Mystery car pix

andys120

I can ID three of the vehicles from this still from
A Bronx Tale by make and approximate year. Have at it>

imidazol97

First looks like 1963 Oldsmobile.

kyfdx

3rd one looks like '63-'64 Mercury Comet?

oregonboy

The pickup is an early 60s GMC. I believe the van is a 1st edition Ford econoline, about 1964.

james

andre1969

is a '63 Mercury Meteor. Funny how those things are starting to pop up. First in Mayberry, and now in da Bronx!

andys120

Yeah it is funny, considering I don't remember that many
Meteors nack in the day. IMCDB identifies only the truck, as a 1960 Chevy Apache. Something about that van says "Dodge" but I can't see enough of it to be sure.

Thje Olds is no doubt a '63

andys120

toomanyfumes

Didn't Dodge vans of that era have a chrome or aluminum ring around the headlight?

stickguy

in the Bronx is a Ford.

The Green Jeep was just in Autoweek recently. Not the wagoneer, it was a Willys ______

Not the Jeepster, err..

fintail

Weren't the Jeeps just called a "Station Wagon"?

andys120

Call it a Willys, call it a Station Wagon, call it a Willys Station Wagon but don't call it a "Jeep". At least Willys didn't.

oregonboy

You are correct. That's one reason I think it's an Econoline. (My dad drove one when I was in Boy Scouts!)

james

bumpy

The black truck is a '60 Apache. '61 had little bowties in the turn signal pods, and '60-61 GMCs had a mesh in the pods with a little center section connecting the two.

Mr_Shiftright

Ah, it's a GAMUCK...

oregonboy

I was fooled into thinking it was a GMC by the quad headlights. The next couple of generations of trucks, the chevys had duals and the GMCs got quads. (Also, as I recall, the chevys had straight 6s and GMCs had Vs)

james

andys120

imidazol97

1950 Studebaker Commander convertible.
Jet propelled look even before Saab.

andys120

1950 Studebaker Commander convertible.

Right on the nose.

andys120

fintail

Some kind of Alfa ca. 1960

Mr_Shiftright

'50 Stude---"jet propelled" in name only...otherwise, prop driven by rubber band flathead.

andys120

Some kind of Alfa ca. 1960

Good call Fin, from that angle it looks vaguely Russian or Polish. It is in fact an Alfa 2000 Berlina, 1958-1962.

andys120

bumpy

Left to right... S14a Silvia, something, R33 Skyline GT-R, maybe an Evo, R34 Skyline GT-T.

andys120

That's correct assuming a Silvia is the JDM name for the 240SX.

Did I mention the still is from The Fast and The Furious but you knew that.

andys120

Here's one from the 1954 version>

imidazol97

Kaiser
The only model name I came up with was Manhatten. 1953?

andys120

Yep, the black sedan is a '52 Kaiser Manhattan, how about the sports cars?

boomchek

Fast and Furious still.

The blue car in the background is a Maxima. the white one is a Mk3 Jetta, and the red truck is a F150 Lightning

ateixeira

Must be a pretty rare sighting. Especially driving on a cold, rainy morning:

Mr_Shiftright

Not as rare as you'd think, unless it's a lightweight version. There are a boatload of these cars on the road because of outstanding aftermarket vendors and a devoted following in the USA. AND they have good heaters! (don't ask about the wipers, though).

kyfdx

Well.. tell us what it is!!

I know it's an Alfa...

ateixeira

Funny thing is I don't know! Just saw one this morning, and did a Google Search to ask you folks to help ME identify it!

I'm sure it's got some cool Italian name with tons of syllables, like Alfa Romeo Guilietta Linda Progressiva Bonissima Bela Coupe.

-juice

fintail

Dunno about the one on the right, but in the middle I think I see an Austin Healey, and behind it a Singer

oregonboy

I think the GTVs are the most common in the USA

http://www.alfaholics.com/gallery/

james

fintail

When I say right, I mean left

andys120

Dunno about the one on the right, but in the middle I think I see an Austin Healey, and behind it a Singer

The car in the middle is definitely a Healey 100/4, the only A-H available in 1953-4,it was the chacteristic fan shaped grille. The number 4 car behind it could be an MG-TD but I think you're right, it's probably a Singer.

The car ahead of the Kaiser on the extreme LEFT is probaly a Sunbeam Talbot Alpine like this>

stevedebi

"When I say right, I mean left"

Man, don't ever try to drive in Britain! :sick:

Mr_Shiftright

interesting trivia: Nobody knows for certain why some countries drive on the right and some on the left.

boomchek

Didn't early cars in the Us have a steering wheel on the right side?

fintail

I thought it was because horse drawn vehicles have the driver on the right?

I don't think the US moved en masse to LHD until around 1910, and it wasn't a standard in Europe until the 30s.

fintail

I meant my other right :shades:

andys120

I'm sure it's got some cool Italian name with tons of syllables, like Alfa Romeo Guilietta Linda Progressiva Bonissima Bela Coupe

You're not far off Juice. Like most Alfas the Bertone coupes have a complex nomenclature but the four headlight models are generally known as GTVs (or in long form Giulia Sprint Veloces. I suspect your pic is of a 1750 GTV, the 2000 GTV has more bars in the grillework.

These are not to be confused with the later V6 powered GTV/GTV6 cars of the 70s or the more recent FWD (!) GTV series of 1995-2004 which were not Bertone designs.

Capische? :confuse:

Aren't the Giulia Sprints great little cars?

oregonboy

Here is someone who thinks they know:

Why they chose to drive on the left remains a mystery. Perhaps it dated back to earlier times when travellers on horseback preferred to keep to the left when encountering strangers, so that their sword-hand was free in case of a problem.

Then the French mucked it up, just to be contrary (dang, those French!) :P

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8414/drive-right.htm

james

lokki

The author of the article in the post above Drive right states that that nobody knows why the Japanese drive on the left..... lazy man!

It took me about .5 seconds of research to find the answer on the Internet tm.

Why do Japand drive on the Left

In fact, it looks like the Japanese may have been first!

In early 18th century, Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716), a German naturalist, wrote in his book called "Edo travel account" that left-side passage was stipulated on Japanese highways (Edo is an old name of Tokyo). He stayed in Japan from 1690 to 1692. He wrote "according to the Japanese custom, people who travel to the capital (including himself) have to keep to the left while people who travel from the capital have to keep to the right. This custom took root and became a rule."

In late 18th century, Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1822), a Swedish botanist, wrote in his book called "Edo travel accompaniment" that left-side passage was observed by all travellers on Japanese highways and added that a clear-cut traffic rule like this had to be set up in Europe as well. He stayed in Japan from 1775 to 1776.

It also points out that one of those pesky British vehicle salesmen :shades: got the sale on the original railroad in Japan, and set the pace. BritishRover - what's the commission on a Locomotive?

Mr_Shiftright

You see? For every "historical record" of why they drive on the left, there is an equally good story for why they drive on the right. Both totally believable and plausible. Or three, or five stories.

About the only story concerning "why" we do things that holds up is why railroad tracks are the width that they are....it corresponds to the wheel ruts made by wagons of that time just about perfectly....and those wagon gauges are remarkably close to roman chariot gauge.

Now I wonder what side a roman charioteer drove on? And WHY?

Earliest cars had tillers, which were centered, so that's not gonna work as a theory.

oregonboy

It does seem that Mr. S may be right, there seems to be a different set of theories for each web-site. And as for:

He wrote "according to the Japanese custom, people who travel to the capital (including himself) have to keep to the left while people who travel from the capital have to keep to the right.

Wouldn't that mean that those "going to" would be constantly bumping into those "coming from"? :confuse:

james

andys120

I give you this>

Mr_Shiftright

1978 Porsche 930 Turbo!

No, wait..I get to guess again!

Good one, I'm really stumped.

fintail

It's like a super sized Morris Minor...hmm...I know this but I can't remember