Mystery car pix

tmart

Yep, that’s a 60 Ford hiding in the back.

fintail

60 Ford maybe a taxi? Looks like maybe a basic car. Imperials almost seem like product placement. The Strip sure wasn't built up then.

ab348

I have no doubt the photo was staged, but it is a very nice shot. The '60 Ford (in white, natch) doesn't seem to have a roof light but where the fellow is standing next to the driver's door, his shadow seems to reveal some lettering on the car so perhaps it is a taxi.

sda

Nice looking 60 Impala coupe.

fintail

Dark blue on red, or black?

I assume a 429, right? Very little if any smog stuff, probably still had adequate power.

sda said:

Correct, though I had a red leather interior. It was a fun car (in its own way) to cruise around. I used to joke that when you 'pressed the pedal' the ole girl lifted her fender skirts and scooted.

sda

472, still high compression, premium gas. It was originally silver with black top and red interior. I painted it black, door jambs, trunk, etc. It took me most of the summer to strip the paint, do body work, spray it with acrylic lacquer and color sand, polish it. For a first try it came out well. It wasn’t fast like cars are today but it was effortless and plenty quick. The owner of the local Cadillac dealer ordered it for his wife. It had every option except the split bench seat. The paperwork was still with the car. When I got it it needed love. I paid $800 for it in 81.

Work in progress:

sda

The following year I repainted my 76 Sunbird. You can see dad's 79 Eldorado in the background, and Sheeba the black lab supervising. Mom's 78 silver Olds 98 behind the painted Sunbird.

andys120

I see a couple of white Imperials (or Chrysler Imperials). Both appear to be same MY ('59?)The tail of a 1960 Impala on left.

andys120

Brchure art>

lemko1968

magnette

The red car from the brochure is a 61 Chrysler - perhaps a Newport?

andys120

magnette said:

The red car from the brochure is a 61 Chrysler - perhaps a Newport?

My bad! It's definitely a '61 Chrysler but it was mislabeled as a 300 but it lacks the round badge and the side spear the badge was on.

texases

'71 Torino?

ab348

texases said:

'71 Torino?

That looks like the very bare-bones 1970 1/2 Falcon.

texases

I figured it was some base model, I didn't remember which one...

fintail

I always found it odd they made a larger Torino-sized Falcon right before axing the name - kind of a random thing, like someone didn't have a plan.

I recall seeing one of those for sale in town back when my dad had his old Fords. It appeared to be in decent shape, and cheap (probably under a grand), but my dad wasn't interested, didn't like those cars.

imidazol97

It looked like the hardtops were called Torino in the 1970 catalog. And the post models were called Falcons.

imidazol97

kyfdx

imidazol97 said:

'59 Edsel wagon?

ab348

imidazol97 said:

It looked like the hardtops were called Torino in the 1970 catalog. And the post models were called Falcons.

The Falcons were available only as post cars and as a wagon. They were real strippers, with rubber floor mats and taxicab upholstery. However you could order them with all of the performance goodies like the 429CJ engine, 4-speed, Traction-Lok, and a drag pack, which made them popular with drag racers.

The cheapest 2-door hardtop that year was a Fairlane 500, but it was trimmed and equipped a bit better than the Falcon.

Lostwrench3

1958 Edsel Bermuda.

sda

A friend had a 70 Falcon 2dr in a olive green, black interior. It had the small 6, automatic, period. It was beat up, the front seat not very comfortable. I rode in it twice. What really surprised me was how soft the ride was. The suspension squeaked and groaned when turning or going over bumps. A hooptie for sure.

magnette

That would be a 58 Edsel Villager wagon but I didn't know they had wood trim. Is it instead a Bermuda?

I do know the two door wagon was a Roundup

texases

Not a pretty line on it, IMO...but it is distinctive!

imidazol97

The Edsel is indeed a Bermuda model.

I had never seen one before this picture. I think it's a very stunning wagon
with the constasts and shapes considering other 1958 models.

Well, maybe when viewed from the rear, the gold stars drop off a notch...




And it's the best color combo out of many I found searching the web.

I could like this black

imidazol97

There was an Edsel owner convention, maybe national, but certainly a large region here in Dayton 15 years ago roughly. I would have remember the name Bermuda as a model. I've never seen one.

I wonder how many were built. 2235.

ab348

From Americar, apparently Miami area, early/mid 1960s.

stickguy

someone got a good deal on early Valients. And nice baby blue MGB heading away. Behind that on the curb is the requisite Falcon.

What the heck is that red convertible next to the MG? Odd looking trunk unless it is a trick of the light.

fintail

MGB looking car could also be a Fiat 1500? I think the red car has a shadow on the trunk.

Edsel might not be pretty in conventional terms, but those are cool taillights.

ab348

Nice picture of the smog (or maybe marine layer fog) at LAX in the early to mid 1960s. Should expand rather well. I'd guess there's a '60 Ford in there somewhere, but some other interesting stuff too.

andys120

Miami:

Red car next to blue roadster is a first gen Healey Sprite, diminutive even compared to small MG-B. Fiat 1500 were outsold at least 10:1 compared to MG-Bs (The most successful sports roadster of the era IIRC).

stickguy

Front and center, jelly bean falcon with the rump of a Volvo PV behind it.

Front left, partially behind a blue and white Ford (and a tree), looks like a dark Jag sedan.

fintail

Jag looks like a Mark X.

I see a 60 Ford, 2 door post - far right, bottom half, just above a Continental, 2 to the right of the Volvo.

Looks like a couple of the Beetles have oval windows. I see at least 2-3 61 Fords as well, including one just in front of the Jag.

Left-center, just to the right of the light pole, I see a 105E Anglia. Gotta be a fintail out there somewhere

magnette

That Edsel Bermuda - I should've known - I have seen one before in the Birmingham Classic Car show here in 2017... even has the woodwork too.





I remember seeing a turquoise and white Edsel sedan at the Essen car show once, but had forgotten this wagon presumably imported directly from USA rather than sold here although they did appear at the 1957 Earls Court motor show in London on a Mercury Lincoln Ford (US) stand apparently

These are lousy pictures as I had trouble with the flash that day and it was indoor in a sort of covered area

magnette

looking at the LAX shot...

The 60 Ford is far right, four cars up above a purple (must be the smog) Camelot Lincoln
Just above that Ford is one of those Classic larger Rambler sedans

Black Jag Mk X in foreground

The small tree mid picture is obscuring a Triumph Herald convertible and a little to the right of that is a dark blue Minx
EDIT - actually it looks too big to be a Minx relative to the Triumph

Mid distance just beyond the left hand kiosk is a white / black Packard from about 1951/3 with that heavy chrome grille

imidazol97

magnette said:

That Edsel Bermuda - I should've known - I have seen one before in the Birmingham Classic Car show here in 2017... even has the woodwork too.



I remember seeing a turquoise and white Edsel sedan at the Essen car show once, but had forgotten this wagon presumably imported directly from USA rather than sold here although they did appear at the 1957 Earls Court motor show in London on a Mercury Lincoln Ford (US) stand apparently

These are lousy pictures as I had trouble with the flash that day and it was indoor in a sort of covered area

Thanks for posting those.

Neat that the Bermuda has the inverse color pattern of the one I had found in a picture.

magnette

Also at LAX white Anglia 105 behind nearest post and left of red VW

I see a Rambler wagon - white with red roof - diagonally above that red VW

and one of those 60 Dodge Polara wagons - its light green and just above a white 60 Dodge Lancer or similar 2-door, in mid foreground

Sorry - I'll stop now - lockdown is getting me stir crazy again

magnette

@imidazol97

Yes, I haven't seen many Edsels but there are a few about.

It really is reversing the colours in your picture

sda

magnette said:

Also at LAX white Anglia 105 behind nearest post and left of red VW

I see a Rambler wagon - white with red roof - diagonally above that red VW

and one of those 60 Dodge Polara wagons - its light green and just above a white 60 Dodge Lancer or similar 2-door, in mid foreground

Sorry - I'll stop now - lockdown is getting me stir crazy again

My wife works with international teams, one member is in the London area. He has shared with my wife the challenge of the lock down. Sounds horrible. Best of luck and good health to you all.

ab348

In the LAX pic, is that a TR3 I see over by the terminal building, near a black '59 Chevy?

tmart

ab348 said:

Nice picture of the smog (or maybe marine layer fog) at LAX in the early to mid 1960s. Should expand rather well. I'd guess there's a '60 Ford in there somewhere, but some other interesting stuff too.

55/56 Ford, two 59 Fords, a wagon and two door midline.

ab348

fintail said:

Jag looks like a Mark X.

I see a 60 Ford, 2 door post - far right, bottom half, just above a Continental, 2 to the right of the Volvo.

Looks like a couple of the Beetles have oval windows. I see at least 2-3 61 Fords as well, including one just in front of the Jag.

Left-center, just to the right of the light pole, I see a 105E Anglia. Gotta be a fintail out there somewhere

That '60 Ford isn't white! Perhaps the also-typical Ford powder blue.

There is a yellow '62 Olds Starfire convertible at the end of the row next to the tree planter near the lamppost in middle of the shot, while to the right of that lamppost is a red with black top sports car of some sort, whose nose is pointing towards a neat-looking white over blue Chevy II 2-door hardtop. If you look closely just above that little black over red car, I think there is the rear window of another '60 Ford there.

stickguy

ab348 said:

In the LAX pic, is that a TR3 I see over by the terminal building, near a black '59 Chevy?

Could be. Hard to see front, but maybe a bug eye sprite?

lemko1968

tmart

The tricolor looks good on the Hudson.

ab348

tmart said:

The tricolor looks good on the Hudson.

That's pretty much the only thing that does.

stickguy

Whitewalls aren’t bad.

texases

stickguy said:

ab348 said:

In the LAX pic, is that a TR3 I see over by the terminal building, near a black '59 Chevy?

Could be. Hard to see front, but maybe a bug eye sprite?

My first reaction was TR3

fintail

Yep, I think it is powder blue. I know I have seen a few Starliner and Sunliner in that color, along with a 4 door HT.

I also see the Ford above the black and red (Corvette?) car, definitely a 60 or 61.

I think the car near the airport building is a TR3.

ab348 said:

That '60 Ford isn't white! Perhaps the also-typical Ford powder blue.

There is a yellow '62 Olds Starfire convertible at the end of the row next to the tree planter near the lamppost in middle of the shot, while to the right of that lamppost is a red with black top sports car of some sort, whose nose is pointing towards a neat-looking white over blue Chevy II 2-door hardtop. If you look closely just above that little black over red car, I think there is the rear window of another '60 Ford there.

imidazol97

Hudson Hornet Super
1957?

If it were a hardtop or

ab348 said:

tmart said:

The tricolor looks good on the Hudson.

That's pretty much the only thing that does.

There are several of those Hudsons and AMC models that show up at an orphan car show in our area (& Studebaker) in great shape. Mostly owned by older guys who are proud of their showpieces. This year
many stayed away because of the scare. Previous year were 2 or 3 Hollywood models.