Mystery car pix

guss

Late 90's Acura Integra ? I never liked the front end with the 4 headlights, on the coupes it was even more pronounced.

andys120

Not late 90's, it's a 1994 Integra GS. The four doors were IMO the prettiest Integras.

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lancerfixer

Well, it's Seinfeld's 911...forget the year.

I owned two Integras in the past, an '89 and a '92, and of all the flavors the Integra came in, my personal favorite was the '90-'93 two door.

kyfdx

So... what were the correct answers for the BMW picture?

magnette

I think the red one on the extreme left is a 503.

ateixeira

They looked nice but I liked the JDM headlights even better, more so than our beady eyes.

andys120

So... what were the correct answers for the BMW picture?

Right to Left:

1956-7 BMW 503 (red), 1962-6 BMW 1500 (tan), 1966-75 BMW 2000CS (red and blue), 1971-75 BMW 3.0 CSL(E9).

andys120

Yep it's Seinfeld's Porsche, anyone know type? year? or model?

karsick

The Porsche looks like one of the last "real" 911's, so I'm guessing it's a 1997 Turbo S.

Those 993 models will always be my favorite, but I prefer the less decorated non-turbo 2wd basic model (where it still has visual ties to Steve McQueen's older 911 from LeMans )

andys120

The Porsche looks like one of the last "real" 911's, so I'm guessing it's a 1997 Turbo S

Yep, it's one of the last "real" (air-cooled) 911s, the 1997 993 Turbo S.

McQueen's 1970 911S is the best 911 looking ever IMNSHO. I saw an article recently about it, it's still around, owned by a guy in Cali. Funny thing is I always thought it was black (I've seen LeMans a dozen times and never noticed that it's actually slate gray.)>

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tmart

VW Karmin Ghia. Really like that color. Do you have a "full" picture?

andys120

Yep, sorry no pic of the KG in that color.

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imidazol97

1959 Bonneville
Don't know if the convertible had a special name...

andys120

'59 Bonneville is correct. This particular Poncho sports the Tri-Power 389.

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karsick

I see the unmistakeable Opel greenhouse, the RHD steering wheel, and antipodean landscape, so I'll guess this is a GM Holden Commodore (some sort of lower-line Commodore with an inline 6)

andys120

Good guess, it's an early 90's VP Commodore.

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wgrafer

Alpha Romeo (grille is dead giveaway), but model?? Is it a Breva Spyder coupe???

magnette

In the background behind Steve McQueen's 911 I can see (from left to right);

grey Renault 4, off white Peugeot 404, dark grey Renault 16, black Peugeot 403 and white Citroen Dyane - and I think the car between the 403 and the Dyane is a Panhard PL17, but as you can only see part of the boot it is difficult. Just a wild guess but I think the photo might have been taken in France ?

magnette

Alfa Romeo Mito ( they really should have called it the Junior). It's due here by the end of the year, but it's being launched in Italy in June or July, and I must admit it's tempting. I am eligible for new company car in about eighteen months, and this is going to be somewhere towards the top of the list...

magnette

or

(These two aren't from the same manufacturer)
- and bonus points for the orange car to the left of the second dream machine...

fintail

Top car is a Maybach 57 (at least it doesn't look long) and the orange car looks to be a Bond Bug. I have no idea what the blue supercar is.

karsick

The blue "supercar" behind the Maybach is a Peugeot 806.

This would be a typical street scene from Mayfair or Kensington or Chelsea, with all manner of Ferrari, Maserati, TVR, Rolls, Bentleys littering the sidewalks outside the $10 million dollar flats (as I learned while spending a week in Kensignton last year and car-spotting during the morning jog :P )

andys120

Yep, it's an Alfa but not a Brera or a derivative thereof.

Note the correct spelling, A-L-F-A (for Anonima Lombardi Fabbrica Automobili =Lombard Automobile Works Incorporated ).

Now does anyone know the name of the upcoming new Alfa-Romeo?

andys120

Alfa Romeo Mito ( they really should have called it the Junior). It's due here by the end of the year, but it's being launched in Italy in June or July, and I must admit it's tempting. I am eligible for new company car in about eighteen months, and this is going to be somewhere towards the top of the list..

Yep, the Mi To (or is it Mi.To?) is being considered as part of Alfa's US lineup ca. 2010 . Originally it was to be called a "Junior" then they ran a naming contest and came up with "Furiosa". They decided that that wasn't good (too much like road rage?) and came up with the meaningless Mi To. They should've stuck with "Junior".

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andre1969

Dodge Sweptline pickup, about a 1959 I'd guess.

andys120

It's a '57 or '58 Andre which I think makes it a Sweepside. I'm confused on the nomenclature?

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kyfdx

That's the new Passat CC (custom coupe?)

I saw it at the Detroit car show... very cool..

magnette

Well done fin, it is indeed a Maybach 57, and the Bond Bug - or most of one - is next to the blue car in photo 2. That dream machine is an Eccles Executive, which was made in small numbers by the Eccles caravan company in the 50's - it is battery powered, and most of them would have been used in places like large factories, or maybe stations etc... I can't believe many were registered for the road...

magnette

I think the blue car behind the Maybach is a Fiat Ulysse rather than a Peugeot. The Fiat had a square grille cut-out after it's first facelift.

The picture is taken just off Baker Street, and I agree that in some parts of the West End this would be a typical sight. There are streets where every other car is a Bentley, Porsche or something similar - and as there is little in the way of off-street parking in that area, most of these cars spend their lives parked on the street..(It's not quite the same in my street....)

wgrafer

After much consideration I'll say it's definitely a 1958 (Dodge Sweptline 150). '57 had single headlights; '59 also had duals, but I believe '59 had slightly different hubcaps (??).

andre1969

Actually we're both a bit off on the name. That style with the Dodge station wagon style fins grafted on was called Sweptside. "Sweptline" was what they called the redesigned 1961-era pickups.

And yeah, it's a '58. '57 had single headlights and much lower fenders, giving the hood a much higher look. And the '59 had a grille setup with narrow slots in a 4x2 arrangement, versus the horizontal bars of the '58.

andys120

Thanks Andre, I got the impression that Sweptline was applied to 1961+ pickups but I couldn't quite recall the name they used for their El Camino thing.

While researching I discovered a couple of things I didn't know:

-The '57 Ford Ranchero beat the Chevy El Camino to the market by a couple of years.

-Unlike the El Camino and Ranchero the Dodge Sweeptside was based on a truck, at least that's what this photo of a 1957 suggests>

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fintail

Lancia Flavia Zagato, from the plate I guess 1965...I don't know about beauty, but bizarre for sure.

oregonboy

That's a 1965 FLAVIA SPORT ZAGATO, and it's for sale.

I came across it on Craig's list yesterday:
Flavia

ateixeira

That's strange looking.

It would look better with a foot cut off that roof and a different grille.

Then again, just start over.

bumpy

The Sweptsides were regular pickups with fancy bed sides, more of an answer to the Cameo than the Ranchero.

andre1969

That thing looks kinda like someone has been watching a bit too much "Speed Racer", and tried to build a real version of one of the cars from it. But instead of picking something cool like the Mach 5, Shooting Star, GRX, Melange, Mammoth Car, or whatever to bring to life, they just picked some generic little background car.

andys120

Yep, it's a '65 Flavia Zagato. Zagato was a coach builder that ran hot and cold, producing great looking cars like the Porsche Abarth Carrera, the Fiat Abarth 850
and the DB-5 Zagato as well as awful ones like the Flavia Sport and the 1970s A-M Zagato.

magnette

Three similar looking ones here;

davethecarnut

The Cameos introduced the new "fenderless" bed style. Andy or Bumpy, what is this El Camino/Ranchero vehicle from Chrysler you're talking about?

andys120

Dodge Sweptside 1957-?, see post # 16357.

andre1969

Andy or Bumpy, what is this El Camino/Ranchero vehicle from Chrysler you're talking about?

There never was a direct Mopar competitor to the El Camino/Ranchero type, car-based vehicle, at least not in the United States. That Dodge SweptSide of '57-59 vintage was a response to the Chevy Cameo Carrier. When the Ford Ranchero came out for 1957, essentially based on the 2-door station wagon style, it was an all-new concept.

Chevy would follow suit with the El Camino in 1959, although it would prove short-lived, only making it through 1960. FWIW I think the big Ranchero only ran from 1957-59. I think it moved to the compact Falcon platform for 1960. The El Camino was put on ice for a few years, until being revived on the midsized 1964 Chevelle platform.

Now Chrysler of Australia offered a model called the Ute, which was based on the Dodge Dart. Here's a pic of a 1968. That "Ute" style was and still is popular in Australia, so over there it probably pre-dates the '57 Ranchero. GM's Holden division still builds one, and I think Ford of Australia still does, as well.