Mystery car pix

seminole_kev

Really if someone would give me (since I can't swing one on my own!) a nice XK150 coupe (FHC) I would be a real happy camper. So start pooling your spare change for me :P

andys120

that owned an '59 XK-150 FHC, nice car but it was spoiled by having an A/T.
He made up for it by making his next car a '67 E-Type 4.2 also a FHC and the best car I ever drove, it was a four speed.

boomchek

I see, by the way I was honest with my last few responses. Just though I'd give you a heads up. :shades:

andys120

Thanks, wanna try this=>

michaellno

...a Studebaker Lark? Not sure of the year, however.

andys120

It is a Lark, who wants to guess the year. Look at the rear fenders.

andys120

How about this?=>

boomchek

looks like a 58 or 59 AC Ace

andys120

I think it's a '56 (Ace-Bristol) :P . Dang, I was hoping someone would think it was a Cobra.

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fintail

64 Fairlane

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subearu

judging by the grill, looks like a BMW. even resembles the older 300 series (neighbor has an older 325, you know, the small boxy one)

-Brian

andys120

You have the right make Brian but you're off on the vintage. It is not an E30 / 3 series.

kyfdx

1600 sedan? Late '60s?

kyfdx

andys120

1600 sedan? Late '60s?
Close, it's a 1500 from the early 60s, IIRC the 1500 was the first of the Neue Classe BMWs so as much as any one model it's the car that put BMW on the path to becoming a mass market carmaker instead of going the way of Borgward and Messerschmitt.

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rsholland

Facel Vega Excellence, circa 1958.

http://www.sportscarmarket.com/profiles/1999/September/Etceterini/

I suspected it was a Facel Vega, after counting the letters on the rear deck. Did a Google seach, and lo and behold...

Bob

andys120

Slick, I was hoping you'd think it was a '57 Imperial :P
It used the same Chrysler Hemi.

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kyfdx

That is an MG or an Austin Healy

My first reaction was an MGA, but the rear fenders seem a little too swoopy for that, which kind of makes me think earlier, and Austin Healy.. mid-late '50s?

Maybe first impressions are best?

seminole_kev

...but that sure does look like an MGA.

kyfdx

I think you are right, seminole.. A friend of mine has a '61 MGA, and I just thought it was a little too easy... I'm going with MGA.

regards,
kyfdx

andys120

a 1959. Mighty pretty in BRG, isn't it?

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fintail

Innocenti, kind of a Fiat-based Mini I think

andys120

AFAIK Fiat had nothing to do with it. It's Bertone bodywork over license-built Mini mechanicals and chassis AKA Innocenti Mini,

fintail

eh well it kinda looks like a Fiat influence

andys120

It's one of those rare cases where Italian design was inferior to the original.

andys120

subearu

way to easy, a Renault Fuego. Use to see many around town. Remember, I live in a former AMC town :P

-Brian

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rsholland

A real beauty of that era, a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan.

Bob

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stickguy

a '67?

seminole_kev

that was my immediate thought. Although I don't remember if a '68 would look pretty much the same or not. (Guessing it would from the Mustang line, but I don't remember.)

andys120

Tailights and grille are just slightly different than a '67. I was one today that looked much like the pictured car but I couldn't tell if it was a '68 or '69.

andys120

Yes it's a postwar car and no it's not a kit.

stickguy

J2?

boomchek

yeah, allard j2, not sure whiuch year cause the hood scoop looks unfamiliar to me

mrwhipple311

It is much worse for the wear of sitting in the weather for a while but still looks usable.
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mrwhipple311

Sorry about hosing the screen size, thought i had the size scaled down but I was wrong!

andys120

It's a J2X and I'm sure details like hood scoops and air inlets varied from car to car
to suit the needs of different powerplants. MrWhipple your car looks like a Healey but the grille is all wrong so I'll taske a stab and say it's some sort of Jensen.

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toomanyfumes

a Gazelle?

fintail

Early Excalibur maybe

andys120

It's a Series 3 Excalibur from 1978 with a 454 Chevy.

Here's one you'll like, Fin=>

lemko

...an early postwar Mercedes. Perhaps a 1947 170.

andys120

Take another look Lemko, that's no 170. You're off on the year as well.

fintail

220, c.1953, the model lasted but a couple years before the ponton replaced it