Mystery car pix

stickguy

some of those cars are probably still trying to get onto the grand central.

Left side, Rambler wagon behind a 63ish Tempest.

tmart

Ford County Squire at left.

Lostwrench3

Windshields blurred with rain. Those cars must have been sitting there for a long time.
Engines off, windshield wipers off.

explorerx4

A 69 or 70 Cadillac in the 2nd row about half a dozen cars back.

stickguy

It’s still amazing to see no imports or trucks/SUVs. But many large Cadillacs.

magnette

Is this forum still active ?
I've had trouble getting on to it

kyfdx

magnette said:

Is this forum still active ?
I've had trouble getting on to it

We're still here

magnette

This one was the last of it's line in the late 50's

magnette

I tried to post a picture just now but the post has disappeared

magnette

I'm trying to post

magnette

for some reason my post there in 2025 is landing on a page in October 2024!

kyfdx

magnette said:

for some reason my post there in 2025 is landing on a page in October 2024!

Your post and picture are still there

magnette

I can see my post again now

Sorry I've been busy and not able to get to post much for ages.

magnette

by contrast this one is somewhat smaller than my first effort

magnette

@Michaell

I've just noticed your post of the London embassy .

that was a really smart building and I think it is listed for preservation

Your new one which was finished a few years back is very high tech with all sorts of security features and such like but it isn't in such a central location - next to the former Battersea Power Station - (now redeveloped into a huge development for shopping theatres etc.)

It is far more safe than the old site but less striking.

andys120

Oh the BQE! Those cars are probably still there.

I think that's a '65 Cadillac nearest the camera and a '64 Plymouth behind it.

andys120

Michaell

andys120 said:

Z8.

stickguy

Those are very cool

fintail

magnette said:

This one was the last of it's line in the late 50's

Armstrong-Siddelley - Star Sapphire or something

fintail

magnette said:

by contrast this one is somewhat smaller than my first effort

NSU Prinz, a handful made it to the USDM back in the day.

fintail

On the BQE a distinct lack of foreign cars, I see only an apparent few. Maybe most identifiable is a possible Volvo 122/Amazon about 3/4 of the way back at R.

fintail

Per the source the intersection of Georgia and Commercial in Vancouver BC, February 1976, zooms fine:

stickguy

far side, a 2 tone Mustang II behind a very early Corvair with the Buick looking roofline. Further up, one of those funky Mavericks with no bed.

ab348

I think I'm seeing a '73 Cutlass beyond the skinny '70s gal with the bell-bottom jeans and long hair on the left.

All of those '73 - '75 A-bodies from GM disappointed me with their return to single 7" headlights and the overall styling themes. I have never read a convincing explanation of how they came to be, whether a desire by Mitchell for a neoclassical theme, or GM bean counters cutting costs.

Lostwrench3

I give up.

andys120

Lostwrench3 said:

I give up.

A Pontiac ca. mid 60s. Equivalent to a Bonneville but they used different names in CDN.

Lostwrench3

Thanks!

A 1961 Pontiac Laurentian.

ab348

As was noted, a ‘61 Laurentian, the Canadian equivalent to a Chevy Bel Air, one model above the Strato Chief (a Biscayne equivalent), and a level below the Impala-equivalent Parisienne. The narrow-track Cheviacs were mechanically identical to Canadian Chevy models but had Pontiac bodies and interiors.

andys120

IIRC those Canadian Pontrolets were hugely popular up North.

andys120

stickguy

1954 Kaiser Darrin with the doors that slide into the front fenders.

fintail

I suspect the black on yellow "W" prefix CA plate dates from 1961-62, zooms fine:

explorerx4

Not real but new and throwback at the same time.

stickguy

I like it.

Lostwrench3

1955 Cadillac.

magnette

@fintail yes the Armstrong Sidedly Star Sapphire was named after the jet engines that the Hawker Siddeley company made.

earlier Armstrong Siddeleys had a sphinx bonnet ornament but the Star Sapphire had two flanking jet engine nacelles

magnette

The NSU Prinz was sold here in reasonable numbers but the later ones - the Prinz 3 and 4 were more common

This one was registered in County Longford, Ireland

magnette

I took that A-S picture off eBay

texases

Love the combination of the Sphinx and jet engines.

fintail

magnette said:

The NSU Prinz was sold here in reasonable numbers but the later ones - the Prinz 3 and 4 were more common

This one was registered in County Longford, Ireland

I think we only got the early ones and the "Sport" - the ones that borrowed Corvair styling cues didn't make it here I think.

bhill2

fintail said:

I suspect the black on yellow "W" prefix CA plate dates from 1961-62, zooms fine:

I will estimate that the MB is aan early 60s 220, and from the length of the badge I will guess that it is an SE. Close?

fintail

Looks right to me. By the registration year and trim it has to be a 220S or SE. Depending on how the image is toned maybe the same color as my car, or the shade darker.

bhill2 said:

I will estimate that the MB is aan early 60s 220, and from the length of the badge I will guess that it is an SE. Close?

fintail

Dawson Creek, 1963, zooms enough to make out several:

explorerx4

I find the sign to be more interesting than any of the cars.

texases

Reminded me of our drives from Anchorage to Dawson City, a former gold mining town across the border in Canada. Beautiful but occasionally rough drive.

tmart

58 Ford wagon and a 58 Chevy . Renault Dauphine approaching?

bhill2

That doesn't look like a Dauphine to me. Could it be a Panhard Dyna?

tmart

The Dauphine was a WAG.

bhill2

So is the Panhard.