Mystery car pix

andys120

If you think that front end is better looking, then we do indeed need to talk

It is indeed a Chyrsler Ghia 450SS, ca. mid
1960s, I don't recall which MoPar V8 they used, probably a 273 or 318.

Bumpy's cars look awfully familiar, are they Escort-based
rally homologation specials?

yoribe2

Ford RS200 (based on Sierra)

bumpy

Ford RS200 (based on Sierra)

Very, very loosely. The RS200 was a dedicated Group B rally car that Ford built enough of for homologation purposes. It used some bits and pieces from the Sierra parts bin, but was really its own car.

ateixeira

Ugly on a whole new level, too.

Call me shallow but not even a mother could love those looks, no matter how it performed.

andys120

The driver and the movie are well known, less so the correct
model name for the red convertible>

fintail

That's the car in The Graduate, so Dustin Hoffman, Alfa Duetto (I think also nicknamed a boat-tail or something) I believe.

andys120

The full name for that model is Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Duetto.

It was introduced in 1966, the year before The Graduate was released. The 1750 Spider Veloce with the flat tail replaced the Duetto in '69.

andre1969

just use Dustin Hoffman in a commercial for it! At least, that's what VW did back in the 60's!

bumpy

andys120

That's the Chinese version of the Buick LaCrosse produced by Shanghai-GM.

I'll bet that guy isn't Lemko either.

andys120

just use Dustin Hoffman in a commercial for it! At least, that's what VW did back in the 60's!

LOL, Dustin Hoffman and I were the same size back in the day, we both fit nicely into VWs and even better into Italian sports cars. :P

andys120

imidazol97

98 '59 Oldsmobile!

andys120

98 '59 Oldsmobile!

More like '59 Olds 98! :P

imidazol97

That's what I said it's a ninety-eight from '1959!

andys120

From Dirty Dancing-Havana Nights...

bumpy

Naah, this is the Chinese LaCrosse (with hood ornament):



I think you're right about the guy not being Lemko, though.

Mr_Shiftright

I'm not so good at these but I'll take a stab at it.

55 Dodge Royal Lancer

48 Chrysler

54 Buick

GHIA: I like the front end without all the chrome and without the clunky headlights.

andys120

You're right about everything but the Ghia. :P

andre1969

and looked at that Chinese Buick with the dude standing by it. I'm not gonna give it away, but I will say this much. You CAN get it in the United States. Or, at least, a rebadge of it!

Mr_Shiftright

Aha! Well beauty can only be an opinion after all. I like my furrin' cars to look furrin' and my 'merkin cars to look 'merkin. It bugs me when they mix that up. So that's my gripe. I felt that "my" version cleaned the car up a bit, that's about it. But I'm not entirely satisfied with my version either to be honest.

lemko

Actually, my Dad drove a '55 Ninety-Eight convertible.

Here's a little trivia: Marx Toy Company made a pedal car that looked similar to a '59 Olds and called it a "Marxmobile."

bumpy

Our friend is brooding over the Buick Excelle, one of the many iterations of the Hydra-like Daewoo Lacetti.

andys120

magnette

Simca 1000 Rallye 2 - a very nippy little car - it was a fast competitor for the Hillman Imp Sports and the Mini Cooper...

andys120

Simca 1000 Rallye 2

Keerect!

andys120

jbollt

1969 AMC Javelin. Or is it the first year, 1968?

andys120

First year, it's a '68 Javelin SST.

andys120

magnette

This is one of those Dodge clones of the Mitsubishi Stealth - Dodge Daytona IROC -1992

andys120

Dodge Daytona IROC -1992

Correctamundo, I thought I'd fool someone w that pic, which makes it look a lot better than I remember.

andys120

subearu

It wasn't a clone of the Mitsu Stealth, rather it was a G body Chrysler, with the Chrysler Laser as the twin. The next generation of the G body was the Dodge Avenger.

The Mitsubishi 3000GT was cloned as the Dodge Stealth in '91.

-Brian

magnette

Dyna Panhard 750 - circa 1950

andys120

It looks like there are no takers for the faux Renault in post #9739. Here's a couple of clues:

It's pre-1950 and it's French.

magnette

Actually, I'll revise my earlier response - This is a Panhard Dyna 120, or possibly a 130, and whilst they were on sale in Britain only from 1950, (the 130 from 1951), with both being phased out in 1953, they were initially on sale in France from late 1946.
The 120 had a 745cc alloy flat twin engine and crash gearbox (no synchromesh), but the 130 had 845cc with synchro...All front wheel drive of course, and the car had evolved from the immediate post-war Gregoire.
In Britain they offered 4 door saloon, 2 door cabriolet and an estate, but I can only recall seeing the saloon, and other than in European museums I haven't even seen one of those for years. They made about 45000, according to the book I've just looked up....

andys120

It's a 1949 Dyna Z

I'm sure you've told us more about the Panhard Dyna than all of us put together knew.
Kinda cute isn't it? It's an exception to the rule that little cars shouldn't try to look like big ones.

andys120

magnette

If this car had British plates I would say it was a Reliant Sabre 4, but it is instead the Sabra Sport (I think they also called it the Sussita, or something, but I'm not sure). It was developed by Reliant, who are of course better known for their 3-wheelers, in Britain in the early 60's, and assembled in Israel.
Reliant also developed a car for Turkey - the Anodol - and later a light van for assembly in Cyprus...

andys120

As usual, you're a font of information, Mag. I was unaware of the Reliant connection to the Sabra Sports.

The windshield and rear fenders look like they come from a Triumph Spitfire.

andys120

Pretty bad crash (one of many) from Jean Luc Godard's bizarre Week End (1967)

Motorcycle copgnoscenti may recognize the bike in this scene.

magnette

The tow truck is a Renault Colorale Prairie, 1950-7
Mini is probably a Cooper Mk1.
Don't know much about bikes, soI'm going to guess Triumph. (!)

kyfdx

Ewwww.. Is that accident victim in two pieces? :sick:

ateixeira

Movie special effects.... :confuse:

boomchek

And that looks like a Citroen DS on the right upper corner.

stevedebi

"Ewwww.. Is that accident victim in two pieces?"

Naw, if you look at the left hand victim you can see her white shoes - her legs are folded under her. The right hand person has the upper portion covered by the coat.

magnette

Well, I'd never heard of the Dyna Z

magnette

I answered the earlier post from work, but now I've had a chance to look up the Sabra, the old-fashioned way (books). Apparently although Reliant set it up the Sabra went into production before the Sabre in Uk, although it was the same basic design - indeed the first 100 were actually made in England by Reliant, and were exported including some to USA. Engine was a Ford Consul 1703cc 4 cyl. Don't know about the windscreen, but the British Sabre was later upgraded to the Sabre Six, and that led to the Scimitar a few years later.

There was a Sussita, but it was more like a 4wheeled Reliant, and that later evolved into a car you probably won't have seen called the Reliant Rebel.

Also I was wrong about Cyprus. Reliant developed cars in Turkey - Anadol - but the other nation that they set up a car plant in was Greece - Carmel Attica, apparently.

andys120

You're right about the Renault. I couldn't tell what type of Mini that wreck is, Cooper Mk.I works for me.
The bike is indeed a classic Triumph, a Thunderbird. IIRC they make a retro version of it now.

Good eye on the Citroen, Boomchek. It looks like some sort of ID/DS.

Apologies for the goriness of that scene, Week End was a very strange flick.