Mystery car pix

urnews

A fairly decent-looking car. A brand new one would probably sell well in today's market. New "retro" just might work.

andys120

Late 60s Toyota Crown

Yep, it's a '67, no idea why the hood is up. They're pretty rare in the USA.

andys120

toomanyfumes

The Civic hatch with the roof rack looks like and '84. The Lumina looks like a '91 or '92. Mid '80's K car behind the Civic? '84 Cavalier between an early '90's Caprice taxi and a'81-'83 Escort. Early Neon in front of the Cavalier.

boomchek

Jeep Wrangler, top left hand corner, Chevy Sprint, or Suzuki Swift, 85-88, beside it to the right. Mid 80s Mazda 626 coupe parked to the right of the blue Sprint/Swift.

Left corner is a MK3 Jetta, in front of it is a Mazda 323 sedan (late 80s).

ryan77300d

White '85-'89 Jeep YJ in top left, and black '94-'95 VW Jetta in bottom right...silver '84 Honda Accord beside the Civic. ??? BMW 540i ??? in the middle?

andys120

The BMW is not a 5er, it's an E30 (3 series '84-'94) probably a 325, here's what they look like from the front>

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michaellno

Holden Torana, mid 70's vintage.

ateixeira

Gotta login on weekends, I coulda named most of those.

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oregonboy

The Accord next to the Civic w/ roof rack is a 1986-89 DX (black door handles).

fintail

The first Ford Escort, so ca. 1970, some kind of special sport or rally model.

andys120

The first Ford Escort, so ca. 1970, some kind of special sport or rally model.

Precisely, it's the Escort Mexico.

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uplanderguy

1975 Pontiac Grand Ville Brougham...to my eyes, less pretty than the same year's Buick LeSabre Custom convertible, but probably prettier than the same year's Chevy Caprice Classic and Olds Delta 88 Royale convertibles!

Bill P.

andys120

1975 Pontiac Grand Ville Brougham

Not sure about the Brougham part but it is definitely a '75
Grand Ville.

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Mr_Shiftright

Studebaker! 195...um.....3?

Flathead 6....vs. the beefy Ford V8---no contest!

andys120

Close, it's a 1950 Stude R5.

Try another>

Mr_Shiftright

GEESH! I actually jumped back from the screen.

Don't scare me like that--LOL! :surprise:

Mr_Shiftright

GEESH! I actually jumped back from the screen.

Don't scare me like that--LOL! :surprise:

fintail

I think it's a DKW ca. 1960, but I don't know the model

andys120

Close, Fin. The DKW F12 was made from 1963-65.

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3 fer from The Avengers:

magnette

All 3 of these cars start with A.

To the left, a grey Austin A40 - the square rear plate and contrasting colour roof indicates a mk1, so 1958/60.

The black car to the right is an Austin A60 Cambridge - 1961 -70, but they tended to have a contrasting colour stripe until about 65, so I would guess on balance probably later.

The maroon car is an AC428, circa 1968/9.

magnette

Sorry, I never seem to get near the computer at weekends any more. The Escort MK1 is indeed a Mexico, which was the affordable fast Escort. but next to it appears to be an RS1600, which was a much hotter machine, more of a full rally version.
The Escort Mexico was aimed at the boy-racer market - when I was first driving it was the car everybody wanted, but the main problem was insurance - it was difficult for anyone under 21 to get insurance companies to cover them on the hotter Escorts (Ford thought of that and there were various Escort Sports, and GTs which had more show than go, and were in lower insurance groups, thereby attracting lower premiums). When they were new there were so many people who bought the badges and stripes and stuck them on more basic Escorts that it could have been anything....

magnette

I remember the VW K70, it was sold in UK, although we didn't get many of them, and at the time I don't think VW dealers knew what to do with them, as they were so different from the rest of their range. I think they were in practice only offered through VW-Audi showrooms,as the latter were more familiar with this type of technology, and the K70 was very much marketed as upmarket compared with the rest of the VW range.
All the old NSU dealers went into the Audi dealer network, so they were already selling Audis with the small rear engined NSUs, and the Ro80, ofcourse, which was really expensive here, but quite popular until the reliability issue caught up with it and unfairly killed it...

opurdy

Hi,
I was so glad to see someone with some Knowledge of what I was seeking. Your message was very interesting. I am from the Lower Usa, and have aquired a 1961 Austin Princess, am in the process of restoration with 60 % of it done, it came that way, However I am dying to see photos of actual production, like from the factory that assembeld these cars, I cant seem to find anything and havent a clue where to look or what words to type in search. Do you happen to have any more Info or links, Help or know of any sites here or across the pond with documentation of old Photos, These cars are amazingly Put together and I dont think people realzise to what extent. It has Captured my imagination beyond.. It was refreshing to read your page. Thank you Purdy

andys120

I figured that one was right up your alley, Mag.

I'll really be impressed if you or anyone else knows what this oddball is>



You can kida see why only three wwere made. :sick:

bumpy

andys120

Looks like the first gen Acura Legend, ca. 1991, sold outside the USA as the Honda Legend.

kyfdx

1st gen was '86-'90.. '91 was first year of Gen II

magnette

Lea Francis Lynx 1960 - truly a sad end for a formerly great company.

andys120

Damn, you're good!

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kyfdx

Is that the new Infiniti G35 Coupe?

Nice..

magnette

Hello Purdy

Got your message - I'd be happy to help if I can but I'm not entirely sure what your car is as the Princess marketed in UK in 1961 wasn't by then known as an Austin, but I wonder whether the fact that in America the marque Vanden Plas wasn't known means that the same car was sold there as an upmarket Austin.
Is your car the 3-litre saloon, based on the same Farina-style body as the Austin Westminster / Wolseley 6/110, or do you have a larger car, with a sort of formal limo body that we would have known as the Austin Princess 4litre, until 1959, but which was a Vanden Plas after that date ?

There is a Vanden Plas Owners Club in Britain, the link is
www.vpoc.info/

Also there is a club which caters for all the Farina bodied saloons made by BMC - the Austin Cambridge/Westminster car club
www.acwcc.org/
One of those two might have what you are looking for, they both deal with the 3 litre, but the big limo type Princess would be more a V-P club car...

When/where did you get your car ?- it must be very unusual in USA - can you post a picture of it ? (having said that I still don't know how to put pictures on this site, as I am a complete computer ignoramus)

magnette

magnette

While on the subject of computers, does anyone know how to stop these new annoying little speech bubble things popping up every time you pass the mouse anywhere near the link to peoples profiles ?

magnette

What's worse, they had the thing at the London Motor Show in 1960, and apparently finished it in metallic purple, which wasn't at all suitable for the market they were aiming at - (it was a few years before Pimp My Ride).

andys120

I wish you hadn't mentioned that, I just had my lunch :sick:

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Mr_Shiftright

Probably the only 2-door convertible you'll ever see that started out as a 4-door sedan!

Extra points if you name the carrosserie.

kyfdx

Extra points if you name the carrosserie

Name it? I can't even define the word.. :surprise:

The car? Some sort of Citroen..

fintail

Citroen DS 21 by Chapron, with that front end it is a later car from the early 70s.

andys120

Close it's a '73 DS23. I hadn't thought about the fact that they were built off four-door sedans. Most it turns out were built off station wagons!

Originally Citroen had no interest in a cabrio and refused to sell bare chassis to Chapron so Chapron was forced to buy complete DS19s until he was able to make an arrangement with Citroen in 1960. That must have been expensive :surprise:.

The story of the Decapotables is an interesting one,Read more here.

andys120

fintail

Subaru GL or DL...I can't remember what they were called. From the mid 70s to ca. 1980.

andys120

Yep, it's a DL (low end model IIRC).

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