Mystery car pix

andys120

stickguy said:

Lancia Delta

Right brand, wrong model.

fintail

Lancia Thema, same platform as Saab 9000 and Alfa 164, one variant has a Ferrari-derived engine.

magnette

That is a Lancia Thema 8.32 - the one with the Ferrari Dino engine.

My recollection is that the 8.32 badge on the grille was yellow on this model while it looks more white, but I think its the hot one...

They only made that in LHD but they did sell it in Britain, and I actually sat in one at the London Motor Show in the late eighties - hardly saw any on the road although a neighbour at my previous address in London did have a normal Thema for a few years and he must have liked it as he followed it with a Dedra

Lancia dropped out of the UK market by the early nineties as the rust problems on the Beta were killing them

bhill2

ab348 said:

Culling the old Mystery Cars picture folder today, here's an interesting shot from Oakland, 1973.

There is something quintessentially California about seeing, side-by-side, a 10 year old car that is still looking good and an unusual (in the US) Citroen.

andys120

magnette said:

That is a Lancia Thema 8.32 - the one with the Ferrari Dino engine.

My recollection is that the 8.32 badge on the grille was yellow on this model while it looks more white, but I think its the hot one...

They only made that in LHD but they did sell it in Britain, and I actually sat in one at the London Motor Show in the late eighties - hardly saw any on the road although a neighbour at my previous address in London did have a normal Thema for a few years and he must have liked it as he followed it with a Dedra

Lancia dropped out of the UK market by the early nineties as the rust problems on the Beta were killing them

Yes, the pictured car is the Lancia Thema 8.32, the one sporting the Ferrari V8. It shared chassis with the Alfa 164, Saab 900 and Fiat Chroma. The engine was not the "Dino" engine, that was a V6 displacing either 2.0 liters or most commonly 2.4 liters. The 832 (8cyl, 3.2 liters) motor was used in the Ferrari 308 series which suceeded the Dinos.

stickguy

when that picture was posted originally, I did not even notice that there was a house on the overpass.

imidazol97

stickguy said:

when that picture was posted originally, I did not even notice that there was a house on the overpass.

Now that's being a true "car guy."

ab348

stickguy said:

when that picture was posted originally, I did not even notice that there was a house on the overpass.

Disappointed for nobody getting the year/make/model of the house.

fintail

Kind of an Italianate style, I'll guess 1890s

ab348 said:

Disappointed for nobody getting the year/make/model of the house.

andys120

Mystery Dash-

stickguy

was going to guess Porsche, but will change that to a Karman Ghia.

andys120

Sorry Stick, it's neither or Porsche nor a Karmann Ghia. The K-G, like most aircooled VWs had very little in the way of instruments.

bhill2

fintail said:

Kind of an Italianate style, I'll guess 1890s

ab348 said:

Disappointed for nobody getting the year/make/model of the house.

I'll guess a Craftsman house. Looks like someone added an extension (continental kit?) on the back.

omarman

BMW 507 roadster dreamed up by Max Hoffman and created nightmare production costs for BMW until 1959. 3.2 liter aluminum pushrod V8 with 150 hp.

andys120

omarman said:

BMW 507 roadster dreamed up by Max Hoffman and created nightmare production costs for BMW until 1959. 3.2 liter aluminum pushrod V8 with 150 hp.

Yes, it was one of Hoffman's few misses. Styling by Albrecht Goertz who later did the original 240Z.

andys120

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Michaell

Taycan Sport Turismo.

andys120

Yup, it's the newest all-electric Porsche, the Taycan Cross Sport Turismo.

ab348

Here's one from my hometown, circa 1964, courtesy of the Halifax Archives. Blows up some.

andys120

Left to right in row: VW Beetle, mld 60s ChevyII, Studebaker Lark, Peugeot 403

stickguy

Love the color and style on the Porsche. Just need to add an engine!

stickguy

Look like a pair of Mini clubmans in front of the 4 door 57 Chevy.

magnette

That house on the over bridge - there is a guy climbing in to it by the side of the downpipes on the ground floor - it must be a pretty high crime rate if people rob your house as it drives past...

magnette

In Halifax NS behind the Studebaker Lark is a Peugeot 403
Beyond it, over the Pug bonnet, is a Morris Minor

fintail

Behind the 57 Chevy in Halifax, maybe a Simca?

ab348

fintail said:

Behind the 57 Chevy in Halifax, maybe a Simca?

I was thinking that was a British Ford, either a Consul or a Zephyr.

andys120

magnette

1966 Plymouth - I think a Belvedere

andys120

@magnette said:
1966 Plymouth - I think a Belvedere

Yup on the nose!

andys120

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fintail

Looks like SF. MB Ponton sedan at lower right, likely a 220.

sda

I really like the blue color of the Caddy across the street.

texases

Is that a Halloween special edition '58 Mercury? Maybe a Marauder?

andys120

@fintail said:
Looks like SF. MB Ponton sedan at lower right, likely a 220.

Yup, that's SFO, you can see a bit of the Golden Gate Bridge thru the gap between buildings. The blue sedan looks like a MK.II Jag which would make it one of the newest cars (intro'd 1959) unless it's the earlier Mk.1(1955-58)

texases

I think that's the Bay Bridge.

stickguy

Looks like a white top teal Studebaker (a hawk?) in front of the white beetle.

andys120

@stickguy said:
Looks like a white top teal Studebaker (a hawk?) in front of the white beetle.

Looks more like one of the Loewy coupes to me, the Hawks had a more formal roofline. TheVee-dub is pre-1958 with the small oval rear glass. I think there's a black Dauphine parked across the street from it.

fintail

I believe that is indeed a Mark I.

@andys120 said:

@fintail said:
Looks like SF. MB Ponton sedan at lower right, likely a 220.

Yup, that's SFO, you can see a bit of the Golden Gate Bridge thru the gap between buildings. The blue sedan looks like a MK.II Jag which would make it one of the newest cars (intro'd 1959) unless it's the earlier Mk.1(1955-58)

magnette

There's another of those Mercurys - a white one - to the left - there is even arrow pointing at it.

bhill2

@fintail said:
I believe that is indeed a Mark I.

@andys120 said:

@fintail said:
Looks like SF. MB Ponton sedan at lower right, likely a 220.

Yup, that's SFO, you can see a bit of the Golden Gate Bridge thru the gap between buildings. The blue sedan looks like a MK.II Jag which would make it one of the newest cars (intro'd 1959) unless it's the earlier Mk.1(1955-58)

Right again, Fin. It is indeed a Mark I. You can tell by the thicker, body-colored B pillar.

tmart

58 Ford 300 at right on street.

andys120

stickguy

Some sort of TVR?

andys120

@stickguy said:
Some sort of TVR?

Sorry, it isn't one of the many TVR designs.

fintail

W111 fintail appears to maybe have a "B" registration suffix, so 1964. Also appears to have mudflaps.

tmart

@andys120 said:

Front kinda reminds me of a Datsun 240 Z.

Michaell

Random guess … OSCA?

ab348

@Michaell said:
Random guess … OSCA?

Got the number of letters correct. It's an Elva Courier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elva_(car_manufacturer)

andys120

Yes, it's a 1964 Elva Courier, about 500 were made by a small British maker known mostly for small bore racing cars from 1958-69
Most Couriers used MG engines and were successful in production sports racing here and in the UK. Street versions were made but few sold in the USA. Several promising US drivers used them in their early careers, Mark Donohue and Jim Hall among them.

magnette

Another in the same theme as the Elva
This is from 1963 and incidentally shows that pre-coloured fibreglass loses its hue in the British climate...