Mystery car pix

stevedebi

"I think one of the Key differences with the 103 is the front Suicide doors"

Only the French would try that. Could you even open both the front and rear doors fully at the same time?

andys120

It's a '58 Fiat 1100 (I guess you didn't catch the clue in my header).

My father-in-law got one while he was stationed in France because it was a little better on gas than his Oldsmobile.

I don't know what a Fiat 1100-103 is.

andys120

ateixeira

Not sure but I already want one.

Looks like there's no top? :confuse:

stevedebi

Reminds me a DKW Enzmann 506, but that is definitely a different car - but similar in concept. No doors for one thing...

But this one is RHD while the Enzmann was LHD.

stever

There's a short blurb about your mystery car on today's Straightline

andys120

Yep, it's the Aussie-made Elfin MS8 Streamliner--
cool little car!
.

andys120

urnews

It's a Ford Thunderbird, late 1970s?

andys120

It's a Ford Thunderbird, late 1970s?

You're a decade off, it's a '69.

andys120

british_rover

M3 sedan.

I don't know if it works as it is a bit more conventional.

Maybe they should have figured out how to do the carbon fiber roof for the sedan too.

kyfdx

Hopefully, that front-end treatment will bleed over the current 3-series sedan.. more of the coupe look.

Something else interesting: Only the left hand port on the hood is functional. The one on the right is just there for visual balance. I think it would have been cooler to just have the one on the left..

andys120

What's this about "visual balance", it's impossible to see both sides at once? :confuse:

andys120

jescue

Mazda MX 6. 93ish?

andys120

Yep, that's a 90s MX6 (Gen 2).

andys120

The same guy owns both cars visible in this picture>

stever

That one isn't showing up and pasting the link gets me to a log-in page at that, er, Italian car site.

andys120

Rats, I'll have to try another one.

andys120

stever

That one I can see fine. No clue naturally - and what's the gizmo on the steering wheel?

andys120

what's the gizmo on the steering wheel?

Not sure, I think it controls the turn signals.

kyfdx

Evidently, not impossible... I see both of them in that picture.. :surprise:

The ports on top of the hood, on either side of the engine bulge... I'm pretty sure they are visible from the front, as well..

Maybe you thought I meant the gills on the fender?

regards,
kyfdx

Mr_Shiftright

That thar is an Austin-Healey Mark I with the optional adjustable steering wheel!

british_rover

That is like the Range Rover Sport then. Only the passenger side vent is functional as an air intake for the engine. The driver side vent is for looks only.

The LR3 has only one functional vent on the passenger side.

andys120

That thar is an Austin-Healey Mark I with the optional adjustable steering wheel!

Yep, 1961 A-H 3000 Mk.I/BN7


Does the thingie on the horn button have anything to do with
adjusting the wheel?

andys120

urnews

1961 Cadillac

andre1969

Anton Schwarpskoff Jumbo Jet, circa 1971. Oh, wait, you mean the car? :P (and yeah, that guess was way off on the coaster, too!)

That Caddy looks too clean to be a '59, so I'm guessing a '60 DeVille?

andys120

Right Andre, it's a '60 Cadillac but not a DeVille, an Eldorado Biarritz. I don't think DVs had the chrome on the bottom.

You are way off on the coaster too. Anyone who grew up in the
NY area will recognize the Cyclone from Steeplechase park in Coney Island, At least that's what the sugn sez.

andys120

andre1969

Y'know, as soon as I said "DeVille", I thought that maybe it wasn't, because of that trim on the bottom. It's amazing how quick the big Caddies did a 180, style-wise, from the overblown, in-your-face 1959 to the understated, almost wallflowerish in comparison 1960.

I didn't used to like the 60, but I saw a couple at the Carlisle swap meet this past weekend. Nice car in person, although I prefer the '61-62.

And yeah, I know that thing wasn't a Jumbo Jet, although I think Coney Island DID have a Jumbo Jet at one time. It was a mass-produced roller coaster with toboggan-type cars, compact steel thing. We had one here local at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.

I always associated the Comet with this old wooden roller coaster that's at Hershey Park, PA, about 2 hours away. I dunno how old that coaster is, but my Grandmother remembers riding it when she was in high school!

andys120

I dunno how old that coaster is, but my Grandmother remembers riding it when she was in high school!

Yeah that's what you wanna do ride a really old Roller Coater. :surprise: :sick:

hudsonthedog

Alfa Romeo 155

andys120

Yep, Alfa 155 early-mid 90s.

andys120

karsick

AMC Spirit. Those white-letter tires are soooooo cool :P

subearu

suppose it could be a Spirit AMX since it has the Goodyear RWL tires which were std on the AMX.

-Brian

Mr_Shiftright

That switch is for directionals. The adjusting knob is the knobby ring behind the steering wheel.

andys120

Yep it's an AMX, ca. 1979-80.

andys120

fintail

It's Wartburg's attempt at a little sporty car before everything got especially dreary in the DDR. Looks like a 190SL and a 1950 Frigidaire had a baby.

andys120

Yep, it's a 1962 Wartburg Sports. The Berlin Wall went up in 1961 (IIRC) so life in East Germany was already pretty awful. :sick:

andys120

fintail

Well, I meant before the Trabi-days. The east was dreary from May-1945 onwards.

fintail

It's British, I have seen this before but I can't remember what it is. A Lagonda or something? ca. 1955 anyway.

hudsonthedog

The car is actually a 1980 AMC Spirit. The 1979 Spirit had a different grille and the AMX (both years) had ANOTHER different grille.

texases

Isn't this the one that (with AWD) they compared to the BMW in TV ads? Starting out in gravel, some such nonsense!

hudsonthedog

The AMC Eagle SX/4 was the four-wheel drive version. The AMC Spirit was a rear-wheel drive only model.