Mystery car pix

andys120

The Checker Marathon is a 1982, it's impossible to tell years on these cuz they never bothered to make changes unless legally required to.

boomchek

The Lancia I posted is a super rare Lancia Zagato Hyena, made in the early 90s as a special project by Zagato, based on the Delta Integrale, with 100 slated for production, but only 26 actually made.

A quick run down of it can be found here: Lancia Hyena Zagato

wgrafer

And let's not forget the pretty '49 or '50 Ford F1 Pickup truck inside the garage!

andys120

magnette

I don't know, but I would guess the coachbuilder was Bertone ?
(Like I ever get these right!)

fintail

That thing does kind of look like a hyena

fintail

That's a VW-based Puma, I can't recall who made them

andys120

The 1968-75 Puma GT was based on VW do Brasil's
(Type 3?) Karmann-Ghia platform, and was made by a small company
Sociedad de Automoveis Luminari in Sao Paolo.

The founder was an Italian, Gennaro Malzoni.

boomchek

Fintail,

Do you have the automotive encyclopedia memorized in your head? Man, you know pretty much every car out there. :surprise:

andys120

boomchek

That's the new Honda Fit, slated for release sometime enxt year in North America.

I can't reply directly cause the Saturn Astra ad abnner on the right is blocking the "reply" button.

fintail

I read "Automobile Year" books obsessively when I was young, along with a few magazines. It was a hobby, some kids memorize sports stats or video game cheat codes, I memorized cars.

There are many cars I don't know, many year distinctions of old American cars that I don't know 100%, and I know there are at least a few here who know at least as much as me :shades:

fintail

I like that new model much more than the old one. I'd actually consider one of those, if I had a necessity for something less thirsty.

The name is still dopey, though.

qbrozen

Read the license plate. Its the Jazz. ;P

yeah, yeah, i know, the jazz is the fit here in the states.

andre1969

At least that new Fit doesn't look like a scaled-down minivan anymore! Although it's looking a bit Prius-influenced, so I dunno if that's a compliment or not. :P

boomchek

I agree and like the looks of the new Fit better. I think it's more fluid, the lines flowing how they should be.

boomchek

It's funny cause I thought I knew A LOT, in terms of idenitfying cars, and what engines they came with etc....

I guess you were a few book ahead of me.

I used to read all the car brochures cover to cover and learn everything about new cars when I was younger, instead of doing homwork.

People still give me car books for Christmas and birthdays even thugh I don't even have room for them anymore.

I recently got a Muscle Car encyclopedia book for my birthday, as I was always bad at identifying any domestic cars from the 60s and 70s, but now I can learn

And I wasn't into collecting hockey cards, or memorizing sports stats. I think it started whn I was 5 years old and my dad brought me a brochure from Sweden on the MB SL from the late 60s, and a World Car Buyer's Guide, from late 70s. Oh man, do I wish I still had it.

fintail

The "Automobile Year" books which were printed a lot in the 60s-80s are a great tool for learning oddball cars. They pop up now and then in used bookstores. The last time I was up in Van I saw a 1970-something volume at an antique shop in New West for something like $15. I am coming up there again at the end of August, I might pick it up if it is still there. It is at a place that has a bit of overpriced Matchbox, down near the Quay.

The "Standard Catalog" series of books is useful too...and I remember there was a series of books that used illustrations from old ads to distinguish years, but I forget the name or author of these.

I have a small automotive book library, but much of it is MB-specific or focused on prewar cars as I was always able to get vintage/veteran themed books when I was a little kid.

andys120

The Persuaders (UK)

Must be at least 5 or six recognizable cars in this shot.

fintail

Excellent diverse lineup. Facing forward are a Ferrari Dino followed by a MG Magnette and a Type 34 Karmann Ghia. Facing away from the camera from left are a Triumph GT6, a MB W110 fintail (slight chance it could be a W111 220b but unlikely), a Mini Clubman, a Ford Corsair and another Mini facing forward, and a 64-66 T-Bird

imidazol97

What is the thing in the far left that looks like it has a cover on it?

boomchek

The thing to the left with the cover is actually two 1965 Klubmann Utility Trailers, GVWR of 752lbs each, riding on P165/85 P13 inch tires. :P

andys120

Good job, you got them all but weren't most Mini wagons called "Travelers"?

fintail

Oh yeah that was the name

andys120

hudsonthedog

But nobody mentioned the silver 1980-81 Lancia Zagato behind the primary car?

hudsonthedog

Austin-Healey 100

andys120

nobody mentioned the silver 1980-81 Lancia Zagato behind the primary car?

I did at the bottom of my post, I identified it as a Lacia Beta Spider which is how it was named for US Sale.>

andys120

Austin-Healey 100 Correct but incomplete. :P

The foldable windscreen only came on the Healey 100/4 (BN1-2 '53-'56). It was eliminated with the introduction of the 100/6 (BN4-6 '56-'59 to clear the hood bump for the hood scoop.

Link to Wikipedia article.

hudsonthedog

I identified it as a Lacia Beta Spider which is how it was named for US Sale.

That's odd, because I remember it being called the Lancia Zagato (perhaps Beta Zagato) Spyder in the US.

andys120

'Well OK, apparently some cars labeled "Lancia Zagato Spider" were sold here link but they seem to have been painted either Orange, Black or White so I just assumed the silver car was the one I knew as the Lancia Beta Spider.

You say TomAto, I say Tomahto...

andys120

hudsonthedog

Chevrolet Monza wagon, 1979 or 1980

lemko

My Grandmom had a 1980 notchback coupe like that Monza and in that color too!

andys120

My Grandmom had a 1980 notchback coupe like that Monza and in that color too!

Sorry to hear that. The Monza Wagon was nothing more than a Vega Kammback wagon with a Monza front clip. IMO the Vega was the better looking of the two but either was typical 1970s domestic junk.

BTW Hudson the car illustrated was a 1978.

fintail

Really shows how GM was derailing even 30 years ago

andys120

bumpy

C10 Nissan Skyline of some sort. Badge in the grille doesn't look like a GT-R badge (on this monitor, anyway), so maybe just a 2000 GT coupe or sedan?

andre1969

Really shows how GM was derailing even 30 years ago

This is kinda sad, but my Mom was thinking about buying a Monza in 1980, and believe it or not, I wanted her to get one! I think it's because I had a Matchbox slotless racecar set, and one of the cars was a blue Monza. I forget what the other one was...probably some generic Porsche or something. :P

Probably a good thing Mom didn't get the Monza, because then I would've ended up with it as my first car 7 years later. If it was still running, that is. :sick:

boomchek

Looks like an early roatry Mazda to me. Whatever it is it's gotta be Japanese.

fintail

A coworker of mine's mother bought a Monza (hatchback) new in 1980 - every now and then he will get into a little tirade about how bad it was, both unreliable and uncomfortable.

andys120

Looks like you need a new monitor :P Actually I could''ve used this shot...>



but then I wouldn't have fooled anyone .

It's a 1971 Nissan Skyline GTR KPGC10.

andre1969

At a quick glance, that '71 Nissan looks like a smooshed version of this...

wgrafer

This looks like a 1969 Dodge Coronet 500 to me.

stevedebi

Saw this one in an old newspaper archive.

lemko

That's a rare rear view of a 1959 Toyopet Crown

bumpy

Looks like you need a new monitor

I think that leaf or whatever in the grill threw me off.

This would have been even more obvious:


Though I like this one more, for the sleeper effect:

andys120

Actually, the GT-R that I showed looks more like your sleeper than that fastback (is it a later version?).

1971 GT-R KGPC10 side view

andre1969

This looks like a 1969 Dodge Coronet 500 to me.

Yep, that be it!

As for that Toyopet pictured above, I gotta admit I actually think they're kinda cute from the rear. I guess that's sort of damning it with faint praise, though. I mean, just imagine if you told your girlfriend/wife/etc that her rear-end was her greatest [non-permissible content removed]-et. Even if it is, they don't want to hear that! :shades:

lemko

That Skyline sedan does look like a scaled-down 1969 Dodge Coronet. I guess these were the days the Japanese were copying American versus European styling. The coupe kind of reminds me of a very scaled-down 1967-8 Dodge Charger from that angle.