Mystery car pix

andys120

stickguy

gen 1 Prius. A dud in the market because it looked like a normal car. once they made it look like an atomic cockroach sales took off because people wanted to make sure everyone knew you were driving a hybrid.

andys120

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sda

I like the 78 Cutlass with T-tops

explorerx4

A Plymouth Duster, similar to the one I had with the front half vinyl roof.

stickguy

Fairmont wagon bottom left. And about a 75 camaro.

andys120

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texases

'63 Polara 5th from the right.

explorerx4

62 Impala on the far left.

Lostwrench3

Far right - '62 Pontiac.
Left row - Green '51 Pontiac.

andys120

Looks like an early 50's Packard next to a blue MoPar (Chrysler?) in left row

stickguy

Red and White Volvo 120 next to the ratty baby blue pickup.

fintail

Black 64 Chevy in the middle of the left row.

Lostwrench3

fintail said:

Black 64 Chevy in the middle of the left row.

And, next to it, a '57 Plymouth.
Also in there, a '51 or '52 DeSoto.

andys120

Is this enough cars for you?

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I'll call the red E0type coupe in mid-picture.

Michaell

LAX?

sda

The newest car I see is a black 70 Cadillac two cars ahead of the yellow 67 Cutlass.

fintail

66 Galaxie pulling away from the curb at lower right (I wonder if that was a white zone or red zone). 69-70 big Ford wagon cutting across the lane kind of upper middle left.

Lostwrench3

Lower left - 1960 Pontiac.
Upper right - United 727 and Delta 707.
On Final Approach - probably another 707.

fintail

California, 1970 apparently (should zoom well):

ab348

I was just about to post that same pic! It checks a lot of the right boxes. I’ll take the early Cougar.

sda

ab348 said:

I was just about to post that same pic! It checks a lot of the right boxes. I’ll take the early Cougar.

And not the 60 Galaxie??

stickguy

Red VW Squareback.

stickguy

and a 68 Cougar.

ab348

sda said:

ab348 said:

I was just about to post that same pic! It checks a lot of the right boxes. I’ll take the early Cougar.

And not the 60 Galaxie??

I'm smart enough to not want a 10 year old Ford back in that era.

tmart

ab348 said:

sda said:

ab348 said:

I was just about to post that same pic! It checks a lot of the right boxes. I’ll take the early Cougar.

And not the 60 Galaxie??

I'm smart enough to not want a 10 year old Ford back in that era.

Good answer!

andys120

VW Squareback hiding behind the 60 Ford and a '65 Chevy on the other side of it.

fintail

Of all things to survive 10 years there, a 60 Ford isn't what I expected. I think that's a 68 Chevelle beside it. And of course a yellowy beige/cream W111 fintail a few cars to the right.

explorerx4

62 Chevy Biscayne or Bel Air wagon next to the Chevelle.

andys120

Brochure Art>

explorerx4

It looks like the steering wheel and driver are on the right side of the car.

fintail

Toyota Cavalier, trying to capitalize on that funny Japanese interest in American products.

ab348

Yet the ad picture was taken on Main St. USA.

kyfdx

ab348 said:

Yet the ad picture was taken on Main St. USA.

With California plates...

texases

Here's what it looks like today:

andys120

Yup, that is a GM/US made Toyota-badged Cavalier which was offered for sale in Japan during the 90s to no great effect.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2022/06/27/why-did-toyota-sell-the-cavalier-in-japan-under-its-own-badging-in-the-1990s

magnette

@andys120

That article about the Toyota Cavalier was interesting.

There were also some odd offshoots from the Rover / Honda set up in the nineties including this one - the Honda Crossroad...




Basically a 1993 Land Rover Discovery and built here it was (briefly) marketed in Japan and as it had a 3.9litre Rover V8 engine it was also - I think - the only production Honda V8...

However the dealers in Japan didn't like the build quality and there were recalls and general problems as it was of course during the latter days of British Leyland...

They even sold it as a Honda into New Zealand (which is where this one was registered) and I guess also Australia

I've even seen a picture of one of these with British plates but that might just be a development model (not that BL were famous for diligent development)

andys120

Double Bubble>

texases

Scorpion = Abarth+Fiat, double bubble = Zagato, google that, come up with
"Fiat Abarth 750GT Zagato", or some combination thereof.

andys120

Tex, you're correct, it's an early 60s Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato, known for obvious reasons as the "Double Bubble". One of the coolest cars I've ver seen.

andys120

Brochure Art>

stickguy

Can’t see the badge but guessing that one is an eagle talon.

texases

Mitsubishi sure had an 'edge' back then, very high tech. Not so much now.

andys120

Yup it's a 1990 Mitsubishi Eagle Talon Tsi. Less muscular versions were sold with Plymouth and Mitsu badges.

tjc78

@texases said:
Mitsubishi sure had an 'edge' back then, very high tech. Not so much now.

I would love to have a Starion.

tjc78

Or a Conquest

fintail

Mitsu and Nissan both IMO were more relevant at some points in the past than today.

andys120

Michaell

Fiat Barchetta?

ab348

Michaell said:

Fiat Barchetta?

Yes, that's it. There's one of these locally that comes out every summer, in a sort of Velveeta orange color.