Mystery car pix

andys120

Wasting no time Fintail nails it, it's an 850i.

Mr_Shiftright

You can't see the Nash??

andys120

You can't see the Nash?

Nope, got a better picture?

Mr_Shiftright

Well maybe that wasn't a good hint at all.

it's a GHIA body.

gagrice

The 850 is my all time favorite BMW.

andys120

kyfdx

AAARRRGGHHH.... I forgot all about this...

I saw one of these this past Thursday evening... parked in the Valet section at the local shopping/entertainment plaza.. I don't think I've seen one in ten years...

It was black... once I circled it, I noticed that it was an 840i with automatic transmission... A very rare sighting...

bumpy

Sleep? Gen1 Mazda RX-7.

andys120

Gen1 Mazda RX-7.

Exactamente! I've seen a couple of nicely lept ones recently.

andys120

rsholland

Well, at first glance it looks like a early '50s Dodge, but thanks to your "hint," I looked a bit further...

It turns out to be a Fargo truck, a vehicle that Dodge sold in Canada (note lettering on hood).

http://autonet.ca/EdmontonDrive/Stories.cfm?StoryID=2610

Bob

andys120

Good job RS. Here's another obscurity from the early 50s=>

fintail

Borgward of some kind

andys120

Borgward of some kind

I guess you didn't recognize one of the 800 or so Borgward Hansa 1800s built from about '52 to '55.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

That is painful to look at!

bumpy

R34 Skyline GT-R. I forget which version had those side bumper vents.

kyfdx

A Lancia of some kind?

draknad

Hi, does anyone know what the little red covertable was,
which fit in the back of the Escalade EXT commercial?
I can't find a video clip of the commercial, but the little red covertable looked sweet.
Thanks!

andys120

R34 Skyline GT-R

Yep!

draknad

andys120

Can't see your pix Draknad.

Who knows this=>

stickguy

whatever the 164 became? ( I tried not to read the tail numbers)

andys120

It's a 164LS in Euro market trim.

kyfdx

There is a dead 164 parked around the corner from the local used car lot... Still one of the best looking 4-doors ever made..

navigator89

michaellno

Euro-spec Honda Stream minivan.

Going back a couple of dozen posts, wasn't the Daytona the car that Brock Yates and Dan Gurney drove in the Cannonball Run I from NY to LA in something like 38 hours back in '72?

andys120

Yep, the Yates/Gurney car was indeed a 365GTB/4 Daytona, dark blue IIRC.

michaellno

I liked the story when they were in Arizona, flying down the hill at 100+ MPH, only to encounter a bridge with some black ice on it!

For 99.999% of the population, that combination would have lead to an accident of epic proportions and one less Daytona in the world. With Gurney at the wheel, it was just an "oops, let me correct this" moment. Yates was well and truly impressed.

A college buddy of mine had a blue TR-7. He sold it before moving to Phoenix and ended up buying a late 70's Grand Prix.

Oh, and regarding that RX-7 ... my sister had one of the 1st generation models. I think hers was an '85 GS, light metallic blue. She convinced my dad to cosign with her (she was 19 at the time this was 1986 or so). She worked her rear off to make the $262 monthly payment. She babied that car for close to 10 years and cried the day she sold it.

It was truly amazing what that 100HP engine would do when coupled with the right chassis and low weight. Took it out for a few midnight spins up in the mountains and it was a blast to drive. Kept bouncing it off the 7000 redline.

andys120

bumpy

is the Holden Torana GTR-X. Holden built a few prototypes in 1970 to gauge interest, but it was a bit too much for the Australian market at the time.

fintail

The B&W roadster is a Maserati, 3500 I'd guess

andys120

The B&W roadster is a Maserati, 3500 I'd guess

Yep Fin, a Maserati 3500 Spyder by Vignale frpm the early 60s. I love the muscular stance of that car, it's even better looking that a Ferrari California.

fintail

Funny, I was actually thinking it reminded me of a California with the rear fender upkick and all.

It'd be a lot cheaper than a California too, for sure.

andys120

stickguy

the first one... a '57? Just a guess on that!

fintail

It's a 55 or 56...I can never remember how to tell them apart. 57 was the first year for big fins.

lemko

...pictured above is a '56 - note the taillights.

andys120

...pictured above is a '56 - note the taillights

Lemko nails it. FYI, '56 was year 2 for the 300 and so was the 300B, 300C was the '57.">

andys120

ateixeira

I really have no idea but I see a reselblance to the modern Quattroporte so I'll guess it's a Maserati.

-juice

andys120

Good guess, Juice. It appears to have Italian plates but it's not a Maser.

fintail

I think DeTomaso had something that looked like that

andys120

I think DeTomaso had something that looked like that

Perhaps but it isn't a DeTomaso.

andys120

Don't feel bad if you don't recognize this one, only 17 production models were made.

fintail

French plates I am pretty certain

andys120

Oui, but this car is as multinational as they get.

lancerfixer

Lemme guess...Italian coachwork, some American V-8 under the hood, built in, oh, Argentina.

I have no idea what that is.

fintail

Montverdi?

andys120

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3400.asp?id=10736

Lemme guess...Italian coachwork, some American V-8 under the hood, built in, oh, Argentina.

Not bad Lancer, the V-8 is a Chrysler, the Coachwork is French (Chapron) and the car was assembled in France, with various nationalities contributing to the design. It's a Monica 560 from the mid-70s, the creation of a French industrialist.

Everything I know about this car is to be found here, it's a long story about a short production run.