Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

Well the Delorean will always sit on the curiosity shelf, like the little Nash Met and the Avanti II and the rest of the also-rans of automotive history. And Delorean owners will insist their cars are worth $30,000 and the market will continue to say "how about $15K?" and so Delorean owners will be buried with their cars. Thus has God made all things beautiful. :P

texases

Here's the perfect example - look at the pics, the description ('hasn't been driven in 15 years'), then try to imagine why it had any reserve, period. 'No Sale' - big surprise!

RED DeLorean on Ebay

british_rover

Why do they paint them RED????

Many years ago I saw a red Delorean in Madison, WI and thought I was going to hurl.

bumpy

Why do they paint them RED????

So they can mislead the ignorant into thinking they have a Ferrari or Lambo or something like that.

Mr_Shiftright

See I was right...$10K bid + $5K to get it running and cleaned up = $15K all day long, now and forever.

andys120

who thinks DeLoreans look better painted.

hudsonthedog

I don't understand the comparison between the Delorean and the Nash Metropolitan and the Avanti II. Delorean built cars for less than two years...the Metropolitan was produced for eight years (not a bad run for a single model line) and the Avanti II was produced by an independent company for 26 years! I don't see either in the same boat as the Delorean.

Mr_Shiftright

Well in the sense that they are all low-buck collectibles. They have "market similarities" is what I meant, with limited appeal and little appreciation in value. Their histories are kind of irrelavent to marketing.

andys120

This one's from CHiPs

texases

Maybe do it by row...

kyfdx

Is that a Dodge Polara? I'll guess '64..

urnews

1966 Plymouth, maybe a Fury but probably a Belvedere.

andys120

1966 Plymouth, maybe a Fury.

Yep.

andys120

Fist row: '54 Plymouth, '50-'52 Plymouth, '57 Ford, '50-'52 Cadillac, '49-51 Lincoln.

Pictures are kinda small

texases

Sorry, it's all one picture, otherwise I'd have split it up...

andys120

How'd I do on the first row?

texases

well...no caption on the picture, so we're on our own...

lemko

1st Row: 1953 Plymouth, 1951 Plymouth, 1957 Ford, 1949-50 Chevrolet, 1951 Chrysler
2nd Row: 1953 Chevrolet, 1951 Chevrolet, 1950 Cadillac, 1954 Chevrolet, 1957 Buick
3rd Row: 1954 Chevrolet, 1951 Buick, 1959 Buick, 1956 Lincoln, 1951-52 Buick
4th Row: 1951 Chevrolet, 1955 Ford, 1954 Ford, 1954 Chevrolet, 1953 Dodge
5th Row: 1953 Chevrolet, 1956 Buick, 1955 DeSoto, Not Sure, 1955 Ford
6th Row: 1951 Chevrolet, 1957 Oldsmobile, 1955 Ford, 1950 Buick, 1951 Ford
7th Row: 1951 Chevrolet, 1950 Chevrolet, 1956 Chevrolet, 1955 Chevrolet, 1955 Plymouth
7th Row: 1957 Ford, 1951 Plymouth, 1951 Chevrolet, 1949-50 Oldsmobile, 1951 Chrysler?

texases

If this is a good sample of the model year cars in Cuba, I wonder how many will be shipped over here whenever Castro goes and the border opens. Late 50s I can see, but the demand for the '54 and older cars (most of the pictures) might not be there.

Mr_Shiftright

Most of them are molested, modified, jury-rigged....they could all have Russian truck engines in them for all you know, and trim pieces made of wood to look like chrome. I doubt many, if any, of them would be worth anything except for a few rare trim pieces. Probably not worth the shipping costs. And don't count on any border openings either.

stever

You'd think Canadians would be grabbing them if they were exportable and worth rehabbing. Shipping to Veracruz shouldn't be all that difficult either.

Mr_Shiftright

I've spoken to people who've been there and they say they're pretty much all cobbled up.

fintail

A friend of mine visited Cuba earlier this year. I told them to examine old cars when they could, and apparently these things are cobbled up testaments to necessity indeed, many iffy modifications, gutted interiors, paintbrush finishes, oddball engines. It is admirable how Cubans have preserved the past rather than eventually drive eastern bloc dreck, but from a collector standpoint the cars are not impressive. Seeing as a normal unrestored ca. 1955 4 door post car is worth maybe a couple grand, I can't see why these Cuban cars would be worth anything other than as a curiosity.

lemko

Could imagine bringing over a 1957 Chrysler 300-C with a Russian truck engine. "Da! It has a GaZ!"

Mr_Shiftright

"Hey...that gotta LADA in it?" :P

Shoot, I think we should SEND cars like this TO Cuba...help 'em out to keep their old clunkers on the road. Probably that and dancin' are the only simple pleasures they get to have....well I did say SIMPLE so I know what you're thinkin'!!

andys120

andys120

No guesses on the Dash in #12274??

Here's a clue: it may look like it's a Euro car of the 60's and 70's with those podded guages but it is a 1957 MY US car.

tmart

The wheel looks like a 56 Ford, but not the dash. Maybe a Lincoln or Mercury? :confuse:

andys120

It's a Lincoln, guess which one.

urnews

It's a Lincoln, guess which one.

Must be a Continental or one of the Marks.

andys120

Must be a Continental or one of the Marks.

Actually it's both>

urnews

Sweet.

karsick

Good to see the inside is as equally restrained (relatively speaking, of course) as the outside.

andys120

Good to see the inside is as equally restrained (relatively speaking, of course) as the outside.

I agree, my favorite American cars from the 50s were those that were relatively restrained in the use of chrome and other exterior adornments: Corvettes, T-Birds before 1958, Tri-Chevies and Chysler 300s as well as the Lincoln Mk. II.

andys120

hudsonthedog

Alfa Romeo 145

andys120

That's right Hudson.

andys120

michaellno

Holden Ute, based on the new VE Commodore chassis.

Would love to see that offered here as the reincarnation of the El Camino.

Isn't there also a version that has 4 doors?

andys120

bumpy

Probably some rear-engine Communist car.

The 4-door version of the Ute is the Holden Crewman.

stever

It looks like a late 60's Datsun to me but the badge on the pillar is too high.

bumpy

but the badge on the pillar is too high.

It looks like a turn signal to me.

stever

Yep, that did cross my mind.

Now, someone please tell me what it is. :shades:

andys120

Probably some rear-engine Communist car.

Nope, it's a front-engine (IIRC) Communist car, specifically a 1970 Moskvitch 418.

andys120

stickguy

but there are 2 Vettes and a Triumph (TR2 or a sprite?) in the showroom.

Looks like a 1st gen vette in blue and a red stingray.

texases

I don't (didn't) know, so here's another one from that dealer:

andys120

but there are 2 Vettes and a Triumph (TR2 or a sprite?) in the showroom.

There's no such thing as a Triumph Sprite, those were Austin-Healeys. The white Triumph is a TR-3, it doesn't have the recessed grille of a TR-2.

TR-2 Brochure>

hudsonthedog

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