Mystery car pix

fintail

Maybe a 64-65 Falcon 2 door wagon rounding the corner at left.

andys120

sda said:

Mid 60s Mercury full size convertible.

Awesome, SDA! I didn't recognize it but you nailed it. The condensus at TOM.com is that it's a '66 Mercury Park Lane

explorerx4

That I posted this but my not or in wrong discussion.
Dash picture is from Mission Impossible.

andys120

stickguy

It's a Lancia but I don't know which one. Some sort of Zagato?

andys120

stickguy said:

It's a Lancia but I don't know which one. Some sort of Zagato?

You're close, it's a 1961 Lancia Appia Sport Zagato.

andys120

Youll want to enlargethis one>

Fresno CA c 1958

Lostwrench3

Wow, a 1957 Eldorado Biarritz convertible. 1 of 1800. In today's dollars, $71,716.
In front of it, a 1958 Olds Fiesta wagon.

Lostwrench3

And, on the far right, a 1958 Cadillac 60-S.

magnette

That Olds Fiesta wagon has really thin b-post pillars - structurally must be basically a convertible with a tin roof

andys120

stickguy

Jag FHC. I forget the model differences so will guess XK140

Lostwrench3

I'm changing the year on that Eldorado Biarritz to 1958. I now see the verticals before the rear tire.

andys120

stickguy said:

Jag FHC. I forget the model differences so will guess XK140

It's a '54 XK-120 9last year of prod.). Iy's nearly impossible to tell them apart.

magnette

I think the best way is that the badge on the bonnet is separate from the grille on an XK120 while it is part of it on the 140 - and the grille is made up of thicker vertical bars on the 140 too.

Bumpers are bigger too on140

andys120

Thanks, Magnette, I notice your XK-140 has a pair of turn signals just above the bumpers whereas my XK-120has only the fender tops pair and thje bimpers have no gap in center as they do on the 120s.

andys120

Mystery Dash-

stickguy

An Avanti. No idea what series but looks like an older one.

andys120

stickguy said:

An Avanti. No idea what series but looks like an older one.

Yup, a original Studebaker Avanti (1963/4)

uplanderguy

That's a '63. The '64 dash and console were woodgrained (fake) where there was none in '63.

Some small, coolish things about that dash were: the instrument lighting was red, the glovebox had a slide-out beauty vanity with mirror, and above the center of the windshield were three toggle switches although I can't recall what they controlled.

Note inside hood release, not all that common then.

texases

That low mount rear view mirror was very uncommon, too.

uplanderguy

Yes. And of course, the exterior mirrors were optional, although I like the looks of no outside mirrors.

Most everything in the Avanti's interior was soft vinyl, which was kind of nice.

uplanderguy

Now that I think about it, for cars with a reverse-opening hood it was probably not uncommon to have an inside hood release. But even Larks had them.

ab348

The discussion about rear-opening hoods on late-'50s Fords made me look it up, and they did have an inside handle release that worked a cable on the latch. Of course nowadays, most of the questions about it you find are about how to open the hood if the cable has broken or seized or gone missing. Doesn't sound like a fun job.

andys120

xwesx

Makes me think Nash, but I can't really match a model. The trim along the side just throws me for a loop.

uplanderguy

I'm not into those cars in the slightest, but I think it's a Hudson (as opposed to Nash), since it has wheel openings! Wags call them the "Hash".

I'll say '55-57 model year range.

texases

I googled '1956 Hudson, and a pic of that exact car popped up. It's ad lists it as a Hudson Wasp.
https://classiccars.com/listings/view/1086156/1956-hudson-wasp-for-sale-in-heber-arizona-85928

That speedometer is odd - single digits instead of two (3 means 30, that kind of thing). I've never seen that before.

uplanderguy

That speedometer is odd - single digits instead of two (3 means 30, that kind of thing). I've never seen that before.

Rambler continued to do that well into the sixties. I always thought that was goofy when I was a kid.

That, and they kept vacuum wipers waaayyyy into the sixties.

andys120

uplanderguy said:

I'm not into those cars in the slightest, but I think it's a Hudson (as opposed to Nash), since it has wheel openings! Wags call them the "Hash".

I'll say '55-57 model year range.

As you suggest this is a 1956 Nash Ambassador rebadged as a Hudson Wasp in Hudson's next to last year. A sad end for a great brand.

explorerx4

I right clicked the picture and it told me what car and model it is(probably the picture title).

sda

In our politically correct world I doubt 'Wasp' would make the cut to name a vehicle today. Sting like a bee, but a wasp?

uplanderguy

'Wasp' was a lower-line model to their 'Hornet'.

xwesx

andys120 said:

As you suggest this is a 1956 Nash Ambassador rebadged as a Hudson Wasp in Hudson's next to last year. A sad end for a great brand.

Well, at least I'm not completely off my rocker. As soon as I saw it, the windows made me think Nash Ambassador, but the wheel arches and side trim just threw me for a loop. Really not familiar with Hudson shapes aside from the Hornet.

magnette

In defence of the name Wasp it doesn't seem to affect Vespa...

magnette

Elegance and great visibility

fintail

Fiat 2300 coupe - I know because I have a toy of one.

magnette

Yes - the Fiat 2300S coupe - it really is a nice looking car and could pass for much more exotic marques...
They did sell it here in the UK although I only saw them at all when I came to London - there are a few still attending car shows here but they also have quite a following in Germany - there was a stand for an owners club at the Essen show when I went to that some years back.

Was it Corgi who made the model ?

explorerx4

I thought that coupe was a BMW.

fintail

The one I am thinking of is an Impy:



It appears a few continental diecast firms made a 2300 coupe, not sure about other Brits.

magnette said:

Yes - the Fiat 2300S coupe - it really is a nice looking car and could pass for much more exotic marques...
They did sell it here in the UK although I only saw them at all when I came to London - there are a few still attending car shows here but they also have quite a following in Germany - there was a stand for an owners club at the Essen show when I went to that some years back.

Was it Corgi who made the model ?

kyfdx

explorerx4 said:

I thought that coupe was a BMW.

It does have a somewhat similar shape. Especially around the rear decklid.

magnette

Don't think I ever saw Impy brand toys
I do remember that Corgi Toys had a Matchbox sized rival called Husky which was sold mainly through Woolworths - we don't even have Woolworths here now sadly.

magnette

That Impy looks a bit like the Dual Ghia - Corgi did a model of one of those but badged it as a Ghia L6.4 - somewhere in our attic I still have one of those - minus box no doubt

fintail

Impy was made by a company called Lone Star. British, but I know they were marketed in NA. These were roughly the size of Matchbox 1-75 series, marginally larger, and with more opening parts. They also had a fintail:



These were in production long enough to receive more free wheeling wheels like Hot Wheels and were somewhat attractive:

andys120

bhill2

Gotta grab the '63 Rambler Cross Country (wagon).

Michaell

Funny, my grandmother had a Mercury similar to the one on the billboard.

explorerx4

@michaell,
I guess she wasn't influenced by the advertising.

ab348

The rather bizarre "The Man's Car" campaign was for Mercury's 1967 models, thankfully a one-year-only thing.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1967-mercury

fintail

Odd campaign, in the mid 00s Mercury marketing seemed to be along the lines of "Ford for women".