Mystery car pix

ateixeira

Must be an F1 edition or some such special. Lots of F1 cues, though.

drift_

Honda NSX-R GT... one of the few cars i believe honda ever did right. But that scoop is a bit much...

karsick

... ya think? :P

andys120

It's older than that. My guess it's a 1971 Plymouth Fury. Andre?

You got the year right but it's not a Plymouth either, it's a 1971 Dodge Phoenix.

andys120

ateixeira

With diplomatic tags:

No cheating, it's already easy.

michaellno

Honda Stream.

ateixeira

Yep, and that's the last generation model.

The new ones look SOOOOO much better IMHO.

At first I thought it was a Renault Megane Scenic.

kyfdx

I'm going to guess that is a '67... because it looks a whole lot like my mother's GM from that year, which was a Bonneville coupe...

imidazol97

Notice the hood. It has three little squares. I wonder if that is the air intake for 3 two-barrel carburetors. What motor would that be?

texases

'67 427SS?

andys120

'67 427SS?

Yep, 1967 Chevy Impala SS/427 IIRC the hood cutout wasn't stock for these.

andys120

lemko

1964 Chrysler 300. I can't tell whether or not it's a Letter Series car, in this case it would be a 1964 Chrysler 300-K.

andys120

Attaboy Lemko, it is a 300-K.

andys120

karsick

I know.... it's a photoshopped assemblage of these cars:

a) Porsche 550 Spyder lower body
b) AC Ace front clip
c) Alfa wheels
d) Alpine A110 greenhouse
e)....and an Audi 4-ring logo in the grille.

What did I win? :confuse: :P

bumpy

urnews

Looks like a slant 6 out of a Chrysler product.

ateixeira

I really have no idea, but I'll guess Ford straight 6, since I had an engine like that in my 1980 Mustang Ghia.

Plus that reminds me a bit of some Ford pickups I've seen.

andre1969

Definitely looks like a Mopar slant six to me. At first the engine bay threw me off, because the hood and cowl look like they were from an older truck, and I don't think the slant six went into pickups until 1961. However, those '61 trucks, while modern and flat-hooded, still had low fenders, with the hood curving downward on the sides to join with them.

bumpy

It's a 225 slant 6, residing in this '65 B-movie monster:

andre1969

Ugh, I always hated that "owl eye" look that Chrysler tended to go for from time to time. The earlier versions of that truck though, with the quad headlights and Chrysler-esque trapezoid grille, weren't bad looking.

andys120

I know.... it's a photoshopped assemblage of these cars:

a) Porsche 550 Spyder lower body
b) AC Ace front clip
c) Alfa wheels
d) Alpine A110 greenhouse
e)....and an Audi 4-ring logo in the grille.

What did I win?

A lump of coal. Not one of the cars you've mentioned is part of the pictured car, even the 4-ring logo is not an Audi logo but rather the symbol of the old Auto Union of which Audi was one of the four parts, the others being Horch, Wanderer and DKW. The car shown is one of perhaps 150 or 200 DKW Monzas made in the early
and mid '50s.

karsick

Nice looking coupe. I should have figured with the silver paint that it's German.

andys120

fintail

Opel Ascona C, which was the Euro version of the J-car

andys120

That's it, Fin.

ateixeira

That was sold in Brazil as the Chevy Monza.

Mom owned one.

karsick

That must be the most badge-engineered car in the world.

Chev Cavalier
Pontiac J2000
Buick Sky-something
Olds Firenza (?)
Cadillac Cimmaron

Also sold as a Vauxhall, Isuzu (Aska?), etc, etc?

Maybe the blobby new Saturn Voo will take the honors away from it :P

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Pug 404, Citroen 2CV and a .....um.....a......um.....Fiat 850?

andys120

subearu

My parents and grandparents had an '80 and '81 Malibu while I was growing up. I do remember the '81 having the Classic name as well, don't recall the '80 having that. Looks like from what I can see of the rear quarter, it's a Malibu Classic.

-Brian

karsick

Something's fishy about the little marker lights (inboard of the headlights) on this A-body.

What gives?

Is this some euro-export version? I notice the road has a white stripe down the middle.

davethecarnut

Buick??

And that looks like Florida

andre1969

1978 Malibu Classic sedan. "A Fresh New Slice of Apple Pie", the advertising of the era proclaimed. I'm surprised that it doesn't have a stand-up hood ornament, though. Unless it was an extra-cost option? I remember when my Mom sold her house in 1980, the real estate agent had a 1979 Malibu Classic, with a stand-up hood ornament. Mom had a base 1980, and I remember her being envious of that hood ornament.

Ahh, the things that passed for status back then. :P

kyfdx

Actually, though I think it's a Malibu, as well... Those look like Oldsmobile wheels... Similar to Cutlass wheels from the mid='70s..

andys120

1978 Malibu Classic sedan

That's it, Andre.

andys120

andre1969

Those look like Oldsmobile wheels... Similar to Cutlass wheels from the mid='70s..

Actually, that is a Chevy rally that was used in the late 70's, maybe on up until around 1981 or so. I don't think it was that common. I've seen it on Malibus and Monte Carlos. I think it was only offered as a 14" rim, so it probably didn't make it onto too many Camaros or Novas. I could be wrong though.

The Olds Rally is a bit different. Here's a 1979 Cutlass Supreme that's sporting them. They were often painted to match the color of the car, a common trend in the 70's, but also often came in either black or sort of a graphite color. They were offered in 14 and 15" styles. I think they quit offering the Olds Rally when the RWD Cutlass Supreme was discontinued after a short 1988 run.

Mr_Shiftright

Saab 900 SPG/Aero -- the car that keeps on giving----trouble.

andys120

that is a Chevy rally that was used in the late 70's

Corvettes used the same or similar wheel in '66 and '67>



I think it was eventually used on just about every Chevy.

andys120

Saab 900 SPG/Aero -- the car that keeps on giving----trouble.

There are exceptions, I still see nice ones running around New Hamster.

texases

That's Stingray is almost exactly what the boss at my Sohio station drove in '73, burgundy '67, except his had the factory black side pipes.

andys120

jescue

A5 Cabrio.

Mr_Shiftright

Yeah, with $50,000 in repair bills since 1990.

"Never buy a car too big to push".

andys120

A5 Cabrio.

Nope, it's the A3 Cabriolet.

andys120