Mystery car pix

kyfdx

No idea, but the car to the right has BMW E9 vibes

magnette

@andys120

This is a Simca but I can't recall the exact model - I think it is a relative of the Aronde Plein air

Edit - I don't think it's the Simca

Is it a Salmson?

andys120

magnette said:

@andys120

This is a Simca but I can't recall the exact model - I think it is a relative of the Aronde Plein air

Edit - I don't think it's the Simca

Is it a Salmson?

It is a 1954 Salmsom 2300S and AFAIK no relation to Simca though it is most certainly French.

fintail

kyfdx said:

No idea, but the car to the right has BMW E9 vibes

Looks like a Karmann Ghia Type 34.

magnette

I thiht it ws an odd Simca but it was the rear side windows that made me think of the Salmson

andys120

tmart

Bunches of Jeeps and Jeepsters.

texases

Plus an Army surplus one in the window. Not sure if I see any Jeepsters, there are Station Wagons or Utility Wagons.

explorerx4

Is that a Jeepster in the lower left in the showroom?

texases

explorerx4 said:

Is that a Jeepster in the lower left in the showroom?

Could be a '50:

fintail

On the IAMMMW theme from a few days ago, those Jeep Station Wagons make me think of Terry Thomas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fp6lBNB7aw

ab348

Handling wasn’t their strong suit, but you have to admire their body integrity.

https://youtu.be/-xrKraPfn-8?si=boylNpFUuofzFEUO

ab348

San Diego, 1969. Should zoom nicely.

explorerx4

A blue 69 Mustang Sportsroof.

explorerx4

This should be an easy one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st7TmvgD9jI

andys120

Ford F150 ca. 1990s?

stickguy

that's a OJ Bronco.

texases

‘65 Dart wagon

ab348

texases said:

‘65 Dart wagon

One rare bird these days.

Lostwrench3

Ok, detectives.
What is wrong with the San Diego photo?
The VW bus, the '66 Chevy, and the '65 Dodge Dart display the clues.

fintail

Lostwrench3 said:

Ok, detectives.
What is wrong with the San Diego photo?
The VW bus, the '66 Chevy, and the '65 Dodge Dart display the clues.

Appears to be a reversed image

Lostwrench3

Very good, fintail.
The fuel filler door and caps are on the wrong sides of the vehicles.

andys120

This shows the two roof styles offered>

Nice look

This shows the two roof styles offered>

tmart

Two 59 Chevys. Although I’m not a Chevy person, both styles look good.

andys120

tmart said:

Two 59 Chevys. Although I’m not a Chevy person, both styles look good.

Yup the car on the left has the "flat-top" roof, on the right is the "bubble top". IIRC both were available on most GM cars of the 60s.

tmart

I could be wrong, I think the “flat-top” was for the four doors and the “bubble top” was for the two door models.

andys120

fintail

USDM Audi 5000 CS turbo (C3), I see what looks like a factory CHMSL, so 1986+

bhill2

tmart said:

I could be wrong, I think the “flat-top” was for the four doors and the “bubble top” was for the two door models.

The flat-top was used on the four-door hardtop. I don't know what they called the kind of extended bubble-top treatment used on the four-door sedans. I called it 'fugly'.

sda

fintail said:

USDM Audi 5000 CS turbo (C3), I see what looks like a factory CHMSL, so 1986+

Those were very nice cars. Audi really upped the interior quality to Lexus like before Lexus. Too bad Audi was almost killed off because of CBS’ unintended acceleration scandal, which was fabricated and not true.

fintail

sda said:

fintail said:

USDM Audi 5000 CS turbo (C3), I see what looks like a factory CHMSL, so 1986+

Those were very nice cars. Audi really upped the interior quality to Lexus like before Lexus. Too bad Audi was almost killed off because of CBS’ unintended acceleration scandal, which was fabricated and not true.

I was a big fan of those cars (especially the Avants) when I was young, as they looked so futuristic and European to me. Apparently they can have some quirks and are not the easiest to live with, but the design was groundbreaking for a 1982 debut, no doubt and influenced future aero trends from many brands.

The C3 (a 1985 version, final year before composite lights) will also always be Ferris Bueller's dad's car:

fintail

bhill2 said:

tmart said:

I could be wrong, I think the “flat-top” was for the four doors and the “bubble top” was for the two door models.

The flat-top was used on the four-door hardtop. I don't know what they called the kind of extended bubble-top treatment used on the four-door sedans. I called it 'fugly'.

I've always used "bubbletop" only for 1961 Impalas, and 62 Bel Air hardtops - sedans don't have the name, a non-flat top just being a "6 window" to me. I have also seen bubbletop used for other 61 GM hardtop coupes with a similar roofline.

Michaell

fintail said:

sda said:

fintail said:

USDM Audi 5000 CS turbo (C3), I see what looks like a factory CHMSL, so 1986+

Those were very nice cars. Audi really upped the interior quality to Lexus like before Lexus. Too bad Audi was almost killed off because of CBS’ unintended acceleration scandal, which was fabricated and not true.

I was a big fan of those cars (especially the Avants) when I was young, as they looked so futuristic and European to me. Apparently they can have some quirks and are not the easiest to live with, but the design was groundbreaking for a 1982 debut, no doubt and influenced future aero trends from many brands.

The C3 (a 1985 version, final year before composite lights) will also always be Ferris Bueller's dad's car:

Do you know the relevance of the "MMOM" plate on the Audi?

fintail

Michaell said:

fintail said:

sda said:

fintail said:

USDM Audi 5000 CS turbo (C3), I see what looks like a factory CHMSL, so 1986+

Those were very nice cars. Audi really upped the interior quality to Lexus like before Lexus. Too bad Audi was almost killed off because of CBS’ unintended acceleration scandal, which was fabricated and not true.

I was a big fan of those cars (especially the Avants) when I was young, as they looked so futuristic and European to me. Apparently they can have some quirks and are not the easiest to live with, but the design was groundbreaking for a 1982 debut, no doubt and influenced future aero trends from many brands.

The C3 (a 1985 version, final year before composite lights) will also always be Ferris Bueller's dad's car:

Do you know the relevance of the "MMOM" plate on the Audi?

It's for "Mr. Mom", the now somewhat forgotten but still quite funny 1983 Hughes film. He did this kind of thing now and then - the plate on Samantha's dad's Buick in Sixteen Candles is "V 58" for Vacation 58, the story Hughes wrote that inspired National Lampoon's Vacation. Also, the plate on Jake's 944 is Hughes's birthday. Hughes was definitely a car guy, and there was a lot of intentional car casting. IIRC the BMW E24 driven by Claire's dad in The Breakfast Club was Hughes's personal car.

andys120

stickguy

early Pantera. before the ugly rubber bumpers. so maybe a '71?

xwesx

Rubber baby buggy bumpers?!

laurasdada

DeTomaso!

andys120

Yup that's a DeTomaso Pantera ca.1972 w styling by Ghia and power via Ford 302.

texases

I think they had the 351 Cleveland engine.

stickguy

definitely the 351.

andys120

texases said:

I think they had the 351 Cleveland engine.

stickguy said:

definitely the 351.

According to Wikipedia both were used>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Tomaso_Pantera

texases

True, the 302 was used in the very last ones. So that one has a 351.

andys120

tmart

Honda Civic wagon

fintail

Looks like 1984-85

texases

Had I not been happy with my GTI, I would have liked the AWD version of that wagon in Anchorage. And LOTS of headroom!

kyfdx

Toyota had a similar looking wagon. One of my uncle's co-workers had one. Pretty avant garde for the times.

ab348

Believed to be Hackensack, NJ, 1971. Lots to spot here, mostly Detroit iron. Blows up some.

tmart

Mavericks, Bettles, Mustangs, Cougar , Turino