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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Well, I think this is a Suzuki, probably an Alto, from the days when that was built in Japan, rather than India, where we get them from now - it would appear anyway that this one is JDM judging by the weird mirrors. It is registered as a 73/74 model, and presumably wasn't imported here when new, but I must say I don't recall having seen that model on the road...
    EDIT - I've just realised the Alto wasn't the only Suzuki then - is this a Fronte ?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673

    EDIT - I've just realised the Alto wasn't the only Suzuki then - is this a Fronte ?

    Bingo, '74 Suzuki Fronte is correct!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    looks like a Cisitalia of some sorts.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Siata, I think - don't know the model, although they did make a 1500, and a 1600...
    I'd guess mid-fifties...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Close enough, it's a Siata Daina Gran Sport ca. 1955.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Holden HSV SV08, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Monaro.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Wouldn't you think the anniversary edition would be named after the vehicle being revered? Would that be akin to a 2010 55th anniversary Thunderbird tribute being given to the Mustang?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Holden HSV SV08, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Monaro

    Yep!

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,696
    Mercury 1966

    Is it a special model? Marauder.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Doesn't look like a ragtop to me, unless it's some kind of cloth hardtop.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Yep, it's a 66 Merc but not a Marauder, a Montclair.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Doesn't look like a ragtop to me, unless it's some kind of cloth hardtop

    Au contraire, it is a ragtop, by the mid 60's FoMoCo was doing a reverse of what GM did in the early 60's and making their convertibles look like H/Ts. (GM H/Ts from '62-'64 had faux convertible rooflines).

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Are you sure about that? Could that be a mislabeled pic?

    I have never seen a 1966 Fomoco convertible with the concave roofline, nor one with large rear quarter windows. But I have seen then with the typical smaller quarter windows and flat roofline, Like this And this Or this Or this
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Are you sure about that? Could that be a mislabeled pic?

    Not only could it be but based on your photos of similar cars, I think it must be. :blush:

    It's all their fault.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,539
    english version of what we fo as the Fiesta?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Yep, Ford Fiesta 1.3 ca. '89.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,135
    About a 1984 Porsche 944?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Just about, it's an '83.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    From Black Sunday (1977)>

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Left to right:

    1973 Chevrolet (Caprice or Impala)
    can't tell what the far dark car is but looks to be a Plymouth Fury
    Volkswagen 411
    (sorry, not up on my trailers or boats)
    1969 Chevrolet (Caprice or Impala)
    1973-ish Chevrolet (Caprice or Impala) wagon
    1969 Oldsmobile Delta 88
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    I think you've got 'em covered Hudson except that the dark car you identified as a Fury looks like a smaller Dart or Valiant ca. late 60s-early '70s.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    I can't argue with any of hudsonthedog's picks here, except that the VW sedan is more likely a 1973 or 1974 412 model (taillight placement is the giveaway).

    I'm a VW nut yet even I've almost forgotten about those pre-passat cars.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    You might be right Karsick. IMCDB sez it's a 412.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Bridgehampton Raceway ca. 1961-'62:

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    L to R

    Daimler SP250
    Corvette - I'm guessing a 62
    Ferrari 250 SWB
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Correct on the Daimler and the Ferrari but the 'Vette is a '61, '62s had no chrome strip outlining the side coves.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Looks like a 1961 Imperial. :D
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    It sure is, and fins don't come much bigger. ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Fiat Tempra, only made in the 90s IIRC
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    What is the yellow and black roadster, then ?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
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    This was also made pre-war, for a few months in 1939, but this particular one is from late 1946.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    1965 Mercury with the Breezeway roof. Not sure if it's a Monterrey or a Montclair.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    According to the badge it isn't a Monterrey or a Montclair.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,605
    OK, I'll bite. That would make it a Park Lane, right?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Yes - its a Park Lane
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Toyota Progres
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    What is the yellow and black roadster, then ?

    Got lost in the shuffle didn't it? :blush: It's the latest iteration of the Elfin Clubman, known as the Type 5. Unlike earlier Elfins which used Corvette V8s(IIRC), the Type 5 uses the Turbo 4 from the Solistice GXP. Elfins hail from Down Under.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Yes, it is - and that is the only one I've ever seen. It's a Progres NC300, from about 1991/2 - grey import from Japan, of course. Interestingly, the badge on the back, and the front end, make no mention of Toyota at all - only the British tax disc in the windscreen gives the game away. I wonder if the Progres was sold in Japan as some sort of separate marque, in the way Dodge Darts were sometimes promoted as a separate make in the Sixties.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Learn something new every day...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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