Mystery car pix

andys120

I flew on a DC-3 from LAG to Nantucket and back ca.1978. It was strange with the aisle going uphill while parked.

I flew a DC-6 or 7 way back in 1963 or 64, my first plane ride.

Lostwrench3

I flew in a DC3 from Hyannis to Boston, Ma.
A few minutes after takeoff, the pilots discovered that the landing gear could not be raised. We returned to Hyannis.
Cause - Just prior to boarding in Hyannis, that DC3 was towed out of the maintenance hangar. Pins were inserted into the landing gear structure so the aircraft's landing gear would not collapse during the tow. Someone forgot to remove the pins prior to the aircraft's being released for the flight.

ab348

A pair of pictures from Glens Falls, NY in 1964. Note the perfectly flat and straight rear quarter panels on the featured car. They must have been a challenge in the metal stamping section!

andys120

Bobby and Ethel Kennedy campaigning for the US Senate in 1964. I worked for his opponent. Both the lead Oldsmobile and the following Buick Skylark are 1964 MY.

Surprising to see them riding in open cars after JFK's assassination.

kyfdx

The cool thing about unloading boxes from a DC-3? Pull out the bottom box in the back, and the rest come tumbling down to the rear door.

imidazol97

Yup. I looked it up on edge maps.

magnette

@kyfdx

I've just been sitting in our back garden and I am beginning to wonder if we still have an airport.
Usually we get half the incoming for Heathrow within about three miles of us if they are landing from the east and a steady stream as well from City airport most days but now its only about two or three planes a day over us..

Having said that, with the drop in road traffic too we can hear more birdsong now than we ever could before

magnette

Actually I've just looked up London Kentucky and it is the fourth largest city called London in the world - I think the second is the one in Ontario but I'm not sure which is third

It must cause some confusion where two towns have the same name now so many people book flights for themselves rather than through agents.

A couple of years ago in the news here a couple had got a bargain flight from Manchester to Sydney but it was about five stops, and it turned out they were on a flight that ended in Sydney Nova Scotia - via Iceland and Toronto I think

ab348

magnette said:

It must cause some confusion where two towns have the same name now so many people book flights for themselves rather than through agents.

Depends on whether you have a competent travel agent. Years ago I had to go to Daytona Beach FL on business and used a local travel agency here to arrange the flights for me and a co-worker. About a week before departure she called to say she realized she made a mistake and we needed to return the tickets she had sent over, because they were for Dayton, Ohio.

A couple of years ago in the news here a couple had got a bargain flight from Manchester to Sydney but it was about five stops, and it turned out they were on a flight that ended in Sydney Nova Scotia - via Iceland and Toronto I think

Yes, it seems to happen every few years.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39459471

magnette

On an airport theme this one of Heathrow is from about 1963 and the plane departing is a Caravelle
Picture should expand

kyfdx

magnette said:

Actually I've just looked up London Kentucky and it is the fourth largest city called London in the world - I think the second is the one in Ontario but I'm not sure which is third

It must cause some confusion where two towns have the same name now so many people book flights for themselves rather than through agents.

A couple of years ago in the news here a couple had got a bargain flight from Manchester to Sydney but it was about five stops, and it turned out they were on a flight that ended in Sydney Nova Scotia - via Iceland and Toronto I think

Well... you can't fly to London, KY on a scheduled flight, so no issues there.

ab348

magnette said:

On an airport theme this one of Heathrow is from about 1963 and the plane departing is a Caravelle

Is that a Vauxhall Cresta coupe lower left next to an ADO16? Very Detroit-esque design.

xwesx

andys120 said:

Surprising to see them riding in open cars after JFK's assassination.

I thought the exact same thing. Of course, we all know how that story ends, too.

andys120

stickguy

A V8 Ford. 1954?

imidazol97

ab348 said:

Depends on whether you have a competent travel agent. Years ago I had to go to Daytona Beach FL on business and used a local travel agency here to arrange the flights for me and a co-worker. About a week before departure she called to say she realized she made a mistake and we needed to return the tickets she had sent over, because they were for Dayton, Ohio.

Hmmmm.
Dayton can be a nice place to visit. Should have kept the tickets.

andys120

stickguy said:

A V8 Ford. 1954?

Nope it's a '52 Ford Crestline w a Flathead Ford. 1952 was the last year for the Flathead, '53 V8s came with the Y-block.
IIRC the Crestline was the top-of-the-line.

magnette

@ab348
That two tone blue coupe next to the ADO16 is a Ford Consul Capri - a coupe version of the Ford Consul Classic




They were quite popular and are still collectible - certainly better than the Classic saloon which was not blessed with good styling - the Anglia 105 style back window worked on the small car but a four door saloon with fussier front trim was off target although the Classic was also sold as a two door saloon too; - the Consul Capri was much nicer although it became dated thereafter.

magnette

I think the interesting car in the Caravelle shot is the black sedan on the right just entering the parking area at the foot of the prominent pylon

magnette

My first flight was in an Alitalia DC8 - I didn't get any propeller flights until a KLM Fokker 50 in 2002

fintail

Lower right I see a W110 fintail with whitewalls, PA Cresta/Velox beside it.

magnette said:

On an airport theme this one of Heathrow is from about 1963 and the plane departing is a Caravelle
Picture should expand

xwesx

magnette said:

My first flight was in an Alitalia DC8 - I didn't get any propeller flights until a KLM Fokker 50 in 2002

The first flight I can remember taking was on a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (19-passenger regional aircraft). We fondly referred to them as "flying hotdogs," as they were incredibly small inside, and they felt like they were long, skinny tubes. Very noisy, rather uncomfortable contraptions that fly at around 10,000 feet, so they get all the extra turbulence of that altitude.

andys120

kyfdx

1988?

magnette

As we've moved on from my picture at Heathrow, the black mystery saloon -


was a Standard Vanguard Sportsman. This was a rare variant of the Phase III Vanguard with basically an engine in full TR3 tune and better equipment than the Vanguard.
It was introduced in August 56 and was intended to have become the new Triumph Renown hence the triumph- like grille and they only made about 950 - including a few estates (I've never seen one of those) and it got cancelled in 1958. Here is a preserved one


It's less distinctive without the two-tone finish...

andys120

kyfdx said:

1988?

Could be, caption doesn't say, just that it's a 5 liter Mustang GT with the '87-93 body style. It's the same color as my '86 GT but those had the same more subdued coachwork as the LX versions.

andys120

Lostwrench3

1962 Dodge Lancer.

ab348

Another one from the Ruscha collection at the Getty Museum. Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills, 1966. Nothing too mysterious here, but I can almost hear the music from The Beverly Hillbillies that was used when Miss Jane pulled up in the driveway.

andys120

The T-Bird is a Gen III (1964-67), the Impala is a '66 or '67. Not sure about the Cadillac (ca.'63).

fintail

Bird is a 65 with the fender chrome, Impala a 66.

bhill2

The Caddy is at least a '65, because it has stacked headlights.

ab348

Courtesy of @uplanderguy , this pic from the 1970s of my namesake (no relation) Chevy dealer in Springfield, Mass.

texases

I'll take my 2nd car, the '72ish Duster.

stickguy

I want the enduro nose trans am next to the duster.

tmart

Bring back the old fonts. They were MUCH easier to read than this new format! Please!

andys120

Looks like a 1970-ish Camaro out front.

Lostwrench3

tmart said:

Bring back the old fonts. They were MUCH easier to read than this new format! Please!

I agree.
Everything is now too light.

texases

I deal with this at work a lot. Seems that folks think that larger, bolder fonts cost more!

magnette

@Lostwrench3
"Everything is now too light"

I wish I was a bit lighter ...

ab348

texases said:

I deal with this at work a lot. Seems that folks think that larger, bolder fonts cost more!

A friend of mine likes to say “Good design costs no more!”

fintail

Somewhere in the Dolomites:

stickguy

Is the coupe on the right some sort of Lancia?

fintail

Appears to be a B20 Aurelia, yes, fairly desirable car today.

stickguy said:

Is the coupe on the right some sort of Lancia?

andys120

fintail said:

Appears to be a B20 Aurelia, yes, fairly desirable car today.

First production car with V6 power.

andys120

It's not what you think>

magnette

In the Dolomites -

The white sedan is a Ford Taunus - I think a 15M from about 1955/56 although the grille looks a bit odd - it may be some sort of Deluxe model or something.

Looks similar to this one I think

magnette

@andys120

The 356 lookalike - is it a Chesil Replica ? - I thought they only did roadsters but it is RHD and the road looks like the Dorset Coast (Chesil is in Dorset)

Otherwise no idea...

andys120

magnette said:

@andys120

The 356 lookalike - is it a Chesil Replica ? - I thought they only did roadsters but it is RHD and the road looks like the Dorset Coast (Chesil is in Dorset)

Otherwise no idea...

You're right, it is RHD because it is of British manufacture by the Watts Electric Vehicle Corporation. TTAC
has the scoop>

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/04/watt-ev-coupe-will-it-make-it-to-production-or-not/

Cool idea but wicked expensive.

fintail

Roughly 1970, somewhere in Germany: