Mystery car pix

andys120

texases said:

And next to no Japanese imports.

Only a few Eurocars as we ll and '73 would be just after their hey day in the '60s. One TR-6 and a single VW
on the left about mid picture.

explorerx4

I see a TR6 on the left and I what I think is a Chevette 2 cars behind the Pinto wagon.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

I see a TR6 on the left and I what I think is a Chevette 2 cars behind the Pinto wagon.

Picture is too early for a Chevette. I'm thinking perhaps another Corolla, though it is hard to tell.

stickguy

Could be a little Datsun 1200 too. The small Japanese cars back then all looked alike.

Lostwrench3

1969 Pontiac.
Ah, the Walt Whitman bridge. Been there, done that during my Fort Dix days.
Note the great light system they used to control the direction of bridge traffic back in those days.

ab348

I noticed the sign for M.A.B. paints. Made me remember listening to Phillies games on WCAU 1210 in the early '70s where they were a sponsor, often promoting their line of Seashore house paint.

fintail

Big changes about to come in that 73 pic, and catastrophic depreciation for most of those cars.

Ford sedan (Galaxie I assume, less fancy grille than I expect on a LTD), front center in front of a 63 Impala, would have been brand new. At left behind a boat (water-going) I see a TR-6.

ab348

I believe this is from the second gas crisis of 1979, no idea of the location as I can't quite make out the writing on the license plates. Expands nicely.

stickguy

Gorgeous trans am. Somebody probably got that cheap right about then!

Lonely white 75ish Corolla up by BK. Laughing at the guzzlers lined up for gas.

stickguy

And a Ford Fiesta under the 74.9 sign on the right side pumps.

ab348

stickguy said:

Gorgeous trans am. Somebody probably got that cheap right about then!

Lonely white 75ish Corolla up by BK. Laughing at the guzzlers lined up for gas.

The Trans Am is an early one as can be seen by the rear window design. Its door hinges on the drivers side are already worn out judging from the fit we see near the rear quarter panel.

texases

The heyday of the 2-door. Most are.

fintail

Gran Torino Sport in the foreground, get off of my lawn. Might be the one time the 429 wasn't a desirable option.

I see a mid 60s Comet or Falcon hardtop in the background left, behind the building, and a nice clamshell wagon in front of the newer Firebird.

explorerx4

Kevin Bacon sitting on the door of the dark Firebird.
A couple of Jeeps to the right and a Fiesta with an open space in front of it.
Restaurant in the background is Burger-???

Michaell

explorerx4 said:

Kevin Bacon sitting on the door of the dark Firebird.
A couple of Jeeps to the right and a Fiesta with an open space in front of it.
Restaurant in the background is Burger-???

Burger King - "Home of the Whopper"

explorerx4

@michaell,
I couldn't see the 'g' in King. Should have been able to figure that out.

ab348

fintail said:

Gran Torino Sport in the foreground, get off of my lawn. Might be the one time the 429 wasn't a desirable option.

I see a mid 60s Comet or Falcon hardtop in the background left, behind the building, and a nice clamshell wagon in front of the newer Firebird.

I noticed the Chevy clamshell wagon wasn't quite as nice as it once was. LF hubcap is missing, and it looks like there is some damage to LF fender and drivers door, which is missing its top piece of faux-woodgrain railing.

transamsd73

The Trans Am in the picture is a 73, maybe a 74. 70-72 didn't have the bird decal on the hood and 75 had the wrap around rear window.

transamsd73

Three up from the Trans Am, in front of the wagon, looks like a Chevy Monza.

fintail

It'd be interesting to see the depreciation curve on mid 70s barges before and after the 79 gas crunch, I suspect many people just stopped maintaining them.

ab348 said:

fintail said:

Gran Torino Sport in the foreground, get off of my lawn. Might be the one time the 429 wasn't a desirable option.

I see a mid 60s Comet or Falcon hardtop in the background left, behind the building, and a nice clamshell wagon in front of the newer Firebird.

I noticed the Chevy clamshell wagon wasn't quite as nice as it once was. LF hubcap is missing, and it looks like there is some damage to LF fender and drivers door, which is missing its top piece of faux-woodgrain railing.

andys120

Michaell

Cadillac Allante

stickguy

With a north star.

Like the color combo

fintail

So 1993 only with that engine.

stickguy said:

With a north star.

Like the color combo

andys120

fintail said:

So 1993 only with that engine.

stickguy said:

With a north star.

Like the color combo

The Allante featured styling by Pinifarina (not GM Styling) which probably is why it looked so good.
As for the Northstar....the one in my Dad's Deville blew freeze plugs at 77K! I don't know how this could happen on a car that only had 77,000 mi and never went out of FL! The company that usedto build the best engines in the world was making junk. No wonder they went bust.

ab348

I believe this is Gatlinburg, TN, sometime around 1960. Some real dreamboats here...

andys120

Furthest car away, parked under sign that says "Prescriptions" is a '58-'59 Lincoln. Right side closest to camera, the tail of a 1960 Mercury.

kyfdx

My first time there was probably '62. (Mom had a '62 Star Chief).

Probably went twice a year for the next 8-10 years. I definitely don't remember that parking garage, but I was a youngster.

Lostwrench3

1st left - 1951 Cadillac.
2nd right - 1960 Buick.

andys120

Next to the Caddy, a 1960 Chevy Impala convertible, then a blue '59 Buick; across from it a '60 Pontiac.

andys120

explorerx4

Van you imagine what would happen if most modern cars/cuv's tried to park like that Cadillac?

ab348

The silver car is a Shelby Series 1.

andys120

ab348 said:

The silver car is a Shelby Series 1.

Yup, MY 1999, not many were made it was powered by an Olds VE that was based on the Northstar.

bhill2

andys120 said:

Next to the Caddy, a 1960 Chevy Impala convertible, then a blue '59 Buick; across from it a '60 Pontiac.

That Chevy 'vert intrigues me. I can't see either the call-out or the crossed flags of an Impala on the side trim. If I thought they made one, I would swear it was a Bel-Air trim. But I know that's not a thing.

ab348

Rankin Ford, London, Ontario, Canada, appears to be 1960.

andys120

ab348 said:

Rankin Ford, London, Ontario, Canada, appears to be 1960.

Ford Granadas (low end versions)

ab348

andys120 said:

Ford Granadas (low end versions)

They didn't go by that name here. Six letters on the hood.

imidazol97

I'm not convinced the 1960's picture of Gatlinburg is actually Gatlinburg.
I'd love to see old street views of maps.google.com but it wasn't around
in that era.

That hotel is too many stories from what I believe I saw on my first time
through in the late 60s. There would be mountains in the background
in most pictures taken in the core of Gatlinburg. Most of the motels
were quaint 1 or 2 levels at that time. And I mean "quaint."

I tried looking for Galinburg pictures on postcards and such, but
nothing like this.

And I don't think Pigeon Forge had any built up high rises like
that.

But I've been wrong before.

Great picture.

kyfdx

@imidazol97

Agree.. definitely not Pigeon Forge. That was a just a wide spot in the road in 1960.

kyfdx

There was a Riverhouse in Gatlinburg, but that isn't it.

This is:



Also, appears that it burned down, about six years ago, in a forest fire.

ab348

imidazol97 said:

I'm not convinced the 1960's picture of Gatlinburg is actually Gatlinburg.
I'd love to see old street views of maps.google.com but it wasn't around
in that era.

That hotel is too many stories from what I believe I saw on my first time
through in the late 60s. There would be mountains in the background
in most pictures taken in the core of Gatlinburg. Most of the motels
were quaint 1 or 2 levels at that time. And I mean "quaint."

I wasn't sure either when I posted it, hence my qualifier.

A Google search just now indicated it originally appeared on Curbside Classic 4 years ago, and they tagged it as being Reno, NV, so we can go with that. Using that, I was able to find this picture that confirms it.

kyfdx

Good detective work!

fintail

ab348 said:

andys120 said:

Ford Granadas (low end versions)

They didn't go by that name here. Six letters on the hood.

Ford Consul sedans with a Ford Thames van behind them.

tmart

At least three 60s on the roof.

andys120

bhill2

tmart said:

At least three 60s on the roof.

And on the left (in the picture) a 60 Monarch. Note that they put the headlamps on each side closer to one another. Avoided the wall-eyed look of the Mercury.

stickguy

tail of a red Celica ahead of the Mustang!

explorerx4

@stickguy,
That's the spirit!

I just went through a bunch of photo albums to find a picture of my 86 GT. It has a 5.0 emblem on the front fender, so I'm going to guess that Mustang is an 85.

andys120

The caption says it's an '86 and the tailpipe suggests it's a V8. My '86 GT convertible like yors had a "5.0" emblem on the fender side and a black hood with "GT" lettering and the same "phone dial" wheels.

'86 Mustang GTs were the first MY for EFI (225 hp IIRC).