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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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. :D

    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.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,599
    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. :D

    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.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    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.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402

    tmart said:

    Windshield visor?

    Keep thinking windshield.
    The tinted strip at the top?
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325

    tmart said:

    Windshield visor?

    Keep thinking windshield.
    A one-piece windshield, with no center divider.

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 825
    ab348 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.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    Windscreen washers - sorry - windshield washers
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    edited March 2021
    Minnow among the whales - Torrance Ca - expands too


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    54 two door Ford, 54 Mercury, 56 two door Ford, 57 Ford, 58 Ford, 60 Ford wagon.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    What is that toy car between the 58 Ford and F100 pickup?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    tmart said:

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

    Autobianchi Bianchina>




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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 825
    1956 Plymouth Belvedere.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    Pink Panther car, right?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    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.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    texases said:

    Pink Panther car, right?

    Yup!


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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    A Nash Metropolitan keeping company near the ‘60 Ford wagon and the mystery sports car.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    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
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    edited March 2021
    Elmhurst, Illinois, circa 1975. The local AMC dealer looks to have been doing well. Expands to a huge size:

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    Classic brown gen 1 Capri out front. Seems like they were all brown. Baby blue FIAT in front of it (a 128?)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    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.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 825
    edited March 2021
    For any other train fans.........
    Check out those old telegraph lines running along the tracks. Must be at least 50 of them.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    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

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 266,942
    texases said:

    How about this:


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

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 825
    I'm shown "403 Forbidden".
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    edited March 2021
    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
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    Here's Downtown Chicago circa 1976, with a car that would have been rare even then.


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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Safety green!
    A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    Yeah those Rivieras aren't seen a lot.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    Riviera? What kind? Not a Buick I’m aware of.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    Looks like a 75-76 Riviera nearest the camera (just behind the rare car).
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    Oh, thought you meant the green machine!
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    Nice Bricklin. And still like seeing Checker cabs.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,682
    edited March 2021
    The Drake Hotel cleaned up really nicely.






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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Telephoto lens distorts shapes. Is that a Ford Fusion?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,462
    FIAT. 128? I always get fuzzy on the numbers on the old ones. Unless of course it is one of the many faux-FIATs.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,682
    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.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    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.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 266,942
    andys120 said:


    Lumina Eurosport?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,467
    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.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    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.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,126
    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)
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,325
    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.


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