Mystery car pix

stickguy

55 Buick Century?

andys120

You're close, it's a '54 Century..

imidazol97

The beginning of tailfins.

texases

andys120 said:

i think Iread that 93% of the big Healeys were exported, mostly to the US, i would guess.

That's correct. I'm reading an article about Donald Healey in an old Automobile Quarterly, and he said "I decided that there was only one market for sports cars in the world. Everybody else hadn't any money left and I decided I had to earn dollars."

Coincidentally, one of the earliest cars he drove was his father's Regal, around a 1918, imported from the US. My dad had restored a 1911 Regal, which we drove on many occasions while I was growing up.

tmart

55 Buick Century

Lostwrench3

Buick Century - 3 portholes per side - 1954.

andys120

laurasdada

andys120 said:

Rutland, VT?

ab348

laurasdada said:

andys120 said:

Rutland, VT?

Yes. Mid-'60s apparently, with a '53/'54 Chevy convertible about to sideswipe a Gen-1 VW bus.

The same view today is nowhere near as charming, unfortunately.

https://goo.gl/maps/4vGjxeF9fyj1rowN8

andys120

The station wagon looks like a 1964 Chevrolet , not sure of exact model, possibly a Chevelle.

andys120

bhill2

andys120 said:

The station wagon looks like a 1964 Chevrolet , not sure of exact model, possibly a Chevelle.

The Chevy wagon is a little later than that. I think '69 or '70 full-size. Not the top trim level, maybe a Townsman.

tmart

andys120 said:

A 59 Chevy Impala

fintail

bhill2 said:

andys120 said:

The station wagon looks like a 1964 Chevrolet , not sure of exact model, possibly a Chevelle.

The Chevy wagon is a little later than that. I think '69 or '70 full-size. Not the top trim level, maybe a Townsman.

I think I see a Camaro with stripes way up there too, so pic is no older than 1967.

andys120

tmart said:

andys120 said:

A 59 Chevy Impala

Yup, the small lettering on the front fender reads "Fuel Injection", presumably it's a 327 Fuelie.

laurasdada

It's been many a year since I've been in Rutland. During my glorious ski house (Okemo/Killington region) years of oh, so many, years ago, during particularly ski-unfriendly weather, we would occasionally go to Rutland to bowl or catch a flick. Rare, though, as we skied almost no matter what Ma Nature would throw at us! Well, beyond no snow on the mountain...

andys120

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Mostly 1940s iron in this pic from FL, a few from the 50s and even the 30s!

texases

1948-ish Packard, maybe a 'Deluxe Eight Touring Sedan', on the left.

fintail

Oldie appears to be a 30-31 Model A coupe in front of the delivery van.

andys120

Second car up parked on right pears to be a '48 or '49 Studebake.r.

magnette

Beyond the parked Studebaker is a Mopar 1946-8 sedan but they all look similar

The black car just alongside the delivery van - is it a circa 1940 Oldsmobile?

fintail

Yep, maybe a 39 Olds.

Prewar coupe in front of it is a Mopar, likely a 38 Dodge or Plymouth.

magnette said:

Beyond the parked Studebaker is a Mopar 1946-8 sedan but they all look similar

The black car just alongside the delivery van - is it a circa 1940 Oldsmobile?

magnette

That Oldsmobile was a guess because there was a similar car found in a barn / garage /field in Britain some years back but which had been registered in about 1939/40

I can't find a reference to it now but it was in one of the classic car magazines here at the time and subsequently went to auction here.

As you can imagine virtually no US cars were imported here in that period - not until the US entered the war really - so it was very unusual

I think it turned out that the first registered owner was a doctor here - only essential users were allowed to buy cars in that period - it might have been just stock from some dealer as the war broke out here but would have otherwise been requisitioned for the forces generally.

fintail

I know exported US cars in that era were considered to be a very premium product, as American cars then were generally more modern and robust than almost all others.

An Olds must have been a rarity, as I think I recall the similar Buick would have had tax advantages, as I believe export model Buicks were Canadian built/McLaughlin cars. Not sure about Olds.

andys120

Brochure art>

tmart

Nice looking Pontiac Bonneville.

andys120

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tmart said:

Nice looking Pontiac Bonneville.

yup, it's a 1962 Pontiac Bonnevilee posing in front of a staged background. Except for the chrome
side flash and the name script the isn't anything from that angle to tell it from a first year Grand Prix.



Second year and subsequent GPs got their own distinct rooflines.

andys120

Lostwrench3

Thanks for bringing this great story to light.

ab348

Montreal, 1965, Dorchester Square/Peel St. I sort of remember this from visiting there as a kid in this era. A big, bustling city, quite intimidating to us, but fascinating too.

andys120

65-ish Pontiac convertible. Parkws gwn 1Mustmg to its left.

tmart

Comet going away.

sda

Renault (not sure of model) oncoming, left of the Comet.

ab348

sda said:

Renault (not sure of model) oncoming, left of the Comet.

That's the one I was hoping someone would spot. It IS Montreal, after all, and back then it was probably Renault's biggest market in North America. I think that is a Renault 8.

texases

Same view today. Really hasn't changed a lot:

fintail

andys120 said:

Those are scale models photographed by a Seattle metro area kid with a knack for forced perspective.

MB 300S/Sc at right.

tmart

Beautiful models!

bhill2

And it explains why the parking area of a fast food place has a Mercedes Adenauer in it. If real, it would probably be worth more than the business.

andys120

This is my idea of what a car should look like inside!

stickguy

probably smells great too!

magnette

Looking at King Charleys diner it strikes me how since you all became a republic you have been fond of the monarchy in these matters

Even here our first King Charles was ditched - short sharp chop at the end of the English Civil War in 1649 though the second one did last a couple of decades.

andys120

andys120 said:

This is my idea of what a car should look like inside!

FYI- the gorgeous interior belongs to a ca. 1965 Maserati Sebring II, one of several derivatives of the 3500GT that kept Maserati in the forefront of the Gran Turismo game during the 1960s



The steering wheel is a Nardi identical to the aftermarket unit that came with the TR-4A i bought second hand in '67; I miss nice wooden sterring wheels!

Michaell

Las Vegas, 1986:

fintail

Ah, the golden age of the automobile with a Liberace concert, life was good.

I see 2x BMW E30, one at center right, one at far left lower corner. A few rental cars in that lot too no doubt.

andys120

Brochure art>

Michaell

RIP, after 2023.

tmart

Nice looking Nissan.

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Brochure art>

1986 Maxima? I can't tell the years apart for that GEN II model.

My uncle had an '87 wagon. It was very cool.

andys120

It's a 1985 Nissan Maxima, first MY for the Nissan-badged 4dr version as opposed to the previous Datsun 810-badged sold vrsions in the USDM.

Apparently they are ending production of the Maxima at least for the USA.

Michaell

andys120 said:

It's a 1985 Nissan Maxima, first MY for the Nissan-badged 4dr version as opposed to the previous Datsun 810-badged sold vrsions in the USDM.

Apparently they are ending production of the Maxima at least for the USA.

Another victim of the great 21st century sedan culling.