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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,219

    @ab348 said:
    Wildwood, NJ, early 1960s.

    Ocean Ave and Lavender road in Wildwood Crest. Now it’s the American Safari. Looks pretty similar just added a story.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Maybe a 62 Olds 98 beside the 60 Ford.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,613
    Can someone definitly id that short black job between the white Buick and the aqua Caddy on the right?

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,413
    I think it’s a 60s Falcon.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    edited September 2021
    tjc78 said:


    Ocean Ave and Lavender road in Wildwood Crest. Now it’s the American Safari. Looks pretty similar just added a story.

    Except the cars are drab and uninteresting now.

    Great ID of the location!

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    An iconic Los Angeles location circa 1978. Bonus points if you can provide the context. Expands greatly.


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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,219

    @ab348 said:
    Except the cars are drab and uninteresting now.

    Great ID of the location!

    That’s around where we go to the beach. If I pass by this weekend I’ll snag another picture.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    tmart said:

    I think it’s a 60s Falcon.

    I do as well, two-door vesion.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,413
    70 Mercury Cyclone
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    Brake line hanging a tad low there.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,157
    edited September 2021
    A Premier Padmini (aka Fiat 1100 Delight and Premier President), hard to tell the year since they were sold 1964 - 2000.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    stickguy said:

    Brake line hanging a tad low there.

    I figured it was the arresting cable for tailhook braking. :D

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,726
    ab348 said:

    stickguy said:

    Brake line hanging a tad low there.

    I figured it was the arresting cable for tailhook braking. :D
    That was my second thought as I laughed to myself.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,219

    @tmart said:
    70 Mercury Cyclone

    Yep

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    texases said:

    A Premier Padmini (aka Fiat 1100 Delight and Premier President), hard to tell the year since they were sold 1964 - 2000.

    Yup that is a version of Fiat's very successful 1100 (Millecento) which, after achieving huge success in Europe went on to big success in other markets, especilly in India where it was license bulit as the Premiere Padmini and widely used in taxi service. The 1100 was followed by another design that saw world -wide service, the Fiat 124.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    edited September 2021
    Limo thing appears to be based on an early Toronado, Audi Fox wagon beside it. Maybe some kind of disco-themed movie given the year and setting.
    ab348 said:

    An iconic Los Angeles location circa 1978. Bonus points if you can provide the context. Expands greatly.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    fintail said:

    Limo thing appears to be based on an early Toronado, Audi Fox wagon beside it. Maybe some kind of disco-themed movie given the year and setting.

    No idea on the limo thing but it is from a movie, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, with the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin, and a cast of thousands (plus probably lots of coke).

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Looking at it, the limo appears to be based on this:

    https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/toronado-based-jetway-707-oldsmobile-limo/

    Wild times.
    ab348 said:

    fintail said:

    Limo thing appears to be based on an early Toronado, Audi Fox wagon beside it. Maybe some kind of disco-themed movie given the year and setting.

    No idea on the limo thing but it is from a movie, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, with the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin, and a cast of thousands (plus probably lots of coke).
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,613
    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    I think it’s a 60s Falcon.

    I do as well, two-door vesion.
    Arrrrgghhh! I missed the tail lights. What makes it especially bad is that I HAD one of those as my first car. Thanks to both of you.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited September 2021
    Much like the Hindustan Ambassador (which was briefly sold here in the nineties) the Indian community have preserved a few grey import Premier Padmini taxis (black with yellow roof generally) - I think they are used mainly for weddings etc. The one I saw in a photo was in Birmingham
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited September 2021
    One of yours with a few of ours - Manchester 1963

    The streets in these shots were cleared a year or so after this was taken for redevelopment


  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    All B/rit sedans of that era look like a Standard Ten to me so I'll guess the tu-tone is one of those. The one in the middle? Perhaps Ford Prefect? It's facing an early Morris Minor. The car on the left looks like a '50s Yank Tank...1954ish Buick?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Yes, the two tone in the foreground is a 54 Vauxhall Velox - with a few of the chrome bits missing - including the bumper
    The black car is circa 1946/8 Rover P3 and the other is an A40 Devon...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Brochure art


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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,157

    ‘55 Buick Roadmaster?

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    texases said:

    ‘55 Buick Roadmaster?

    That would be it.

    Here's a shot of Sedona, AZ circa 1962, expands very well.


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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    the turquoise & white is a 61 Ford Fairlane - the last year before it was a separate marque from the main range.
    Two beyond is a 54 black & white Chevrolet and just beyond that is a Mk 1 British Ford - either a Consul or a Zephyr
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    The grille on the Falcon most closely resembles the 1962MY, I think.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Cool 61 Squire and Corvair coupe in the background.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    2 corvairs, 3 falcons.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    The grille on the Falcon most closely resembles the 1962MY, I think.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,613
    andys120 said:

    The grille on the Falcon most closely resembles the 1962MY, I think.

    Right you are, Andys120. It’s a ‘62.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,726
    I only find 2 Falcons. White in foreground; blue in back left distance.

    I do see what I think is a rope drive Tempest.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    BTW, I tried to locate the pictured spot in Streetview to see what it is like today. The transformation is incredible, totally unrecognizable now.

    Roughly here:

    https://goo.gl/maps/cSNCCLWVuY4Q7jAb6

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited September 2021
    Near Hampton Court, Surrey - December 1973 during a fuel crisis...
    One at least of the queuing cars must be wishing they had a smaller engine...
    Expands ...

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    gen 1 Capri at the back. I always liked those.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    It appears that the thirsty vehicle waiting for a drink of petrol is a Jensen C-V8 from the mid-1960s. There is one of those locally and it is a very handsome car. I believe it has a 383 Chrysler under the hood.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637

    Rover P5 behind the Jensen
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited September 2021
    Morris Minor in front of the Jensen with a Jag mk.2 a couple of cars in front of the Jensen.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Yes, the C-V8 was the least desirable during a petrol crisis, I would imagine.
    Interestingly the whole queue comprises British cars except one - the car ahead of the Minor...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    magnette said:

    Yes, the C-V8 was the least desirable during a petrol crisis, I would imagine.
    Interestingly the whole queue comprises British cars except one - the car ahead of the Minor...

    I couldn't ID that one...those look like Volvo Tailights so perhaps a Volvo 340?

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    Straying into @magnette territory, here's a shot of the Tulse Hill suburb of London circa 1975. Expands a bit.


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Beside the bus, Mk I Escort van with a Mk 1 Escort 2-door in front of it, the latter is a desirable car today.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    looks like a Rover behind the purple SAAB

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    The Saab is a 1950s Saab 93 with the 2 stroke 4 banger. Can't tell if the Jag is a late Mk.2 or a 240/340 saloon. Blue car between the Jag and Saab looks like a Hillman Imp (or a Rootes Grp. re-badge). To the right a BMC Mini.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Saab is a 96, maybe with a V4. A 93 had suicide front doors.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    fintail said:

    Saab is a 96, maybe with a V4. A 93 had suicide front doors.

    My bad, I should've remembered, My buddy's family had one that I rode in several times.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,670
    I see the ‘L’ learners tag on the back of the green mini. What is the current age to get a driver’s license in the UK?

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