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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    sleep tight.

    Looks like a Gen III RX-7, but I don't think it is.

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    JDM-only MX-5 coupe (not a roadster; this one has a fixed roof).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Looks like a Gen III RX-7, but I don't think it is.

    That's what it is, ca. 1998, at an Aussie race.

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Someone going to guess this? (Post 1635)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    I think we're gonna need a clue on the box in 1644.

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  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    Daihatsu Naked.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I swear I had Daihatsu in mind...

    1645 looks a little like an Alfa Spyder but no V shaped grille, that horse ... Ferrari? Nah, can't be...

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,481
    I think the red car is a Ferrari 330GT
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    anybody want to take a crack at the numerical designastor for that Ferrari?

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Ok, wow...
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Nice job. It was in the July issue of Motor Trend. 10 cars we dont want brought to the States.

    I lik the looks of the car, but please get rid of the name! Naked?! How can you give a car a name like that?? :cry:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Here's a little help. A picture from another angle, showing the distinctive rear styling of this model=>image

    And I'll tell you there's a 3.3 liter V12 under that hood.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    a1966 275GTS. (275 x 12=3300).

    Here's one for today=>image

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,481
    Ah the Ferrari must be some odd predecessor to the 275GTB

    Isn't the Jeep thing just called a Station Wagon?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Boy talk about putting a diamond choke collar on a bulldog...somebody is unclear on the concept of Jeep here...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Ferrari 275GTS-Actually it was introed with the 275GTB at the Paris Show in 1964.
    This was perhaps the last time a Ferrari Spider was sold with standard bodywork different from it's coupe counterpart. The 275GTS was mechanically identical to the
    GTB, including the rear transaxle although the engine was slightly detuned to 260HP.

    In 1967 10 275GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spyders were built at the request of Ferrari importer
    Liugi Chinetti which looked like GTB/4 coupes with the tops cut off although they were built as Spiders presumably by Scaglietti. AFAIK they all used the 300hp DOHC V12.
    Thus Chinetti inadvertantly converted Ferrari to making Spiders based on the coupe body which has been the case for the last 38 years.

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    "Jeep Thing"- it's badged as a Willys Sportwagon, that one's a '62 with some modern wheels on it.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    in another topic=>image

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,481
    Aaah there's the 275 I am more familiar with. Great style.

    And a 59 Ford retractable
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    And a 59 Ford retractable

    Model name? :P

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,481
    Skyliner?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Nope, Sunliner ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    Actually, Fintail is right with Skyliner. The Sunliner was the regular clothtop convertible.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    Falcon Ranchero. Don't know the date.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    My bad, sorry Fintail, you and Tmart are right, Skyliner it is.

    The Falcon Ranchero is a '63.

    Tonight's mystery=>image

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Hmmm, could it be a...GTO? 1970 or so.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    The GTO part is obvious but you're off on the year. Yours is a Mitsubishi 3000GT, which was also sold with slightly different bodywork as a Dodge Stealth (IIRC), ca. mid late 80s.

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    I was only off by one year on the Goat.

    The Mitsubishi is also a GTO, the JDM twin-turbo AWD 4WS full hot dog version of the 3000GT. Built 1990-99.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    I was only off by one year on the Goat.

    Right, sorry to fuss with you but I owned a '70 GTO 'vert that was the same color as the pictured car, IIRC hidden headlights were only on '68 and '69 Goats as extra cost options.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    Extra credit if you can ID the black car in the background.

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  • orangelebaronorangelebaron Member Posts: 435
    Hhhhhhmmmm ya think if Bob Lutz came out with a new car that looked just like that GTO...that just maybe they would sell a few more cars today? :)
  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
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  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Lotus Elan, early '90s.
  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    Warm but not entirely accurate. Guess?
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Well, it's an Elan, no doubt. Unless it's an Elan rebaged as something else, and that's just dirty pool. ;)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Lotus Elan M100 would be the formal name if that's what you're looking for..

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  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    :) You are correct. Is the Kia Elan. Different engine, interior parts here and there. They bought the rights from Lotus and was for sale only in Asia.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    One of those Packard/Studebaker things, but I don't know the exact model name; it it a Hawk?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Nope, it's a Studebaker that had nothing to do with any Packard.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,481
    Loewy's timeless 53 Studebaker Starlite/Starliner
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    It's a '53 Studebaker Champion.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    What's the make and approximate vintage?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    behind the Lotus looked like a Capri. Has Ford on the hood, so I guess the Ford Capri that we got as Mercury?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,481
    Simca, c. 1959-60 ish
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Simca, c. 1959-60 ish

    Yep those are 1960 models.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    black car behind the Lotus looked like a Capri. Has Ford on the hood, so I guess the Ford Capri that we got as Mercury?

    Yep that's a Ford Capri, they were only badged as Mercurys in North America but the blue car in front is NOT a Lotus. Surely some one can ID it, they were once quite popular.

    Here's a shot of a later version (note upright headlights)=>

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  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yep, the blue car is a '67, the raised headlight car is a post '68 model with side markers and uncovered headlights to conform to new US regs.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    this is a postwar car (although it's nearly identical to the prewar version)=>

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