Mystery car pix

boomchek

New Veedub Polo I'd guess? Look too tiny for a Golf.

andys120

Sorry Boomer, it's not a Polo, which is smaller than a Golf.

stever

Here's the second generation Golf Plus:



(Straightline)

Looks like a match except for the wheels. And the license plate is next in sequence. :shades:

andys120

That's right Steve, the Golf Plus is a kind of slightly upsized Microvan version of the Euro Golf.

andys120

stephen987

Mercury Cougar XR7, 1967.

imidazol97

1968 Mercury Cougar

andys120

Two lousy minutes before someone nailed it, that has to be a record.

Yeah, it's a 1968 model.

andys120

lemko

It resembles a Morgan, but I think it's some Japanese car wearing a kit to masquerade as a classic British roadster. Pretty tacky if you ask me and they talk about "roadster tops" and gold packages on OLD Cadillacs. If you think that's bad, look at a Maxima masquerading as a classic British saloon.

tmart

Don't have a clue as to what it is, but it sure looks good to me. Beautiful flow from the front fenders to the rear, with the "mini running boards".

scottphillip

It is a Japanese car built on a Miata. The car is featured on Autoblog's website.

imidazol97

It must have just been put up. I had a pause before I actually got the post my message button hit. So it could have been ONE minute! Luck of the Irish, it was a car I knew.

boomchek

Imo it looks better than the cross eyed Morgan Aero :surprise:

andys120

That's correct Scott, it's a Mitsuoka Himiko built on a Miata chassis by an outfit notorious for it's outre reinterpretations of British Classics on modern JDM cars.

The Himiko is one of their better looking offerings being (as Boomchek says) better looking than some real Morgans. Most Mitsus have been pretty awful, for example>

fintail

You mean that's not a Jag 3.8?

They even make a car based on the Mustang:



With rear end by Caddy



And in sedan form



I think they should send some cars to NA.

boomchek

They look like a modern day Excalibur or Stutz...and that's NOT a compliment. :lemon:

andys120

boomchek

A red X in a white square box.

imidazol97

The chatboard wants us to sign in to see the picture.

andys120

How's this>

texases

Ferrari 512 BB, about '79?

stephen987

I'd say it's an earlier 365GT4/BB, ca. 1975.

andys120

The picture isn't labeled by model but the caption sez it's an '82 which would make it a Ferrari 512BBi. (512i BB in some markets). According to Wikipedia Bosch K-Jetronic FI was introduced in 1981 and injected Boxer Berlinettas were produced thru 1984. Michelin TRX tires and wheels were introduced the same year.

Don't Ferrari's look bitchin' in black?.

andys120

texases

Yes! I also like that black one a lot more than the two-tone red/black or yellow/black ones that seemed to have been popular with the 512s.

lemko

1966 Chrysler New Yorker

lemko

Those taillights on the Mustang travesty are straight off a 1994-99 Cadillac DeVille! Weird! :surprise:

andys120

1966 Chrysler New Yorker

Yep.

boomchek

I remember playing with a Bburago version of the Ferrari 512. Good memories

andys120

boomchek

84 to 87 Honda CRX

fintail

It's an 84-85, in 86 they got flush headlights

boomchek

Ahh, yes, the headlight regulations. I was thinking abou that.

fintail

I think I might have had that one too. I vividly remember the Bburago 308 and 288GTO from the 80s.

stever

I'm dying to tell you guys about the spell checker. :P

Can you fit a llama in the trunk of a Bburago? Barely looks big enough for an aardvark. Probably has a lot of oomph though.

andys120

I still have the Bburago 288GTO, I detailed the engine a bit.

Can you fit a llama in the trunk of a Bburago? Barely looks big enough for an aardvark. Probably has a lot of oomph though

Haha, apparently you are unaware that they used two "B"s to spell Bburago. :P :P

stever

It was nnews to me. :P

boomchek

I had a ton of Bburagos when I was young, but didn't catch on the double b until I got older when I realized it's not just some graphic capital B thingy on the box, but the actual name. :confuse:

Nevertheless they did/do make nice model toys. My first one was a BMW 635 screw together type, white, bought in 1987 with the water based stick on graphics that BMW used in the 80s (that show the car's interior). I still have it but without the graphics.

andre1969

Any takers? Lemko, I'm sure you know the answer, so hold off and give some others a chance. :P

andys120

The car in front is a Vega ca. '76-'77. The cop car appears to be a Poncho of the same vintage. I don't remember what thelow end big Pontiacs were called then, is it a Parisienne?

fintail

That 288GTO is a well proportioned little replica. I remember when I got that, it made the 308 seem very crude. Bburago had a huge jump in quality from products made in the early vs mid-late 80s. I remember I thought my Porsche 959 was a great looking model too. I want my cars back :shades:

fintail

I think the Pontiac might be of the 73-77 intermediate sedans, whatever the letter designation for those is.

Is it a scene from Smokey and the Bandit or something?

andre1969

The internet movie car database says the Vega is a '74, but I'll be damned if I can tell the '74-77's apart, so yeah, that's right.

The Pontiac is a '76 LeMans, the intermediate A-body, as Fintail said. I'd hate to see what that Vega would've looked like if they hit it with a full-size!

The scene is from "Smokey and the Bandit, Part III", and like everything else under the sun, it's on Youtube. I think it's a pretty cool stunt; it almost looks artistic as the LeMans smears the Vega, starts to angle sideways, and then rolls. To me at least, at first it looks like it only has the momentum to roll once and might land back on its wheels, but then it seems to bounce and roll a second time. Probably the best stunt in that movie!

I gotta admit though, I cringe a bit at the same time as I watch it, because I love these cars! :surprise:

stephen987

The Vega is a '74 or '75. The '76-77 models had grille slats that went all the way across, instead of the bifurcated set shown here.

andys120

berri

64 Pontiac Grand Prix?

andys120

Yup it is a 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

andys120

fintail

Early postwar Singer (9?)