Mystery car pix

andys120

kyfdx

Alfa Romeo 1300?

andys120

kyfdx said:

Alfa Romeo 1300?

Close, it's a 1962 Giulia TI Super (1570cc).

andys120

Michaell

RIP Paddy

magnette

Yes, Paddy Hopkirk was a great rally driver and the Mini Cooper S was the model he won the 1964 Monte Carlo event.

I saw him driving once at a classic event at Silverstone - in a Mini Cooper- doing a few demonstration laps of the Grand Prix circuit and he also took it off road around some of the grass in-field area

I don't think he looked out of the windscreen at all - he was mostly sideways - but he was always in such control that he made it look easy

He was also a larger than life character and was universally popular in his native Northern Ireland even during the dark times in that province.

RIP indeed

andys120

stickguy

Studebaker. Golden hawk?

andys120

stickguy said:

Studebaker. Golden hawk?

Yup, 1967 MY.

Lostwrench3

Oops.
Minus 10.

andys120

stickguy

Maserati. Merak? Mid 70s

texases

Mid 70s Bora?

stickguy

is that the big one? I could never remember which was which seeing them individually.

texases

Yeah, mid-engined V8, first Maserati with 4 wheel independent suspension. They were a bit behind the times. The Merak has the rear arches connecting the roof to the rear fenders, but no windows.

andys120

texases said:

Mid 70s Bora?

Yup it's a '72 Maserati Bora of which i have actually seen one, just one.

andys120

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explorerx4

I would guess 1960 and not LA because nobody walks in LA.

tmart

58 Ford, two 59 Fords, 59 Chevy,

andys120

I thought it looked like the Key Bridge in DC but it turns out it's the Belle Isle Bridge in Detroit.. I think the o ld clunk in lower left is a '49-'52 Chrysler.

explorerx4

Aster a closer look, I think I see a 63 Chevy 4th car back on the left.

sda

explorerx4 said:

Aster a closer look, I think I see a 63 Chevy 4th car back on the left.

Yep, 60 Olds front and center.

fintail

I think I see a 63 Breezeway Mercury heading away from the camera, "behind" a 59 Ford.

tmart

A 60 Falcon

bhill2

At the other end of the age range, just to the right rear of the Mercury, I see a ‘49 Chevy.

magnette

60 Plymouth making the left turn behind the old Chrysler

EDIT - no it's making a right turn on the wrong side of the road

I automatically get the sides wrong when driving on the other side of the road as when I approach a Left turn here I think of that as easy, and the Right turn as hard due to the oncoming traffic though so far I have always avoided turning into oncoming traffic so it must be sort of an automatic thing

Its easier in the US as so many of your roads are in separate lanes whereas in the backwoods of Italy or Spain the locals take a more lax attitude to lanes themselves so its less dodgy.

andys120

tmart

It’s a two door Maybach. No clue as to the model name.

texases

Made by "My Coupe", a company that takes Model 57 S Maybachs and converts them into coupes. Wonder if they have any agreement with MB?
https://www.maybach-coupe.net/

fintail

Reminiscent of the Maybach Exelero concept from 2005:

fintail

From an episode of Leave it to Beaver:

kyfdx

fintail said:

From an episode of Leave it to Beaver:

Alfa Giulietta... something, something..

tmart

Pontiac Bonneville, two 59 Chevys, 55/56 Ford

Lostwrench3

1959 Pontiac.
1957 Dodge.
If you haven't heard, Wally passed away this week.

fintail

Seattle, 1957:

tmart

54 Ford Crestline

imidazol97

1954 Mercury Monterey station wagon
Oldsmobile to the right of the Shell station building. Year?

stickguy

is the sports car an AC Ace?

Lostwrench3

Old Pontiac seen at the left of the building.

andys120

fintail said:

Seattle, 1957:

That's an Austin-Healey 3000 mk.2 (BN6) with it's windshield in the folded position. Note the whitewall tiires (not uncommon on 50s sports cars) and the custom bumperettes in rear. There are twin radio antenae on rear fenders, very definitely another custom touch.

fintail

I think the 3000 came out a few years later. I think this might be a 100/6.

The wide whites really set it off, nice period touch.

andys120 said:

fintail said:

Seattle, 1957:

That's an Austin-Healey 3000 mk.2 (BN6) with it's windshield in the folded position. Note the whitewall tiires (not uncommon on 50s sports cars) and the custom bumperettes in rear. There are twin radio antenae on rear fenders, very definitely another custom touch.

andys120

Fintail sez:

I think the 3000 came out a few years later. I think this might be a 100/6.



You're probably right. Wikipedia articles show the following:

100/6

BN4: 2+2, 1956–59
BN6 2-seat. 1958–59

3000 Mk I

BN7 2-seat. 1959–61
BT7 2+2, 1959–61

3000 Mk II

BN7 2-seat, 1961–62
BT7 2+2, 1961–62
BJ7 2+2, 1962–63

andys120

it's a Thunderbird but what model year?

tmart

It’s a 57!

tmart

Why did you begin by saying it was a Thunderbird…..although it obviously is? FINS, hooded dash, removable top.

magnette

We never saw any Austin Healeys when I was growing up apart from the Sprite

In the UK they were only really in the cities and rich areas so never ventured into Wales (apart from when rallying I suppose).

They were mostly exported and the 100/4 or 100/6 would have been quite rare, while the subsequent 3000 was probably not much more widespread.

fintail

It could be an Auto Union 1000 SP

tmart said:

Why did you begin by saying it was a Thunderbird…..although it obviously is? FINS, hooded dash, removable top.

fintail

My uncle, USMC multiple tours in 'Nam guy who is a mixture of a badass and the most gentle pacifist personality one can imagine, had an A-H 3000 back in the day. He then got into VWs and Jeeps, although I remember his family had a Dodge Aspen wagon when I was a little kid. He's 75 years old now, has a Chevy HHR and a Dodge Dakota to pull his boat (doesn't seem to care for big trucks).

magnette said:

We never saw any Austin Healeys when I was growing up apart from the Sprite

In the UK they were only really in the cities and rich areas so never ventured into Wales (apart from when rallying I suppose).

They were mostly exported and the 100/4 or 100/6 would have been quite rare, while the subsequent 3000 was probably not much more widespread.

andys120

i think Iread that 93% of the big Healeys were exported, mostly to the US, i would guess. I nearly bought a '64 Mk.III but decided that the exhaust was too low to survive NYC's crappy streets.

Here's a rare UKDM example>

andys120

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