Mystery car pix

texases

And to keep it car-related:

andys120

The Beaufighter has always been a favorite of mine, it just looked fast. It served as a fighter, night interceptor, torpedo bomber and photo recon plan. IIRC a few went to the USAAF as reverse lend-lease.

When I was a kid I lived under the approaches to La Guardia airport and quickly learned to tell airliners apart. Constellations were the prettiest but those Stratocruisers were really big!

Lostwrench3

Parked, a1950 Mercury and another 1950 Mercury.
Crossing, a 1949 Boeing 377.

fintail

Last car posted is a Bristol 412.

ab348

Since search is broken, I can't tell if this was posted before or not. But it's a good pic so I'm going to put it up here. Omaha, NE, 1969 or 1970.

explorerx4

Black Studebaker Lark next to the white Impala coupe near lower right.

andys120

We can't let the red 1960 Ford wagon go unmentioned, it's in front row between a '62 Chevy and a 1964 Buick Electra(?)

fintail

Red and white 60 Ford in the same color combo as my dad's car. 59 Galaxie sedan at lower right, maybe a goldbeige 68 Ford full sized sedan (possibly a lower line Custom by its lack of chrome) to the left of it. Kind of above the Lark maybe a 59 Edsel sedan. First gen Corvair sedan and two tone 58-60 Ford pickup at upper middle.

ab348

Newest vehicle I see is the '69 Plymouth Fury III 4-door HT in green (what else?). There is a gold-green metallic Ford 2-dr HT of some sort, maybe a Torino, going out of frame on the right that may be the same model year or even newer.

andys120

sda

62 Olds Cutlass

fintail

W111 fintail at back right.

explorerx4

LR Disco in front of the Olds.

andys120

sda said:

62 Olds Cutlass

It's a 1962 Olds F85 Cutlass. For some reason those first generation GM compacts quickly shed their original model names and substituted sub-model names with the sole exception of the Corvair. The Tempest became the LeMans, the Special became the Skylark and the F85 became the Cutlass (best selling model in the 80s).

The car shown has the faux convertible roof line adopted by many GM models in the 1960s. It was often vinyl covered but sometimes executed in metal the same color as the rest of the car.

sda

Mom’s 63 Dynamic 88 coupe had the convertible look roofline and Holiday script on the sail panel. I was thinking they did the same with the 62 Cutlass but remembered Olds called the 4 dr hardtops Holiday as well.

bhill2

fintail said:

Red and white 60 Ford in the same color combo as my dad's car. 59 Galaxie sedan at lower right, maybe a goldbeige 68 Ford full sized sedan (possibly a lower line Custom by its lack of chrome) to the left of it. Kind of above the Lark maybe a 59 Edsel sedan. First gen Corvair sedan and two tone 58-60 Ford pickup at upper middle.

Gotta point out the '60 Rambler to the left of the Ford pickup.

fintail

Fairport, NY (should zoom well):




My car parked at right (also seen at the Studebaker HQ, etc).

stickguy

Is that a lark wagon next to it? Classic land rover would be worth big bucks now.

Looks like a white E type convertible in the showroom.

tmart

At right, a 61 Thunderbird with black walled tires?

Lostwrench3

tmart said:

At right, a 61 Thunderbird with black walled tires?

Strike 1!

sda

64 Mercury Monterey

Lostwrench3

sda said:

64 Mercury Monterey

Base hit!

andys120

stickguy said:

Is that a lark wagon next to it? Classic land rover would be worth big bucks now.

Looks like a white E type convertible in the showroom.

The Land Rover looks like a Series 2. I don't see a Jag in the showroon but what appears to be a British Ford Cortina wagon.

fintail

I think I see the E-type as a reflection in the window at left, maybe from a car parked on the street out of frame.

I wonder if the Cortina was a USDM car or private import. There's another Cortina parked in the lot behind the fintail.

andys120

fintail said:

I think I see the E-type as a reflection in the window at left, maybe from a car parked on the street out of frame.

I wonder if the Cortina was a USDM car or private import. There's another Cortina parked in the lot behind the fintail.

I never saw a Cortina Estate, the only ones I encountered were 2 door Lotus-Cortinas.

andys120

Suddenly it's 1960!

tmart

55 Thunderbird, two 57 Fords, three 60 Fords.

ab348

We've seen that one before. I posted it 2 years ago.

tmart

It's an oldie but goody!

xwesx

andys120 said:

Suddenly it's 1960!

Yeah, tell that to the fuel pumps!

fintail

60 Ford Ranch Wagon with another 60 Ford Wagon peeking around the corner to the left. Behind the Ranch Wagon, a Volvo PV444/544.

Let's have some 1960 housing prices while we're at it.

bhill2

Between the ‘57 Ford sedan and the Tbird (which I think is also a ‘57) is a ‘55 or ‘56 Plymouth.

magnette

That Cortina Estate has the second style of grille so it is from the 1964 face lift which was when they introduced the greatly improved ventilation system

If you look very carefully the "c" pillar has a grille at the top (as did the deans) whereas the original versions launched in 1962

This was also when the car changed from being a Consul Cortina to just a Cortina..

Here that was a very popular estate car and they sold loads. Hardly any now survive...

magnette

Talking of ventilation yesterday we had the hottest day's temperature in UK history

Not hot by, say Arizona standards but about a third of England topped 40 degrees (Centigrade).

I think in your Fahrenheit scale that's about 104.

No fun given limited installation of Air-conditioning in housing over here.

(For limited read nil)

tmart

bhill2 said:

Between the ‘57 Ford sedan and the Tbird (which I think is also a ‘57) is a ‘55 or ‘56 Plymouth.

The Thunderbird is definitely NOT a 57. A 57 has the parking lights in the bumper, not in the body, plus it has fins. Also, the continental kit was standard on the 56, but could be deleted. It was an option on the 55 and 57. So, since no conti kit, I’ll stick with it being a 55.

explorerx4

I don' see a vent in the front fender of the 'Bird, so I think it's a 55, too.

kyfdx

magnette said:

Talking of ventilation yesterday we had the hottest day's temperature in UK history

Not hot by, say Arizona standards but about a third of England topped 40 degrees (Centigrade).

I think in your Fahrenheit scale that's about 104.

No fun given limited installation of Air-conditioning in housing over here.

(For limited read nil)

104 F is hot, anywhere...

We were in Dublin, last Monday (9 days ago), and it hit 84 F, and everyone thought that was hot for Dublin.

magnette

I think Ireland was also hitting records too - even Wales did !

texases

Friends of ours picked a bad time to visit relatives this week near Crawley (south of London).

andys120

1960 again?

ab348

Likely a bit later as I see a '64 Mercury and a Chevy wagon of that same vintage.

explorerx4

Picture says Pittsburgh 1966.

texases

It's my grandma's 1960-ish Rambler! First car I sat in with reclining seats and electric windows.

sda

texases said:

It's my grandma's 1960-ish Rambler! First car I sat in with reclining seats and electric windows.

Electric windows in a Rambler, wow! That had to be rare.

fintail

60 Starliner at left looking a little faded already. 6-window 4-finned 61 Caddy at lower right in the parking lot.

andys120

A rare one in center> [expands]

texases

1950 "Kurtis Sports Car", a few made by Kurtis-Kraft, who sold it to 'Madman Muntz', lengthened, and sold as the Muntz Jet.

fintail

The 41 Chevy sedan delivery in the background is pretty rare anymore too.

andys120

What's the blue car in the foreground?

fintail

Blue car is another Kurtis.