I see a 1971 or 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 followed by a 1969 Plymouth and a 1967 Pontiac Tempest or LeMans. Newest car appears to be a 1974 Mustang II. Also see a 1968 or 1969 AMC Javelin and the back of 1969 or 1970 Chevrolet Caprice.
That CV8 was unique - only this one was built by Jensen as a soft top - all the others were coupes.
I think a couple later got converted when they were rebuilt from accidents but this is the one and only - it was owned by the foreign secretary Lord Carrington (he was in the Thatcher administration until the Falklands war where he took the blame for the islands being invaded)
We've talked about how prevalent '60 Fords are in these pictures, but part of that is by design in that I will often post a pic just because it has a '60 Ford in it - although I get surprised myself sometimes when I post a pic that I thought did not have one in it only for someone to spot one that I missed. But I think the most prevalent vehicle I've seen in all of these pics is easily the first-gen Falcon. Those things are absolutely everywhere in the pics I find and shows just how popular they were in the early '60s. Ones like this Falcon Ranchero are fairly rare though.
IIRC Ford's Falcon was the most popular of the 1960 generation of "compact cars"out selling GMs Corvair/Tempest/Skylark/Cutlass and Chrysler's Valiant/Lancer,
Those Falcon Rancheros could be ordered w the same 260 CIDV8 found in Mustangs and other Falcons.
I think 1960-62 Falcon production numbers exceeded a million units - indeed an insanely successful car.
That Goldfinger scene makes me smirk too - pretty sure that would exceed the payload capacity of a Ranchero, not sure if a Lincoln could be cubed that small.
And there's more than the weight of a crushed Lincoln back there. "Forgive me Mr. Bond, but I must arrange to separate my gold from the late Mr. Solo."
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I agree there are repeat offenders in all these pictures - it shows how some cars were everywhere but in fairness it also shows which ones stand out from the herd.
I tend to look for Ramblers, Studebakers and Hudsons etc and of course for imports as they tend to stand out. It is still amazing how many oddities do emerge though and tribute to you all for picking good pictures.
During lockdown I have tried to put together a series of different pictures showing each of the original one and two letter numberplate codes from our registration numbers issued from 1903 onwards - using only old photos of vehicles rather than ones preserved at car shows or with transferred plates etc.
This includes the Irish Republic too as their system was basically that inherited from ours from their independence through to the eighties
That means in the main a load of Edwardian through to Thirties cars trucks buses and motorbikes, a lot of which I can't identify - especially the latter - but it has also shown how here in say the thirties there were a load more Austins than most others and in rural areas where some codes were still in use until the sixties those old plates were still being issued on Morris Minors Hillman Minxes and Ford Populars - particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
I have nearly completed the lot - about 650 codes - but there are still a few that elude me.
Looks like a 53 Chrysler facing the camera, lower middle.
Google finds a "West Acres" mall in Fargo ND, but I am pretty sure that background isn't Fargo. Building styles and lack of older cars makes me think isn't in the PNW either.
Saw this same pic tagged: View, looking west, across the parking lot for the Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers, New York, 1956. Visible in the distance is the spire of St Joseph's Seminary and College (right, rear).
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
The car parked crosswise is a Rambler American wagon. It's one of the newer cars, the '46-48 MoPar at extreme left is one of the oldest. Any Olds experts out there? The tu-tone Olds in lower picture parked facing the Shoebox Ford looks like a 1955 88 but it could be a '56, or it could be a 98???
I think it's a 1955 98 Holiday, because of the script above the trim at the front. On the 88 that has the "88" there instead of the word "Holiday." BUT the rear tail fins don't seem long enough for the 98, unless the 98 fins are exaggerated in the brochure art. LOL
Looking at real world photographs, I think it is a 98.
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I think a couple later got converted when they were rebuilt from accidents but this is the one and only - it was owned by the foreign secretary Lord Carrington (he was in the Thatcher administration until the Falklands war where he took the blame for the islands being invaded)
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Parked nearest the building to the left of a van (Econoline?) looks like a Volvo 142.
what's the little red foreign 5 door in the middle? I should know it but can't recall the name.
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GMs Corvair/Tempest/Skylark/Cutlass and Chrysler's Valiant/Lancer,
Those Falcon Rancheros could be ordered w the same 260 CIDV8 found in Mustangs and other Falcons.
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https://bestmoviecars.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1964-Ford-Falcon-Ranchero.jpg
That Goldfinger scene makes me smirk too - pretty sure that would exceed the payload capacity of a Ranchero, not sure if a Lincoln could be cubed that small.
"Forgive me Mr. Bond, but I must arrange to separate my gold from the late Mr. Solo."
I tend to look for Ramblers, Studebakers and Hudsons etc and of course for imports as they tend to stand out.
It is still amazing how many oddities do emerge though and tribute to you all for picking good pictures.
During lockdown I have tried to put together a series of different pictures showing each of the original one and two letter numberplate codes from our registration numbers issued from 1903 onwards - using only old photos of vehicles rather than ones preserved at car shows or with transferred plates etc.
This includes the Irish Republic too as their system was basically that inherited from ours from their independence through to the eighties
That means in the main a load of Edwardian through to Thirties cars trucks buses and motorbikes, a lot of which I can't identify - especially the latter - but it has also shown how here in say the thirties there were a load more Austins than most others and in rural areas where some codes were still in use until the sixties those old plates were still being issued on Morris Minors Hillman Minxes and Ford Populars - particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
I have nearly completed the lot - about 650 codes - but there are still a few that elude me.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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I like the way the smallest car in the lot is the least considerately parked...
Google finds a "West Acres" mall in Fargo ND, but I am pretty sure that background isn't Fargo. Building styles and lack of older cars makes me think isn't in the PNW either.
View, looking west, across the parking lot for the Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers, New York, 1956. Visible in the distance is the spire of St Joseph's Seminary and College (right, rear).
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Looking at real world photographs, I think it is a 98.
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