Mystery car pix

stickguy

back in my college beater days I looked at a cool silver Monza hatchback. V8, stickshift. Was like a spaceship compared to the Hornet or Gremlin I had at the time. Took it to our local garage for an inspection(family friend). He gave it an OK report but said don't bring it to him for service because of how much of a nightmare that was. I think just the back plugs were blocked, and at minimum the engine had to be jacked up to change them. And there were no 120k iridium plugs in those days!

fintail

In Seattle I see a colonnade (Chevy probably) in front of the Volvo wagon.

Cars age slower in WA.

ab348

Denton, TX, late 1970s.

stickguy

mid 60s El Camino on the left next to a red rabbit.

and behind the pole, one of those funny 2 door Mavericks without a bed. Weird...

fintail

77-79 LeBaron coupe in the foreground.

ab348

I'll chime in with the '71 Dodge Polara 4-door hardtop in '70s Mopar metallic green.

texases

This is what you'll see if you turn around. Lots of Texas towns have neat town squares:

kyfdx

We're going to be in Texas at the end of April!

texases

Good time to be here, before the heat sets in, lots of plants in bloom.

kyfdx

texases said:

Good time to be here, before the heat sets in, lots of plants in bloom.

Hopefully.. Dallas, Waco and Houston.

We visited San Antonio and Austin once, in the last week of March. It was almost perfect.

texases

If you have interest in motorcycles the Haas Moto Museum in Dallas has an outstanding collection.

kyfdx

texases said:

If you have interest in motorcycles the Haas Moto Museum in Dallas has an outstanding collection.

Maybe, I can write off part of this trip?

tmart

@ab348 said:
Denton, TX, late 1970s.

Dodge Aspen framed by the arch.

texases

Might that be a '66 Ford Galaxie to the right of the arch?

fintail

texases said:

Might that be a '66 Ford Galaxie to the right of the arch?

66 Galaxie standard grille did have a wider center section like that yeah

sda

Red Rabbit and Maverick.

ab348

SoCal, mid-‘70s. Expands very well.

fintail

Foreground a BMW E3, as it is USDM likely 3.0S or Bavaria.

To quote a song from my youth: "put back the doubleknit reversible slacks".

ab348

Those BMW Boyz are sporting some seriously ‘70s slacks. 😁

Michaell

I remember those stores. Had one in my hometown when I was a kid.

Pre Home Depot and Lowes

stickguy

blue Matador coupe. I would know AMC door handles anywhere.

andys120

Light blue VWs wear different shades.

fintail

In California nobody picked off the yellow Challenger or the big Lincoln at left.

Seattle, date at lower right, zooms well:

ab348

I think the parking checker is piloting a Cushman Truckster.

The lift in the garage is being seriously tested by the ‘60 Lincoln..

andys120

1956 Chevrolett at the meter, probably a Biscayne or 210. Fastback coupe across the street looks lke an Alfa GT Sprint.

Washington plate on the Chevy.

bhill2

Anyone want to weigh in on the gray coupe on the left closest to the garage? On first look I thought it was mid-50s Rambler (or Rambler American). But the roof is wrong and the B-pillar is straight.

Since I'm here, my obsessive personality requires that I mention that in 56 the low-line Chevy was named 150. Biscayne assumed it's exalted rank as the bottom rung Chevy in 59 (after a stint as next to bottom in 58).

andys120

bhill2 said:

Anyone want to weigh in on the gray coupe on the left closest to the garage? On first look I thought it was mid-50s Rambler (or Rambler American). But the roof is wrong and the B-pillar is straight.

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It looks about the right size for a contemporary Alfa Giulietta ?(a rare bird but not nnkown in the USA).
The shape of the wheel openings is wrong. Isn't that a '55 Chevy hiding behoind the Cushman?

texases

I can't find an Alfa with that combination of wheel well openings and rear window slope. A mystery to me.

fintail

Mystery car near the garage appears to be a Borgward Isabella (two door sedan style, not the hardtop)

explorerx4

I thought Borgward too, but couldn't find and with the C pillar area like that.

fintail

The rear side window appears to be pivoted open, which may kind of distort some detail. In looking at the car, it appears to be an earlier Isabella, 1955-56 ish, like this:

texases

Yep, and you can see the drop in the side trim right in front of the tail light.

bhill2

You all are great; I think you solved it. It makes me crazy when I can't identify a car that was sold in this country. It looks like I am in good company.

andys120

ab348

Downtown San Diego, early '70s, expands very nicely.

fintail

Renault 16 at right, behind a van (either a Dodge or Econoline)

andys120

I think the Mustang behind them is a 1970MY

explorerx4

On the left, a red 64 cutlass that's either jacked up in the back or slamming on the brakes.
White Rambler Ambassador to the right of it.

ab348

andys120 said:

I think the Mustang behind them is a 1970MY

Actually a ‘71. That was the only year of that generation that has MUSTANG spelled out on the trunklid instead of a script emblem.

fintail

I think the car in front of the Mustang might be a Corolla (Renault is at far right)

Lostwrench3

The last of the De Sotos, model year 1961.
Production ended December 1960.

bhill2

explorerx4 said:

On the left, a red 64 cutlass that's either jacked up in the back or slamming on the brakes.
White Rambler Ambassador to the right of it.

FWIW (not much) the Rambler is a Classic.

explorerx4

The Rambler has vertical taillights, so it's an Ambassador.

ab348

Visible up ahead of the Wonder Bread truck is a VW Type 3 squareback.

fintail

Hossegor, far SW France, a little blurry in zoom, some diversity:

tmart

Is that a Comet at far right?

bhill2

explorerx4 said:

The Rambler has vertical taillights, so it's an Ambassador.

Darned it you're not right! I lost the tail light against the red Cutlass. explorer4-1, bhill1-0.

explorerx4

It did help that my grandfather had one that looked just like that one.

ab348

tmart said:

Is that a Comet at far right?

Indeed! Parked next to a Citroen DS or ID Goddess. Also I see a couple of Dauphines, a couple of 2CVs, what looks like a Jag Mark II sedan, a Peugeot 403, and some undistinguished Benz sedan.

ab348

Ocean City, MD, 1964. Sadly this is as big as the photo gets.