Mystery car pix

lemko

That looks like a 1954 senior Packard. Not sure if it's a Patrician or a Four Hundred. Definately not a Clipper

andys120

It's a '54 Packard all right, the caption labels it an "Executive Sedan", I wouldn't know if that's just a descriptive or the factory nomenclature for a stretch limo.

Normally I don't like wire wheels on a big sedan but they look sharp on that car (most likely Kelsey-Hayes wires).

andys120

derrado1

Late 70's... now, I'm going to say Opel Rekord, because IIRC the Opel Commodore (six-cylinder version) had a different, bigger front to make room for the engine.

I'm not entirely sure though.

andys120

Nope it's a '77 Commodore GS.

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british_rover

Looks like a two door Mitsibishi Raider.

bumpy

but it's actually a shorty 1980s Toyota Land Cruiser. I forget what the platform code was for that generation, FJ60?

bumpy

british_rover

Looks like a 1JZ-GTE.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_JZ_engine#1JZ-GTE

chuck1959

Ah yes the Duster. I had a (IRC a '76 Duster). It was one of the special edition Duster of that year. It was nicknamed the "convertriple". It had a sunroof and fold down rear seat and one other thing I can't remember.

bumpy

Close enough. It's actually a 2JZ-GTE from the legendary MkIV Supra. 1JZ had a flat spark plug cover:

bumpy

british_rover need not apply

british_rover

Ohh boo why not...

andys120

1980s Toyota Land Cruiser. I forget what the platform code was for that generation, FJ60?

Not quite, it's a 1970s era FJ 75, here's a LWB version>

lemko

Is that a Buick 215 cid V-8? They were originally used in the early 1960s Buick Special. You can tell it's a Buick engine by the placement of the distributor. They used this engine in Rovers later on.

bumpy

Buick 215 it is. Rover bought the design from GM around 1966 and went on to use it up until a year or three ago, so B_R gets to see it every day.

andys120

It might be amusing to list all the vehicles to have utilized
the Buick Rover Aluminum V8:

Here are the ones I recall off the top of my head:

Range Rover SI, II & III
Morgan Plus 8
Rover 3500
Rover 3500SD
Land Rover Discovery (see LR Gen I)

I know there were numerous others (TVR, Marcos)?), I just can't think of them now.

british_rover

Yup I got a funny story about that engine from last week actually.

Guy calls service up and tells them his check engine light and oil light have popped on. He checked the oil saw that it was low and topped off. He said he could also see that there was an oil leak coming from some where but he could not really see where.

He could see oil covering the front diff and axle.

They set up an appointment for a couple of days later to check out the leak. When he dropped of the car he said he had to put another couple of quarts of oil in the motor so it is a BAD leak.

One of the techs checks the oil in it to see how low it is because he doesn't want to drive it in if it is real low. The oil is in the safe range so he starts it up and man is it knocking bad but it is only about 50 feet to his bay and how much more can it possibly hurt the engine right????

He pulls it in and gets it up on the lift and what do you see...

The number one driver's side rod hanging out of a fist sized hole of the oil pan.

The engine must have thrown a rod days ago and been running around on 7 cylinders ever since. The entire underside of the truck is covered in oil but there is still a a couple of quarts of oil in the bottom of the sump for the engine to pick up.

Tough little engine there.

british_rover

Range Rover SI, II & III
Morgan Plus 8
Rover 3500
Rover 3500SD
Land Rover Discovery (see LR Gen I through 2004
Land Rover Range Rover out to 2002
Defender in the US from 1993-1995 and 1997
Not sure when it was used in the rest of the world.

Thats all I can think of plus lots of TVRs and the Bowler Wildcat

seminole_kev

I may have missed where it was mentioned, but didn't the MGB-GT V8 also use the Rover-Buick engine as well?

andys120

didn't the MGB-GT V8 also use the Rover-Buick

That's right Kev, IIRC the V8 powered MG was later called the MG-RV8 (1992-98).

andys120

stickguy

Fiat 850 sport spider. My sister had one that color. I could drag my knuckles on the ground while sitting in the car, with the door closed.

kyfdx

Fiat 850 Spider

EDIT: Honest.. I typed that in before stickguy's post showed up....lol.

andys120

Well, you're both right!

andys120

fintail

Bristol 603

andys120

That one didn't even last 5 minutes.

black_tulip

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gsemike

Some sort of Ford with an intercooler turbo?
It's probably Austrailian and I've never been there. It looks kind of handsome in an upright Mitsubishi Montero sort of way.

bumpy

Ford Territory, based on the Australian Ford Falcon. This one presumably gets the 350ish-hp 4-liter turbo I6 from the Falcon XRT6. If there is any justice in the world, the successor to this will also be the next Explorer.

fintail

I don't actually know what this is...just thought it was amusing.

rockylee

bumpy,

that would be pretty cool

Rocky

bumpy

There are all sorts of wacky trim names and special editions of JDM cars.

Toyota Chaser maybe? (though the back end looks more early-90s Nissan)

fintail

Yeah, looks it could be a Chaser...I was thinking a Soarer, but the lights are wrong.

Strange that it has a rear wiper...then again, for JDM I suspect it is normal.

At least the big 2.5 haven't stooped that low in making a sporty edition!

andys120

michaellno

Porsche 968 Cabrio, mid-90's, I believe.

british_rover

Bah where is the truth in advertising. Toyota doesn't make anymore exciting cars. Well at least they don't anymore.

andys120

Geez, that one didn't even last for a minute!

It's a '92.

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boomchek

Looks like some kind of a version of an Austin Morris, if I'm correct.

It was my parent's first car except they had a 2 door station wagon.

bumpy

Strange that it has a rear wiper...then again, for JDM I suspect it is normal.

Oh yes, just about everything bigger than a breadbox has a rear wiper in Japan. We would have seen it more over here, but the liddy light went right where the wiper motor would have been. I used to see a Datsun/Nissan 200SX hatchback with a rear wiper.

derrado1

No, no, no... Lol good guess but the Territory is actually a handsome, modern-looking crossover. Not this piece of junk, which I would presume is JDM.

As for the EXCITING (!) car, that would be a Toyota Carina ED? IIRC, it was called a "four-door Celica". JDM only, of course.

Bumpy, here's a Territory

Very handsome, well-proportioned car. They're a dime a dozen here but I still can't get over how... nice... they look. Very practical, too. Wow, here I am, gushing over a Ford and I've always said I was a GM man...

andys120

Looks like some kind of a version of an Austin Morris, if I'm correct.

That's the Italian version of the Austin/Morris Maxi (late 60s-early 70s), the Innocenti 1300 IM3. They were manufactured under license by Innocenti SPa, then owned IIRC by Alejandro DeTomaso.

Innocenti also built versions of the Mini and Sprite.

andys120

boomchek

Looks like a ZAZ 968, aka Zaporozec. A small rear engine Russian car iirc. I think it was based on the NSU Prinz.

When I was little I rode in one with my parent's friends.

andys120

You're really hot today Boomchek. It's a Zaprohets ZAZ 966
CA. 1968.

I imagine you're right about it being NSU-derived. It looks very much like a Prinz and it was also rear-engined. They made this model in the USSR from 1968 to 1990.

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derrado1

I'm going to take an educated guess and say... 1971 Buick Riviera Convertible?