Mystery car pix

andys120

ab348

Courtesy of Shorpy.com, here is a shopping center parking lot in Chevy Chase, MD circa 1959. A surprising number of plebian vehicles considering it is a Lord & Taylor store. Sadly, just a few months too early for any 1960 Fords! Expands to enormous size.

sda

I see two Cadillacs, one has a/c. Note the air scoop at the top of the left rear quarter panel. Also two Lincoln’s.

tmart

A 55 Ford wagon, a 56 Ford, 2 57 Ford wagons, a 58 Ford, 2 59 Fords, wagon and four door.

xwesx

ab348 said:

Courtesy of Shorpy.com, here is a shopping center parking lot in Chevy Chase, MD circa 1959. A surprising number of plebian vehicles considering it is a Lord & Taylor store. Sadly, just a few months too early for any 1960 Fords! Expands to enormous size.

By the quality of the parking efforts there, it could very well be Fairbanks, Alaska!

bhill2

A surprising number of Ramblers.

fintail

That diagonal-light Lincoln convertible had to have been uncommon even then.

ab348 said:

Courtesy of Shorpy.com, here is a shopping center parking lot in Chevy Chase, MD circa 1959. A surprising number of plebian vehicles considering it is a Lord & Taylor store. Sadly, just a few months too early for any 1960 Fords! Expands to enormous size.

fintail

For andy's SF pic, older car in motion heading left appears to be a 39-40 GM sedan, white older car parked at curb behind it looks like a just-prewar Mopar sedan.

Columbus Day storm, Seattle, 1962:

tmart

The white car is a 56 Ford Sunliner.

bhill2

I make the other car as a 52 Chevy Styleline.

Lostwrench3

ab348 - Photo
Lower left - 1958 Mercury wagon.
Above it - 1952 Dodge.

lemko1968

ab348 said:

Courtesy of Shorpy.com, here is a shopping center parking lot in Chevy Chase, MD circa 1959. A surprising number of plebian vehicles considering it is a Lord & Taylor store. Sadly, just a few months too early for any 1960 Fords! Expands to enormous size.

You'd be surprised how many well-off people actually drove plebian cars. My Grandpop, who could've easily afforded a Cadillac, always drove plain-jane Chevrolets when he was younger. I remember a black 1964 Biscayne and a gold 1967 Bel Air. His last car was pretty nice - a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham.

lemko1968

???

texases

'72-ish Ghibli?

fintail

Perry GA, apparently, 1962:

stickguy

Dodge truck off to the side. Mercury next to the fin tail!?

tmart

63 Ford Fairlane

stickguy

I thought the rear panel looked more ornate. Made me think Mercury.

imidazol97

fintail said:

Perry GA, apparently, 1962:

You were there? Is that your Fintail?

Lostwrench3

1962 Ford Fairlane.

imidazol97

I had a 1962 Fairlane 500 2 door. It was a wreck.
Literally.
It had been hit in the rear, and a local body shop was
rebuilding it. Dad saw it and decided it would replace
my 1957 Ford. He asked what color I wanted and I
chose red. It was white with a red interior originally.

fintail

Just a few years before my time. Color appears close to mine, maybe a shade lighter. That one appears to be a 4cyl car. Maybe a little exotic in central GA in 1962, but no doubt Atlanta had at least one dealer then, and possibly Macon, too.

imidazol97 said:

fintail said:

Perry GA, apparently, 1962:

You were there? Is that your Fintail?

Lostwrench3

Poor old Olds being ignored.
It's ok, Oldsie, you can play too.
1949 Oldsmobile.

andys120

Maserati Ghibli ca.1967 IIRC. Hey Lemko, long time no see.

magnette

At Lord & Taylor the grey sedan in front of the 58? Lincoln is a 52 Dodge and the wagon bottom left corner is a Mercury - perhaps a 58 ? Voyager

imidazol97

fintail said:

Just a few years before my time. Color appears close to mine, maybe a shade lighter. That one appears to be a 4cyl car. Maybe a little exotic in central GA in 1962, but no doubt Atlanta had at least one dealer then, and possibly Macon, too.

imidazol97 said:

fintail said:

Perry GA, apparently, 1962:

You were there? Is that your Fintail?

I took the white car on left for a Cadillac?
1960 based on wheel covers?

texases

@andys120 said:
Maserati Ghibli ca.1967 IIRC. Hey Lemko, long time no see.

I’m thinking ‘68 or later with the side marker lights.

fintail

I was thinking 60 as well. Those thin whitewalls were still pretty cutting edge in 62, I think.

imidazol97 said:

fintail said:

Just a few years before my time. Color appears close to mine, maybe a shade lighter. That one appears to be a 4cyl car. Maybe a little exotic in central GA in 1962, but no doubt Atlanta had at least one dealer then, and possibly Macon, too.

imidazol97 said:

fintail said:

Perry GA, apparently, 1962:

You were there? Is that your Fintail?

I took the white car on left for a Cadillac?
1960 based on wheel covers?

andys120

stickguy

1st Gen Toyota MR2. based on the vents I assume it is a S/C model.

ab348

stickguy said:

1st Gen Toyota MR2. based on the vents I assume it is a S/C model.

Correct on the car. But they all had those vents. The supercharged one came out in North America for 1988.

I owned an '85 from new. What a fun car.

andys120

Yup, that's a Gen. 1 Toyota MR2, a highly regarded sports car of it's day, featuring a mid-engine lyout and a five speed manual.

tjc78

Toyota used to make cool stuff. I know it’s an old joke but so many people thought it was a “Mister 2”

kyfdx

magnette

Nice MGA - looks like the later version rear lights - is it a 'Mk2'?

magnette

A while back I posted a picture and we had a look at an invalid carriage briefly

I've just come across this picture with no idea who organised the event but it depicts a group of these - a couple of different versions too - apparently in some sort of race at Crystal Palace in south London. The plates would indicate 1966 as the year




There were car racing events in the grounds in the 60s but the local authority stopped it later although they have had a couple of hill climb trials in the park back in the late 90's and a few car shows too - those will have stopped now as the political climate in London is not in favour of car events..

andys120

Reliant Robins, like the one Jeremy Clarkson rolled over multiple times on Top Gear

kyfdx

magnette said:

Nice MGA - looks like the later version rear lights - is it a 'Mk2'?

Yes, 1600 MK II

Same owner as the Magnette I've posted previously.

magnette

No - the Reliant Robin - for all its faults - was capable of use as a basic car within reason, whereas these were single seater disabled tricycles and really weren't anything more than minimal transport for the disabled.

Graham Hill tried one once when he was recovering from a racing accident and said after one lap of some circuit that it was the scariest thing he had ever driven - having said that, I would imagine he was driving it a bit more rapidly than the intended end users.

ab348

andys120 said:

Reliant Robins, like the one Jeremy Clarkson rolled over multiple times on Top Gear

No, those are Invacars. We discussed them here a couple of weeks back.

andys120

tmart

Looks like an AC.

andys120

tmart said:

Looks like an AC.

So far so good but which AC?

stickguy

A Bristol?

andys120

Nope not a Bristol although some had Bristol engines while others used Ford Zephyr or AC engines. Theis car was a for-seat bersion of the Ace but used a different name,

tmart

andys120 said:

tmart said:

Looks like an AC.

So far so good but which AC?

Ace Aceca Bristol

ab348

Apparently one of these, an AC Greyhound.



Sort of hard to tell from a cutaway drawing.

stickguy

Some interesting cars in that picture.

explorerx4

Saw this on our way home from Ohio just before crossing the Hudson.

texases

2021 Mclaren 765LT? I have no idea how they do their model names...