Mystery car pix

magnette

Is that a Valiant wagon directly behind the split screen VW van?

ab348

Another pic from Americar which I believe is from New York.

lemko1968

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.

stickguy

red Nova on the right.

fintail

Seattle, early 70s - similar, but very different:

stickguy

mazda in the front. RX3? Or 4. can't remember which without looking it up.

Dodge van in the back next to the old Chevy (61?)

tmart

The old Chevy is a 59. Ford County Sedan in foreground.

andys120

lemko1968

andys120 said:

1957 Oldsmobile Super 88.

lemko1968

fintail

Jensen CV8, registration is 1965 I think.

lemko1968 said:

lemko1968

Correct.

magnette

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)

ab348

Here's one I don't think we've seen here before, Anchorage AK, summer 1972.

fintail

Building maybe something built after the 1964 earthquake.

Parked nearest the building to the left of a van (Econoline?) looks like a Volvo 142.

tmart

Two Mustangs, a Ford County Squire, Falcon pickup.

Lostwrench3

Low left - 1967 Pontiac.

stickguy

Falcon ranchero. I like the green '71 Mustang (I assume a Mach 1). Looks like the roof of a Volvo 142 up top next to an Econoline window van.

what's the little red foreign 5 door in the middle? I should know it but can't recall the name.

bhill2

I will hazard the guess Renault 16, but wouldn't bet much on that guess.

andys120

bhill2 said:

I will hazard the guess Renault 16, but wouldn't bet much on that guess.

I couldn't recall but you guessed it, its a Renault 16

ab348

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.

andys120

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.

texases

I always get a laugh when they put the crushed Lincoln in the Falcon Ranchero’s bed, and just drive off.
https://bestmoviecars.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1964-Ford-Falcon-Ranchero.jpg

fintail

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.

omarman

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."

magnette

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.

andys120

stickguy

1st gen M3. E30.

andys120

stickguy said:

1st gen M3. E30.

Yup, still highly sought after.

fintail

Seattle, apparently during the 1962 World's Fair:

andys120

Closest to camera, a '58 or'59 Plymouth. Opposite side a 1957 Bel Air behind a Buick ('52-'54?) which is behind a '49-'51 Mercury.

tmart

55 Ford behind the Plymouth.

fintail

I think at bottom right is the fender of a 56 Bel Air, wearing aftermarket hubcaps.

andys120

tmart said:

55 Ford behind the Plymouth.

Tu-tone behind the '55 is a '53-4 MoPar.

andys120

texases

'61 Bentley? Looks a bit like a '51 Packard.

fintail

Continental Flying Spur

ab348

Hemmings is now stealing from us here:

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/01/25/carspotting-los-angeles-1968

sda

ab348 said:

Hemmings is now stealing from us here:

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/01/25/carspotting-los-angeles-1968

How rude

magnette

I suppose if there is a prize with Hemmings we could all answer based on all having seen this picture before and we would win...

magnette

This is a Mall called West Acre and I have no idea where it is.



I like the way the smallest car in the lot is the least considerately parked...

magnette

I would just spot above the errant Rambler Wagon there is a 56 DeSoto - perhaps a Fireflite

fintail

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.

omarman

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).

tmart

49/51 Ford, 52/54 Ford, 55/56 Ford Customline, 55 Ford wagon.

andys120

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???

imidazol97

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.

fintail

Just as old as the Mopar is the GM coupe to the left of the 55 Olds.

Lostwrench3

1954 Packard.

andys120

Yonkers isn't a wealthy town but it's near several. I'm surprised at the number of old cars and the lack ofnewr cars.