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  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    All I know is he made it to the Arctic Ocean with this car.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Well it's obviously a Renault but it's too small to be an Espace.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,469
    I'm gonna guess the oldster is a Whippet or a Willys or an Essex or something like that

    The Renault reminds me of a Scenic but I don't recall a 4x4 version
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Here is the same car a Graham Paige earlier in the adventure at Hershey PA.

    http://community.webshots.com/photo/77361307/77361307JpCCeD
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    37 looks like a Renault Megane Scenic, also sold in Brazil.

    I believe Daihatsu was Korean, not Japanese?

    -juice
  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    Daihatsu is from Japan and is partly owned by Toyota.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'm confusing them with the old Daewoo.

    -juice
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    I had forgotten about until it popped into my head recently. Thanks to the miracle of Google we have this old-timer.

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    Extra credit if you can ID the four-door in the background.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,469
    I dunno what the car in the foreground is, but that's a Hillman Minx in the background
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    that's a Hillman Minx in the background

    Prolly, unless it's the Minx's badge-engineered brother, the Singer Gazelle. :P

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    The Brits of the 50s and 60s were heavy into "badge-engineering.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,464
    don't recognize the body shape, but the grill/front end looks like a Maserati

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    But whatever it is I love the wheels. Actually it does ring a bell that car, but I just can't pull it out. The headlights...the clue is in the headlights....
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Where do you find these cars? I have never heard of many of them including this one.

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  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    This one is a tough one. Not a Peugeot, Daimler or Jensen??? Give us a hint.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    This one is a tough one. Not a Peugeot, Daimler or Jensen??? Give us a hint.

    OK, I'll give you a couple. The car is British, the body is Italian and the motor is American.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ah so we know it has a wooden dashboard, will rust, and consume huge quantities of gas anyway, that's good for starters.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    It's a Corvette-powered Gordon Keeble GT of which only 99 were ever made.
    Here's a 1965=>image

    They used 283,327 and 350 Chevies, they styling was done by Bertone/Giugiaro

    I guess they didn't rust too badly, apparently 91 survive.

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  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Gordon-Keeble, I thought they made crackers and cookies. That was an obscure one. With a fairly active users group. I think they were ahead of their time.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    Or what?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Oh yeah plenty ugly.

    Keeble -- probably didn't rust because it was aluminum, right?

    Actually I have read about this car, albeit not recently, and some people like 'em enough to collect them, especially in Yrup. Kinda in the Jensen mode I guess.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    You know those cars with the big ol fins were kind of ugly. But our society was much better then. I remember cruisin' through Oscar's in my 55' Studebaker coupe. No one took a shot at you or wanted to gang bang. Maybe we should bring those ol' boats back and try again. A bit of nostalgia.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Nobody knows what that ugly thing is?

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  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    My memory's kind of fuzzy, but they sure look like 1961 Plymouths to me. The shape of the front vent window and steering wheel were pretty unique. (unless they were a Canadian version called something else...). BigW
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Bingo, '61 Plymouth Furys

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    If I showed you the whole car you'd get it right away. ;)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,469
    Miura

    The color seems to be a clue in itself as well, esp with the lower panel as it is.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Miura it is, very astute of you to notice the color, therere aren't many cars that can look good in Neon Green as does the Miura.

    The wheel is a Campagnolo from a '71 Miura SV.

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    Believe it or not 2005 is the 40th anniversary of the Miura, still IMO the best-looking mid-engined road car ever built.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    The only thing harder than ID-ing an SUV is doing it from behind. Can you give us larger picture from a differen angle?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    the model might be harder=>image

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,469
    The Miura is the best looking Lambo ever, that's for sure. It's a classic...where the Countach will be a curiosity.

    The SUV looks based on the old Isuzu Rodeo (I had a friend who bought one new back in the day...the rear hatch would always pop open at speeds over 60 mph...he had A LOT of trouble with that car)...but I don't know about a "Landwind"...horrible name though. Probably some company in China or India or Malaysia or something that bought the tooling.

    The little cars are Citroen C1 and C2...I suspected they were Citroens, but you can also see the emblem and model on the plates.
  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    These are Chinese built Landwind. They look suspiciously similar to the Isuzu Rodeo. They sell for about 20,287.8 USD in Europe.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    I realized you could see the Citroen emblems easily enough but didn't noticed the number plates. In any case AFAIk they're both C1s.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That looks like a special bodied AstonM isn't it? I don't remember that rear fender bumping up like that behind the door.

    I want it, and I want it NOW.
  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato from the early 60's.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,469
    Exactly. I believe I saw one at the Imperial Palace museum in Vegas.

    I googled that Landwind...it is an exact clone of a Rodeo.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ah Zagato, yeah.

    Chinese names are getting less interesting. I really liked the "Long March Six" they came out with 25 years ago.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato from the early 60's.

    Precisely.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    You read the report I read. The Chinese are exporting SUVs to the rest of the World. They will probably be in America before too long.
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Keonigsegg (sp?)
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,464
    pretty good try on the spelling. I was going to go with either "the swiss supercar" or "the swedish supercar"

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    didn't the original version (or concept) have six seperate headlamp holes (3 on each side) instead of the flush mounted headlight housings?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    didn't the original version (or concept) have six seperate headlamp holes (3 on each side) instead of the flush mounted headlight housings?

    You are thinking of the Koenigsegg CC

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    The yellow car was a CCD. Considering how rare and obscure these are there are a number of different versions and models of this Swedish supercar.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    but great fun=>image

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,469
    Austin Healey Sprite
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Oh, please, please let the model name be "Kermit..."
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    BUGEYE sprite, please, or at least Mk 1 (which isn't a real name for it because you can't have a Mark I unless you have a Mark II, which wasn't born yet).

    WAYYYYY fun car, would love to have one.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

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