Mystery car pix

bumpy

...is a 1980 Jet Electrica 007. Jet bought the mostly-completed shells from Chrysler and finished them as electric cars.

There must be something odd about that '67 Galaxie, otherwise it's too easy to be in here.

rsholland

After some researching, I found the site that that image is on.

http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1965_Mercury_Meteor_Montcalm.html

This is a Canadian model, but in America the Mercury Colony Park wagon had fake wood siding, like the Ford Country Squire. I'm assuming that to be the case in Canada too.

Bob

fintail

Yeah the Galaxie is very easy. What's up?

The Birotor is semi-interesting...they didn't do so well, and Citroen tried to buy them all up and destroy them. But several slipped through the cracks.

andys120

If that '67 Galaxie is so easy, tell me what world-famous race car driver owned one
(and raced some competition examples).

I put it up just cuz I like the looks of it.

andys120

It was World Driving Champion Jim Clark (IMO one of the best ever) who owned a 7litre (428) version of the Galaxie 500, a real handful on the narrow roads of Scotland and the Continent and he (along with American Dan Gurney) occasionally raced a 427 Galaxie coupe in sedan races (equivalent to today's BTCC) against Jags, Mini Coopers
and the like. Clark's Lotus was powered by the Cosworth-Ford DFV engine.

andys120

subearu

Chrysler Conquest perhaps? mmm turbo

I think those were '88-'89 vintage

-Brian

fintail

It's either that or a Mitsubishi Starion

seminole_kev

How about a Conquest TSI?

andys120

I don't know how you'd tell it from a Conquest from that angle.

Meanwhile, remember this=>

kyfdx

BMW Z1

subearu

Was there any real difference between the Mitsu and Chrysler version, besides badges?

-Brian

kyfdx

Nope..

subearu

At least around here, I've only seen the Chrysler version. I can't recall seeing the Mitsu badged one at all, even though I know it exists.

-Brian

kyfdx

I never see one anymore... In the '80s, I would probably see one Mitsu for every 100 Chryslers...

subearu

yeah, there's a couple Chrysler ones around town yet, still look ok too.

-Brian

fintail

I remember the Starion from ads

That black car has to be some kind of BMW. Reminds me of a Z1

andys120

Yeah it's a Z1, a neat little car that I have never seen.

fintail

It had weird doors that dropped into the body. I had a model of one when I was 11 or 12.

kyfdx

I toured the Spartanburg plant... they have one in the Museum there.. It was never certified for sale in the USA..

lemko

...in the parking lot of an Auto Zone a couple of weeks ago. A kid was showing it to his buddy. I haven't seen a Conquest before in 15 years. Does anybody remember the Mitsubishi Sigma?

subearu

The Sigma was the predecessor to the Galant, like an early '80's version of it, IIRC. Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Sapparo come to mind too.

2 door version:


-Brian

andys120

there's only one car rthat ever had a dash like this=>

fintail

Citroen DS

When I was little, I loathed them...ugly slug. Then I couldn't stop looking at them, but I still hated them. Now I think they are very cool.

andys120

They're just as fascinating to look at from inside.

andys120

rsholland

Lamborghini LM002

http://formen.ign.com/news/9829.html

Bob

andys120

LM002 it is. IIRC some were used by the Saudi Army.

Here's another rarity=>

rsholland

Mazda Cosmo Sport, which I believe was Mazda's first rotary car.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.automobile-sportive.c- om/guide/mazda/cosmosport.php&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmazda%2Bcosmo%2Bsport%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%2- - - 6ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG

Bob

andys120

Indeed.

andys120

subearu

is that an alfa nose? :P

-Brian

andys120

is that an alfa nose?

What if it was? :P

rsholland

Alfa Giulietta Sprint.

That my friend, was the car that gave me "religion." When I was 17 or so, the girl up the street from me, who was 3 years older than I, had a boyfriend who had one of these in Italian Racing red. Not only that, but it had no muffler.

One time I had the opportunity to drive it, and I've been a foreign car nut ever since. Even with only a tiny 1300 cc engine, it had DOHC and to a young kid like me, who had never heard a car rev like this—it was like meeting God face-to-face. Oh what a "RUSH" I had. Ever since that day, Detroit iron never had any appeal, and I blame it fully on that Alfa.

BTW, this Alfa owner eventually traded it for a brand new British Racing Green 289 Cobra, which had just been introduced. Riding in that was my second "RUSH."

Bob

andys120

Thanks for the great story, Bob. The Giuliettas were fantastic cars.

Here's the graceful tail of the Sprint=>

....and here's the beautiful Giulietta Spider=>

fintail

Those old Alfas are as close as anyone has came to styling perfection

boomchek

looks like a mazda cosmo? or something rotary like that

subearu

I saw some pics of the Guilia and it looks similar to it as well. Can't mistake the grill, knew it was an Alfa immediately, just wasn't sure of the make.

-Brian

andys120

fintail

Deluxe AMC sedan

andys120

It's an AMC Ambassador, this one's a 1973 ex-police unit.

andys120

rsholland

Aston Martin. DB2?

Bob

andys120

Yes it is, and a beauty too.

andys120

toomanyfumes

But that is one homely car.

andys120

that is one homely car.

Yeah, and looking at it from another angle doesn't improve things.

fintail

Ah a Crosley

The AMC fooled me with its whitewalls and big hubcaps. But now I see its spotlight

andys120

BTW, yeah it was a Crosley, a 1949 convertible.

fintail

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