Mystery car pix

xwesx

explorerx4 said:

Saw these on my way home from Ohio today.

The used market is getting *really* thin!

fintail

Rich car guy heaven.

Corner of a red 959 at upper right.

andys120 said:

Car Guy Heaven>

bhill2

xwesx said:

explorerx4 said:

Saw these on my way home from Ohio today.

The used market is getting *really* thin!

Hey, people just need to show some initiative. Take that '59 Caddy, replace a few wear items (like the driver's door), buff it up, and you're ready to cruise.

ab348

San Diego, 1975.

sda

Ford Cortina next to the Gran Torino. I can't see clear detail of the grille or the Model script of the Grand Prix. 71-72. Is it an SJ? Full wheel covers were not common on those either though they were standard equipment.

stickguy

Red Vega next to a blue ford 4 door.

White rambler wagon.

fintail

Back row far right looks like a Datsun B210.

andys120

fintail

Auto Union 1000SP (badge is visible ) - a German 55-57 Thunderbird.

That Chrysler dealership building from a couple days ago, several years earlier:

stickguy

green =PU is an early International Harvester. Cool looking.

Lostwrench3

1st in line a 1954 Chrysler. Then, a 1954 Chrysler, then a 1954 Plymouth wagon.
In the showroom, a 1954 Chrysler.
(In town, regular grade gasoline has hit $4.11, how are y'all doing in that department?)

Lostwrench3

Lostwrench3 said:

1st in line a 1954 Chrysler. Then, a 1954 Chrysler, then a 1954 Plymouth wagon.
In the showroom, a 1954 Chrysler.
(In town, regular grade gasoline has hit $4.11, how are y'all doing in that department?)

And now, only 3 1/2 hours later.........$4.29

explorerx4

@lostwrench3,
Yesterday in Avon, CT, $4,399 for RUG at multiple stations.

fintail

Another view of that Chrysler dealer, a few years later:



And the workshop of the import area:



This dealer does not appear to have had a Stude link, they branched out into general Euro cars.

andys120

As I recall in the late 50a Studebaker-Packard stores all became Mercedes-Benz Dealers but then they stopped making Studes and Pckards. That's a nice 300SL Roadster in the foreground wearing a detachable hardtop option. A 190SL faces the wall. It's also got a removable h/t.

explorerx4

ab348

fintail said:

And the workshop of the import area:

Those Benzes must have been quite troublesome from the looks of things.

andys120

explorerx4 said:

Puma GT from Volkswagen do Brasil

explorerx4

@andys120,
Close, it an SP2. Article title is wrong.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/after-48-years-colorado-enthusiast-overjoyed-to-score-a-brazilian-vw-sr2/ar-AAUEwDQ?ocid=hponeservicefeed

fintail

I prefer to call it "fond of maintenance" (especially a 300SL)

ab348 said:

fintail said:

And the workshop of the import area:

Those Benzes must have been quite troublesome from the looks of things.

fintail

Not sure if we have seen this before: Milan, 1970:

stickguy

that thing could drive right under the typical BroDozer.

stickguy

I like the Alfa behind it. Is that a GTV?

ab348

Is that an external rear view mirror mounted on the center of the front edge of the roof?

ab348

stickguy said:

I like the Alfa behind it. Is that a GTV?

I think its a 1300 GT Junior.

fintail

The wedge is the Lancia Stratos Zero concept, and indeed that's a mirror:



GT Junior or GTV = 2 headlights vs 4?

andys120

There were a variety of Alfa Giulia coupes that used the same Bertone styling that were produced over the decade from 1962-72. Collectively they are known as the Alfa 105 coupes. It can be hard totell which 105 variant you're looking at >

http://www.carsfromitaly.net/alfaromeo/index.html

andys120

stickguy

humber?

fintail

Anglia 105E, with LHD and whitewalls, maybe for the North American market.

andys120

fintail said:

Anglia 105E, with LHD and whitewalls, maybe for the North American market.

Yup, that peculiar ad was supposed to convince Americans to buy a Ford Anglia 105E. It didn't!

ab348

Nashville, TN, unsure of the date.

stickguy

Black pinto. Looks tiny between the big caddy and blue olds. Dark colored duster first car at the curb.

Looks to be about 1970

kyfdx

I was going to say 1971, given the Pinto. Though I guess it came out in the Fall of '70, maybe

andys120

Postal Service Jeep is LHD, most were RHD for obvious reasons.

explorerx4

We had an Anglia for a while. I can remember being in it, but not sure how old I was.

xwesx

andys120 said:

fintail said:

Anglia 105E, with LHD and whitewalls, maybe for the North American market.

Yup, that peculiar ad was supposed to convince Americans to buy a Ford Anglia 105E. It didn't!

I'd be lion if I said it wasn't tempting.

texases

Could that ad be any more British?

andys120

bhill2

Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas. About a 2000.

andys120

Pretty good guess bhill,; it's the XJ8's doppelganger a 1995 Daimler Six. If you look real carefully you can make out the fluted grille surround that characterized Daimlers.

fintail

67 LTD in the foreground.

Further back, just behind "People's Furniture", maybe a white Continental Mark IV?

Foreign job above the Olds makes me think Peugeot 404 wagon.

ab348 said:

Nashville, TN, unsure of the date.

explorerx4

A white Mercury wagon to the left of the brown Duster. A white 57 Plymouth Fury to the left of the Mercury wagon.

ab348

Don't believe we've seen this before? Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia, 1973. Expands very well.

stickguy

Some of those cars are probably still stuck in the traffic jam.

Tr6 far left. Mustang grabber a bit behind that.

And a lot of people about to seriously hate the mileage there big beasts got.

ab348

Maverick Grabber, not a Mustang.

Just eyeballing it I would estimate that about 2/3rds of the vehicles in the pic are full-sized Detroit iron. Big changes about to come for sure.

stickguy

I knew that. Autocorrect got me! Ok, it was a typo. I meant Maverick.

explorerx4

Torino Talladega in the lane to the left of the wagon pulling the boat.

texases

And next to no Japanese imports.

stickguy

Quite a few pintos. And a lonely little (looks like) Toyota Corolla.