Mystery car pix

ab348

magnette said:

Is this a 66 Chrysler 300 coupe?
The other car in the foreground is a 67(?) Ford
I think I see a 60 Ford behind the Karmen Ghia

They're everywhere! It's like a Where's Waldo game.

I love '65 Chryslers for some strange reason. Never had one in the family, seldom see them restored now, but they just really appeal to me, especially the 2-doors.

sda

ab348 said:

magnette said:

Is this a 66 Chrysler 300 coupe?
The other car in the foreground is a 67(?) Ford
I think I see a 60 Ford behind the Karmen Ghia

They're everywhere! It's like a Where's Waldo game.

I love '65 Chryslers for some strange reason. Never had one in the family, seldom see them restored now, but they just really appeal to me, especially the 2-doors.

They were good looking cars and I liked the clear tail light treatment (Chrysler) and glass covers on the headlights of those models and Imperials. I understand there was a running change during the production year where standard red tail light lenses replaced the clear (Chrysler) and glass covers on the Chrysler and Imperial.

fintail

2x 60 Fords - wagon behind the Karmann Ghia at right, lowline sedan at left, to the left of a 60 Impala 4 door HT. Nice Malibu SS (I assume, by the hubcaps) in front of the 60 Ford sedan.

tmart

Lostwrench3 said:

tmart said:

Windshield visor?

Keep thinking windshield.

The tinted strip at the top?

ab348

Lostwrench3 said:

tmart said:

Windshield visor?

Keep thinking windshield.

A one-piece windshield, with no center divider.

Lostwrench3

ab348 said:

Lostwrench3 said:

tmart said:

Windshield visor?

Keep thinking windshield.

A one-piece windshield, with no center divider.

Bingo! A one piece windshield, the first time Chevrolet used one since using them on some Chevrolets of 1935.

magnette

Windscreen washers - sorry - windshield washers

magnette

Minnow among the whales - Torrance Ca - expands too

tmart

54 two door Ford, 54 Mercury, 56 two door Ford, 57 Ford, 58 Ford, 60 Ford wagon.

tmart

What is that toy car between the 58 Ford and F100 pickup?

andys120

tmart said:

What is that toy car between the 58 Ford and F100 pickup?

Autobianchi Bianchina>

Lostwrench3

1956 Plymouth Belvedere.

texases

Pink Panther car, right?

fintail

Just "above" the 60 Ford wagon, in front of what looks like a 41-48 (not sure there are real differences from this angle) Chevy coupe with faded paint, I think a TR-3. At far left upper middle, I see a white Falcon, by the other cars likely a 60.

andys120

texases said:

Pink Panther car, right?

Yup!

ab348

A Nash Metropolitan keeping company near the ‘60 Ford wagon and the mystery sports car.

magnette

I see a 56 Lincoln in the right corner just above that - able the corner 56 Ford, and indeed adjacent to a 56 Belair 4-door. - just above that is a Rambler wagon

ab348

Elmhurst, Illinois, circa 1975. The local AMC dealer looks to have been doing well. Expands to a huge size:

stickguy

Classic brown gen 1 Capri out front. Seems like they were all brown. Baby blue FIAT in front of it (a 128?)

fintail

I guess I'll pick off the big Matador coupe behind the Fiat, and the Hornet coupe across the street from it. As ab mentions, maybe a nearby dealer, or maybe even local proximity to Kenosha. I also see an apparently blue clamshell wagon at far left.

Lostwrench3

For any other train fans.........
Check out those old telegraph lines running along the tracks. Must be at least 50 of them.

andys120

ab348 said:

A Nash Metropolitan keeping company near the ‘60 Ford wagon and the mystery sports car.

I'm pretty sure the mystery sports car is an MG-A

texases

How about this:


https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images4/1/0407/06/sunoco-wayne-blend-o-matic-gas-pump_1_ece7d992aadce2c01958d760b055bf80.jpg

kyfdx

texases said:

How about this:


Not in Safari or Chrome... On WIN desktop or iPad.

Lostwrench3

I'm shown "403 Forbidden".

magnette

That compact black sedan over the road looks like a 63 or maybe 64 Chevy II but I think the continuous coachline on the sides and the chrome strip on the rear might make it a Nova

ab348

magnette said:

That compact black sedan over the road looks like a 63 or maybe 64 Chevy II but I think the continuous coachline on the sides and the chrome strip on the rear might make it a Nova

I think it might be a Nova, based on the emblem on the front fender just ahead of the driver’s door.

The oldest car I see is a ‘61 Chevy on the far left, just beyond the Cadillac.

ab348

Here's Downtown Chicago circa 1976, with a car that would have been rare even then.

omarman

Safety green!

fintail

Yeah those Rivieras aren't seen a lot.

tmart

Riviera? What kind? Not a Buick I’m aware of.

fintail

Looks like a 75-76 Riviera nearest the camera (just behind the rare car).

tmart

Oh, thought you meant the green machine!

ab348

I found the Drake Hotel in the background interesting. Looks like they were cleaning decades of soot and smoke residue off the stonework but hadn't quite finished, so the section closest to the camera was absolutely black while much of the remainder looked very different.

stickguy

Nice Bricklin. And still like seeing Checker cabs.

imidazol97

The Drake Hotel cleaned up really nicely.

ab348

Right church, wrong pew there, Imid. I did the same streetview thing earlier and made the same mistake you did. The one you pictured is the Knickerbocker Hotel, across the street. Here's the current-day Drake.

andys120

Telephoto lens distorts shapes. Is that a Ford Fusion?

andys120

stickguy

FIAT. 128? I always get fuzzy on the numbers on the old ones. Unless of course it is one of the many faux-FIATs.

imidazol97

ab348 said:

Right church, wrong pew there, Imid. I did the same streetview thing earlier and made the same mistake you did. The one you pictured is the Knickerbocker Hotel, across the street. Here's the current-day Drake.

LOL.
I was interested if the fake balconies were still on the building. I see that they are
but the windows probably don't open out for people to go outside on them.
One of our used to be favorite motels in Pigeon Forge/Sevierville had balconies on some
of the rooms.

andys120

stickguy said:

FIAT. 128? I always get fuzzy on the numbers on the old ones. Unless of course it is one of the many faux-FIATs.

It's a Fiat 124 Sedan which was the basis for the 124 Sports Coupe and the sublime Sports Spider . It was the last of the RWD Italian mass market sedans and thanks to Fiat's numerous license-production deals in eastern Europe and Latin America may be the most numeroussingle production car in history.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Lumina Eurosport?

fintail

Z34. The normal fancy Lumina was "Euro" ("Eurosport" was for the Celebrity). My brother had a 93 Lumina Euro, 3.1 (I think), raspy exhaust as was the GM style of the time, wheels similar to that red coupe - he actually liked it. I forget what happened to it.

ab348

andys120 said:

stickguy said:

FIAT. 128? I always get fuzzy on the numbers on the old ones. Unless of course it is one of the many faux-FIATs.

It's a Fiat 124 Sedan which was the basis for the 124 Sports Coupe and the sublime Sports Spider . It was the last of the RWD Italian mass market sedans and thanks to Fiat's numerous license-production deals in eastern Europe and Latin America may be the most numeroussingle production car in history.

I haven't bothered to look up numbers, but I think it would be difficult to beat the VW Beetle or the Model T.

andys120

ab348 said:

andys120 said:

stickguy said:

FIAT. 128? I always get fuzzy on the numbers on the old ones. Unless of course it is one of the many faux-FIATs.

It's a Fiat 124 Sedan which was the basis for the 124 Sports Coupe and the sublime Sports Spider . It was the last of the RWD Italian mass market sedans and thanks to Fiat's numerous license-production deals in eastern Europe and Latin America may be the most numerou single production car design in history.

I haven't bothered to look up numbers, but I think it would be difficult to beat the VW Beetle or the Model T.

I haven't either but few cars can match the number of production sources and variants of the Fiat 124 series. License built versions were built in Spain, India, Bulgaria and Egypt, Turkey, Russia(Lada), and Korea.

texases

The Lada beat the Model T, and I imagine all variants of the 124 would beat the Beetle. But I doubt they beat the Corolla (44 million)

ab348

I think one needs to differentiate between the best-selling nameplate and the best selling design. Cars like the Beetle, Model T and Lada carried on largely as they started out with improvements along the way, while ones like the Corolla, F-150, etc are totally redesigned every few years.

ab348

I found a few pics from Anchorage, AK, taken in 1960. The first in the series shows the car of what must be a very hardy soul driving it during winter in that climate. Blows up nicely.