Good job Lemko, but let's review...Across the street, the 1961 is a Pontiac Tempest (not a Buick), and there's a 1959 Chevrolet Impala parked in front of it (of course I can't see it now on my laptop monitor though). The Black and White 4 door is indeed a 1957 Pontiac - looks like a Star Chief.
Your lineup of the first row sounds right to me, but after the 1962 Plymouth is a 1957 Plymouth followed by a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air (it has 4 lights, Impalas had 6) followed by a 1962 Oldsmobile sedan (I can't really see it).
On the left side, the black one behind the 1958 Bel Air is a 1962 Ford Fairlane. I'll stop there...
overall, overwhelming to me. the newest car i see is a '63 ford wagon to the right of the white buick in the line of car parked perpendicular to the street.
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There were no Shelby GT350 convertibles in '65-66. Those first-generation cars were really homologation specials--production racers, essentially, with the exception of the GT350H rent-a-racer which had an automatic. 1967 was a transition year--new body style, but I'm pretty sure there still wasn't a convertible. Ergo, it's gotta be a '68.
First row: Lotus Europa, Triumph Spitfire Second row: Austin (or Austin-Healey) Sprite, Triumph Spitfire, MGB GT, (can't tell the gray car) Third row: MGB (rubber bumper), Jensen-Healey, Mini Traveler, (open hood looks like an MGA Coupe) Back row: Triumph Spitfire, Triumph TR4
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That view is utterly classic on first glance, but the details are flat-out weird. The umbrella-style handbrake was common to some US cars from the '60s and persisted on some Asian pickups till the '80s at least. The windshield has a pretty severe wrap-around shape. The shifter placement's odd--awfully close to the dash. The square minor dials suggest 1970s vintage, and the speedo is in MPH. All in all, an odd mix of some Italianate elements and some American. But wait--does that tach really go to 9000 rpm?
I agree with most of your choices, hudson, but I have the advantage of the original picture, and can therefore see it enlarged. The MG at the right on the third row is a rubber bumper Midget and the open hood car is certainly not an MGA - it looks like a mk III Escort or something, but anyway, its more modern and much squarer. I can only add that on the extreme left, on the front row, is a rear corner of a Jag E-type 2+2
I'm gonna guess around a 1952 Lincoln Capri? Not sure on which movie that is, but for some reason it's screaming late 80's to me. So one of those Timothy Dalton movies, maybe?
Wow! There's so much here, I'll start with the front row--white 1950 Ford, Black 1939 Dodge, Black Volvo 444 (Probably a '53 but impossible to tell), grey 1949 Dodge, red&white 1956 Plymouth, white & red 1955 Ford Victoria.
Second row -- lt. green 1949 Ford, white 1948 Dodge, Black 1956 Mercury, white 1951 Chevrolet, I think next is a black & white 1956 Chevrolet (but it's pretty blocked), Grey 1954 Ford, Gray 1947-1949 Studebaker. Driving by -- white 1951 Dodge convertible, dark gray 1949 GM - Buick or Chev (?) Third row -- dark gray 1949 Chevrolet, brown 1947-1948 Dodge, 2 tone gray 1953-1954 Nash, yellow 1955 Buick, gray 49-50 GM something (Chevrolet?), Orange 1953 Chevrolet (?). I have no idea where St. Jo's is, but it looks like they had a lot of sick people....
I love those old Victorias, but I think 'Crown" Victoria came way after 1955!! Remember the plexiglass roof Victoria? Was it a called a 'Skyliner'? Mercury's name for it was 'Sun Valley'.
You may be right on the yellow Buick/Oldsmobile. I'm on a laptop too, and it's very hard to see details, but I thought I saw a slight side trim shape and light shape that suggested 1955 Buick. I may be wrong....
I love those old Victorias, but I think 'Crown" Victoria came way after 1955!!
I'm just going on vague memory here (and what I've read from books and such...I'm not old enough to remember first-hand!) but I think "Victoria" referred to the hardtop body style, while "Crown Victoria" referred to that style with the chrome "basket handle" strip that ran up about where the B-pillar would be and up and over the roof. I think this early Crown Victoria was a 1955-56 only thing, and then the name was retired, until 1979 I guess, when it was introduced as the top trim level on the downsized LTDs.
And I think you're right, that the plexiglass roof was called "Skyliner" on the Fords, not to be confused with the 1957-59 Skyliner, which was the retractable hardtop.
The backup light was lower on the Oldsmobile by 9-10 inches. What's reflecting in the picture below the red lense is the chrome housing sticking out backward and large round backup light housing on the 55 Buick. I spent some time looking at pictures.
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Your lineup of the first row sounds right to me, but after the 1962 Plymouth is a 1957 Plymouth followed by a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air (it has 4 lights, Impalas had 6) followed by a 1962 Oldsmobile sedan (I can't really see it).
On the left side, the black one behind the 1958 Bel Air is a 1962 Ford Fairlane. I'll stop there...
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So I guess its the 147.... errr... 149.
But that ain't the pics I've seen. Looks like maybe someone photoshopped 2 doors onto a MiTo??
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First row: Lotus Europa, Triumph Spitfire
Second row: Austin (or Austin-Healey) Sprite, Triumph Spitfire, MGB GT, (can't tell the gray car)
Third row: MGB (rubber bumper), Jensen-Healey, Mini Traveler, (open hood looks like an MGA Coupe)
Back row: Triumph Spitfire, Triumph TR4
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That view is utterly classic on first glance, but the details are flat-out weird. The umbrella-style handbrake was common to some US cars from the '60s and persisted on some Asian pickups till the '80s at least. The windshield has a pretty severe wrap-around shape. The shifter placement's odd--awfully close to the dash. The square minor dials suggest 1970s vintage, and the speedo is in MPH. All in all, an odd mix of some Italianate elements and some American. But wait--does that tach really go to 9000 rpm?
Hmmm. Jensen-Healey? Or some sort of kit car?
The MG at the right on the third row is a rubber bumper Midget and the open hood car is certainly not an MGA - it looks like a mk III Escort or something, but anyway, its more modern and much squarer. I can only add that on the extreme left, on the front row, is a rear corner of a Jag E-type 2+2
Anyone else?
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This is likely a Toyota 2000GT (did they make a roadster?) :confuse:
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IIRC US cars of the late 40s and early 1950's had similar hand brakes.
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Extra credit if you know the movie. :shades:
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.... and Bond's Astons have aluminium wheels. :P
The movie is Die Another Day.
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Extra points for you West Coasters if you know where St. Joe's is.
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Driving by -- white 1951 Dodge convertible, dark gray 1949 GM - Buick or Chev (?)
Third row -- dark gray 1949 Chevrolet, brown 1947-1948 Dodge, 2 tone gray 1953-1954 Nash, yellow 1955 Buick, gray 49-50 GM something (Chevrolet?), Orange 1953 Chevrolet (?).
I have no idea where St. Jo's is, but it looks like they had a lot of sick people....
Is it possible the bright yellow car in back row is a 55 Oldsmobile instead of Buick? Your monitor may be better than my laptop's.
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I'm just going on vague memory here (and what I've read from books and such...I'm not old enough to remember first-hand!) but I think "Victoria" referred to the hardtop body style, while "Crown Victoria" referred to that style with the chrome "basket handle" strip that ran up about where the B-pillar would be and up and over the roof. I think this early Crown Victoria was a 1955-56 only thing, and then the name was retired, until 1979 I guess, when it was introduced as the top trim level on the downsized LTDs.
And I think you're right, that the plexiglass roof was called "Skyliner" on the Fords, not to be confused with the 1957-59 Skyliner, which was the retractable hardtop.
The backup light was lower on the Oldsmobile by 9-10 inches. What's reflecting in the picture below the red lense is the chrome housing sticking out backward and large round backup light housing on the 55 Buick. I spent some time looking at pictures.
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