Mystery car pix

andys120

Yup, the 'Bama Highway Patrol car is a '71 Javelin with a 401 making it one of the faster pursuit cars. :surprise:

andys120

british_rover

Holden Commodore Wagon or do they call them Estates down under?

Probably some HSV specific trim but I don't know which one.

bumpy

The Commodore wagon was the Adventra last time around, but the new one is simply the Commodore Sportwagon. I think the "concept" shown at Sydney was the regular Holden, not the hot-dog HSV.

andys120

Right, specifically it's called the Holden VE Commodore Sportwagon.

hudsonthedog

Did I post this one before?

Give the year, make, and model. No cheating.

imidazol97

lemko

I saw that particular vehicle at Carlisle two weeks ago. It's a Ranchero-like car-pickup based on the Ford Fairmont coupe and was manufactured by some aftermarket firm. I think that particular example was a 1980 model.

stever

It sort of matches the sides of the VW Thing in the background.

hudsonthedog

It was based on the Ford Fairmont Futura coupe, and this one was a 1981. Ford outsourced the production of the Ford Durango as a replacement for the Ranchero but reports say that fewer than 250 were built (one report says "a couple dozen," another says 125, yet another says 211). National Coach Works of Los Angeles was the conversion company on this little jem.

andys120

Is this unique to a specific car and year?

Does the question refer to one of the cars in the background
(mid 80s Honda Civic Shuttle-white and VW Type 181-Orange)
or to the roof visible in foreground (Chrysler Crossfire?)?

texases

How about the foreground roof being a Pacifica? Seems kind of big for a Crossfire.

edit-not a Pacifica, should have rails on edges.

imidazol97

It's the roof of the car that I believe may be unique. The motorcyle, Thing, and other car are not involved.

The car is older than 1970.

I edited the picture to show more car and less background.

karsick

Citroen DS! :P

andys120

lemko

1964 Chevrolet Impala four-door hardtop.

andys120

Yowza!

andys120

From the Dragnet TV series ca. '67 (Looks like it was shot 5 years earler:

hudsonthedog

Near side: Dodge Dart, 1955 (or 56) Packard, 1966 Buick Skylark, full-sized Chevrolet, Ford truck.

Far side: Corvair, full-sized Chevrolet.

fintail

The big Chevy on the nearside is a 1960, the big Chevy on the far side is a 1959

imidazol97

The whole picture. Is this roof with the grooves unique to this year and Ford?

fintail

Is it a '57 Ford? Maybe a lower line model?

tmart

I think it is a 58 Custom 300. I had a 56 and a 57, and the tops were smooth.

imidazol97

Right. '58 Ford. I think both levels had the grooved roof for strength. I read mention of a weakness in the 57 roof.

The Fairlane 500 had the strengthened roof:

texases

I remember when those fender spot lights were the hot ticket. No need for mirrors, though!

andys120

The Corvair parked behind the '59 Chevy looks like a low line
sedan (500 or 700-note dog-dish hubcaps) from the first Generation ('60-'64).

andys120

tmart

Looks like an old Corolla. Not idea of the MY. I always liked the antenna in the A pillar.

stevedebi

1990 or so Toyota Corolla. It was a bit rare to find these with painted bumpers...

andys120

Yep, they made that style '88-'92 in NA.

andys120

The cars in the background are easy but do you know what #43 is?

karsick

Lotus Elite, isn't it? :confuse:

andys120

Yep, that's the Elite, Colin Chapman's first street legal car
the lightest, best handling roadcar of the early 60s and for my money the best looking Lotus ever made.

Wanna take a crack at the background cars?

fintail

From left to right - MB W111 fintail (with nice period tires), Peugeot 404, another W111 fintail, Citroen DS, and I think some kind of Ford - maybe a Zephyr.

andys120

british_rover

NISSAN GT-R

bumpy

I'm a bit miffed it's not a Skyline anymore. I'm more miffed that it's not an inline six anymore.

british_rover

Me too but I guess the inline six is just too expensive compared to basing it off a regular old V6.

BMW is about the only company yet still devoted to a good inline six but they have lost their way on lots of other things.

hudsonthedog

BMW is about the only company yet still devoted to a good inline six

Volvo has a really good one.

texases

BMW is about the only company yet still devoted to a good inline six

Latest Autoweek Buying Guide mentions the BMW's V6 in one of the model reviews - big oops :surprise:

andys120

NISSAN GT-R

Eat your hearts out Infiniti Dealers!

andys120

british_rover

I know and I was going to go back and edit my post to include that but then I got busy at work.

The Volvo Inline six is very good and very compact.

I would love to see Jag use a version of either the Naturally aspirated 3.2 or a turbo/supercharged 3.0 in a smaller Jag roadster/coupe. I am thinking something just a bit bigger then the Z4.

british_rover

Ford Escort cosworth edition but not sure which cosworth it is.

hudsonthedog

That little Escort seems to have met a pole in the front.

texases

The Euro Escort was a good looking car. Why did we get stuck with this??? :sick:

guss

Probally the sane reason we got this.


and not ths.

andys120

The Euro Escort was a good looking car. Why did we get stuck with this???

Because Ford of North America hasn't got a clue. :P

The little grey nipper is a 1983 Ford Escort 1600RS, not a Cosworth.

andys120

kyfdx

Citroen? No idea which one... a new one?