Mystery car pix

fintail

Red car is the Mazda.

I'll call the 72 Gran Torino Sport facing the Mazda, get off my lawn.

Interesting smaller car at far right with illuminated brake lights, maybe a Datsun 610/710 coupe or something.

Michaell

tmart said:

I’ll claim the Econoline Van. I like the little red car on the left, but have no idea what it is.

Look up one post.

stickguy

little red car is the Mazda.

Green 71ish Torino making the left.

Woody Pinto wagon behind the Econoline.

stickguy

I think that is a Datsun 1200 Fin (little blue car with lights on).

andys120

tmart said:

I’ll claim the Econoline Van. I like the little red car on the left, but have no idea what it is.

Could be a Subaru Leone.

ab348

1964 Buick Wildcat in the foreground driving away from the camera.

fintail

stickguy said:

I think that is a Datsun 1200 Fin (little blue car with lights on).

Good call I think you are right. And a Datsun pickup behind the Pinto.

andys120

Lostwrench3

1966 Ford Galaxie 500.
I think that one is the one with 428 cubes.

andys120

Lostwrench3 said:

1966 Ford Galaxie 500.
I think that one is the one with 428 cubes.

Yup, that is the 1966 "7-litre" Ford Galaxie 500. F1 Champion Jim Clark had a coupe version.

stickguy

IMO best looking full sized domestic care from the 60s.

andys120

bhill2

stickguy said:

IMO best looking full sized domestic care from the 60s.

You know, Stick, I do believe I agree with you. I may be reliving a teenage experience; the dad of one of my friends showed up in a 66 LTD, dark blue with a black vinyl roof, blue ribbed cloth interior. I was gobsmacked. The only thing I second-guessed him on was he got a 390 instead of the more appropriate 428. Anyway, I have always thought that the 66 Ford was very attractive.

ab348

Yes, it's odd - I didn't like the '65 Ford styling at all, but the '66 was just so much better even though it was pretty much the same car underneath. Then they made the '67 more fussy-looking and took a step back. The '68 went in a different direction and the LTD looked better but the lower-line models looked worse.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Bricklin. '75?

magnette

Andy your blue car is a Sunbeam Talbot d h c - it could be either the 80 or the 90 model but as it was exported it is more likely the 90.

It has a registration plate indicating it was temporarily registered here, as the code QJ was for "temporary" circulation in the UK

Generally people would come to Britain, buy a car and tour here, and indeed in Europe too, and then when they returned home the car went with them.

Frequently that was by liner so it may have got across the pond at the same time as it's then owner.

This process pretty much ended when jet travel started apart from the special arrangements used by returning US or Canadian service personnel who got their stuff shipped too.

The advantage, of course, was the fairly hefty post-war tax on cars here would not apply if they shipped it abroad.

laurasdada

Ah, the Bricklin. My dad had a deposit on one, my teenage eye thought it was the coolest looking thing...
When the first one came into the dealer, we went to give it a look, white, IIRC. The fit and finish were so glaringly poor that dad cancelled his order immediately. I didn't care, it looked so cool and, of course, the gullwing doors!
Obviously, the cooler head of my father was the proper decision maker.

Lostwrench3

1969 Pontiac GTO.

xwesx

tmart said:

I’ll claim the Econoline Van. I like the little red car on the left, but have no idea what it is.

I snooze, I lose.

andys120

magnette said:

Andy your blue car is a Sunbeam Talbot d h c - it could be either the 80 or the 90 model but as it was exported it is more likely the 90.

It has a registration plate indicating it was temporarily registered here, as the code QJ was for "temporary" circulation in the UK

Generally people would come to Britain, buy a car and tour here, and indeed in Europe too, and then when they returned home the car went with them.

Frequently that was by liner so it may have got across the pond at the same time as it's then owner.

This process pretty much ended when jet travel started apart from the special arrangements used by returning US or Canadian service personnel who got their stuff shipped too.

The advantage, of course, was the fairly hefty post-war tax on cars here would not apply if they shipped it abroad.

That's right, it's a '53 Sunbeam-Talbot 90. I had a Dinky Toy of one.

imidazol97

I saw this oddball on the internet. I don't remember the exact model and year.
So it is a mystery.

transamsd73

With the Bricklin, next to the GTO is a 77-78 Trans Am. I think the black one next to it, with the gold hood stripes may be the Hurst Edition Trans Am. Not many of them were made.

transamsd73

The yellow car that looks like a Chevelle, I believe is the Canadian version for Pontiac, called the Beaumont.

ab348

1969, Pekin, IL. The showroom floor must have lots of rebar to reinforce it for all of that heavy iron. I find commercial retail buildings in this arched-roof style very appealing. Pic expands well.

stickguy

Toronado on the left. Makes the cutlass sedan look dowdy.

texases

I’m not a fan of that whole generation of GM intermediate 4-doors. What looked good with two didn’t look nearly as good with four.

fintail

A similar design was later tried in the earlier 00s for Hummer dealerships, in kind of a dumbed down arch top/faux Quonset look.

Some rear ends in Seattle, should zoom well enough for a few IDs:

Lostwrench3

1960 Buick.

magnette

Thats a 59 Buick Electra I think and he's either taken up Fencing or he's going to a Board Meeting

tmart

Couple of Valiants, 59 Chevy, couple of Bugs, and what appears might be an early Corvette.

andys120

I can make out an early 50s Buick next to the black Beetle and a "Batwing" 1959 Chevy ahead of that.

andys120

Fifties nifties>

andys120

Light blues were siure popular in the 50s!

tmart

55 Thunderbird, 53 Ford

imidazol97

Lostwrench3 said:

1960 Buick.

I think this is a 1960 Buick. Had to do lots of lookin' up.
I found examples of the 1960 Buicks having the letters "BUICK" on the trunk
along with the circular logo above it, and this matches.
The 1959 Buicks had Buick below the chrome trim on the trunk and had a large V shape on
the trunk.

1959

andys120

can be enlarged

Michaell

andys120 said:

can be enlarged

Datsun 610, front a center.

Audi Fox on the other side of the street.

kyfdx

'67 Catalina convertible?

kyfdx

maybe a Javelin?

sda

Renault 16 behind the Datsun

fintail

Looks like Seattle. Audi Fox parked across the street a few cars back.

ab348

Michaell said:

Datsun 610, front a center.

Looking like it’s already starting to rust out too.

stickguy

white Javalin far left (back half of it)

andys120

tmart

Couple of Bugs, 55/56 Ford, 59 Chevy, 59 Ford, a Comet.

sda

66 Toronado, left lane

stickguy

International wrecker.

Left lane a valiant behind a 65ish big Chevy (behind the 59)

texases

I’m thinking that is more of a Dart than a Valiant.

ab348

The lack of 1960 Fords was puzzling until I realized you had posted the wrong photo in the series. This is the one you needed: