Mystery car pix

magnette

The colours available in post war Europe were more limited than over the pond - just look at all the black or dull British colours

But the 2CV was nearly always grey / blue or a sort of mud colour all of which are depicted

At this period the 2CV was still being assembled in England too and they were all grey I think - I remember seeing them around as old cars when I was a kid and Dinky were probably replicating that.

The tiny people on scooters look quite realistic too

andys120

Can't miss the tall Jeep wagon. These were called "All Steel Wagons" but painted to look like Woodies.

ab348

Somewhere in downtown Montreal, 1961.

stickguy

Still seems odd that some people consider this the golden era of car design!

andys120

1958 Pontiac (Parisienne?) rounding corner.

sda

The wide eyed Mercury behind the 61Chevy looks odd, actually ugly.

bhill2

Yes indeed. The ‘60 Mercury joins the ‘61 Plymouth, the ‘58-‘60 Lincoln, and others that are still among my repressed memories as automotive Quasimodos.

ab348

It's actually a '61 Meteor. My father bought one new. I remember being at the dealership with him when he was making the purchase and him and the salesman having the hood open and looking at the front end, trying to see if the star ornament between the headlights could be removed and the headlight pods relocated. Don't know why he didn't just buy a Ford.

Michaell

LAX, 1965

sda

Of course, Meteor, my bad. The artists renderings look better than the actual car. The rear taillight treatment looks pretty nice and follows the curves of the bumper. I assume the backup lights are on the inner portion of the trim next to the gas filler door.

fintail

The rear lights on that Meteor are quite cool, while the front makes me think "Oldsmobile".

White 60 Ford 2 door post (apparently a Fairlane) at lower right at LAX.

tmart

Michaell said:

LAX, 1965

55/56 Ford, two 59 Fords, 57 Ford

andys120

I don't know where to begin w so many cars. I'll say this, old designs like the Volvo PV544
and the VW Beetle really stand out in a crowd of more modern cars (both are represented).

andys120

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tmart

I'll claim the XKE and Vette.

kyfdx

Red Alfa. Around 1970. Maybe, a 1750 GT?

sda

The DS convertible would be neat.

andys120

sda said:

The DS convertible would be neat.

Good eye, I almost missed that one. Citroen convertibles wewre done by a coachbuilder called Capron.

bhill2

fintail said:

The rear lights on that Meteor are quite cool, while the front makes me think "Oldsmobile".

White 60 Ford 2 door post (apparently a Fairlane) at lower right at LAX.

And just over the hood of the Ford is a '60 Rambler.

andys120

Brochure Art>

tmart

Nice looking Falcon convertible. A Sprint by chance.

andys120

tmart said:

Nice looking Falcon convertible. A Sprint by chance.

Yup, it's a Ford Falcon Sprint ('63-'65), essentially a Mustang w a different body.Like the V8 'Stangs they had either 260 or 289CID V8s

andys120

tmart

Going to go with a DS9.

ab348

andys120 said:

Yup, it's a Ford Falcon Sprint ('63-'65), essentially a Mustang w a different body.Like the V8 'Stangs they had either 260 or 289CID V8s

Well, the styling indicates that’s a ‘63 model, and the V8 was only offered late in the model year as a 1963 1/2 model with the 260.

bhill2

tmart said:

Nice looking Falcon convertible. A Sprint by chance.

Yup, specifically a '63.

fintail

Century Motors, Sydney, 1953 (zooms well):

andys120

fintail said:

Century Motors, Sydney, 1953 (zooms well):

At first I didn't see the Sydney caption but I did notice that the cars are all RHD, even the Detroit iron.
Closest to camera is an early 1950s Nash Statesman Super. Next to it is s omething that looks British but I don't recognize. Perhaps a late 40s Holden?

bhill2

What’s with the portholes on the Nash? I’m sure I’ve never seen them before.

magnette

The car in Sydney beyond the Nash is a Humber - models are similar in that range but I think it is a Humber Super Snipe Mk II which was introduced in 1950...

magnette

Nice old motors - usually seen either following a hearse or with confetti but they were also the sort of car that probably had flag on it outside Government offices etc

There were two longer versions (Pullman and Imperial) too

magnette

I think Australia got RHD American cars assembled from Canadian CKD kits as they would have got "Empire" preference and of course they would also have been the ones sold in African / Asian territories as well

andys120

ab348

It's a Peugeot 204 convertible, a 2-seater. Very French 1960s vibe, needs to be down on the Riviera.

andys120

That's correct, like many Pugs of the 1960s the 204 Cabrio was styledby Pininfrina

andys120

stickguy

Shelby GLH. no clue what year. I would love one.

andys120

stickguy said:

Shelby GLH. no clue what year. I would love one.

The picture was captioned as a "Dodge Omni GLH". A trip to wikipedia.com did not unconfuse me as to whether or not all Omni GLHs were Shelbys. It did say that Shelby coined the GLH (Goes Like Hell) name and notes that just over 10,000 Omni GLHs were sold in 1985-86.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

stickguy said:

Shelby GLH. no clue what year. I would love one.

The picture was captioned as a "Dodge Omni GLH". A trip to wikipedia.com did not unconfuse me as to whether or not all Omni GLHs were Shelbys. It did say that Shelby coined the GLH (Goes Like Hell) name and notes that just over 10,000 Omni GLHs were sold in 1985-86.

The Shelby is a GLHS, I think.

This looks like the in-between model, before they put the Shelby name on it. (ergo, Omni GLH)

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Nissan Figaro

tmart

The Figaro always reminds me of a baby Thunderbird!

sda

I remember it being said GLHS=Goes like hell some more.

transamsd73

As to the Dodge Omni--- no, not all Omni's were GLH. Most were generic, plain Omni? Horizons. Shelby did tune some, I believe around 1986 or so. They were turbocharged little rockets that put out 146 hp. A couple of years later, they made a GLHS (much rarer) that put out 175 hp! Really fast, but had wicked torque steer, so make sure your wheels are pointed straight! Shelby also built the Charger versions of GLH and GLHS as well. Getting hard to find now, and the prices are going up. Most were black, I think the GLHS were all black, but not 100% sure of that.

sda

https://us.v-cdn.net/5021145/uploads/editor/9o/l5sylu9gey44.jpg

andys120

In the beginning>

andre1969

ab348 said:

Somewhere in downtown Montreal, 1961.

I'm late to the party here, but I think that Mopar off to the left is a '57 Saratoga. They weren't all that common when new, as I think most buyers went for the Windsor if they were on a budget, or the New Yorker if they wanted to splurge. Also, being a 4-door hardtop it would've been even more rare. I'd imagine there weren't too many of those in Canada.

tjc78

@transamsd73 said:
As to the Dodge Omni--- no, not all Omni's were GLH. Most were generic, plain Omni? Horizons. Shelby did tune some, I believe around 1986 or so. They were turbocharged little rockets that put out 146 hp. A couple of years later, they made a GLHS (much rarer) that put out 175 hp! Really fast, but had wicked torque steer, so make sure your wheels are pointed straight! Shelby also built the Charger versions of GLH and GLHS as well. Getting hard to find now, and the prices are going up. Most were black, I think the GLHS were all black, but not 100% sure of that.

The GLHS were certainly all black and were modified by Shelby directly.

The one above is an 84 and then in 85 they began to add the side skirts and the turbo engine (Shelby engineered) was more common. The very first GLH only had the HO version of the 2.2.

The Shelby Charger could be had in Blue, Red/Maroon and black all with silver accents.

andys120

Ur-Beetle>

ab348

I think that’s a Japanese Beetle. I hear they are difficult to kill.