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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,789
    '58 FireDome?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Gee look at that gap in the trunk fit :P

    It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's virgil on drugs!
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    That's the Euro market Volvo 480 (Turbo?).

    Were available late 80s iirc. Reminds me of that Isuzu Impulse from the 80s.

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  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    Yes, 1988 Volvo 480T, 2dr hatchback actually... it's Canadian. And it DOES look like the Impulse! Or did the Impulse look like the Volvo?
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    The site I got it from says it's a 1951 Series 62.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    You've been reading Straightline? :shades:
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Canada never had these Volvos for sale here.

    Do you mean the Impulse being Canadian?

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Opel Speedster, oops, I mean...

    Saturn Sky, oops, I mean...

    Daewoo G2X. :D
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    What's really sad is there isn't a Vauxhall Speedster - ie the Opel will only be LHD....
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    Well....I was refering to the Volvo. The web site I found the pix on was Volvo Club of British Columbia. I'm bad. I assumed it was Canadian from that. I was pretty sure they were never imported into the US. 50 lashes with a wet noodle for me! ;) Thanks for the correction, boomcheck!
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    No, no problem. I have a feeling it's a grey import as anything 15 years old or older can be imported here from overseas without too much red tape.

    But I know for a fact these Volvos were never sold here as new.

    Now I have to correct you on my name: boomchek (without the c) :P :P

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That's just odd looking.

    The logo looks a bit like Mazda's.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Nope not a Mazda, it's the new 2008 Kia Activon, coming soon to a dealer to you. I'm guessing it'll be close to the Mazda in size.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    You should be able to come close, look at that color :P

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    1971, year of the dog vomit color chart?
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    :confuse: It's a Ssangyong Actyon pickup derivative, basically a CUV with a truck bed (think Ridgeline).

    http://www.globalautoindex.com/news.plt?no=1451
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    What an ugly looking truck from the front!

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  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    "...(without the c)..."

    Ouch! I stand corrected yet again. :blush: Sorry boomchek
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    You are right Bumpy, I stand corrected.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Oh my, they shouldn't put any front view photos in the brochures. Keep the press from seeing that angle! :D
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    wow..lets see, front wheel drive , transverse mounted, V6, throttle body (or carburator), ...looks to me like a GM, perhaps Oldsmobile, due to color or valve cover...

    I'll guess late 80s Olds Ciera probably V6 3.3L? From the snow country.

    maybe mid 80s?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    Did the 3.3 come from the 3.8 Pontiac? Looks like a 90-degree V...
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I don't think so. Didn't the 3.3l start out as a 2.8l, then 3.1l, then 3.3l?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    How about this: they did make a 3.0l version of the 3.8 with a carb early '80s for the Cutlass Ciera, etc. How close is that?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I have no idea, to be honest.

    All I do know is that the 3.8l had a reputation for being robust, reliable, and torquey.

    The 3.1l and derivates had all sorts of issues with them. :sick:
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    First year of the Ciera was 1987, and the available V6s were 2.8L or 3.8L. By 1989, the 3.8 was replaced by the 3.3L
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    Per Wikipedia:

    "A small 3.0 L version was produced for GM's 1980s front-wheel drive cars. Introduced in 1982, it was a lower deck version of the 3.8 designed for transverse application in the new GM A platform cars like the Buick Century and Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. It shared the same bore size as its larger sibling, but featured a smaller stroke of 2.66 in (67.56 mm). Introduced with a 2-bbl carburetor, it later received multiport fuel injection."
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    hmm...the X cars (Citation, Omega, Skylark, Phoenix released in 1979, as 1980 models) were the forerunnners of the A bodies. Now that I think about it, I think you're right. The Chevy Celebrity was around in 1982 or 3, so perhaps the Ciera, 6000, Century etc were also...I now wonder if that engine pictured is from one of the X cars, altho I think they only had the 60 degree V6 rather than the 90 degree engine, which would be the 3.8L and derivatives...and it appears to me that the picture shows a 90 degree engine, of course I could be all wet. I'm thinking the 60 degree was the 2.8L, and 3.1L, the 90 was 3.0L 3.3L and 3.8L.

    I know that the A body's had electronic throttle body injection at some point.

    OH! They also has the 4.3 L diesel!!! I bet that is what it is!

    I guess I still think the car pictured is an Olds with the 4.3L Diesel engine. Perhaps my earlier guess of "late 80's" is too late, perhaps 82 or 83?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    You know, the diesel idea sounds good - there's lots of odd things on that engine that were throwing me.
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    I am convinced it is a diesel! 82-85 GM 4.3L diesel! The oil filler cap on the front valve cover proves it. See how tall it is? I believe it has a "breather" and filter in it, that was specific to the GM diesels of the era.

    bumpy, how did we do?
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Took a while, but y'all finally got it. It is the Oldsmobile 4.3L V6 diesel, transversely mounted to fit in the FWD Olds 98 for 1985.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    a lower deck version of the 3.8 designed for transverse application

    Sadly that was enough to make a trustworhty engine unreliable.

    My HS girl friend had one in college, I remember how it was "tuned" and ended up sounding like it was gargling. :D
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator: "Mercury raised its performance profile with the introduction of the 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator. Taking its cue from such rivals as Z28 and SS Camaros, as well as Ford's own Boss 302 and Mach 1 Mustangs, Ford introduced the Eliminator in April 1969. Eliminator came with a range of engines, from the Trans Am-inspired solid-lifter 302-cid small block to the 428-cid Cobra Jet big block."
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Yep, and that's Mrs. Bond, played by the delectable Diana Rigg
    in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,576
    It's been too long since I've seen that one...but in the film I think they refer to the car as "The Big M" or something corny like that.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Not much of a mystery, really.
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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Skyline RB36 or whatever it is called. Big straight 6 turbo motor.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    That's a french car is called a Venturi. Company was formed in the 80s, it was called MVS at first, before switching the name to Venturi.

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  • rockyleerockylee Member Posts: 14,017
    It looks like a Ferrari F-355 without the side scoupes ;)

    Rocky
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    RB26DETT. The biggest RB was the Australian RB30E.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    Here's a comparison review to the Lotus Esprit, including some good pics

    Venturi vs. Esprit
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Great stuff, thanks Tex.

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  • chikoochikoo Member Posts: 3,008
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