Mystery car pix

texases

With those horizontal taillights I think that’s a Duster, ‘70-‘71.

fintail

I also spy a clamshell wagon in the distance.

The old Arena in Seattle, must be ~1959 - smorgasbord here, a little blurry in zoom but many are identifiable:

tmart

54 Ford wagon

explorerx4

The 57 Desoto looks quite a bit more modern than most of the other cars in the picture.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

The 57 Desoto looks quite a bit more modern than most of the other cars in the picture.

That's because suddenly, it's 1960!

Lostwrench3

1947 Buick.
1958 DeSoto.

bhill2

The car in front of the 54 Ford looks like an Opel; I want to say a Rekord but it looks more like a Cresta.

ab348

The Bronx, early ‘70s.

stickguy

Valiant looks like an antique.

Left front, is that a Marquis? Looks mercury not ford to me.

tmart

I see a Mustang and a Valiant.

sda

70 LTD, 71 Cutlass wagon, 70 LeMans

Michaell

You sure that’s the Bronx? Nothing is on fire!

ab348

Two pics of Reynolds Buick-GMC-Jaguar, W. Covina, CA, circa 1971. Should expand a bit.

stickguy

Jag E type 3 door, next to what appears to be a Myers Manx dune buggy. Gotta love LA, where else would you see that at a Buick dealer?

light green Riviera in the top picture is a good looking car. Bottom picture, in the back, the rear of a Black Riv.

texases

Bottom pic - is that the front corner of an E type, bottom left?

stickguy

Yup

Michaell

For the record, the dealer is still there. Family owned since 1915.

texases

And the IHOP is still across the street:

andys120

texases said:

Bottom pic - is that the front corner of an E type, bottom left?

That's a post-1968 E-Type with side markers and the taller headlights lacking glass covers.

stickguy

looks like they got rid of the Jag lineup though.

andys120

stickguy

white Triumph spitfire (early model year) in the background. The red abomination is a Maserati of some sort.

fintail

The first Quattroporte, a Frua design I think.

fintail

520 toll station , Lake Washington, 1979 - I think the tolls were off this bridge by the time I was old enough to remember, I don't recall this. Zooms well:

stickguy

front, 2 tone mid 70's Camaro. I think it is a Rally Sport trim.

2nd row, 75ish Corolla wagon/hatch (I loved that body style in SR-5 trim). I would take one today if not rusted out.

in the lot at the back, a yellow Ford Courier.

Michaell

Silver Datsun 810 wagon, front and center.
Nose of a beige Toyota Corona, lane 3

kyfdx

stickguy said:

front, 2 tone mid 70's Camaro. I think it is a Rally Sport trim.

2nd row, 75ish Corolla wagon/hatch (I loved that body style in SR-5 trim). I would take one today if not rusted out.

in the lot at the back, a yellow Ford Courier.

Definitely a hatch. The Corolla wagon looks like a straight wagon.

stickguy

I meant it was the king roof hatch. They also for some reason had a traditional slant back hatch. This one was more like a kammback

kyfdx

stickguy said:

I meant it was the king roof hatch. They also for some reason had a traditional slant back hatch. This one was more like a kammback

Gotcha.. I really liked that body style, as well.

Michaell

This:



versus this:

texases

The Corolla really was a 'Swiss Army Knife' back then, so many different versions from sporty to practical.

andys120

fintail said:

The first Quattroporte, a Frua design I think.

It's the second version of the Maserati Q-porte (1966-69) styled by Frua but actually built b y Vignale.

andys120

ab348

Mitsubishi Jeep J3 I believe.

andys120

ab348 said:

Mitsubishi Jeep J3 I believe.

C.lose enough for Govt. work as they say. Mitsu made copies of Korean war era Kaiser military
Jeeps under license. Note steering wheel on right.

ab348

Location and year as stated on the pic.

stickguy

early Vega and a VW fastback.

looks like the nose of a Capri poking out from behind the Dodge van

andys120

Next to the VW is either a 70-ish Plymouth Barracuda or Dodge Challenger. Late 60s Ford Country Squire
next to the Vega.

Big grey job is an Essex class carrier modified for Jet aircraft with angled flight deck and steam catapults.

explorerx4

I think the car behind the van is a Camaro.
Blue Ford pickup parked near the ship.

fintail

stickguy said:

I meant it was the king roof hatch. They also for some reason had a traditional slant back hatch. This one was more like a kammback

It's one of these, when I was a kid a neighbor had one, also in yellow - I think a lot of them were yellow:

fintail

In the Hancock pic there's a 53-54 Chevy sedan and a 61-67 Ford pickup in the distance.

sda

The early Vegas were nice looking cars, never mind the poor reputation they would quickly earn.

andys120

sda said:

The early Vegas were nice looking cars, never mind the poor reputation they would quickly earn.

I especially liked the Kammback versions>



Too bad they were junk.

fintail

Seattle, 1976 - zooms extremely well:

stickguy

white Torino driving away from the camera. and a Volvo 145 parked on the far curb.

that looks a lot more like 1970 than 1976.

tmart

Didn’t a version of the Vega require dropping the engine to change a spark plug? Or was it an urban legend?

bhill2

tmart said:

Didn’t a version of the Vega require dropping the engine to change a spark plug? Or was it an urban legend?

Not the Vega, but its platform cousin the Monza. GM, in its infinite wisdom, decided they needed to offer a v-8 in it. Needless to say, they hadn't designed the engine bay for it.

Lostwrench3

'70 or '71 Pontiac.

ab348

A '64 Ford peeking out from the left side of the pic parked at the curb. A couple of vehicles ahead of it may be an IH Scout.

texases

bhill2 said:

tmart said:

Didn’t a version of the Vega require dropping the engine to change a spark plug? Or was it an urban legend?

Not the Vega, but its platform cousin the Monza. GM, in its infinite wisdom, decided they needed to offer a v-8 in it. Needless to say, they hadn't designed the engine bay for it.

Yep, but it required unbolting one or both engine mounts, jacking up the engine, and going through the wheel well for access, I think.