Yep it's a '63 Impala. Unless your monitor is a lot better than mine those emblems look pretty murky. If I had too guess I'd say they're to small to be V8 emblems so they're the simple small emblems that indicate the I-6 (Stovebolt Six).
It was never officially a Renault. I believe it shared a platform or at the very least, components, with the Renault 25 executive car but it was never sold in Europe.
According to Wikipedia, a few Premiers were sold with Renault badging but after that, it was either an Eagle Premier (Medallion was the Renault 21 rebadge) or a Dodge Monaco. The first-generation LH cars actually used a fair few components from the Premier/Monaco twins.
Sorry, I've been away for a week or so, and am catching up a bit. We did indeed have both the 125P and the Polonez, although the latter waas only sold here as an FSO I think, while for the first few years the 125 was sold here as Polski-Fiat. They were good value for money, as the 125 was a better car than the 124, which was the basis for the Lada, and it sold on cheap showroom appeal, at a time when radios etc were options in Britain, on everything but Japanese cars, and they were of course very cheap because they were sold at a loss for hard currency - how times change - Poland is joning the Euro soon, and of course we still import Polish made Fiats, as FSO made the Cinquicento, my recently departed Seicento, and now the Panda. The Polonez was a fairly grim car, though - don't see many of those now.
I always thought the Simca version had a different grille. The earliest version of the Ford Comete had the single bar grille like the one shown, but the later V8 version had a mesh grille, and I thought it was a barred version of that which Simca inherited - I can't say that I'm that familiar with these cars though - I think I've only seen one, and that was the mesh grille V8. Incidentally, it's on Portugese plates.
There were two versions of the Silver Dawn, and the only easy way of telling them apart was the length of the boot, as the earlier one was equivalent to the Bentley Mk6, while the later one was like the bigger R-Type. I can't tell from this one which it is because of the angle. It appears to be on South African plates, but the AAA badge presumably means it has been exported to your side of the briney.
I may be accused of Euro bias, but I think Renault made a better car with the 25 than this, which looks a bit too boxy - I can see the Audi resemblance, but like a flat sided version, without the streamlining. It's a car that has completely passed me by though - I can't recall seeing one. There is an article in the new Sept. issue of Classic and Sportscar about the Douvrin V6 engine, which turned up in all sorts of diverse cars - Delorean, Renault, Alpine A310, Volvo, Peugeot 504, Citroen XM,Talbot Tagora, and they mention the AMC/Eagle Premier, which was built built in Canada, (another fact I didn't know).
They say we may be getting Lancia again in UK, in about two years, I think. They stopped selling here in the early 90's after a bad history of corrosion, caused by the Beta saloon in the early 80's. Saw a B20, on a trailer, in full rally trim, at the weekend - it was on its way to the classic hillclimb at Prescott (sadly I wasn't)...
I can't imagine anyone out there is interested in this but I've just been investigating the numberplates on the FSO's. The 125p is a standard Warsaw plate of a few years ago, but the Polonez is on a trade plate, also from Warsaw hence the red background ( I had to look that one up)..
That Lancia B10, it certainly did have a decent engine. I've just found this model in a book which lists all Lancias to about 1993 (sadly its in Italian, but the pictures are nice) and apart from finding the same photo, it would appear this car had a V6 engine of 1754cc, so it was probably quite a sweet motor.
Technically the Eagle Premier, but many '88's had AMC badging. Even '89's had AMC parts and labeling in the engine and door jamb. http://www.allpar.com/model/premier.html
The Audi looks to be an Audi 90, though I don't believe that one is a Quattro.
I think all of the 90 models were five-cylinder Quattros, while the 80 models were 4-cylinders... I know they came FWD standard, but not sure if you had to get the 90 for AWD.
Can't remember any of the visual clues to tell them apart, though..
The Lumina Coupe (and sedan, too, probably) have possibly one of the largest front overhangs I've ever seen, even on a domestic sedan. Maybe the Coupe's front spoiler accentuates it but.. wow.
You haven't seen dorky front overhangs though until you've seen one of these...
Hmm.. anybody know what it is? They're a dime a dozen here (and at one stage, vehicle of choice for Australia Post) but I don't think they sell them in the US.
Closest thing we have to that now is the Dodge Sprinter, assembled in the US from M-B knockdown kits. The Sprinter is a few sizes bigger than your microvan, though, which reminds me a lot of an old (late-80s) Mitsubishi van a guy up the road has.
They sure do look alike, but I've driven both and the Toyota van is a lot more pleasant. Peppier, and the turning radius was incredible. They were great for small businesses.
That's pretty much what they were saying during the auction. It sold for like 52k but they were guessing that the total was at least 30 to 40k more than what the corvette originally costs. There were no special mechanicals on it. The total price must have been too much since the company that build these is not longer in business. I guess it's just a toy to say " Hey look what I got here "... Probably will be able to pick it up in 10 years for 5K. Oh yes it's called a Corvette Avalate (2001) Split window coupe.
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Rocky
COuld be a DOdge MOnaco, since the pic seems to show a more Dodge-ish grill.
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According to Wikipedia, a few Premiers were sold with Renault badging but after that, it was either an Eagle Premier (Medallion was the Renault 21 rebadge) or a Dodge Monaco. The first-generation LH cars actually used a fair few components from the Premier/Monaco twins.
Edit: I just realized that we've got some extra room for wider pics now.
That looks like a Buick Regal, probably late 80s, early 90s or so? I see that annoying seat belt that was attached to the door, so I'll guess '91.
-juice
We did indeed have both the 125P and the Polonez, although the latter waas only sold here as an FSO I think, while for the first few years the 125 was sold here as Polski-Fiat. They were good value for money, as the 125 was a better car than the 124, which was the basis for the Lada, and it sold on cheap showroom appeal, at a time when radios etc were options in Britain, on everything but Japanese cars, and they were of course very cheap because they were sold at a loss for hard currency - how times change - Poland is joning the Euro soon, and of course we still import Polish made Fiats, as FSO made the Cinquicento, my recently departed Seicento, and now the Panda.
The Polonez was a fairly grim car, though - don't see many of those now.
Incidentally, it's on Portugese plates.
There is an article in the new Sept. issue of Classic and Sportscar about the Douvrin V6 engine, which turned up in all sorts of diverse cars - Delorean, Renault, Alpine A310, Volvo, Peugeot 504, Citroen XM,Talbot Tagora, and they mention the AMC/Eagle Premier, which was built built in Canada, (another fact I didn't know).
Sorry Rocky, here's another from the Eighties>
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The Audi looks to be an Audi 90, though I don't believe that one is a Quattro.
-Brian
I think all of the 90 models were five-cylinder Quattros, while the 80 models were 4-cylinders... I know they came FWD standard, but not sure if you had to get the 90 for AWD.
Can't remember any of the visual clues to tell them apart, though..
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I didn't want to try anything too new and fresh in people's consciousness, but this is an odd pic and the car's wrecked. So hopefully it'll be harder.
Here's another from the 80s>
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Rocky
Rocky
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
-juice
You haven't seen dorky front overhangs though until you've seen one of these...
Hmm.. anybody know what it is? They're a dime a dozen here (and at one stage, vehicle of choice for Australia Post) but I don't think they sell them in the US.
Yeah, I don't think safety was a strong point...
-juice
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Here's one I know all to well, but might trip you fellas up.
Rocky