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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    '56 Pontiac. Starchief I believe.

    :cry: That didn't last long :sick:

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    subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Check again, that window decal says something more than just Mazda (hint hint). The place it takes you to is not helpful really.

    it's vintage 1931, iirc.

    -Brian
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    negativenegative Member Posts: 107
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    Here's a '55 Pontiac Chieftain (somewhat lower down the food chain from the Star Chief), photographed when new. Note the differences in the bumper and parking lights from the '56. The '55 looks more like a smiling elephant.

    My parents called the car "Eros." I don't even want to THINK of why. It actually had cup holders on the inside of the glove box door. (OK, actually round depressions about a quarter inch deep that wouldn't hold anything while the car was moving.) The poor thing finally died of a broken transmission around 1970.

    Bonus points for anyone who can identify what's parked in the background.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,319
    Vintage pics are very cool

    The background cars are hard for me. In the group at left, I think I spot an early 50s Mopar car, to its right a Chevy maybe, then a 55 Ford and to its right maybe a c.50 Chevy? In the closer group at right, the far left car looks like a Packard or Mercury maybe, then a 54 Dodge or Plymouth to its right, a Buick or Olds maybe to its right, and the far right car where you see just the rear fender and bumper - Pontiac?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    The black far right car looks like a Caddy or Buick ca. '52 or '53.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Looks like a Fiat. A Punto?

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Looks like a Fiat. A Punto?

    A Fiat Punto it is. That's the current model, it's about to be replaced by a new model, the Grande Punto, which is said to be crucial to the survival of Fiat Automobili.=>

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    forzaforza Member Posts: 36
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Looks like a Seat or Skoda version of the Passat but it's a Proton Impian 1.6
    made in Malaysia and likely based on a Mitsubishi Gallant platform.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Big old 'verts don't get any better than these=>

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    bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    '62 Buick. Three portholes means it had that aluminum V6 that didn't work out so well. It's kinda sad that GM's best V6 was its first, and things just went downhill from there for a few decades.
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    rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Three portholes means it had that aluminum V6 that didn't work out so well.

    Three portholes means it was wasn't a top-of-the-line Buick (Roadmaster and/or Electra 225). which had four portholes.

    Bob
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    bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    So what did two portholes get you? A wooden bench and a small coal stove?
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    rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    As far as I know Buick never offered 2 portholes. Premium models got 4, and all others got 3. Now there were a few goofy years in in the late 50s – early 60s where Buick did violate that rule, but those years were the exception.

    Bob
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    It's an Invicta with a Wildcat 401CID under the hood. I don't think any '62 Buicks employed a V6, perhaps you are thinking of the 3.5L / 231CID aluminum V8 used in compact Specials and Cutlasses that found it's way into various British cars including Rovers, Range Rovers, Morgans and Triumphs.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Well, here's the only information I could get translated for what's known as the T1500. It's not a 1931 like I originally posted, more like at early '60's model.

    -Brian
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    subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Is that an SC from Lexus? Though the front lights look a bit different than I recall for early '90's.

    -Brian
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Yep it's a Lexus SC400 and those are stock h/ls AFAIK. Lexus sports cars seem to have gone backwards since the early 90s. ;)

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,319
    XK140 DHC?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    XK140 DHC?

    Exactly, '56 MY.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    1950 Chrysler Windsor convertible.

    Bob
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    1950 Chrysler Windsor convertible.

    Yes, purty little thang isn't she?

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    OTOH you'd never mistake it for anything else=>

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,319
    Citroen Ami 6, hard on the eyes
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    It looks like something ET would drive but it had a long life on French roads,

    Anybody recognize these tailfins?

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    rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    '57 Imperial.

    Bob
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    You're close, Bob. Wrong year.

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    rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    '58 then...

    Bob
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Sorry, it's a '59 ;)

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 241,018
    Lambo Miura?

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,319
    Ferrari 246GT/Dino
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    It's a Dino.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    What is it?"

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    ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Is that the new euro-spec Avensis? Something like that.

    -juice
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    That's right it's the Avensis which provides the motor and chassis for the Scion tC.

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    michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Yep, I'd have to agree that it's an Avensis ... donor car, for those of you who may not know, for the Scion tC coupe. Smaller than the Camry platform, which makes it a bigger seller in Europe. "Repmobile" is what the Brits would call it.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    I guess that's one way to keep 'em from getting busted by stones.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,319
    Peugeot 202, a c.1937 design produced til 1949-1950 IIRC
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Peugeot 202, a c.1937 design produced til 1949-1950 IIRC

    Oui

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Some sources believe a version of this car may be Nissan's answer to the Scion tC=>

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    lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    but it looks very Renault-ish, especially in the hinder.
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    bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    The awkwardly-named Tiida. The white "Sport Concept" Nissan was showing around is essentially a 3-door version.
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    The Tiida is also the subject of perennial internet debate over whether or not it is the same car or platform as the Renault Megane.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
    Lancer is right, it looks like a Megane.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,420
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    bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Dodge Stealth, aka Mitsubishi 3000GT.
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