Mystery car pix

stickguy

I like it. Kind of a spiritual successor to the old 850 sport spider.

andys120

Michaell said:

Fiat Barchetta?

Yup, it's a 1995 Fiat Barchetta (barchetta=little boat), a front-drive roadster made until 2006. We traditionalist believe a fron't drive roadster is a bit of a sacrilege.

andys120

Mystery dash>

sda

Looks like an early Mustang GT

texases

'65 Shelby Mustang GT350.

andys120

texases said:

'65 Shelby Mustang GT350.

Yup, it's a '65 Shelby, the wooden steering wheel and tach were not on the regular Mustang GT. The second year (1966) version of the GT-350 didn't have the podded gauges shown, they were on the dash along with a circular speedo and tach.

texases

Just like my '65! Except for the dash, engine, transmission, suspension, brakes....

sda

The updated instrument panel with round gauges fit the sporty image of the Mustang much better than the dowdy Falcon based it originally had. The Pony interior was a nice improvement.

andys120

I learned to drive on one of these pigs, it looked a lot like the one behind the blue station wagon.



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tmart

57 Ford with a bunch of Mercurys.

stickguy

is that a blue with white top caddy on the side street, that looks like it ran up the sidewalk and into the side of the building?

andys120

stickguy said:

is that a blue with white top caddy on the side street, that looks like it ran up the sidewalk and into the side of the building?

Could be a Caddy but I think more likely it's a '58 or '59 Lincoln.

tmart said:

57 Ford with a bunch of Mercurys.

Well not a random "bunch of Mercs", they're all 1959MY. The photo illustrates very nicely the two different roof styles. Ours had the roof seen on the white car, IMO much more attractive than the style seen on the others.

Those cars were like most '59 Detroit iron, ill-handling pigs but in hardtop form (white car behind wagon).
they had fantastic outward vision with wraparound glass front and rear. Look at how the windshield glass wraps up into the roof. I think it may have been the biggest front glass ever put in a sedan.

sda

I find it interesting that few Mercurys have whitewall tires. I thought they were popular then.

magnette

That Fiat Barchetta posted a bit back was not a car that was seen much here as Fiat didn't make it available RHD.

They did sell it through their dealers but just LHD - I think that it was provided with a Speedometer which was changed between from miles to kilometres per hour but am not sure about that (they may have had an electronic one which could do either).

ab348

Let's test your European car-spotting skills. Consider the Beetles as free squares on the game board. Den Bosch, Netherlands, around 1964:

stickguy

Citroen 2CV center. Next to a Renault Dauphine.

Is blue coupe with fins a Taunus? Or Opel Rekord?

Green Panel nose looks like a Volvo PV but never saw one in that body style before.

Michaell

I see a Ponton on the right.

fintail

Blue coupe with fins? 59-60 Buick. Volvo Amazon/122 beside it, looks like a VW Notchback beside that, and maybe a UK Ford Consul beside that.

Oh, the coupe in the foreground, indeed a Ford Taunus P2.

Ponton is a 6cyl car.

Panel van is indeed a Volvo PV544, unsure if these went by the "Duett" name like the wagon.

andys120

fintail said:

Blue coupe with fins? 59-60 Buick. Volvo Amazon/122 beside it, looks like a VW Notchback beside that, and maybe a UK Ford Consul beside that.

Oh, the coupe in the foreground, indeed a Ford Taunus P2.

Ponton is a 6cyl car.

Panel van is indeed a Volvo PV544, unsure if these went by the "Duett" name like the wagon.

Pretty sure the blue Buick is a 1959 sine the tail fins come to a point, they wre slightly rounded in 1960MY.

texases

What about the red car on the right with the black roof? Resembles a '63 Cutlass as far as the tail lights go. But it's a sedan, so maybe an 88?

imidazol97

I'm not any good on the foreign cars, but the Oldsmobile F-85 1963 is the red/black car at right.

andys120

Brochure art>

sda

That’s a fun picture. I never liked sitting in the middle of the front seat, especially if it was a two door where you straddled the split in the seat backs had to skew your legs to the right because of the transmission tunnel. It wasn’t very comfortable.

stickguy

that, and if the driver stopped short (or even worse hit something) you were launched like a missile right through the middle of the windshield. A minor inconvenience.

tmart

The car is a 57 Chevy.

ab348

Such a mysterious car.

fintail

Not sure if this has been posted before - Seattle, 1974:

stickguy

at leas 3 Porsche 914s. and a Fiat 850 sport spyder. Gen 1 Capri at far left next to a 71? Mustang

Michaell

Do I spy a Citroen in that row?

Lostwrench3

What!? Raining in Seattle?
We went 7 weeks without direct sunshine. However, when June came about and the winter rains departed, what a beautiful area of the country!
1969 Dodge Polara.

andys120

Datsun 240Z to next to a Porsche 914.

xwesx

stickguy said:

that, and if the driver stopped short (or even worse hit something) you were launched like a missile right through the middle of the windshield. A minor inconvenience.

It's as 57.... who WASN'T launched through the windshield back then?!

bhill2

stickguy said:

at leas 3 Porsche 914s. and a Fiat 850 sport spyder. Gen 1 Capri at far left next to a 71? Mustang

The car Just to the left of the Capri, based on the rear of the greenhouse, has to be a Volvo 144.

andys120

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Sports cars!



Magnette, take notice of the leftmost red panel on the window top (it's hard to read).

I think the whitewall tire in the showroom is attached to a Jaguar XK-120

stickguy

Looks like 3 MGAs our front and a couple of Morris minors.

ab348

stickguy said:

Looks like 3 MGAs our front and a couple of Morris minors.

I guess they kept the Lancias inside to keep them from rusting out before they could be sold.

andys120

Three big Healy 100-6s are visible (BN6).

fintail

Two tone sedan at far left looks like Austin A55/Cambridge.

andys120

fintail said:

Two tone sedan at far left looks like Austin A55/Cambridge.

I was wondering. Not many Austin sedans of any kind were sold here. I had a girlfriend whose dad had an Austin Atlantic.

andys120

FYI, the sign atop the leftmost of the big showroom windows reads "MAGNETTE". Not many of those were sold here either.

andys120

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I think there's a white '60 Ford wagon about halfway up towards theright

sda

Nice looking 63 Country Squire.

magnette

@ andys120

I don't think I've ever seen a Magnette advert on a showroom window before.

That black & white sedan looks a bit odd for an Austin Cambridge but I think it looks funny because of the two tone paint - most of the A40/ A50 models were not two tone whereas the subsequent A 55 was.


Oh - happy Independence day to you all as well

stickguy

Corvair wagon.

andys120

Tan car peaking up from bottom of beach pic looks like a 1958 Chevrolet.

magnette

Did they make a tan coloured Delray?

fintail

Strong It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World vibe in that pic. Squire is a Fairlane, which is probably quite rare now. Big white wagon makes me think Mercury, not a 60 Ford.

tmart

56 Ford Fairlane tutone. I agree the white wagon is not a 60 Ford.

andys120

tmart said:

56 Ford Fairlane tutone. I agree the white wagon is not a 60 Ford.

Tutone VW Microbus near the tan/white Ford.

andys120