Mystery car pix

fintail

Lower right, first and second rows near the edge of the pic, a Toyota Landcruiser, 56 Chevy, and what appears to be a Wagoneer. Also a couple Beetles and a VW van in that row.

ab348

Unfortunately the Colorado pic is not of sufficiently good quality to determine much beyond the cluster of vehicles close to the camera. I think that is a 1st-gen Camaro, nose to nose with a mid/late ‘50s Nash wagon, along with a couple of Plymouths I’d guess, a ‘62 and a ‘66 or ‘67 Satellite convertible. I also see a ‘68 full-size Chevy and a Toyota Land Cruiser.

tmart

Think there’s a Thunderbird in the third row.

andys120

tmart

Well, it’s a Bmer. That’s all I know.

kyfdx

andys120 said:

2000 CS

Euro spec. I'll go with '67

Those mirrors are yuck...

ab348

kyfdx said:

2000 CS

Euro spec. I'll go with '67

Those mirrors are yuck...

Hard to believe somebody looked at that front end and said, "That's good".

fintail

ab348 said:

kyfdx said:

2000 CS

Euro spec. I'll go with '67

Those mirrors are yuck...

Hard to believe somebody looked at that front end and said, "That's good".

I think it's from a weird time in Europe when flush/composite lights were a very futuristic new innovation, and some ran with them no matter the implementation. Some worked better than others.

Everything old is new again:

stickguy

gonna say, whoever said "that's good" in '67 obviously still works there. and still can't see.

andys120

I agree, but aside from the horrid front clip the later E9 CS used the same roof sides and rear to make one of the prettiest of modern BMWs>


1968 BMW 2800CS/E9>

kyfdx

I had a '67 2000 CS. I thought it was pretty.

andys120

texases

'67 Cougar. Not a fan of the wheels, seems to be riding a bit high up front.

tmart

Still love that color. Believe it was LimeGold on the Fords. Not sure if it stayed the same for Mercurys.

andys120

texases said:

'67 Cougar. Not a fan of the wheels, seems to be riding a bit high up front.

I think those wheels are ARE "Mags" with painted spokes. Very popular in that era.

texases

Yeah, 'Torque-Thrust' wheels, I think, but I don't like them on a Cougar, more for a Mustang. I'd prefer these:

andys120

tmart

Corvair Monza Spyder

bhill2

tmart said:

Corvair Monza Spyder

63.

andys120

Yup Ca.1963 IIRC.

ab348

Galveston, TX, 1961.

texases

1960 Chevy Parkwood wagon?

kyfdx

(2) 1960 Fords

texases

That's the loading point for the ferry to Galveston, just outside Port Bolivar. I took that maybe 40 years ago. Here it is now:

kyfdx

We drove. 🙂

tmart

Been there done that!

xwesx

ab348 said:

Galveston, TX, 1961.

wow; the coloration on that photo is exceptional for that time! That must be a scan from a well-preserved negative.

ab348

One thing I just noticed. The lead ‘60 Ford seems to have a bit of a lean to the right side.

stickguy

I noticed it was toll free. Wonder if it still is

kyfdx

stickguy said:

I noticed it was toll free. Wonder if it still is

There is a bridge, now..

tmart

The Bolivar Ferry is still there and it’s still free.

texases

If you’re in or near Port Bolivar, you’ll take the ferry instead of driving way around to get to the bridge

fintail

Both 60 Fords look like Fairlanes.

fintail

Can't recall if I posted this before, this dealership was in Bellevue WA, 1969 apparently (zooms ok):

stickguy

first gen Cougar behind the T bird and Buick.

explorerx4

Black with white top 57 or so Lincoln Premiere.

ab348

Sure are a bunch of nice '60s Continentals there. Unfortunate that the one up front was parked with the wipers in mid-sweep. Oddly enough I never realized Ford designed those wipers to swing towards the passenger side, almost like a RHD vehicle.

I had also never seen a FoMoCo dealership pylon sign with the Ford logo section designed to rotate like that one.

kyfdx

When I was a kid, my mother had Pontiacs. The wipers were opposing arms, sweeping towards each other in the center.

I always thought the "normal" way, with two arms sweeping in the same direction was weird.

fintail

The 50s Lincoln on the lot caught my eye, I have to imagine something like that was seriously out of fashion and not desirable in the late 60s, although 50s nostalgia was just around the corner I guess. There appears to be another older car in the row behind it, to the right, a white 59-60 Mercury coupe, perhaps. The hidden headlights Mercury wagon at left looks cool.

MB started with overlapping/opposing direction wipers with the fintail, and had them in production through the final run W114/115, which ended for the 1976 model year in the USDM - kind of a quirky thing by then. But maybe a MB thing to be attracted to odd wipers, as 70s/80s S-class (W116/126) had an unusual setup, and the W140 had them going the "wrong way" like on that Continental. And then there were several single wiper cars.

xwesx

From an effectiveness standpoint, I always liked the opposing wipers that started in the middle and swept outward. Funny enough, I've never had a vehicle that wipes that way, but I found it entertaining to ride in other vehicles that did function that way. IIRC, the Pontiac TransSport was one of those.

sda

I found it interesting in the 60s, full-size Olds and Pontiac lesser models such as the Dynamic 88 and Catalina had parallel action wipers, while the upper models such as the Super 88/98, Ventura/Bonneville had opposing action wipers. Pontiac did one better in 65 and added articulated wiper arms that provided more coverage and ability for the wiper to reach very close to the windshield pillar. I guess opposing action wipers were considered more upscale?

fintail

Another one I don't recall if shared before. One car in particular (along with the weather) makes me think this could be in Canada, but I see no other supporting evidence. Zooms well:

stickguy

Rope drive Pontiac in front of the funny furrin car

explorerx4

@fintail,
Do you mean the one in front of the 1960 Ford?

tmart

55 Ford wagon at far right, Square Bird behind the 60 Ford. A possible Continental Mark II.

ab348

stickguy said:

Rope drive Pontiac in front of the funny furrin car

I don’t think the ‘59 Pontiac in front of the Rover had rope drive. It does have opposing wipers though.

explorerx4

@tmart,
I think I see a Mark II in the lower left, too.

fintail

I think the possible Mark might be another squarebird?

Hard to tell what the 60 Ford is, but a Galaxie of some kind. 4 door HT, Sunliner with top up? Does not appear to have a post.

tmart

I think the 60 Ford is a Sunliner, definitely two doors. The three SquareBirds all had a wide chrome strip where the top joined the body. Don’t see one unless it’s hidden by the Caddy.

ab348

fintail said:

Another one I don't recall if shared before. One car in particular (along with the weather) makes me think this could be in Canada, but I see no other supporting evidence.

I don't think it is Canada because the '59 Pontiac seems to have the wide front tread one found on US Pontiacs and not the skinny tread used on Canadian Cheviacs.