Mystery car pix

ab348

Interesting shot of a 1965 Plymouth dealer caravan arriving. Blows up some.

tmart

58 Thunderbird tutone.

sda

ab348 said:

Interesting shot of a 1965 Plymouth dealer caravan arriving. Blows up some.

And a Chevrolet carrier delivering the Dodge/Chrysler products. lol

uplanderguy

The Valiant wagons of that period look to me like behind the rear doors came from some other car.

That said, I have always liked those very first Barracudas, despite the Valiant heritage.

fintail

Several cars to the right of the T-Bird, in a diagonal row, I see a maybe 62 Imperial with its neoclassic stand up lights, beside maybe a 62 Chrysler. Also at background right near a garage type building, a Scout with hardtop.

ab348 said:

Interesting shot of a 1965 Plymouth dealer caravan arriving. Blows up some.

andys120

-1965 Pllymouth Fury in front ., '65 Valiant over cab, folowed by '65 Valiant wagon and two back is a
"bubbletop" Barracuda.

andys120

uplanderguy said:

The Valiant wagons of that period look to me like behind the rear doors came from some other car.

That said, I have always liked those very first Barracudas, despite the Valiant heritage.

The Valiant heritage is no big deal IMO, after all the Gen1 Mustang was basically a re-bodied Falcon. Ford Pres MacNamara couldn't understand why prople would pay more for the 'Stang. How'd he get to run a major car company?

That said I never liked the Gen 1 'Cudas, Mustangs and Camaros looked a lot better to me. They still do to the collector market.

uplanderguy

The Valiant’s heritage was much more visible than the Mustang’s. I’m thinking the first ones were called Valiant Barracuda. I like the huge backlight. I like the wheels or wheel covers that sort of resemble a chrome reverse wheel. I also kind of like that they’re a lot less ubiquitous than a Mustang.

ab348

Concord, NH, circa 1962. Lots of wagons at the Stop & Shop!

stickguy

A lonely white top corvair in there

sda

The white 55 Chevy sedan looks so plain and cheap. 150 Series IIRC

andys120

1960 Ford (Gala;xie?) parked under the P.

fintail

Yep, 60 is a Galaxie, 61 wagon in the foreground looks pretty basic.

andys120

ab348 said:

Concord, NH, circa 1962. Lots of wagons at the Stop & Shop!

I live next door to Concord but there is no Stop "& Shop in Cioncord anymore, I think the site must be the Hannaford Bros. location on Fort Eddy Rd. Both are owned by Ahold of Holland and Belgium.

magnette

At Concord the dark/light station wagon under the last O is a Plymouth - would that be a 56 Custom Suburban ?

ab348

I am intrigued by what I believe is a '62 Plymouth wagon entering the frame from the left.

ab348

What modern car featured this badge? Now out of production. Rare even when it was being produced. Saw one in traffic today, was amazed any were even sold locally.

kyfdx

Cruze hatchback? Diesel?

ab348

kyfdx said:

Cruze hatchback? Diesel?

That would be it. Never saw one here before.

kyfdx

ab348 said:

kyfdx said:

Cruze hatchback? Diesel?

That would be it. Never saw one here before.

I've never noted diesel, or not. But, they were here for a few years. Made in Mexico, I think.

stickguy

I think Sandy’s daughter bought one. Hatch, not diesel though.

uplanderguy

For the U.S. market, Gen 2 Cruze Hatchbacks were built in Mexico, but the sedans were built in Lordstown, OH. That they built the hatch in Mexico was my first inkling that they were thinking about doing away with Lordstown, which is only 40 miles away from me, down the road. I've owned six Lordstown-built compacts from 1997 through 2017, four of which were bought new and three were five-speeds. All were cheap to buy, cheap to run and maintain, and actually fun to drive for the price point. In fact, so far, my '17 is one of the more enjoyable cars I've owned as a daily driver. Nice interior, fairly peppy, highway mileage over 40, and roomy back seat. Nice wheels too in the LT which I have, with no additional options. I considered assembled locally as a plus; no bad in that.

ab348

The Cruze hatch is not common here but you do see one occasionally. I always liked it except that I found the gas version underpowered. But the diesel? The one I saw must have been a special order as dealers never had them on the lots. I believe the engine was an Opel unit, a 1.6L turbodiesel. The only review I found said it was slightly slower than the gas engine with a manual trans but the automatic transmission was a better match.

sda

It seems a shame as there was much hype around Chevy bringing the diesel to market and then VW diesel gate happened. Interest in diesels evaporated. Or should I say died?

texases

Along with the Mazda diesel.

xwesx

Yes, that VAG scandal was the nail in the coffin for diesel passenger vehicles.

explorerx4

If VAG didn't cheat, there never would have been a market for diesel passenger cars here in the first place.

andys120

Lostwrench3

1951 Plymouth.
Have you seen the prices on the new Wranglers? Wow.

fintail

Unsure if I posted this before - Seatac, apparently mid 50s, should zoom decently enough:

texases

Pretty sure that's a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, based on the B-29/B-50:

sda

What are the guidelines that run from the front to the tail? Is it to stabilize the tail structure?

stickguy

sda said:

What are the guidelines that run from the front to the tail? Is it to stabilize the tail structure?

Economy class.

ab348

sda said:

What are the guidelines that run from the front to the tail? Is it to stabilize the tail structure?

I always thought those wires acted as radio antennas.

texases

Those wires would be for the radio I bet (but don't know). The other unusual feature is the indentation running down the side, that's the result of this being a 'double bubble' fuselage, where a larger tube (the top passenger section) was added on top of the lower section, which had a lounge. Here's a PanAm one set up for sleeper service:

ab348

I always found that particular aircraft odd to look at because of the rather blunt, not-very-aerodynamic-looking nose.

tmart

fintail said:

Unsure if I posted this before - Seatac, apparently mid 50s, should zoom decently enough:

49/51 Ford, at least one 56 Ford but I think more.

ab348

What looks like a beigey-gold early '50 Mercury coupe on the right edge of the frame (future lead sled perhaps) next to a mid-50s (1955?) Olds 88 in the unattractive (to me) green color a lot of them seemed to have.

Lostwrench3

texases said:

Pretty sure that's a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, based on the B-29/B-50:

Researching that aircraft's history, I found that in August 1967 it had a ground collision with another Stratocruiser! It never flew passengers again.

fintail

Seattle, mid 50s, another form of mass transit:

Lostwrench3

1954 Pontiac following a Twin Coach bus.

explorerx4

A red 56 Plymouth to the left of the bus and a 55 blue and white Oldsmobile on the far right of the picture.

ab348

I never heard of the Topps chain before and don't know the location of this 1962 shot.

Lostwrench3

Front right - 1956 Pontiac.

kyfdx

Topps started in 1957 in Connecticut. Sold to private equity and they expanded it. Filed for bankruptcy in 1974.

Not sure how widespread they were. Evidently one of the first "superstores", with a full grocery, in addition to the K-Mart type stuff.

kyfdx

Evidently, Interstate Stores was the owner, and when they emerged from bankruptcy, they were basically a toy store, only. AKA Toys R US!

fintail

60 Ford wagon next to the Pontiac, apparent lack of rear quarter trim makes me think Ranch Wagon.

tmart

Another 60 Ford ar far left, 56 Ford on right.

andys120

sda

Mid 60s Mercury full size convertible.