Mystery car pix

jaserb

It's not that bad. Press the IMG button below where you type in the message text and that will open the HTML image tag. Paste the URL of the picture, then click the IMG button again to close the tag.

-Jason

michaellno

EDIT: yikes, that worked, but is WAAAYYY too big. Sorry bout that.... how do I make it smaller?

michaellno

OK, so it's a matter of finding smaller pictures.

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what these two vehicles are?

andys120

XJ6C, IIRC the 12 cyl cars had slight differences in the grilles and the wheels but no obvious differences.

I'd guess the small picture is the new VW Fox and the big one is an Aussie Monaro Ute.

I'll post some instructions for finding/posting pix later, Michaell

michaellno

Right and right on both counts. I think the Holden is simply called the "Ute", and the smaller yellow car is in fact the new VW Fox, which is the replacement for the Lupo.

I didn't think either of these would be too hard for this crew but I wanted to see if I could successfully post a picture.

PS, at least I got the year of the Jag right, even if I thought it was a V12 instead of the 6-cyl.

andys120

It's a drag racer but looks pretty close to stock so y'all ought to be able to ID this one.

oregonboy

1966 Mercury Comet. I had a buddy in high school who bought one. Didn't they have a model called the Cyclone?

james

andys120

Cyclone is what I was looking for, it was the hot version of the Comet.

How 'bout this little charmer?

bumpy

Can you tell which one?

fintail

Two Falcons and a Chevy

I suspect that style would sell in some areas here

bumpy

Do this:

Type the less than arrow (shift and comma) img src="put the URL for the picture and only the picture, not the web page it's on or anything else; right-click the picture and Copy Link Location Copy Image Location or something like that, and stick that in here between the quotes" width="a number here, i used 480 for the first two pics above" height="another number here, I used 360" Type the greater than arrow (shift period)

lokki

:shades: "><img src="http://idd01bn9.eresmas.net/fotos/0200saab.jpg

andys120

Saab Sonnett III, I think. Well I'm positive it's a Sonnett but not sure about the III.

lancerfixer

IIRC, The Sonnett IIIs had pop-up headlights.

andys120

I suspect you are right about the Sonnett, although the plain wheels point to it being an early two-stroke Sonnett I :confuse:

Here's another obscurity=>

seminole_kev

err Triumph something-or-other. When it comes to Triumphs, I always guess "Stag" and I'm always wrong. So I'll just stop short at Triumph and let somebody who has a clue (unlike me) answer!

fintail

Dolomite

kyfdx

Here is a hint.. The Stag is a decent looking car.. If the Triumph in the picture looks sort of goofy, it isn't a Stag...

At least, that is how I tell them apart.. I remember when I was in high school, we just went nuts when we saw a Stag... (early-mid '70s).

andys120

Dolomite

Dolomite Sprint to be exact. Triumph made a nuimber of sedans that were never seen by us in the 70s. One was the Triumph 1500/1300 which looked much like the Dolomite but was FWD. Another, the 2500 would make Kyfdx happy as it used the nose and tail of the Stag but not the V8.

FWIW-I thought the Stag was pretty awkward looking but so did the market which turned it's back on all of Triumph's offerings in the 70s which doomed this once proud maker of sports cars.

kyfdx

Too bad 16-year-olds don't have money... We would have bought every Spitfire, TR-6 and Stag they could make...

michaellno

michaellno

lemko

...is a Facel Vega, bottom one is a 1959 Imperial.

michaellno

lemko

...is a Facel Vega, bottom one is a 1959 Imperial.

michaellno

Goes 2 for 2!

But, what's the full name of the Imperial?

lemko

Uh, is it a German Ford Taunus?

lemko

Not sure. LeBaron? Crown? Andre's the local Mopar expert.

stickguy

I knew that one. I really liked these when I was a kid. I think it went back to when I went to Bermuda as a kid (early 70's I think the first time), and picked up an English car magazine. Yes, I was only about 10 at the time.

Anyway, back then, bermuda was still connected to England enough that all the cars (not that there were a lot) were English, mostly Fords IIRC.

Anyway, at the time, the Dolomite seemed like a serious sports sedan (on paper). I think it had a DOHC 2.0l 4, disk brakes, and some other goodies

michaellno

Yep, it's the 1959 Chrysler Imperial Lebaron Southampton.

On the other car .. right make (Ford), wrong model.

andys120

Your Ford is the redoubtable Lotus Ford Consul Cortina ca. 1961-63 which featured a Lotus-tuned suspension and uprated 1600cc DOHC engine.

michaellno

Correct!

michaellno

stickguy

a very old one.

michaellno

Ha ha ha ... actually, it was built the same year my father was born, so I guess you should get partial credit.

davem2001

michaellno

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oregonboy

Now if the Subaru Baja had looked like that it might not have been such a dismal marketing flop.

james

michaellno

Well, it's a ute, but that's isn't the name of it ... and, I agree with you in regards to the Baja.

The Aussies have all the fun cars ... this is the spiritual successor to the El Camino and Ranchero of yore, updated and stretched to accomodate 4 doors. Would be sorta fun to compare test one of these to the Honda Ridgeline!

andys120

Just so you know the ground rules to this topic limit entries to post War production cars.
post WWII that is (1946 on). Check post #1 for more info.

Your car is either a Bugatti (T35?) or something long forgotten like an Invicta ( no, not a Buick!)

andys120

he Aussies have all the fun cars ... this is the spiritual successor to the El Camino and Ranchero of yore, updated and stretched to accomodate 4 doors. Would be sorta fun to compare test one of these to the Honda Ridgeline!

The weird thing is that in Ausrtalia where there are thousands of miles of dirt road and uncharted Outback they prefer car-based pickups. In the USA where all the roads are paved and pickups go mostly to the mall the only pickups that sell are the ones built on a truick chassis. El Caminos, Rancheros and Bajas just don't seen to sell here.

Anyway here's one of my personal favorites=>

rsholland

Ford Falcon Ranchero.

The weird thing is that in Ausrtalia where there are thousands of miles of dirt road and uncharted Outback they prefer car-based pickups. In the USA where all the roads are paved and pickups go mostly to the mall the only pickups that sell are the ones built on a truick chassis. El Caminos, Rancheros and Bajas just don't seen to sell here.

That is so true. Witness the Subaru Baja's failure to capture an audience here in the USA. I don't know if anyone here has driven the Subie Baja. I have, in fact I've driven a bunch of them: automatics, 5-speeds, turbos and non-turbos. I've found them to be a hoot to drive, especially the 5-speed turbo. They're great for running errands to Home Depot to pick up messy bags of mulch, lime, etc.; stuff you really don't want to put in the back of your carpeted SUV.

It's really a shame more people can't see the usefulness in the Baja. It's the perfect vehicle for Harry & Harriet Homeowner, who needs just a bit of truck capability for those gardening chores, but who doesn't want or need a "real" truck. The thing drives like a Subie Outback, which ain't a bad thing.

Bob

andys120

'66 Falcon Ranchero it is Bob, I always thouht it'd be fun to give one of those the full Shelby treatment: GT-350 suspension, 305hp K-Code 289CID small block, GT-350 brakes etc.
I'll take mine in Viking Blue with White LeMans stripes :P .

bumpy

"The weird thing is that in Ausrtalia where there are thousands of miles of dirt road and uncharted Outback they prefer car-based pickups."

The idea of a car with a pickup bed was developed by Ford's Australian arm in 1934 at the request of a farmer's wife who wanted a single vehicle that could do farm work and that they could drive to church in on Sunday.



It became an Australian icon and Holden introduced their version in 1951. Ford introduced the Ranchero to the US in 1957 and GM brought out an Impala-based El Camino in 1959.

That four-door in #914 is a Holden Crewman. My red Chevy is the Mexican-market Tornado, built off the FWD Opel Corsa platform.

andys120

the Australian Utes or even truck-based pickups, Here's one of many Model T-based
units that filled the same function for American farm families in the teens and 20s as did the Aussie Utes of the 30s=>
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Model Ts came in just about every body configuration imaginable, I saw a restored Depot Hack (Woody wagon) on a flatbed the other day.

andys120

fintail

Postwar Brit Ford...dunno what model, looks too big to be a Pop

andys120

You're on the right track Fin, it's a '49 Prefect. The pictured car is a South African model but I assume it's nearly identical to the British Ford Prefect.

Here's tonight's mystery pic=>

stickguy

looks like the model that came over as the Plymouth Cricket. I think it was a rebadge on an english model, although IIRC even back then Chrysler brought in cars from someplace else.