Mystery car pix

explorerx4

Blue 62 Ford on the far right. White 59 Chevy by the inside corner of the hotel.

sda

Blue 62 Ford sedan behind the 57 Chevy convertible.

fintail

tjc78 said:

59 Impala back right. Pretty sure the Benz is a 58, 180. @fintail can correct me if I’m wrong.

On the right track. Impossible to tell by the pic as some details are the same for cars of different models. It is a 4cyl Ponton (180 or 190 series) no newer than 1959.

62 Ford looks like a Galaxie.

bhill2

tmart said:

@stickguy said:

Nose of red car looks like a Tbird. Square bird ?

Yes, 58-60. 55 Ford black with white top. The white car between the Tbird and the 55 Ford could be a 56 Ford Customline based on the hood ornament.

Can anyone ID the car on the other side of the 55 Ford? I can't quite get it.

explorerx4

I'm going to say it's a Rambler Classic.

tmart

Could be I guess. I just don’t recognize the rear roofline with that thin pillar.

fintail

I too think it is a Rambler, a quad light model.

bhill2

Well shave my head and use it as a bowling ball; I think you're right. I love Ramblers. How did I miss that one? Thanks, explorerx4 and fintail.

fintail

Sunset Strip 1976, zooms well enough to pick out quite a few:

andys120

The late great....

stickguy

Tina Turner with a V12 Jag.

stickguy

on Sunset a pair of red Datsuns (1600s?) Silver Maverick (not the good kind!) with blackout hood. White Rambler wagon (looking really antiquated by then).

ab348

I was just about to post that Sunset pic! I wonder where you found it...

Surprised by the shortage of GM cars there aside from the C3 Vette, but lots of Ford products including the '66 Galaxie 2-door, the 2nd-gen Mustang convertible, the pair of '64-'66 T-Birds, what looks like a Pinto wagon driving away from the camera, a couple of full-size Fords coming towards us in the background, and a Lincoln also heading our way. Might be another Maverick or a Comet alongside the Linc.

fintail

ab348 said:

I was just about to post that Sunset pic! I wonder where you found it...

Surprised by the shortage of GM cars there aside from the C3 Vette, but lots of Ford products including the '66 Galaxie 2-door, the 2nd-gen Mustang convertible, the pair of '64-'66 T-Birds, what looks like a Pinto wagon driving away from the camera, a couple of full-size Fords coming towards us in the background, and a Lincoln also heading our way. Might be another Maverick or a Comet alongside the Linc.

I think Malaise Motors maybe. Randomly logged onto fb yesterday and it greeted me.

I also noticed the lack of GM, maybe surprising as I think the Van Nuys plant was in operation then. Oldest cars might be the Rambler wagon and the white fintail kind of in the center in front of a silver Beetle. Also a MB 107 SL/SLC beside the blue ~72 full size Ford, and at bottom right, in front of the 66 Galaxie and behind a Beetle that appears to be missing a front fender, maybe a MB W108.

ab348

The source where I saw the pic said it was courtesy of the LA Public Library collection.

andys120

One GM car I noticed in the Sunset pic--behind the Corvette is a red Opel (Kadette?) sedan. They were sold at Buick-Opel dealers.

andys120

fintail

Just postwar (prewar style) Fiat, maybe 1100.

andys120

fintail said:

Just postwar (prewar style) Fiat, maybe 1100.

Yup, it's a ca. 1949 Fiat 1100E (Millecento). Lot's of American influence in that styling, methinks.

magnette

Sorry I haven't been around much of late but instead caught up with various domestic and house repair issues...

The Fiat above is a contemporary of this British model which was made after the war

ab348

Is that an Austin 8?

magnette

No its not an Austin 8 though it is similar to one of those.


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fintail

Grille shape makes me think Vauxhall, numeric model name.

andys120

magnette

@fintail Its not a Vauxhall either...

Though I think the Vauxhall you were thinking of is likely to be this Vauxhall 10 of 1946 - which happens to be a Metropolitan Police one




Most of the cars offered here in 1945- 50 were pretty similar

However, think Rootes...

magnette

@andys120

Diana Rigg - in her Avenger days - with a Lotus Elan

andys120

magnette said:

@andys120

Diana Rigg - in her Avenger days - with a Lotus Elan

Yes! I'm a big fan of both Mrs.Peel and the original Elan. That one is a 1966 Elan S3 with the fixed windowe frames. The Elan of course was the styling template for the original Mazda MX5 Miata, perhaps the most popular roadster ever made.

fintail

magnette said:

@fintail Its not a Vauxhall either...

Though I think the Vauxhall you were thinking of is likely to be this Vauxhall 10 of 1946 - which happens to be a Metropolitan Police one




Most of the cars offered here in 1945- 50 were pretty similar

However, think Rootes...

Hillman something? Humber?

fintail

It's an Alamy stock photo, so what you see is what you get, but a variety to see here anyway. Seattle, 1962, zooms well:

stickguy

a pair of 60 Fords front and center.

is the yellow convertible a Studebaker Lark?

tmart

Yes, it appears to be a Lark. 57 Chevy at left. 55/56 Ford.

bhill2

Holy deja vu. Right-hand side, just to the right rear of the 60 Chevy, is a dark green Renault Dauphine. Great fun to drive between rebuilding stops.

magnette

My post a few days back was a 1947 Hillman Minx Phase I -it was a mildly modified version of the immediate prewar version last seen in 1939 and had a slightly different grille.

They were quite rare as the model was introduced in mid 1946 and again altered at the end of August 1947 ( - phase II - this time they introduced faired in headlights and another mild variation to the grille) but ten months after that the Minx was changed to a more modern looking car (Phase III) which was the start of the body shell which ran through to 1956)

This car was registered in Paisley, Scotland and the registration series ran from 1903 (XS 1) to 1956 when they would have then changed over from XS 9999 to AXS 1 etc...

andys120

I used to work nearby but the DeSoto cabs were long gone. (expands)

tmart

I see a 59 Chevy, I think.

andys120

tmart said:

I see a 59 Chevy, I think.

Really, I don't see anything near '59MY. Looks like about 1949 Buick next to a similar vintage P:ackard taxi

stickguy

That movie came out in 1949

tmart

Was going on the “V” shape under the movie margue.

texases

tmart said:

Was going on the “V” shape under the movie margue.

I think that's something on the median in that area, not a car.

ab348

Some racy statues for the era above the Bond Clothes sign.

imidazol97

A picture of parking lot possibly for a car show or cruise-in in front of the
Eiffel Tower. Oh, that's the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island amusement park
near Cincy.

stickguy

yellow maverick far left next to the '67 (I think) Olds Cutlass.

the Toyota next to the 61 or 62 Corvette I think is a Corona.

texases

A much bigger park, but I always liked Coney Island down by the Ohio River.

kyfdx

texases said:

A much bigger park, but I always liked Coney Island down by the Ohio River.

LeSourdsville Lake or Fantasy Farm, for me. 🤣🤣

andys120

tmart said:

I see a 59 Chevy, I think.

Really, I don't see anything near '59MY. Looks like about a 1946 Buick next to a similar vintage Packard taxi. This pic was taken well before 1950 I think.

IIRC DeSotos dominated NYC taxi fleets and stayed that way until around the mid 50s

sda

To the right of the red Corvette, a Toyota Corona Mark II.

fintail

At the Eiffel Tower, a 63 Impala 4 door HT "sport sedan" with a maybe 70 fuselage Chrysler (NYer?) in front of it.

andys120

tmart said:

I see a 59 Chevy, I think.

Really, I don't see anything near '59MY. Looks like about a 1946 Buick next to a similar vintage Packard taxi. This pic was taken well before 1950 I think.

IIRC DeSotos dominated NYC taxi fleets and stayed that way until around the mid 50s

andys120

ab348

That looks like a ‘49 Kaiser convertible.