Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

No, that's a Death Trap 3000. I'm surprised you guys missed that. The 4000 has the V-2 engine.

hudsonthedog

You guys are picking on my next car? C'mon...gimme a break!

ateixeira

Disney should buy ALL of those for their cartoon characters to drive around in. That would be hilarious.

That Ka is strange looking. It look like a face-lift of a face-lift of a re-do of a re-skin. You can tell it's not a ground-up design.

andys120

stickguy

CTS. LOoks like a V.

andys120

Yowza, that's the new CTS-V, the smaller grille is a big improvement on the oversize grille of the standard model IMO.

british_rover

andys120

DeTomaso Vallelunga, I believe, ca. 1964.

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Mr_Shiftright

I believe that is the USS Nimitz. It should read CVN 68 on the license plates.

wgrafer

That's a beautiful 1969 Cadillac Eldorado!

imidazol97

stickguy

a triplet of Geo Metro convertibles.

Why anyone would want three, I have no idea. Of course, I have no idea why anyone would want one of them.

Assuming that's what they are of course.

imidazol97

Sorry for the snow on top but I thought it added some mystery to the identity, and I don't know the years. They are all convertibles which I found neat.

I'll get a better picture next for those who can figure out the years.

Mr_Shiftright

It's like an ammunition clip in a rifle. When one Metro blows up, you eject it and ram in another so you can get to work!

imidazol97

Sounds like Fix This Old House Show where they guess what an object is used for!!!! But you're not right, but you do get B for creative thinking.

toomanyfumes

Weren't those Metros horribly flexy convertibles?

jescue

Flexy, probably. Horrible? Absolutely.

Mr_Shiftright

they are featured in one of my favorite books called "Crap Cars".

CRAP CARS

andys120

Still from The Thomas Crown Affair (1999):

ateixeira

Peugoet on the left.

Did I spell that right? Too many vowels, too close together.

It could be Peujeot, or Poojout, or Pewjoet, something like that.

206?

andys120

Yep the white car on the left is a Pug 206.

It's spelled P-E-U-G-E-O-T.

What about the Green convertible?

ateixeira

Mustang Bullitt?

texases

Shelby Mustang 500, about '70?

edit - that's GT500, and more like a '67?

andys120

Sorry Tex, you're a bit off. A Shelby cognoscenti could pin that car down to the exact year.

Mr_Shiftright

Looks like a '68 GT500 because of how the hood scoops are pushed forward. Don't see the "shelby" lettering on the front cowl though. Maybe it's a made-up car for the movies, dunno.

guss

and a Jeep Wrangler behind the Mustang. Were they even sold in Europe ?

Mr_Shiftright

That would be a very goofy vehicle to own in Europe actually.

andys120

Looks like a '68 GT500 because of how the hood scoops are pushed forward

In fact it's a GT-350 according to the caption, those used the 302 rather than the 428 Cobra Jet used in the GT-500 but 1968 was the first year for the convertible Shelby 'Stangs except for a half dozen or so in '66 (CS got one of them IIRC).

Maybe it's a made-up car for the movies, dunno

That's a distinct possibility IMO. There's something odd about that car that I just can't place, maybe it's the missing S-H-E-L-B-Y. :confuse:

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davethecarnut

67 convertible made to look like a Shelby...it's piece-meal for the movie
No 67 convertible Shelbys made...but yes in 68..
Although it could be a 68 with various parts thrown on it....That is a 68 hood, but the driving lights are like those on a 67

davethecarnut

XL7 (Suzuki)

andys120

Yeah, it's kind of confusing, most '67s had their aux lights centered in the grille while the '68s moved them toward the outer edges but they were rectangular, not circular.

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guss

My first guess was a late 80's Mitsubishi Starion, but I think the Starion was more upscale than this.

kyfdx

Maybe an Isuzu Impulse? Although, I agree... it does look like a Mitsubishi.. but, not a Starion..

texases

1985-ish Mitsu Cordia? (love that Google Images!)

andys120

1985-ish Mitsu Cordia? (love that Google Images!)

Yep!

andys120

bhill2

OK, I'll have a go. I'll say Alvis, maybe early '60s.

andys120

Wrong brand and wrong decade.

fintail

One of those custom bodied MG derivatives from the mid 50s - I forget the name.

Judging by the background, it could be a period shot too.

andys120

You're close, Fin.

andys120

It's time to take the wraps off #14203. It's a 1955 Arnolt-MG, essentially a Bertone coupe body fitted onto the mechanicals of an MG-TD.

Stan "Wacky" Arnolt was a Chicago Industrialist whose Warsaw, Indiana-based company married British running gear (MG/Bristol/Bentley/Aston-Martin) and Bertone coachwork, the most famous being the very competitive Arnolt-Bristol Roadsters.

andys120

bumpy

The Nissan not-a-Skyline-anymore-GT-R.

andys120

Yep, for some reason Nissan has dropped the Skyline name although it's well known to vid gamers.

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kyfdx

That would make a great tailgating vehicle!.... Just need to paint it orange with black stripes..

Mr_Shiftright

Oh one of my FAVORITE all time vehicles---that's a 50s era Citroen, but I don't remember the name of it....lemme think here.....it's something like a B van or a G van or something like that.