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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    That appears to be a 1954 Lincoln with non-standard/customized headlight bezels.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,355
    definitely a Lincoln!

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399

    The hood and fender has Lincoln on them!

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    edited June 2024
    @fintail

    with the fire truck

    I think the Plymouth wagon on the left is a 1960 Custom Suburban
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 821
    That nose badge = 1955 Lincoln.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Saw one of these recently. I'd forgotten how tiny--and cool!--they looked.>




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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,687
    Caterham! Such a cool car design.... a road-worthy go cart.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Not a Caterham but the Lotus Seven that the Caterhams replicate.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,355
    a not quite stock Nissan Z car. I assumed a 240 before even reading the license plate!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399

    Looks like a Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider, rhd.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    tmart said:

    Looks like a Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider, rhd.

    What could possibly have been your first clue? :D

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    That version is known as the Aurelia Spider America. Earlier versions did not have the wraparound windshieldwidely used on American cars of the 50s.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399

    @andys120 said:
    That version is known as the Aurelia Spider America. Earlier versions did not have the wraparound windshieldwidely used on American cars of the 50s.

    Then why is the title different?

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    edited June 2024
    I can find no images of a B24 Spider not equipped with a wraparound windshield. That picture is from the official FCA Heritage site and does not discuss the America.

    There is sparse info online regarding the America variant and what differentiates it from a regular B24.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Jay Leno's 1958 Aurelia Spider doesn't have the wraparound glass.

    https://youtu.be/-lkHB2OExmM

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  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,181
    andys120 said:

    Jay Leno's 1958 Aurelia Spider doesn't have the wraparound glass.

    https://youtu.be/-lkHB2OExmM

    He probably couldn't afford it.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    andys120 said:

    Jay Leno's 1958 Aurelia Spider doesn't have the wraparound glass.

    https://youtu.be/-lkHB2OExmM

    Jay’s video about his Lancia, a 1958, is full of more contradictions. He says the Spider such as the one originally pictured here had wraparound windshields, while his which is apparently not a Spider despite not having an integral roof and no wraparound windshield as you noted, is not. He claims it is the America model, in part because it has a full-width front bumper and not the split version as on the red car, a Spider, originally pictured.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Seattle, 1975 - zooms well enough to pick out a few:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399

    Bug and a Maverick(?)

  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,413
    tmart said:

    Bug and a Maverick(?)

    Yes, a bug and a maverick. A comet would have 4 taillights.
    I also see a 72 Torino and downhill I think a Toronado, but that is getting close to being past what can be zoomed

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 821
    Bug - parked facing up hill - proper front wheel position.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,355

    I thought Torino and toranado also. Just not a clear view.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    What’s the partly obscured car about to make the right turn behind the Torino? Is that an Audi 80?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

    IS THAT A 70-ISH TORINO

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Car about to turn gives be Datsun vibes.

    Close to the same location today - foliage at work:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399
    andys120 said:


    IS THAT A 70-ISH TORINO

    That’s NOT a Ford Torino from any year that I’m aware of.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    tmart said:

    andys120 said:


    IS THAT A 70-ISH TORINO

    That’s NOT a Ford Torino from any year that I’m aware of.
    No, it's a 1960s Maserati Mistrial Mistral. Inline 6 under the hood.

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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,687
    Wow! I like that comparison photo! That's really impressive growth on those trees. I approve. :D
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399

    A BugEyed Sprite?

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    tmart said:

    A BugEyed Sprite?

    Yep, readily identifiable even if you can't see its headlights.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399
    Mercury Capri
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,355

    Gen 1. I always wanted one of those back in the 70s.

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  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,413

    @stickguy said:
    Gen 1. I always wanted one of those back in the 70s.

    My Dad had one. It was a very unreliable car. Always electric issues that were never resolved

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,718
    andys120 said:


    Some version of a Shelby Mustang

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  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,181
    andys120 said:


    A "friend" of mine had one in '76, brown. After over-imbibing at a party, he used it as a battering ram to smash into the rear of my father's new Saab 99. The entire rear end of the Saab gave its life to save the three passengers. The entire front end of the Capri also appeared to let the drunkard walk away relatively unscathed. No cops in sight (no cell phones, of course).
    As I was told, his insurance totaled the Capri, his father bought it back. Six months later the now much less than "friend" totaled it again in a single car accident. Saab was repaired, but never the same (water leaked into trunk), it was traded for not sure I remember what...

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    kyfdx said:

    andys120 said:


    Some version of a Shelby Mustang
    For my money the best looking version of the Shelby 'Stangs, as well as the best looking Mustang Coupe ever. Anyone want to nail it?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,355

    I would say a 1967 GT500 KR

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    stickguy said:

    I would say a 1967 GT500 KR

    I'm not sure they used the "KR" (King of the Road) name in '67. Shelby Mustang nomenclature can be pretty confusing.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    1954 Sunbeam Alpine Sports.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    ab348 said:

    1954 Sunbeam Alpine Sports.

    Yup,

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Just saw one in an article about "To Catch a Thief".
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,723
    That Shelby seems to have at least some mods. The oil pan doesn't look stock, nor do the tires.
    Wood steering wheel.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited July 2024

    That Shelby seems to have at least some mods. The oil pan doesn't look stock, nor do the tires.
    Wood steering wheel.

    Wood steering wheels were on every Shelby Mustang I could find, regardless of year.



    Carroll Shelby would never sell a car that didn't have Goodyear tires, (he was a distributor).




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