Mystery car pix

fintail · February 2

Easier and later, a few cars at Hawthorne and 37th in Portland, late 80s, zooms fine:

kyfdx · February 2

Accord Hatchback might be an '84, with that rear wiper, and slightly less rounded rear hatch corners.

I had one the same color ('82)

stickguy · February 2

RWD Corolla lift back. I liked those in SR5 trim. In front of a sad looking red tempo. Subaru GL behind that.

fintail · February 2

Behind the Corolla is an 84-85 Topaz - I am leaning towards 85 at it appears to lack the small bumper guards often seen on 84s. In front of the motorcycle (Honda?) looks like an 85-88 Maxima.

stickguy · February 2

that does look like a square body maxima. And how could you tell that was a Topaz, and not a Tempo?

texases · February 2

@stickguy said:
that does look like a square body maxima. And how could you tell that was a Topaz, and not a Tempo?

Topaz has those tall tail lights

fintail · February 2

stickguy said:
that does look like a square body maxima. And how could you tell that was a Topaz, and not a Tempo?

Yep, from that angle Topaz has different taillights and Tempo has a window in the C-pillar where Topaz does not.

fintail · February 4

Rochester PA, 1985, zooms fine - this is the material and kind of scene i remember from childhood:

stickguy · February 4

white later model barge Toronado. white rabbit behind a Citation hatchback.

laurasdada · February 5

stickguy said:
white later model barge Toronado. white rabbit behind a Citation hatchback.

One pill made it smaller...

tmart · February 5

Bunches of FoMoCos. Hope this works.

explorerx4 · February 6

Matching 56 Oldsmobiles in the bottom 2 rows on the right.

andys120 · February 6

'59 Merc next to a '59 Ford in the bottom row. Not a single import, no Beetles, Dauphines MGs or Minxes.

fintail · February 6

8 rows up center right I see a 58 Ford Sunliner - the non-retractable convertible. Lark wagon at lower R, image must be 1959 in Dearborn or similar as nothing looks newer.

explorerx4 · February 6

On the right, a little more than halfway up, a 56 Mercury.

fintail · February 6

From the mall pic, the exotic is the MB W116, likely a 450SEL. I also see Nissan 200SX in both notchback and hatchback form. In the lot full of Fords I also spot the oldie of the group at upper left, appears to be maybe a late 30s Mopar.

fintail · February 6

A scrapyard in Shrewsbury, almost 50 years ago (March 1975) zooms fine, several to be picked out by the observant:

stickguy · February 6

white bedford van?

explorerx4 · February 6

I see a big white Volvo, probably on one of the scrapped vehicles, by the lighter brick building.
Also a couple of cars closer than the building on the right, a white coupe I can't identify.

roadburner · February 6

Fiat 500

bhill2 · February 6

Lower right, a Triumph Herald with a seriously crunched front end.

fintail · February 7

I see the Volvo P1800 next to a 105E Anglia in the back rightmost area near a shed type garage, I don't see another.

White van in the middle, with a sliding window, is a Bedford, yes.

It might be an illusion, between the wrecked Herald and Fiat looks like the rear of a Spitfire with a motorcycle grafted on to the front. Lots of ADO16 cars in the mix too.

fintail · February 8

Gibsons BC, 1978 - image has some weird qualities/artifacts when zoomed in, but should be several to ID:

stickguy · February 8

If the C/K blazer is still in as good condition it will be worth quite a bit!

autonarr · February 9

While researching the story of the Manta cars (not Opel, the U.S. based fibreglass kit cars from CA) I stumbled upon these two photos below. They are shown on the GERMAN Wikipedia site and claim to be of a Manta Montage.
I doubt that this is true. The car depicted resembles one of many VW beetle based kit cars of that time. I can identify the rear lights as belonging to a (GERMAN Opel) Manta A from 1970ff.
Yet I do not know which company made this fibreglass car? Google search reveals false answers, as wrong as the Wikipedia article about Manta cars itself.. I do admit that A LOT of kit cars back then looked alike, resembled the popular race cars of that time.

Anyone?
Thanks!

Michaell · February 9

Hint: not a production model

fintail · February 9

Definitely has a GM look to it

explorerx4 · February 9

I'm guessing a Camaro concept before it got the name Camaro.

stickguy · February 9

it looks like a blend of a Chevelle and a Corvair, made in Australia.

texases · February 9

But LHD

Michaell · February 9

stickguy said:
it looks like a blend of a Chevelle and a Corvair, made in Australia.

Pretty close. A US based concept using the Corvair chassis but using a front mounted six cylinder engine and rear placed transmission from the Tempest.

fintail · February 10

Bringing up the rear in Taylor MI, 1971, should be some goodies to pick out here, zooms fine:

texases · February 10

'67 Valiant next to the '69 Chevy

explorerx4 · February 10

A late Studebaker 7 cars in from the right?

tmart · February 10

I’ll claim the Country Squire.

stickguy · February 10

might be a white Ambassador next to the country squire.

autonarr · February 11

May I repeat my request to identify this odd fiberglass kit car from the early 1970s?
I do NOT believe that it is a "Manta Cars Montage" as claimed, as the U.S. Manta did not use German "Opel Manta A" tail lights.
Nobody knows the answer, really?
Thanks!

gsemike · February 12

fintail said:
Bringing up the rear in Taylor MI, 1971, should be some goodies to pick out here, zooms fine:

A lot of Fords

sda · February 12

Black Studebaker next to 68 and 69 Fords.

fintail · February 12

London roughly 1980, zooms fine:

stickguy · February 12

Citroen (CX?) in front of a MB SL.

bhill2 · February 12

Sigh. That Mercedes sedan is the same color as ours was.

magnette · February 13

@fintail

In Shrewsbury - which is actually a very pretty little town generally - it isn't always this grotty - there is a replica of my dad's old Vauxhall FC 101 Victor Estate - ours was the same two tone green colour too.

magnette · February 13

It isn't ours though- he bought it in 1965 and it was still running locally in 1984 which was quite good for a Vauxhall in Wales... (all that road salt)

magnette · February 13

@fintail

In London that white car in the foreground is the Vanden Plas version of the Austin Allegro which was known as the Vanden Plas 1500.

fintail · February 13

bhill2 said:
Sigh. That Mercedes sedan is the same color as ours was.

You know, you could always get another one!

fintail · February 13

stickguy said:
Citroen (CX?) in front of a MB SL.

Yep, and in front of the Renault estate driving away appears to be another CX. Sleek futuristic cars for the era. Looks like a Datsun Cherry in front of the Vanden Plas.

fintail · February 13

magnette said:
@fintail

In Shrewsbury - which is actually a very pretty little town generally - it isn't always this grotty - there is a replica of my dad's old Vauxhall FC 101 Victor Estate - ours was the same two tone green colour too.

That scrapyard is like another display of period Matchbox cars (Matchbox had a Victor estate like that)

fintail · February 14

For those not having login issues, here we are at Disneyland, can't be before the spring of 64 anyway, zooms fine and a lot to see:

texases · February 14

I’m surprised how old those cars are, compared to the ‘65 Mustang.

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