Mystery car pix

sda

Gold Dodge Coronet.

stickguy

Yellow Datsun 210 I think next to the red beetle

andys120

stickguy

Testarosa.

texases

Just found out why the 'cheese graters' on the side air intakes - some countries had rules against large open air intakes, those fins got around them. And the intakes were needed for the radiators, which had been up front on the prior 512 BB. The required coolant hoses ended up heating up the passenger compartment, cured with the Testarossa.

fintail

512TR, the 90s continuation of the Testarossa

fintail

Canton MI, 1975 - notice something is not present - zooms well:

stickguy

Facelift Vega kamback front row. Next row behind the barge Pontiac coupe a big bumper gremlin of the vintage I had.

Middle an early 60s oddball tempest.

texases

Something not present - imports?

tmart

Furrin cars and 60 Fords.

explorerx4

I see a couple of Pinto's and a VW Bug.

fintail

Yep an absence of furrin cars, I didn't look very deep but saw nothing but the VW, maybe as expected in 70s Michigan.

I suspect the 60 Fords were completely off the road there by 1970.

andys120

ab348

fintail said:

Canton MI, 1975 - notice something is not present - zooms well:

That’s a great picture.

Why, I don’t see a single electric car!

Don’t see any Japanese ones either. I suppose many of the locals there then didn’t cotton to those very well.

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Lotus…. something

xwesx

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

Lotus…. something

Lotus Miata.

andys120

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xwesx said:

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

Lotus…. something

Lotus Miata.

This car was developed in part by Lotus but produced by another carmaker. It was the first car to wear the maker's badge. It was sold from 2008-2012.

ab348

First-gen Tesla roadster, two of which famously died on Clarkson as he was wringing it out for Top Gear.

andys120

ab348 said:

First-gen Tesla roadster, two of which famously died on Clarkson as he was wringing it out for Top Gear.

Yup.

andys120

tmart

I’m guessing a 50ish Pontiac. Must admit I’ve never seen a Tonneau cover like that one.

bhill2

I'll say a 57 (Star Chief?). I'm guessing that the Tonneau cover was not a factory option.

andys120

bhill2 said:

I'll say a 57 (Star Chief?). I'm guessing that the Tonneau cover was not a factory option.

Yep, IIRC the Star Chief was the top model, in '58 it was replaced by the Bonnevile. As for the tonneau it is surely a one-off custom. Lots of Brit roadsters had them as options but I never saw one on a Yank Tank/Land Yacht

sda

I guess since they’re parked in the bushes, they get under the cover and get frisky.

fintail

I've never seen a cover like that on a big domestic either, makes me think MG/Morgan.

Burrard & Davie, Vancouver, sometime maybe just after 1980 - large image that zooms well enough to pick out several:

roadburner

Alfa Berlina and Renault 5.

sda

Datsun 200 SX next to the Barracuda at the gas station.

laurasdada

fintail said:

Canton MI, 1975 - notice something is not present - zooms well:

And no SUVs! Just good old fashioned station wagons.

stickguy

Ford Granada driving toward camera.

texases

First gen Prelude on the curb, wasn't a fan. My candidate for 'most improved car' when the second gen came out.

fintail

There might be another Prelude behind the Granada - those things sold well on the west coast. Parked in the lot beside the 200SX I think I see a 510 and a "Corolla Tercel" along with a big mid 60s Mopar.

fintail

Source claims this is the employee parking lot of a Ford factory somewhere, apparently 1959, zooms enough to pick out a lot:

tmart

A whole bunch of 55,56,57,58,59 Fords. Opps see a 54 Ford.

xwesx

fintail said:

Source claims this is the employee parking lot of a Ford factory somewhere, apparently 1959, zooms enough to pick out a lot:

That's all I see is a lot. Are you just messing with us?

ab348

I see 5 Chevys and a Mopar. Those folks must have been real popular.

texases

Too bad it's not in color, I'd like to see what all those 2 tones are.

fintail

I see a foreign car, which is somewhat surprising. In the middle just "above" a Mercury, a small roadster - by the window and door cut/top shape perhaps a Morgan. Also a prewar car at upper left, possibly a 37-38 Dodge or Plymouth.

texases

The greenhouse on the far right car, second row, looks like a Studebaker.

explorerx4

I see an Edsel a few rows down, toward the middle left.

imidazol97

Plymouth. 4th row at left end.
Hudson? row 9 left end. Black.

Did anybody mention the two Oldsmobiles center near front
and the 58 Chevy convertible in 2nd row middle?

explorerx4

A DeSoto in the lower right of the picture.

fintail

A diverse assortment somewhere sometime right around 1970 I guess, zooms fine:

stickguy

looks like an AMC rebel making the turn. and a FIAT (500?) dwarfed by the Caddy.

tmart

Bullet Bird at left.

explorerx4

I think the Fiat is a 600 and has a crazy paint job.

stickguy

I think you are right. I thought it looked too big for a 500

andys120

tmart

57 Ford Custom 300 & a Corvette.

fintail

57 W Cordova St, Vancouver, 1972 - zooms enough to pick out several:

stickguy

yellow corolla (72ish) by the fence. Oddly looks to have a half vinyl roof. White Corona 2 down, and a couple down an early Mavrick (no-bed version) next to a 60's Rambler.