Mystery car pix

fintail

60 Ford looks like a lowline car. Couple of wraparound side window Mopar wagons behind it.

ab348

Houston, TX, around 1980 or ‘81. Bonus points if you can ID the car of the poor guy broken down on the shoulder.

fintail

2nd row from R, 3rd car back, a 77-79 Cougar (I saw one on the road today). To the R of that and a little + ahead, an 81+ formal Granada. Car with hood up maybe a 71-73 Mustang or similar year Javelin?

tmart

I see a Bug going away.

tjc78

Two Grand Prix and a Cutlass up front. Those must have been pretty new. Going the other way pretty sure that’s a Mustang II next to the small (Datsun??) pickup.

andys120

In front of the big white semi a few imports,an early Datsun 240/260Z and a Toyota (Starlet).

andys120

Here's an odd pic with some interesting iron>

i'll call the blue Pontiacs. On left a 1964 Tempest LeMans or GTO. Down street, a 65 Catalina or Bonneville.

tmart

I’ll take the 55 Thunderbird and the 60 Ford.

stickguy

55 or 57 T bird that seems to have had its wheels stolen.

Blue falcon, early 60s, across the street. In front of a gold Lincoln I think.

ab348

tmart said:

I’ll take the 55 Thunderbird and the 60 Ford.

The ‘60 Ford in the rare white paint finish. I would estimate only about 90% were produced in that color.

tmart

On my screen the 60 Ford’s color appears pale blue and not white, but I could be wrong.
Maybe the fishergirl used the Bird’s wheel as a float or sinker.

andys120

I think the white Ford is a '61.

tmart

To me the fins appear horizontal (60) and not slanted (61).

ab348

There are two Fords in the pic, a ‘60 and a ‘61. On my laptop screen both appeared to be white. When I look at the pic on my tablet, the ‘60 could well be Ford’s famous pale pastel blue.

sda

63 Cadillac, 65 Pontiac

bhill2

More or less across the street from the 65 Pontiac is a white Corvair that looks exactly like one I drove in college. Unusual combination of a four-door with a four-speed. Tried to kill me a couple of times, but man was it fun to drive.

fintail

Both the 60 and 61 Fords are white on my screen too. 61 looks like a Galaxie 2 door HT (non-Starliner), 60 looks like a Fairlane. Behind the 60 Ford looks like a neat blue 63 Falcon hardtop.

andys120

Here we go again . At The OLd Motor They say this is a 1954 Ford Crestliner Skyliner, The "Skyliner" name was later given to a retractable hardtop and Mercurys w the plexiglass r oof section were called "Sun Valleys."

Confusing!

Lostwrench3

The Ford Crestliners existed from 1952 to 1954.
During those years, Crestliners had different models, the Victoria, Sunliner, Fordor, Skyliner, etc.

ab348

On old Cape Cod in 1962 in Provincetown.

stickguy

White falcon wagon about halfway up the row

tmart

54 Ford behind the Falcon.

ab348

The bonus points this round are attached to the ID of the wagon parked at the curb ahead of the Beetle.

sda

A Renault of some sort? Renault logo on tail gate 1959-

texases

Too bad they dropped the tank logo!

fintail

Mystery wagon is a Borgward Isabella I believe.

fintail

Car behind the Beetle looks like a full size 62 Ford on dog dish caps.

Lostwrench3

The side strip is wrong for a '62. I'll go with its being a 1961 Ford.

andys120

I think the wagon is a Borgward Isabella Combi



The VW is post-59 but pre-64 IIRC.

andys120

Lostwrench3

Looks like an early Mercury Marauder.
I'll go with its being a 1963.5

tmart

1964 Mercury Park Lane Marauder

stickguy

too large for my taste, but a pretty sharp looking car.

ab348

stickguy said:

too large for my taste, but a pretty sharp looking car.

I agree! I always liked those.

andys120

tmart said:

1964 Mercury Park Lane Marauder

Yup, 427 c.i.d. under the hood.

andys120

tmart

50’s Studebaker convertible. Nice looking car.

tmart

To go with the 51 above

https://journal.classiccars.com/media/2019/09/18004940-1983-gmc-caballero-std.jpg

andys120

andys120 said:

Lots of people thought so at the time but I recall thinking the earlier ones lacking the ":jet intake" were prettier. . The "jet fighteer: look was really big in the early 50s. (Korean War Sabrejets vs. MiGs)

1949 version>

fintail

tmart said:

To go with the 51 above

https://journal.classiccars.com/media/2019/09/18004940-1983-gmc-caballero-std.jpg

Perfect addition for someone who has one of these boomery Birds and Vettes:

andys120

tmart

Well, it’s a Nash. I’ll leave it at that.

ab348

When I see one of those bathtubs I always think of the old 1950’s Superman series with George Reeves.

bhill2

I will add that it is an Ambassador.

Oh, ab348, you really showed your age with the remark about the Superman series (I know, because I used to watch it too.)

tmart

Me too! Believe the show is on MeTV or H&I TV.

ab348

It was actually before my time. It was in reruns here when I was a little guy in the ‘60s and I was fascinated by the funny-looking cars.

andys120

Lois Lane's Nash Ranbler convertible featured framed windows that did not retract

bhill2

ab348 said:

It was actually before my time. It was in reruns here when I was a little guy in the ‘60s and I was fascinated by the funny-looking cars.

Well, it was sponsored by Nash. What can I say?

andys120

A big trunk was a feature taken for granted in the 50s>

Michaell

andys120 said:

A big trunk was a feature taken for granted in the 50s>

I think the issue is that the trunk size shrunk over the years, yet women continued to pack the same amount of clothes for vacation.