, 1963.

andys120

ab348 said:

Found this pic on my PC and don't think it's been posted here before (apologies if so). California, 1963.

1963? I don't think so, newest cars identifiable by MY are 1960s including the iconic 1960 Ford (Fairlane?) in front center. Other 1960MY cars visible include Mercuries, Oldsmobiles,
Chevies. Oops, there is a single 1961 Ford wagon visible 2nd row left. The only newer cars would be those not readily identifiable by MY like the Corvair sedan on right and the VW Beetle towards left.

Very few imports considering it's supposed to be CA near the zenith of the Euro import boom. Where's the Renaults, MGs Jags etc?

imidazol97

I see a 1961 Ford black wagon as mentioned, and a 1962 white Ford sedan.
Second row above the White 50s Olds with the shade on windshield
for the 1961 wagon.
The 1962 sedan is above the 58 Ford taillights at right of pic, in next double row
under doorway of the Cape Cod home at rear.

ab348

All I have to go on is the file name, Andy, sorry to disappoint you. It's not like I got it from a website that posted it with a description in the last day or so.

Also I would draw your attention to the '63 Plymouth on the right.

imidazol97

Two 1960 Fords in one picture. Amazing.

stickguy

nice little Falcon Ranchero up by the house. A beetle over toward the left, hiding behind some barges.

fintail

Cool pic, good era for parking lot shots - it looks like a car show. There may be a third 60 Ford in the far background kind of center-left, to the right of maybe a 63 Dart/Valiant sedan, a white car with the same bubble rear window.

Looking for foreign cars, I see 3 Beetles, a Karmann-Ghia, and a small sports car with a black top kind of at center next to a Beetle.

Oldie in the shot is a dark car towards the left, appears to be a midrange 39-40 GM car.

imidazol97

Is the other 1960 Ford candidate one of the two marked in this snip from the pic?
They both have the bubble rear glass.

I recall at the time that bubble rear glass of the 1960 Ford sedan was touted as a futuristic feature. I do
recall it was hard as heck to clean the inside of that piece of melted silicon. The
dust from gravel roads where I lived permeated everything and that glass had to
be occasionally cleaned to get the gritty dust off.

How many model years did that bubble rear glass last?

bhill2

fintail said:

Cool pic, good era for parking lot shots - it looks like a car show. There may be a third 60 Ford in the far background kind of center-left, to the right of maybe a 63 Dart/Valiant sedan, a white car with the same bubble rear window.

Looking for foreign cars, I see 3 Beetles, a Karmann-Ghia, and a small sports car with a black top kind of at center next to a Beetle.

Oldie in the shot is a dark car towards the left, appears to be a midrange 39-40 GM car.

On the right, about 5 rows back in the photograph, just to the left of the '58 Ford and facing the camera is a '63 Plymouth.

fintail

Yep, your left arrow is the one I spotted. Not certain about the right one - the rear bubble window resembles a 60 Ford, but not the side window.

I always found it odd the lower line cars received the more futuristic and likely more expensive wraparound/bubble glass in 59-61, while the highline Galaxie received the formal/flat Thunderbird-influenced design. The wraparound vs flat thing was 59-61, 60-61 might be the same part.

I brought up something that caught my eye on this subject some time ago, the 60 Edsel 4 door HT has the bubble window, while the 60 Ford 4 door HT (which was top of the line) has the flat style (as it is a Galaxie).

imidazol97 said:

Is the other 1960 Ford candidate one of the two marked in this snip from the pic?
They both have the bubble rear glass.

I recall at the time that bubble rear glass of the 1960 Ford sedan was touted as a futuristic feature. I do
recall it was hard as heck to clean the inside of that piece of melted silicon. The
dust from gravel roads where I lived permeated everything and that glass had to
be occasionally cleaned to get the gritty dust off.

How many model years did that bubble rear glass last?