Mystery car pix

ateixeira

"Hong qi" won't fly here, it sounds too much like "Honkey".

-juice

fintail

I think that's an Austin A50 wagon

andys120

imidazol97

Chrysler

johno111

Seeing that there are Ford signs in the window. Did a little web surfing and found this

195? FORD Vedette">

fintail

Ca. 1951/1952 IIRC

bumpy

You're closer than anyone else. It's a 1959 Triumph Estate Wagon.

andys120

Tres bien Johno

That is indeed a 1952 Ford (de France) Vedette.

andys120

ateixeira

Just a guess.

-juice

andys120

Good guess Juice, it's the current Nissan Patrol, look for it when you see UN peacekeepers on the TV news.

andys120

ateixeira

But I didn't know the model or year.

-juice

au1994

61 250GT California or in a word...stunning

magnette

In UK and some other countries ie Australia etc this was sold as a Standard Ten Companion, but in US I don't think you had Standard as a make by then. They also made a van (called the Courier I think but that name was also used for the Triumph Herald van a few years later) and also a pick-up, although that must have been rare.

magnette

The Stratos was left hand drive only, I think, but they certainly sold a few in UK, not just for rallying because I used to see one every couple of weeks on the Chelsea Embankment.
More recently someone introduced a kit car using Lancia Beta parts, as a sort of replica - quite a close one in the pictures - but I think somone else now makes a cheaper Replica using Fiat parts. It was such a classic design that it will keep getting replicated, a bit like the Cobra, I suppose.

andys120

That's right, it's a Spider California.

Try another? >

bumpy

Probably an AMC, judging by the oversized body and undersized running gear.

fintail

It's an Opel ca. 1970....Commodore?

andys120

It's an Opel ca. 1970....Commodore?

Sorry Bumpy, Fintail's pretty close, it's a '67
Opel Rekord C.

andys120

lemko

Hudson of some 1951-53 vintage. Probably a Wasp. I'm pretty sure it's not a Hornet.

ateixeira

That's my guess, very timely too...

michaellno

The one on the left is Paul Newman, while the one on the right is Owen Wilson.

The blue car is meant to be a Hudson; not sure about the red car.

ateixeira

Newman's character is a Hudson, but Lightning McQueen is a made-up car, not any particular model.

-juice

scootertrash

And, Radiator Springs is clearly Holbrook, Arizona.

magnette

Even I've been there......

andys120

andys120

for ID ing the cars in the background of 6759, I see three that are easily identifiable

magnette

The main car is a Goggomobile Dart, 1958/61, built in Australia.
Behind it is an MGA, Land-Rover mk11 probably an 88" but maybe an 86" wheelbase, and behind that an M-Benz 190SL.

bumpy

Lightning McQueen is a made-up car, not any particular model

Really? I was thinking C6 Corvette.

fintail

I think that MB behind the MGA and old Land Rover is a 300SL

andys120

Pretty good job Magnette but I have to go along with Fintail on this one. The Merc appears to have the compound headlights that first appeared on the 300SL roadster (1958?) but AFAIK never appeared on the 190SL or for that matter of the 300SL "Gullwing" coupes.

I'm sure you meant to type Mk II rather than Mk.11 re: the Land Rover.:P FWIW the MGA looks like a Mk II with the slight indentation at the bottom of the grill.

fintail

Yeah, the lights and that double-contoured hood are the keys.

andys120

fintail

Lada Signets...I remember these....the 'little red square'...sad to say I always kinda liked these.

andys120

They look exactly like Fiat 124 wagons with square h/ls, which is what they are.

andys120

magnette

These were known as the Lada Riva in UK

fintail

Looks like a Mk I Escort, I don't know if it is a RS something or other

andys120

Yep, it's an Escort Mk.1, most likely an RS. Mods include wide racing Minilite Wheels, Hogged out fenders and extra driving lights.

magnette

Escort RS1600, the works ones had the flared arches, but the version offered to the public generally didn't, as standard. The indicators and grille look like a sold-to-the-public one, so presumably the arches are a modification, like the wheels. Great car though....

andys120

bumpy

Mid-'90s Nissan President. We got the short-wheelbase version with a different nose as the Q45.

andys120

Right on the nose Bumpy.

ateixeira

Rats, I had MG, Benz, and Lada.

A taxi driver in Jamaica told me that LADA stood for "Laugh, and Die Aftah" and then proceeded to break out in the wildest laughter I think I've ever heard. He had a Lada Samara cab, I think.

-juice

andys120

ateixeira

Galaxy coupe? I'm really bad at guessing the year...1962?

-juice

fintail

64 500XL, and she looks loaded

andys120

64 500XL, and she looks loaded

Right down to the 390 under the hood!