Mystery car pix

andys120

Right Michaell, that particlar style of Fuchs alloy wheel was used by the earlier 901/911s of the late 60s and early 70s. The front air dam was used after '71 or '72 but the small bumpers weren't used after '73. The pictured car is a '73 911S.

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fintail

I think 74 was the year the blinker also went away from under the headlights, so there's another way to date it.

michaellno

Nissan Patrol - I'd guess late 80's or early 90's vintage.

Funny that I should get the 911 year correctly .. my FIL owned one back in the 70's. Long before I met my wife. He passed away earlier this year and in going through his belongings, we found a picture of him with it.

This was in Cheyenne, WY - I wonder if it was the only Porsche in the state at the time?

rockylee

So that's a cressida. Hey I've even saw one of those before.

Rocky

andys120

Nissan Patrol - I'd guess late 80's or early 90's vintage.

Yep, it's an '89 Patrol GR-3 Tourer.

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rockylee

Yaris convertible :surprise: LOL

Rocky

bumpy

Nope. Nissan Micra convertible, about the same size and shape as a VW Beetle.

andys120

Yes it's a Micra convertible with a folding top known as the Micra C+C. It's smaller than a Beetle and even odder looking>>

rockylee

Hell those small Asian cars look about the same to me.

Rocky

bumpy

Whoops, I meant the old Beetle.

bumpy

rockylee

Geely Maybach ?

Rocky

fintail

You're close, it's the Hongqi - a shameless knockoff of the RR Phantom.

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mack9

This picture has been posted around the web for a little while, but nobody seems to know for sure what it is.
Most people are guessing this is either an Acura RDX or the next MDX.
I don't think so. It doesn't look anything like what we already know of these 2 cars.

Or I could be the next generation Acura MDX.

kyfdx

I think it is the new '07 CR-V..

turboshadow

I'm guessing that's the next generation Toureg. Looks like a five bolt pattern on the wheels.

ateixeira

Rocky: you won the Quote of the Week.

Hongqi, pronounced how, Honkey? Sheesh. :sick:

I don't think that's an RDX, the D-pillar is very different, though it may be camo.

The MDX looks more like that, in fact I think the wheels are an exact match. The MDX concept was a bit different, but that might be a test mule for the real MDX. I think that's most likely.

The CR-V test mule's roof bends down towards the rear, and it's been on a 7 spoke wheel so far.

So I say MDX, not necessarily concept, possibly a production model test mule.

-juice

varmint

Mazda CX-7.

Check the door handles, the lights, the slight rise in the beltline (at the rear door), slant of the A pillar, and the overall shape of the windows.

ateixeira

Do you mean CX9?

The rise in the beltline of the CX7 is very pronounced. The CX9's is more mild, like the pic.

The front is so blurry it's hard to tell, but I don't notice the RX8-like fenders of the CX7, either.

-juice

ateixeira

varmint

D'oh! Stoopid Mazda names. Yes, I meant the CX-9. Here's a decent pic.

http://www.velocityjournal.com/images/full/2006/194/mz2007cx919410590.jpg

ateixeira

The D-pillars are different but it looks like they used black tape in that area, and that could make up the different.

You definitely think it's not an Acura?

-juice

bumpy

Mystery Spy Shots? Back to cars that have actually been built.

This one set a record:

ateixeira

Educated guess here, but Mazda MX-3 GS V6.

I believe this was the smallest displacement V6 in a production vehicle, just 1.8l. 130hp wasn't a ton, but it was quite smooth.

-juice

bumpy

Got it in one. It was the smallest V6 ever sold in the US, but Mitsubishi offered a 1.6L V6 (6A10) in Japan around the same time. We never saw it.

bumpy

johno111

Holden, Rodeo Crewcab.... Kangaroo stylin .....

andys120

but you can figure out what it is>>

stickguy

Buick Roadmaster. Circa 1995?

bumpy

Correct. It's a rebadged Isuzu D-Max with what Holden calls the "Alloytec" V6, aka the 3.6 HF. GM only offers it in $30k+ cars here, but Holden puts it in everything it will fit in.

The Roadmaster has the skirts over the rear wheels, so it's more like a '92. I think the fake wood trim was standard.

bumpy

...but it very easily could be.

johno111

It's a Toyota Century, with a V12, mainly sold in Japan and a few other Asia countrys. Mostly used as a lemo. Not sure of the year but they have been around since 1967, had a major change in 1997. I'm guessing that this is a little newer than that.

andys120

Buick Roadmaster. Circa 1995?

Yep, it's a '96, the wagon had an astonishing amount of room.

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wgrafer

It's a Studebaker Lark. My neighbor had a '60, but the pillars on this one are different...maybe a 1963?? (Was that the yaer with the sliding rear roof like today's GM SUVs???) Big W.

chuck1959

Yep, it's a '96, the wagon had an astonishing amount of room.

I can't remember where I read this. But these wagons made good hearse conversions. Because a coffin will fit in without any modifications to the car!

mack9

I think it is some kind of a future car or maybe a mule car.

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andys120

#6357 looks like a disguised protype of the upcoming BMW 1-Series Coupe which may end up being labeled the 2-Series.

johno111

Did a little research on this, like the plate on the front of the car says it's a NOUERA. This and a bunch of others are what is called remodeled, sort of a " Pimp my ride " Asian style. These "remodeled" autos are done by Mitsuoka Motor Co. Ltd of Japan. ( Pimp My ride meets Boyd Cottington meets Chip Foose and gets beat up by Unique Whips )

andys120

bumpy

VW Type 3.

andys120

VW Type 3.

Correctamundo, it was known in the US as the Squareback/Fastback. The car shown is a 1969 VW Squareback (wagon).

andys120

You can see where they've really messed up a previously classic design on this car>>