Mystery car pix

imidazol97

Why does this remind me of a circus or parades where there are unusual little cars driven by Shriners...

Or maybe seeing Dave Garroway with his head hanging part way out the window because he's too tall to fit--like when he drove the Morris vehicles around the studio on Today. Is that the right name? Some of the older posters here should remember.

Mr_Shiftright

Of course, with a few tweaks....

fintail

I think you are right, the blue plates are from the 70s, and that movie took place in 1962 I believe.

I know today 'black plates' on a car are like a badge of honor there, meaning I guess that the car has been registered every year since it got the plates.

michaellno

yeah, my dad's '70 Chevy pickup had the black plates for, gosh, 25 or 30 years. He finally got some new plates for it .. can't remember if they are the handicapped plates or vanity plates for him being a fire fighter.

andys120

barely>

bhill2

Good grief, the Jaguar 'big' sedan (I don't think there was a small one at that time). I'll say a Mark IV.

urnews

What year would this beast be?

pat

I'm going to say 1946, but if I'm right it's because I cheated.

andys120

Good grief, the Jaguar 'big' sedan (I don't think there was a small one at that time). I'll say a Mark IV.

That's correct, it's a 1946 Mk. IV, it was the small Jag....and the big one AFAIK. I don't think Jag made a "small" Sedan until the Mk.I came out a decade later. I don't know why the Mk. I came after the Mk.IV :confuse:.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Technically Jaguar made no such car as a Mark IV, and didnt' call it that, since they had no idea there would be a Mark V, and there was no Mark 1, II or III related to it. The fussy historian would call it "a 1946 Jaguar (whatever) liter saloon".

Kind of a nice slow car for the middle-class person.

seminole_kev

The VW pictured is the new R32. The V6, AWD upgrade to the Golf/GTI/Rabbit.

andys120

The VW pictured is the new R32. The V6, AWD upgrade to the Golf/GTI/Rabbit.

Yup, it's a virtual twin to the Audi A3 Quattro/3.2 and not a whole lot cheaper.

karsick

I sure hope the new R32 sounds EXACTLY like the old one.

Best sounding car of the recent past!

andys120

kyfdx

Civic wagon.. late '80s?

andys120

Civic wagon.. late '80s?

MY 1984.

andys120

kyfdx

No clue... but, it looks Australian... A Holden or Aussie Ford?

andys120

Nope, not an Aussie, steering wheel is on the left.

urnews

Looks Italian to me. Beyond that, not a clue.

andys120

It is Italian (or should I say Italian/American) but it has a French name [clue].

magnette

DeTomaso Longchamp - late 70's early 80's - I'm guessing this is a later one.

andys120

Magnette rings the bell, the American half of the
Longchamp is the 351 Windsor V8 under the hood.

andys120

urnews

From Wikipedia:

"A total of 409 Longchamps were built (395 coupes and 14 spiders) until 1989, with only a couple per year built during the last years."

urnews

Taillights look like a '50s era Packard but I've never seen a Packard with a continental kit before.

urnews

1953 Packard Pam Am convertible?

andys120

It's a Caribbean, I suspect the outside spare is an option.

urnews

Is it a '53?

andys120

Is it a '53?

Yup.

andys120

toomanyfumes

'68 Firebird. Maybe a '67. If I could see the front end I could tell for sure. An old girlfriend had a '67 with the 400. Fun car.

imidazol97

It is a 1967. The 1968s had side market lights which were required by law.

andys120

It's a '67 Firebird 400, small badge on rear trunk lid says "400".

andys120

fintail

80s Lancia, something that maybe came before the Thema as it looks more angular

karsick

Well, if you visually removed the trunk from the Lancia pictured, you'd have a car that was the basis for the most successful (WRC) rally car of all time, the Delta.

So, WITH a trunk, the car is known as the Prisma :confuse: .

I assume that, much like VW products, the hatch (Golf) was far more popular worldwide than its "trunked" sister (Jetta/Vento/Bora)

ateixeira

Pulled away from me nicely, too.

I know the brand but that's it, I'm sure you guys will figure it out.

fintail

A-H of some kind

urnews

1960s Austin Healey 3000? (Just a WAG)

Mr_Shiftright

It's got very big tires. I wonder if it's a fake.

ateixeira

Austin Healey is right, at least that's what the badge says.

If it helps, the engine sounded rough and raspy. Definitely didn't sound like a small 4 banger. More like an out-of-tune bigger engine of some sort.

andys120

Karsick is right, it's a Lancia Prisma.

andys120

seminole_kev

crap. Can't think of the exact name, but it is a little Alfa Romeo that's Zagato bodied. Oh now this is just going to tick me off that I don't remember...."Junior" maybe?

magnette

Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato - 1970-73, or so. They made a 1300 nd a 1600, and the only way to distingush between them from this angle is the front bumper, which differs between the two models - but this one doesn't have a front bumper, so I don't know. Only other difference I can think of is the rear lights - also no use in this shot.

Mr_Shiftright

Sweet little cars. One interesting feature--you could open the hatch for ventilation.

andys120

Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato - 1970-73, or so

Right on the nose, that one's a '72 1300, later fitted w the 1750 motor from the GTV, it can be seen at this years Concorso Italiano in Monterey.

andys120