Mystery car pix

kyfdx

Aston Martin Vantage?

I saw one the other day, but my view was of the back end..

andys120

Nope, not a Vantage.

kyfdx

Viagra?

No.. that's not it..

british_rover

DBS

Very, very, very hot.

I got to drive a DB9 a few months ago all I can say is WOW.

andys120

Yep, Aston-Martin DBS. James Bond wrecks one in the latest Bond flick w Dan'l Craig.

andys120

karsick

Fiat Uno Turbo!! :P

im_brentwood

A 1991 Model year one at that! Or a 1990 leftover... british plate.. H reg

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Here's one that is often mis-identified:



I used to own this car. Only 997 made.

fintail

W187 220 Cabrio B ca. maybe 1950-2?

I wouldn't mind owning that

boyce

International 1950's

Mr_Shiftright

You were 99.9% correct so I'm giving it to you. I'm impressed. To be totally anal about it, it's called a 220B Cabriolet. The 220A is worth a lot more because it doesn't have a back seat and has much less awkward styling.

The early 50s 220s combined pre-war styling with postwar technology. Mine ran well (even with the Holley carburator someone put on it, but it was so badly rusted I got quite discouraged. I did patch it up (no doubt to the future restorer's regret) but even way back when I owned it, parts and restoration costs were very high. The convertible top alone would cost someone at least $3,000--$5,000 I bet, what with double padding, complete extra headliner, and carefully steamed basswood bows threaded through the fabric. To say nothing of trying to restore actual working chromed landau bars. Then of course we'd need a full leather interior, interior wood refinishing and a body-off restoration of the frame.

It's a car you rarely spot anymore. As rare as a rare muscle car, and worth a lot less.

andys120

International 1950's
Yup, International 220 ca. '55-'56.

andys120

fintail

Ah...Cabriolet B etc must be prewar terminology. Sounds typical to most MB sedans and coupes - unless it is a really good survivor, it isn't a financially sound idea to restore it. I will say it is good that some people act outside of financial responsibility.

jescue

Dodge Shadow.

subearu

'87 or '88 Dodge Shadow, since it has the sealed beam headlights.

-Brian

andys120

Yep, an '87.

andys120

tmart

Mercury Colony

andys120

Mercury Colony

Er, that would be Colony Park. You wanna take a stab at the year?

urnews

Mid 1960s?

Mr_Shiftright

It's ugly enough to be a 62-63.

im_brentwood

62 Colony Park

andys120

62 Colony Park

It's a '63! I never thought I'd get that much mileage out of that one.

andys120

Can you name them all?

imidazol97

andys120

Ford Sedan Delivery, could be a '53 or '54, it's so highly customized it's hard to tell.

It's just crying for some louvers on the hood

imidazol97

It has had nonstock wheels added and the parking lights are amber instead of clear. The car is pretty much standard.

You're still looking for year and model name.

andys120

You're still looking for year and model name.

OK, 1952 Mainline Sedan Delivery.

imidazol97

It is a 1952. And it's a Courier, the first to have the name "Courier" in a long line of "Courier" Fords. Search for Courier and Ford... there's a forum so I can't link to it per rules here.

andys120

I searched Google and Wikipedia and came up with no links to any pre 1970's Ford. Most steer you to a current model Aussie Ford resembling the Ranger but with a longer cab. :confuse:

That's a nice '56 Bel Air in the background of your rear shot.

imidazol97

Check your email on your myspace page.

fintail

Car on the far left is a late 80s Saab 900, car in foreground right is a Rolls Corniche ca. 80s, a Ferrari Daytona (or copy) ca. 1970 is next to it, followed by an Italian looking car I can't quite get, and a 1958 Caddy.

All with French plates.

andys120

Pretty good except I think the Roller is a Silver Shadow (70s and early 80s), those being a lot more common than Corniches.. The Italian-looking car (dark blue) is a Ferrari 250 GTE (AKA 2+2).

The Saab 'vert is a 900 Turbo, I can see the badge in the right front side of the grille.

Good eye on the French plates, the still is from an obscure French movie.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Very Buick-esque. Maybe mid-50s

urnews

Can't really say why, exactly, but it reminds me of a '50s-something Chrysler product.

andre1969

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's a Buick Nailhead 324? That's without looking up any displacements in any book.

It's definitely not a Chrysler engine. Chrysler didn't make a V-8 with valve covers that small until maybe the 1958 350/361 "B" engine. Everything before that was either a Hemi-head, which was mammoth, or a poly-head, which was still pretty big, with sort of a jagged sawtooth shape on the outer part of the valve cover.

andys120

That's pretty good Andre. I dunno if it's a "Nailhead" but it is a 322CID Buick V8 (236hp)from a '55 Roadmaster
convertible.

Ain't she sweet?>

andys120

imidazol97

Extra points given for car and year.

texases

Slant 6, 225, Dodge, no smog, so, what, '69 Dart?

andre1969

It's a slant six for sure, but I think it's from something older than a '69 Dart. All that heater crap is actually housed within the passenger compartment, behind the firewall in the 67+ Dart/Valiant, as opposed to being plastic-encased and under the hood. That almost looks more like how the heater components are on my DeSoto.

So I'm gonna say it's something older, like a '62 Dart or Polara?

karsick

Myers Manx

andys120

Myers Manx

Yep that's the original one, the very first Myers Manx from 1964.

NY Times article.

texases

You're right, it's older, looks like a single master cylinder, but I haven't found pictures with that plastic heater housing.

Mr_Shiftright

I'd say 61-62 Valiant or Lancer.

imidazol97

Shifty is closest and it's a 1960 Valiant. I had pictures of chevron chrome stipes on the rear tailfin so I believe that made it a V-200? If I read Wiki correctly that motor is a 170 cu in.