Mystery car pix

imidazol97

1958 Chevy 4-door hardtop parked next to the Hudson.

Nice point on the skirt matching the roof. I didn't even think about that, but I recall seeing that when I was a young guy interested in cars.

sda

I remember seeing some cars with chrome fender skirts, but not contrasting colors. I prefer body color.

imidazol97

I remember chrome skirts as well. In 1952 I was 8, and the next few years were my formative years in car interests.

imidazol97

In looking at fender skirts in images on the internet, I found this interesting compromise! LOL

Chrome, AND body color, AND roof color. Kind of nice.

Now that I look at the picture in a post, I see it has a continental wheel as well.

magnette

Yes - that Ford looks like its wearing odd socks...

And that telephone booth looks like what I imagine a phone box should look like over there - based on so many films and TV shows

We are steadily losing more of our iconic red phone boxes, purely due to everyone having mobiles, but in rural areas in particular they are frequently being re-purposed - some villages have a free lending library with donated books etc, others a plant swap for gardeners - and in some areas they have a de-fibrillator for emergency use too,,,

xwesx

imidazol97 said:

In looking at fender skirts in images on the internet, I found this interesting compromise! LOL

Chrome, AND body color, AND roof color. Kind of nice.

Now that I look at the picture in a post, I see it has a continental wheel as well.

Okay, that's hilarious! It's like the 70s equivalent to slammed pickups today.

tmart

I sure hope the skirts were standard on that pickup. Without them, that’s one big, ugly hole in the side of the bed! IMO.

imidazol97

GMC Sierra Classic without all that stuff

Lostwrench3

magnette said:

Yes - that Ford looks like its wearing odd socks...

And that telephone booth looks like what I imagine a phone box should look like over there - based on so many films and TV shows

We are steadily losing more of our iconic red phone boxes, purely due to everyone having mobiles, but in rural areas in particular they are frequently being re-purposed - some villages have a free lending library with donated books etc, others a plant swap for gardeners - and in some areas they have a de-fibrillator for emergency use too,,,

Do you still have the Police Boxes or did The Doctor use them all and they can no longer be seen.
Many years ago I tried to get TARDIS license plates but someone already had them.

fintail

The 60 Ford wagon looks like a Ranch Wagon, car a Fairlane.

andys120

sda said:

Two 60 Fords filling up?

I think the batwing car is a Chevy, can't see the t/ls so not sure if it's a '59 or '60.

andys120

A one-off special. WOW!

magnette

@Lostwrench3

No, the police had those boxes back before the war, in larger cities I think. but they were phased out in the mid sixties before Dr Who appeared on our TV's. In London they had sort of pillars with phone in them, and those were still about until the early seventies but radios and the mobile has done for them too.
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FYI Dr Who was first aired on the BBC here on the day after JFK was assassinated.

(I am old enough to admit that I actually saw that first episode)

magnette

That Benz wagon looks great...

fintail

Binz-bodied Adenauer wagon, famous car in MB enthusiast circles.

On that note, here's an unusual one:

imidazol97

The greenhouses on those don't look quite correctly proportioned. There's the black one has a little Aztek feel to the design--parts designed by different groups.

fintail

The lower car has a proportion problem with body vs greenhouse - the body section is extended in the bottom/rocker section. The area below the headlights shows it, too.

imidazol97 said:

The greenhouses on those don't look quite correctly proportioned. There's the black one has a little Aztek feel to the design--parts designed by different groups.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Looks like the forerunner to the E9 coupes, which started in '67?

I'll guess a '66 BMW 1800 C?

(just a guess, I've never seen this one)

fintail

Candid (Kodachrome?) photo from the Seattle World's Fair, should zoom very well:

ab348

Here's a somewhat cleaned-up version:

Lostwrench3

1956 Dodge.
1960 Mercury.

texases

Neat-how’d you do that?

Lostwrench3

And, a 1950 Chevy.

xwesx

magnette said:

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FYI Dr Who was first aired on the BBC here on the day after JFK was assassinated.

There is no way that's just a coincidence!

ab348

texases said:

Neat-how’d you do that?

https://www.imgonline.com.ua/eng/auto-color-balance-photo.php

andys120

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

Looks like the forerunner to the E9 coupes, which started in '67?

I'll guess a '66 BMW 1800 C?

(just a guess, I've never seen this one)

You've got the right idea, it's a 1967 BMW 3200CS w styling by Bertone, the pioneer of the E9 line.

ab348 said:

Here's a somewhat cleaned-up version:

The green '60 Mercury out front has the same massive wrap-around front glass as my family's '59 Monterey, an over weight slob of a car which had the redeeming feature of great all-round visibility.

andys120

andys120

Take your choice, big car little house or the opposite.

kyfdx

I had a '67 2000 CS. The front end looked so different, I assumed it was from an earlier year.

andys120

kyfdx said:

I had a '67 2000 CS. The front end looked so different, I assumed it was from an earlier year.

This was the 2000CS, often considered the original E9 but myinfo suggests that the 3200CS preceded it but honestly the info is conflicting.. Only a few hundred 3200CS versions were made.

https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/5bad50d68c33f_bmw_2000cs_1536608137ff9f98764daDSC_0007.jpg?fit=940,466

tmart

Very nice color on the 58 Impala.

kyfdx

@andys120 The front end of the 3200 sure looks like it would have preceded the 2000 CS. But, almost identical from the windshield back.

Wikipedia says production on the 3200CS was from ‘62-‘65. Not that it couldn’t be wrong.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3200_CS

kyfdx

I wish I had a picture of mine. But, I wasn’t much into photography in the ‘80s. 🙁

andys120

Lostwrench3

Ugh. My sister had one of those assemblages of rolling problems.

fintail

I like this image of that car:

magnette

Chevrolet - Reliant Robin three wheeler love child.......

ab348

Here's a pic with lots to see from 1969 or so, somewhere in Ontario, Canada. Expands well.

Lostwrench3

Bottom Right - 1957 Lincoln.
Comin' atcha - 1965 Pontiac - "Breaker one nine."

stickguy

Looks like a road runner super bee center front.

3 back on left curb is a nova SS, And a 67 camaro behind it.

Looks like an MGB front of that row with big driving lights.

Lostwrench3

Had trouble IDing that wagon at the bottom right.
Found it - 1966 Plymouth.

magnette

I would never have got that Plymouth wagon
Two ahead of it is that car with the loo seat an early Valiant?

stickguy

Yes it is

magnette

And following the approaching open Pontiac - is that a Beaumont? - also it has an oval looking front plate I think

sda

69 Delta 88 in front of Plymouth Valiant and 68 Dodge Monaco (parked next to right curb)

tmart

55/56 Ford parked on right.

fintail

Apparent Isetta behind the Camaro parked at left is unexpected.

ab348

Wildwood, NJ, early 1960s.

tmart

60 Ford Sunliner, 58 Ford Ranch Wagon, 59 Chevy Impala