Mystery car pix

ab348

Ford Comete?

texases

Yep!

stickguy

That’s a new one to me.

texases

stickguy said:

That’s a new one to me.

More here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Comète

andys120

Michaell

Jeepster; my wife's stepfather had one in that exact color. Huh - could be the same vehicle, as we sold it after he passed.

imidazol97

What are the metal colored pans for in front of the rear wheel and on top of it?

explorerx4

To get in the back seat?

tmart

Step pads

andys120

This may be the ugliest rear end ever put on a car but a friend "frenched" those tail lights onto the fenders of his '47 Ford custom and it came out great.

bhill2

1961 Dodge Polara. That was a banner year for Chrysler Corp. The ugliest front end ever put on a car (Plymouth) and the ugliest rear end ever put on a car (Dodge). I guess we should be grateful they at least didn't put them on the same car. That combination could have caused traumatic blindness.

Michaell

bhill2 said:

1961 Dodge Polara. That was a banner year for Chrysler Corp. The ugliest front end ever put on a car (Plymouth) and the ugliest rear end ever put on a car (Dodge). I guess we should be grateful they at least didn't put them on the same car. That combination could have caused traumatic blindness.

Automotive Thalidomide?

andys120

The Step-down Hudson loo0ks great from that angle!


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tmart

Blue 54 Ford Tudor.

ab348

Dearborn, MI, 1961. Most of these look like they could use that wash next door. Expands very well.

fintail

Red 53 Pontiac convertible

tmart

@ab348 said:
Dearborn, MI, 1961. Most of these look like they could use that wash next door. Expands very well.

A 60 Ford and I think a 57 Ford hidden by the Corvette.

stickguy

Buick far right backed in next to the bug

fintail

60 Ford is a Starliner. I agree behind the Corvette a 57 Ford maybe a hadtop.

tmart

Don’t think it’s a Starliner. The C pillar looks too thick, but it could be the angle.

fintail

I think I can see the round C-pillar decorations, and the angle of the C-pillar/rear windshield looks right:

andys120

I think the Corvette is 1961 MY. The VW ca. 1960-63 ( big backlight, tiny tailights). The Buick looks like a '56 or '57.

xwesx

What is a food gifts restaurant? You walk in and they serve you a free dinner at random?

tmart

Add commas. The restaurant has food, duh, and gifts, like a Cracker Barrel.

xwesx

I prefer my take. We need restaurants like that!

tmart

Free sounds good to me!

andys120

tmart

Bug eyed Sprite?

andys120

Yup, it's a 1958-'61 Austin-Healey Sprite popularly known as a "Bug-Eye". Originally they were going to be fold-downs but itswould have cost too much.

andys120

sda

Renault 5 Gordini?

fintail

Renault 5/R5 Turbo, early 80s, another homologation special from those wild days.

andys120

fintail said:

Renault 5/R5 Turbo, early 80s, another homologation special from those wild days.

Yup!

kyfdx

The Lane Motor Museum has an MG from that race series (B, maybe?). They've brought it up to the Cincinnati Concours a couple of times.

andys120

explorerx4

Gen 1 Mercury Capri. Don't like the color or the bumpers but looks good other than that.

stickguy

I loved those back in the 70s. Rust buckets though in salt country. I doubt many survive in drivable condition.

fintail

kyfdx said:

The Lane Motor Museum has an MG from that race series (B, maybe?). They've brought it up to the Cincinnati Concours a couple of times.

Yep, Group B Metro 6R4:



I think the R5 was a group or two lower. Rallying was insane then.

magnette

right in the middle at Dearborn isn't that a Rambler American circa 1958?

texases

Yep, '58-'60. Just read an article on the rise and fall of Rambler in an old Automobile Quarterly.

andys120

Michaell

Sterling - either an 825i or 827i. Honda mechanicals with British electronics.

texases

Sterling - it seemed like a good idea at the time.

As Shifty said years ago, the problem with Jaguars and other British makes wasn't the engines, it was everything else on the car. Sterling proved this.

sda

A lady I used to work with bought a Sterling, thinking like most, it would be reliable because of the Honda bones. It was a beautiful car, soft leather, real wood trim. And, yes, it was an electrical nightmare. Often it wouldn't start for any obvious reason, then days later would run just fine. I recall she nursed it along for 4-5 years and then bought a Camry.

fintail

I remember I had a Matchbox Sterling:

fintail

Spokane, apparently just before Expo 74, a little blurry but several can be picked out:



This area was redeveloped for Expo, and looks much different today.

tmart

A Pinto I think, and a Falcon tutone wagon.

bhill2

I'm pretty sure that the car behind the Falcom is a 66 Chevy wagon.

FWIW (not much) the parents of my best friend growing up had a Falcon wagon of that color combination.

Michaell

One of the first malls in Colorado

andys120

Not much of interest in the Colorado shot but on the up on the left border about halfway is a Porsche 356 Coupe.