One shows a thumbnail, but won't load when I click it. I'm getting a page linked but I get a blocked download which I approve and the name of the page from which I'm downloading is about:blank.
IE6, win xp
Are they javascript links?
In the past I've had photos I've checked on my computer and the posts didn't work but I saw them on my own computer because I had viewed the photos from the alien page and the photos were in my temp windows file. When I deleted all temp files (cleanup) and IE6 files (tools|internet options), the photos wouldn't load from viewing the Edmunds page even though they showed up earlier.
I can see 'em. The one on the left is a Vabis logo, Vabis is part of Saab Scania Vabis. Saab-Scania is the emblem in the middle. The stylized swastika on the right is the original emblem of Volkswagen KDF, the prewar name of VW AG.
The web site I pulled the photo from says it's a 1957 King Midget Model III.
In the late 40's they began offering the single seat Model 1 as a home built kit, containing the frame, axles, and sheetmetal patterns, so that the body panels could be fabricated by your local tradesman (or yourself...good luck with that). Supposedly any single cylinder engine could power it.
I don't know how much content was included in the later model kits or what they cost. I do remember seeing those regular margin advertisements for this vehicle in Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, etc. through the 60's.
Anyway you look at it, the Packardbakers were a hideous end to a once-respected marque. The Packard Hawk was a powerful ugly car. Packard would've been better off folding after 1956 and going out on a relatively high note than to have these monstrocities foisted on the public.
I wonder what would've happened if American Motors was a combination of Nash, Hudson, Packard, and Studebaker. Packard was sick but still in better shape than Studebaker. Studebaker's worse sickness took Packard out. Would've Studebaker killed all three in such a merger or would've American Motors been a force to be reckoned with?
Actually that is the 1957 Packard Clipper wagon. The '58 is way uglier with pods grafted on the front fenders to accept quad headlights and fins on top of the Packard fins which makes it look a bit like a '57 Dodge.
It was as reliable as an anvil and had a "proper" five speed for it's day. But alas, it would inevitably add a whole new dimension to the term "body rust".
I actually see one of those from time to time at work. White with red contrasting that I know can't be factory-original. It appears to be rust-free, too, which has to be a miracle!
When I was a kid, some friends of the family had one of those 200SXes. Forget the year, but I want to say a '77. My grandparents sold a rusted-out '72 Impala to them in 1982 which, while pretty ratted out, was still more structurally-sound than their 200SX!
I used to hate the things when they were new-ish, but nowadays they're just oddball enough to be kinda cool.
It's the worst downfall in American automotive history - even Olds at its low point or Caddy in the 80s isn't as bad as a Packardbaker. It's the equivalent of Mercedes dying out, being bought by Kia, and a facelifted Rio being called a Mercedes. It must have been a shock in the late 50s, as many people had memories of glorious Packards from a mere 20 years before.
I thought the 50s and 60s Studebakers were neat. Even the Lark as they approached their fate had a pleasant style. Then things went bad in a handbasket. Packards were super. Then the merger.
The Larks aren't too bad...kind of cheap in some versions, but the little hardtops and even the pickups have their charm. But those last Packards...inglorious. They should have just stopped in 56.
One Studebaker/Packard model that I thought was kinda cool was the 1958-only Starliner 2-door hardtop. It had a graceful DeSoto/Chrysler-ish roofline, and would have been a nice looking car overall if it wasn't for those awful swollen quad headlight pods and the doubled-up tailfins.
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Ok, who can name them all?
Do the rows from top to bottom, left to right.
Note that I obfuscated some names that made it too obvious, but they are all recognizable in some ways.
I see three logos inline for #15446. And below tht is a Mystery Logos.jpg but it won't down either.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
It won't load for you?
Can other people see them?
One shows a thumbnail, but won't load when I click it. I'm getting a page linked but I get a blocked download which I approve and the name of the page from which I'm downloading is about:blank.
IE6, win xp
Are they javascript links?
In the past I've had photos I've checked on my computer and the posts didn't work but I saw them on my own computer because I had viewed the photos from the alien page and the photos were in my temp windows file. When I deleted all temp files (cleanup) and IE6 files (tools|internet options), the photos wouldn't load from viewing the Edmunds page even though they showed up earlier.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Saab-Scania is the emblem in the middle. The stylized swastika on the right is the original emblem of Volkswagen KDF, the prewar name of VW AG.
Got any more?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Row 1: Alfa-Romeo, ?, Audi/DKW/Horch/Wanderer(=Auto Union=Audi AG), BMW M-Sport
Row 2: ?, Cadillac, Cadillac, Fiat (Fabbrica Italiano Automobili Torino), Packard
Row3: Maybach, Mercedes-?Benz, ?, Peugeot, Rolls-Royce.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It had many more.
Not sure why some people cannot load it. It's not locally stored. I'm testing something for Edmunds.
Yep, it's a '56 Patrician.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I'm not sure what you mean by part I. :confuse:
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
ateixeira, "Mystery car pix...." #15445, 20 Feb 2008 7:11 am
I'm still working on ideas for the second one in row 1.
I believe we are still missing the 2nd one in Row 1. A-M means.....guesses?
Row 2, it's not Buick, Caddy, Caddy, it's actually Buick, Buick, Caddy. You were very close.
Row 3, the first one is not Maybach, interestingly enough. Thinking M was correct, but it was an early logo used by Mazda.
Last one in Row 3 is not Rolls Royce! That was a trick question. I used the logo that I thought would be most misleading. It's Renault!
Here is the full story:
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/evolution-of-car-logos/
Note: page is not loading right now?
Credit the cool find to Bob's Blog on Edmunds:
http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/4331
Yep the new EX35.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The logo says Peugoet.
Looks like a tall wagon thing-a-ma-jig. They use 3 number, middle number 0, so I'll toss out a guess: 507?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
In the late 40's they began offering the single seat Model 1 as a home built kit, containing the frame, axles, and sheetmetal patterns, so that the body panels could be fabricated by your local tradesman (or yourself...good luck with that). Supposedly any single cylinder engine could power it.
I don't know how much content was included in the later model kits or what they cost. I do remember seeing those regular margin advertisements for this vehicle in Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, etc. through the 60's.
The logo says Peugoet.
Looks like a tall wagon thing-a-ma-jig. They use 3 number, middle number 0, so I'll toss out a guess: 507?
You had me until the number. Peugeot hasn't made a new 50X in ages (the 505 was introduced around 1980, and this is obviously not of that era).
It's actually a Peugeot 308 wagon.
Keerect, the French probably call it a 308 Break.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I wonder what would've happened if American Motors was a combination of Nash, Hudson, Packard, and Studebaker. Packard was sick but still in better shape than Studebaker. Studebaker's worse sickness took Packard out. Would've Studebaker killed all three in such a merger or would've American Motors been a force to be reckoned with?
had the Quads and the ugly fender bulge to house them.
Here's a '58 wagon>
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
When I was a kid, some friends of the family had one of those 200SXes. Forget the year, but I want to say a '77. My grandparents sold a rusted-out '72 Impala to them in 1982 which, while pretty ratted out, was still more structurally-sound than their 200SX!
I used to hate the things when they were new-ish, but nowadays they're just oddball enough to be kinda cool.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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