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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    But not this:

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    That's an early Triumph GT6. Six cylinders and the chassis from a Triumph Spitfire...gotta love the Brits!
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Sometimes called "The world's best worst car".
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Heh. The page I found it on termed it "an exciting car... for boring people".
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    AMC Hornet - hard to imagine, these stayed in production, in various names, from '70 to '87.
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    Interesting trivia about the Nova "badge engineered" cars....

    Nova
    Omega
    Ventura
    Apollo

    The first letters of them spells NOVA!
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    Regarding that pic of the Fox-bodied Mustang...

    Who can guess what size tires go on those dashing alloys???
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    I'll let someone else do that, but at the time I thought they were great looking wheels. In '79 good alloys were few and far between, particularly on domestics.
  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    Not only were the wheels good looking, but the whole car oozed restraint & tasteful design (keep in mind, you young 'uns, that this was the decade that brought us some SERIOUSLY overstyled cars, all of which had huge, ugly chrome bumpers).

    The Mustang had nicely integrated mirrors, bumpers & lights, was devoid of "chrome overload" and other cliches. It's little wonder that same bodystyle was kept in the lineup for 15 years.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The Michelin TRX tires found on early Fox-bodied Mustangs were metric measurements. I recall the wheels being (something close to) 390mm instead of 15 inches.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,704
    I had a 79 Mustang Pace Car with the Michelin TRXs. They were superb. I've always had Michelins whenever possible. But I was dreading replacement cost. Sold the car before I needed to replace tires, however. The cost was like three or four times the regular cost

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    I think the Tire Rack (and others) made a lot of money on replacement rims/tires because of those TRXs.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    $200 a pop? Jeez, the OEM Bridgestones on the S2000 are only $150 each from Tirerack.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Is it a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Nope, it's a '68. Those cars didn't have particularly nice interiors IMO,

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Nissan Stanza wagon.

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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    That is the second Stanza (Bluebird) which was introduced AFTER the Prelude and after the first Stanza, but before the Honda Concerto.

    ....Now I just want to know how the Allegro fits into this, as well as Nissan's more recent (& smaller) car, the Note. :P
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    My first guess was a Rover Maestro (which is a badge engineered Honda Concerto iirc). They all kinda look alike.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    This one's a little bit of a cheater as one car in the photo is Pre-WWII and another is a one-off but let's see if you can ID the rest.

    Extra points if you get them all ;)

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

  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Techincally, it's an Australian Pintara wagon, but it and the last Stanza were both variations on the U12 Bluebird.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,755
    Front.. '71-'73 2002

    Some sort of touring model behind it.. maybe an E21 320i from the late '70s?

    Late '30s 328 roadster

    Across the street? Not sure of the first convertible.. something from the early '60s? 1500?

    Next one looks to be a late '50s 507, but might be an earlier 503..

    Behind that one looks like a newer 7-series.

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The coupe on the near side of the street is the 2002-based Frua coupe. I wish I could remember the four-passenger convertible.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    There's an article on these in the latest Autoweek. If you're interested in BMWs, it's good. There's also a good discussion on restoration costs and pitfalls.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    You've gotten all the Bimmers correct except for the white convertible which is a one-off 3200CS Cabriolet built especially for Herbert Quandt according to Autoweek, based on the more common Bertone-styled 3200CS coupe (Ca. 1965 never exported to the USA>

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    I erred in my previous statement about there being a single one-off in the photo, the silver 2002 Frua GT4 coupe is also a one-off based on Frua's Glas bodies.

    The orange 2002 is the only 2006 2002tii ever built. It was constructed from parts in the BMW inventory to illustrate the depth of BMW's spare parts inventories.

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    This is - I think - a Mazda Frendee Bongo - which has to be one of the craziest names I have ever heard of....
    JDM model, of course, although we get them as grey-imports, indeed I actually saw one yesterday, and there was also a Ford badged version, sold through Autozam dealers in Japan, I think, and we've got at least a couple of those running round the streets of London, too.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Bongo Friendee it is.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    I'm guessing this is the Canadian version of Chevy II, 1966 Pontiac, based on the "split" grill.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,557
    ca. 1966 Pontiac Acadian
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    You're both right, It's a '66 Pontiac Acadian Canso (I assume the top model, equivalent to our Nova).

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,557
    Yep, I think those are quite rare too
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Lada?

    Or at the very least eastern European/Russian.
  • jbolltjbollt Member Posts: 736
    Looks like a Fiat to me
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yep looks like a 128 methinks.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,557
    128 didn't have dual lights did it? I know it's not a 130.
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    128 didn't have dual lights did it? I know it's not a 130.
    Once owned a 1974 128 Fiat. It didn't have quad headlights, just two of them. :)
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    It is a Fiat on which the polish fiats were based, and on which the Ladas were based as well.

    I think the model designation is 125.

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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    FSO Polski ;)
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Duży Fiat (large Fiat) as it was called.

    As anitquated as they were even for the 80s, they did have 4 wheel disc brakes.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    It is a Fiat on which the polish fiats were based, and on which the Ladas were based as well.

    I think the model designation is 125.

    Bingo, it's a Fiat 125 (ca. 1967 which was indeed the basis for the Polski Fiat. It's a size smaller than the FWD Fiat 128.>

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    The 125 may have been the basis for some Ladas but the Lada 2101 was clearly a near clone of Fiat's 124 Berlina>

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    GREATEST LADA EVER

    lOTUS LADA

    Look at that tire roll over.

    Lotus Lada Part 2

    1,000 hours of work later and a formula 1 engine designer.

    Hmhh they cut the after track shots on that vid.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U96EmN-6GRE

    Skip to the end of that vid for the track shots.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    The Yugolsavian Zastavas were based on the 128. We had (I have a photo in my carspace, me sitting on the hood).

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

  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    1952? Buick Special?
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