Mystery car pix

kyfdx

Scroll down the page.. you can see the same interior photo.. :P

british_rover

I know I did right after I posted that.

andys120

It's the new Alfa Spider that's headed for the US at your local Maserati dealer in '09 or '10. [Do you have a local Maser dealer, I don't?]

The dark blue roadster is a Spitfire MkIII, ca. 1970 sounds about right.

andys120

urnews

1950s GM product, probably a Pontiac or Oldsmobile, maybe even a Caddy. Upholstery doesn't look original though.

andys120

It's a '54 Cadillac Fleetwood. The upholstery doesn't look original to me either, it seems to me it's color should match the rest of the interior.

It's a good reminder of how lousy car seats were back in the bench seat era though. Spending two or three hours in that seat is a sentence!

kyfdx

Actually.. I do have a local Maserati dealer.. strangely enough!!

bumpy

seminole_kev

Is that the little, suped-up Renault (who's name escapes me) with the V6 moved to the back?

andys120

the little, suped-up Renault

I don't think so, here's
the engine room of the Renault Spider. The Mystery engine is from a Hatchback. not a Roadster, You can see the strut that supports the hatch.

At the moment the only mid-engined hatches that come to mind are the Po :confuse: rsche Cayman and the Gen II Toyota MR2.

kyfdx

You can't access the Cayman engine through the hatch like that...

I second the Renault thing... Is that an R5? The souped up version of the LeCar, with the engine behind the seats?

seminole_kev

Thanks kyfdx - Renault R5 was the name of the suped up Renault hatch I was thinking of.

I think that's what this is.

british_rover

Renaul Clio V6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Clio_V6_Renault_Sport

bumpy

We have a winner!

Take a rather unremarkable compact, rip out the back, and drop in a Nissan VQ30DE.

texases

Same idea as the R5, but that one looks much cleaner than the R5.

british_rover

Yup any car is improved with engine mounted midships.

Like this one...

karsick

The infamous SHOGun...

... a Ford Festiva (Mazda 121 / Kia Pride) with a Ford (well, Yamaha) 24V V6 stuffed into the hindquarters. :P

british_rover

Good call.

I tried to get a picture of Jay Leno's SHOgun but all of the his pics were to easy to identify.

andys120

fintail

Porsche 356 Convertible D?

andys120

Porsche 356 Convertible D?

I was hoping you'd say that. :P

It's a 1960 356B Roadster, distiguished from the earlier ('59) Convertible D mainly by it's T-5 bodywork with the higher bumpers.

More about them here and here.

Mr_Shiftright

Also convertible D windshield post is body color.

The rarest roadster is the "twin grille" type, worth a LOT of money today.

fintail

Hmm well at least I didn't say Cabrio, I know that distinction.

I wonder if this thing:



Is one of those.

Mr_Shiftright

GEEZ, that looks like a chopped coupe!

fintail

Here's another shot....I am pretty sure it was real (crude phone photo, I know)

andys120

Also convertible D windshield post is body color.

Not according to Keith Martin who says both the Convertible D and Roadster had removable windsheilds with chromed frames>

1959 Convertible D by Drauz:


I agree that the Roadster looks like a chopped coupe that's why the Drauz is my favorite 356 droptop. It has just the right balance of sportiness and elegance.

Fin, I think your photo is a Roadster, note the bumpers.

Mr_Shiftright

He doesn't know anything about Porsches...he's an Alfa nut!

Actually I think he may be right. I think the regular CABS had the painted windshield frame, not the D.

Bathtub Porsches are tricky because they made lots of mid-year and mid-production changes even within a series. The roadsters for instance have two different windshield frames, early and late.

andys120

ateixeira

Alfa Romeo, spider? Guiletto something? Anyone speak Italian around here?

Probably late 60s is my guess.

andys120

It's an Alfa Spider alright but not a Guilietta and definitely not a late '60s model.

It's a late 50's Alfa Sprint 2000.

ateixeira

I was actually going by the look of the background for the era.

urnews

Skinny tires.

andys120

ateixeira

Honda Legend, i.e. our Acura RL.

kyfdx

Our 1st generation RL

andys120

Honda Legend, i.e. our Acura RL.

That's right, it's the Third Gen of the Honda Legend (as it's known in most of the world* but to us it was the first Acura RL.

*Note Euro plate, Kfdyx.

andys120

From The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

boomchek

Those are Volgas made by GAZ, not sure of the model name.

The funny thing is these cars were made sin ce the 70s, with same overall shape, only receiving a fac elift to make it look modern.
Old:


New:

andys120

Those are Volgas made by GAZ, not sure of the model name.


Yep the model name is GAZ 3110 Volga. They look to me like late 60's Audis with Lancia grilles. :sick:

andys120

ateixeira

That's a Ford Escort, I believe.

Those were sold in Brazil, i.e. they got the euro style models rather than the US-style model.

A neighbor in my building had an XR3 convertible, it was actually quite nice. Far more upscale than the US Escort.

Year must be 1986 or so.

andys120

Yep, it's an XR3 Cabrio The ad doesn't give the year but I'm guessing early-mid 90's.

Magnette can probably tell from the plate.

andys120

ateixeira

59 (from the plate) Studebaker Lark 6 wagon?

Educated guess.

magnette

Re the Escort cabrio, the G prefix on the plate indicates the year commencing 1st August 1989.

andys120

Right Juice and thanks Magnette.

andys120

seminole_kev

just a wag, but a 64 or so Dodge Polara convertible?

*edit - although I think the polara was typically larger than this. Looks more Dart sized, but I don't remember them quite looking like that. Though I'm not much of a mopar fan to know.

lemko

That looks like a 1966 Dodge Dart convertible.

andys120

1966 Dodge Dart convertible.

Sorry Kev, that's no Polara it's a '66 Dart, just like the man sez.