Mystery car pix

michaellno

Looks like a Euro-Focus - ST trim, perhaps?

andys120

Close Micheall, it's the '09 Euro Focus RS w a turbocharged four developing 300HP all of which somehow goes thru the front wheels :surprise: Ford claims a new differential and front suspension virtually eliminates torque steer. :confuse:

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fintail

Early Holden, maybe the first model...I think they might not have even had a model name.

andys120

Not the first Holden, but the first to be designed specifically for Oz>

1948 Holden 48-215

steelydanfan

What was Nissan thinking back then ? Didn't Gillette name one of their razors after this car? Or was it the other way around ?

andys120

I have a watch named after it.

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stephen987

Jensen Healey ca 1974

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fintail

Austin A90 Atlantic ca. 1950

andys120

Yep, that's a 1949 A90 to be exact. According to Sports Car Market all that silly chrome was a deliberate appeal to the US Market. They even went so far as to include Power windows and a power top.

The A90 of course never caught on in America but for a brief time, roughly 1947-55,
Britain was the biggest importer of cars to the USA.

stephen987

Wasn't the A90 the source of the powertrain for the original Healey 100?

andys120

Yes, according to Wikipedia it was the same motor, different gearbox.

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stephen987

Acura CSX, Canadian upmarket version of the Civic.

andys120

Right you are, Stephen.

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imidazol97

That's a 1960 Ford Sunliner.

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andys120

That's a 1960 Ford Sunliner

Yep!

stephen987

I'm thinking Fiat 1200, but something tells me it's not quite that simple.

jlbl

I would say a non-Italian copy of an early FIAT 1400 (195-). The center front light is round, not oval like in later 1400 models. However, the car looks smaller than the true 1400. Though I vaguely remember SEAT 1400 resembling the car in the picture (I was less than ten years old, I guess) the registration plates are not Spanish. As Stephen said, it looks odd.

Regards,
Jose

andys120

That picture was taken in Mumbai, India, the car is a 1957 Fiat Millicento (1100).

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stephen987

Green one: Looks like a Sunbeam Tiger, but the script on the front wing might say Alpine. Hard to call that one.

Blue one: AC Ace. Not sure which engine (Weller or Bristol), but it's not the Zephyr 2.6 version.

Red one: no idea.

andys120

The Sunbeam is a tough one but I'll bet you can tell from this angle>



The AC could be any of the derivatives of the Toijero Ace. :??:

The red car is obviously pre-war, could be a Bentley, Lagonda, Aston, Riley or any number of things.

stephen987

Yeah, it's an Alpine S1 or S2. Bigger fins and a single exhaust.

The Zephyr-engined Ace was a little different, with a smaller grille and without the character lines on either side, a little closer to the look of the subsequent Cobra 289.

Here's a brief video showing the Ace-Zephyr. Victory by Design video

andys120

I think the bigger fins denote an Alpine S1, the later (post '63?) S2s got the same fins as the Tiger IIRC. The car shown is a 1962.

The Ace Zephyr could easily be mistaken for a Snake with it's curved and raked windscreen and the grille and bumperettes are right off a Cobra 260 (actually it's the other way around). I couldn't locate a good frontal shot of the Ace-Ford Zephyr (aka "Ace 2.6") but I think I can see a character line under the headlights in that video which would differentiate it from a Cobra

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texases

1965 BMW 1600?

edit-correction, make that a 1500.

andys120

Yep it's from the BMW 1500 brochure '62-'66.

I was hoping it'd last a little longer than that.

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texases

"I was hoping it'd last a little longer than that."

Sorry, I've always liked those '60s/early '70s small BMWs. I wish BMW still made something like them, with good room and performance without all the technology add-ons. Not enough profit in that, I guess.

fintail

Volvo 122/Amazon, I will guess 1966

andre1969

One of my office mates just sold one of those! His was a 1965. I don't know enough about them to tell them apart, but I'd go with 1965-67, since I'd imagine that a 1968 or later model (if they were still making them by then?) would have side marker lights or reflectors.

andys120

It's not my day, the Volvo is a '67 122S (Amazon). I'll have to search for something a little more obscure.

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kyfdx

'67 Catalina?

lemko

Hmmm! Looks like a Catalina, but the body looks more Chevy. Is it a 1968 Pontiac Laurentian from Canada?

andys120

Sorry,it's not a Catalina or a '67. :P

andys120

. Is it a 1968 Pontiac Laurentian from Canada?

Wrong year, wrong model. :shades:

stephen987

Seems a little spartan for a Parisienne--wasn't that the top model? And I think the year is 1969.

andre1969

It's definitely a '69 Pontiac. I'm guessing an Executive? I had a '69 Bonneville, and it had fender skirts, which I think were standard. Bonnevilles usually had vinyl roofs, too.

The Executive/Bonneville were on a 3" longer wheelbase than the Catalina, and all of that was added in that little spot between the back door and the wheel opening. It's hard to spot from that angle, in that smallish photo, but that little spot looks a bit longer, to me.

andys120

Well, I had you guys going on that one for a while.

Your're right Andre, it's a 1969 Pontiac Executive, IIRC these were made '67-'69 to fill a perceived hole in the lineup between the Cat and the Bonnie.

andre1969

Your're right Andre, it's a 1969 Pontiac Executive, IIRC these were made '67-'69 to fill a perceived hole in the lineup between the Cat and the Bonnie.

Yeah, it was basically a Bonneville body a Catalina engine and Catalina interior. I think it ran from '65-70, though. I dunno how much of a gap was really there, between the Catalina and Bonneville, but in those days they wanted to have every base covered. And just to add to that mix, there was also a Ventura option package for the Catalina, that spruced its interior up to Bonneville standards. And if a Bonneville wasn't enough for you, you could move up to the Bonneville Brougham.

stephen987

Sort of like the '68-70 Impala Custom, which used the more formal roofline of the Caprice body.

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boomchek

Looks like something British, perhaps a Daimler of some sorts... just taking a stab here...

lemko

Forgot all about the Executive. Wasn't the Safari wagon based on the Executive those years?