Mystery car pix

kyfdx

Yeah.... I see E38 taillights in andy's picture...

But, I can't see a difference in the C-pillar.. His is just a weird angle... it looks distorted... like when you try to watch regular TV on a wide-screen monitor. :surprise:

boomchek

The tail lights on the E32 looked like this:



The E38's are different:


The E32 had a more angular design, and the trunk lid opening cutout was much higher than this black E38 in the picture, which appears to have a trunk lid opening near the bottom edges of the tailights.

The BMW website is wrong, we, the experts here are right! :mad:

andys120

ateixeira

Jag-YOU-ire XJ220.

I recall they promised a V12 and got a bunch of deposits, then the production car was a turbo V6.

People tried to get their money back and Jaguar refused. It was a PR nightmare.

Then they had that XJ220-only racing series on courses that were too tight and they played bumper cars, basically.

Beautiful, but a nightmare all around for Jaguar IMO.

andys120

Yep, Jag XJ220 ca. early 90s, Extra points if you can name the building behind it.

texases

Sydney Opera House - notice the low point in the middle? It's right over the stage, makes changing scenery/backdrops a bear.

Mr_Shiftright

Even the 220-only series was a nightmare...they hired some oval trackers to race them and they smashed them to pieces.

ateixeira

Yep, that's what I meant, actually.

Mr_Shiftright

Oh great, so you know that whole story. Hysterical. Wish I had been there to see it.

british_rover

People that only turn left should stay away from road courses. Just watch the one Road Course NASCAR does a year.

odie6l

try TWO. Infineon (CA) (will always be Sears Point to me), and Watkins Glen (NY).

Odie
Odie's Carspace

andys120

kyfdx

'64 Stingray..

I can never tell the years apart.. '63-'67, and it looks like an earlier model..

fintail

I think it's like a 61-62

kyfdx

Yeah... I had second thoughts.. I keep forgetting that they restyled the rear, before they did the rest.. That windshield does look a little upright for the C2 years..

bumpy

or, How I Spent My Saturday Afternoon

rockylee

What the heck is that ? You Po-Go sticked around ? :P

Rocky

jbollt

Isn't that called an "easy out" Removes broken studs?

andys120

It's a '62 'Vette, the last of the C1 Corvettes. You can tell it's not a '61 because there is no chrome around the side cove and it's not painted a contrasting color from the body.

bumpy

jbollt got it. It's a tap handle with an easy-out, used to extract the broken end of the exhaust manifold stud on my SE-R. Lesson #1- don't try to reuse the old studs. Ever.

andys120

A street scene from Breathless, bonus points if you can name the guy in the hat:

Mr_Shiftright

renault Dauphine, Citroen 2CV, Rosengart, Isetta and Jean-Paul Belmondo!

How'd I do?

fintail

I believe the car behind the 2CV is a Peugeot 202, it could be prewar, they were made til '48

Mr_Shiftright

Yeah, it does have that pre-war Peugeot grill. I think you're right.

Here's a Rosengart---somewhat similar--sorry, there may be an audio "pop-up" with this image.

http://www.carsandtuning.org/bmw-a-live-legend-part-2/rosengartjpg/

megasrt8

andys120

Shifty, you're right about everything except the Rosengart which Fin correctly identified as a Pug 202.

bumpy

Looks like a Hyundai Terracan ute.

megasrt8

nope

magnette

Sorry - been away again - just a point on the Isetta in the scene from Breathless - it is actually a Velam which was a French licence-built version of the Isetta. There are numerous minor differences, but the easiest one to spot in this photo is the fact that it says Velam right across the front of the car just below the Isetta badge.
Also the Citroen 2cv must be a deluxe one of some sort because of the chrome strip on the bonnet and the surround to the grille.

andys120

Thanks for the correction on the Velam, Mag. I couldn't make out the lettering.

So a chrome strip on the hood makes the 2CV a "deluxe". Boy that's postwar austerity!

andys120

dougb10

Pretty sure this is a 1954 Mercury Sun Valley. I had a '54 Monarch Sun Valley (Monarch was the Canadian version of the Mercury).
That car was so cool....mine was white with a green top...a blast to have when I was in college.
(Even Quasimoto could get lucky with that machine!)

Doug

andys120

Right on the nose Doug!

andys120

fintail

Aussie Ford Falcon, would look good in a Mad Max film

andys120

Yep, it's a ca. '75 Falcon XB GT. IMO it's way better-looking. than the Torinos or Cyclones that were Ford's Muscle Cars in the USA.

andys120

texases

1st gen Golf, but where? Was going to guess Brazil, but it's RHD, so South Africa? Then checked, and they're still making these there, selling more now then ever, 21 years after intro.

tmart

texases

C'mon, show them the front, too!

bumpy

Take a perfectly good Corvette, and put the ugliest aftermarket body imaginable on it. Anyone who pays for a 1959 Impalavette should have the car, their wallet, and their license taken away as a service to mankind.

Mr_Shiftright

And they should be pecked to death by ducks.

imidazol97

I would say covered with sugar water and place them by anthills for the ants to cover them for days at a time. Ruining two perfect good GM cars like that is awful.

texases

Here's the front:



And it can be yours for only $135,000.

tmart

Acutally, they are ruining FOUR perfectly good cars, a C6 chassis, the front of a 57, side of a 58 and rear of a 59!! :sick:

andys120

Yep it's a brand new '75 VW Golf GTI, being produced in the U of SA as theVolkswagen Citi Golf R1.8.
It certainly rings a bell with this former Rabbit GTI owner.

More on the Citi Golf R from South Africa.

Mr_Shiftright

It's a Chevrolet CONDENSO---LOL!

tmart, git me mah shotgun!!

fintail

Makes me want to gouge my own eyes out.

I am surprised it doesn't have a continental kit.

texases

If you really want to find out who/what/why, look here:

789 story

He was inspired by the 1958 Dual Ghia concept he saw as a kid.

jbollt

I see no picture in posts 10302 and 10308