Mystery car pix

andys120

Pretty close Stephen, it's a' 51 Nash Rambler American Deliveryman.

The Rambler American was a pretty to successful compact for Nash's successor, AMC during the '58-'60 period.

Jost

Definately a Nash, but prior to Rambler. Not sure what year, perhaps 1950 is correct?

andys120

Hillman Husky?

Jost

I thought is was prior to Rambler

fintail

The door looks very Honda N600 to me, somehow.

stephen987

Lada Niva?

boomchek

That is a Honda N600 or N800.

andre1969

Rambler became its own division in 1957, as Hudson and Nash withered away, but the Rambler name was used before that. There was a compact model called the Nash Rambler, which was on a roughly 108" wheelbase, and then the really small model, the Nash Rambler American, which was on an even shorter 100" wheelbase.

I don't think the American sold very well initially, and was dropped after a few years. But then around 1958-60 they brought it back, and it sold fairly well in those recessionary years. The larger 108" wheelbase model was a much stronger seller, though.

andys120

stephen987

Lancia Flaminia, early 1960s. Lovely car. Shame about the company's fate. . .

stephen987

kyfdx

Fortunately, shopping for a Honda Accord, and not this AMC Spirit..

stephen987

Sorry, kyfdx, but look more closely--I doubt you would've found this creature at your local AMC dealership.

BTW, in 1981, I was driving a 1970 Fiat 850.

kyfdx

Okay... My next guess is a GM X-body..

Sorry about the 850...

andys120

Lancia Flaminia, early 1960s

Mid-60s actually, it's a 1965 Lania Flaminia 3B/2.8 V6. Yep the best Lancias of that era combined classiness with Italian passion and style.

andys120

stephen987

Actually the 850 wasn't all that bad. I bought it for $200 in 1980. It was a Spider, so at full throttle (6600 rpm despite the pushrod valvetrain!) I could stir up a modest breeze. Now that the statute of limitations has expired I can tell you that it topped out at an indicated 88mph on State Highway 18 in South Carolina. Tina, probably rightly, never forgave me for that. (Wonder where she is now??)

My dad eventually blew the 850 up, commuting across town at a sensible, legal pace. :-) We sold the remains in 1986, with antifreeze dripping from the tailpipe, for $750.

Jost

Andre, thank you for the update on the Nash/Rambler timeline. This brings back memories!!! I do remeber the 1960 and later Rambler American. By the way, in 1981 I had a Mazda 626 coupe,,turned out not to be a very good car :lemon: .

karsick

Who knew?

That AMC Spirit looked a bit lengthy, yet has a different rear than the Concord wagon.

An online search revealed it is a VAM Lerma (Mexican-market AMC) with a body style not sold in the US.

Interesting.

stephen987

Yep. VAM Lerma. Basically an AMC Concord with the hatchback roofline from the smaller Spirit grafted on.

andys120

Surely someone can ID the little pickup in #19444. Here it is again>

stephen987

Well, I'll take a shot--Austin Mini pickup?

texases

I would have hoped for some neat Englishism here for a name, but all I find in Wiki is "pickup" and "pick-up". They indicate the pickups came with painted, rather than chrome, grilles, so maybe this one's been spruced up a bit...the delux version did come with a 'recirculatory heater'!

andys120

Trans Am race cars used to look like their stock cousins, Make and Year please:

kyfdx

Wish I could see the rear end..

I'm going with '68..

michaellno

Blue with white stripes - '68 Camaro
Red, white and blue (oversteering) - '69 Javelin
White with blue stripes - '68 Firebird

And, for extra credit, the photo was shot at Laguna Seca, at the top of the Corkscrew. No other track I know of has that kind of elevation drop in it.

andys120

The Camaro is a 1967 according to Hemmings and I'm not sure the F-Bird isn't a '69 but it could be a '68. Hemmings sez the AMC is a 1970 Javelin.

And yes, it's the top of the corkscrew at LS during the Monterey Historics.

andys120

Let's see how quickly you can "assemble" the pieces and ID the car.

Looking up>

boomchek

I was going to say a 60s W113 MB SL, but they never had the quarter windows plus they had an extra window in the hard top.

Then I was going to say a C2 Vette but for some reason the roofline doesn't match the Vette's.

:confuse:

stephen987

Looks Italian to me. Maserati 3500GT by Touring?

stephen987

The Firebird is definitely not a '69. The '68 has headlights inside the grille, as shown, while the '69 has a smaller grille with the headlights outside.

andys120

-Radio

jlbl

Then the radio, the car or both are made in Germany.

Regards,
Jose

andre1969

I was thinking it was one of those Auto Union thingies that looks sort of like a '57 T-bird with the hardtop on. But those had quarter windows in back, rather than the C-pillar beginning right at the back of the door. So, I have no idea!

andys120

Jose, lots of cars not made in Germany used Becker or Blaupunkt radios back in the day, they were considered the best.

andys120

Andre the car you're thinking of was the AutoUnion/DKW 1000SP which had a front and rear that aped the T-Bird but the roofline...not so much >

andys120

-Back "seat":

jlbl

I wrote that not only because of the brand but also those L M K U U buttons. Kind of a water mark.

Regards,
Jose
PS: I still miss sometimes when at home my good old Grundig radio.

andys120

<img src="http://www.fantasyjunction.com/img/cars/medium/22387.jpg

stephen987

Early-sixties Ferrari 250GT, the one that's not called a Berlinetta. (Lusso?)

andys120

You're in the right neighborhood Stephen, as you know there were a number of 250GT variants. Perhaps you can tell which from this>

stephen987

Sorry, Andy, I know it's some species of 250GT, and that it's:

not a 250 GT SWBnot a 250 GT LWBnot a 250 GT Lusso (thanks to Google)not a 250 GT Californiaand not a 250 GTO.


So I'm going with plain ol' Ferrari 250 GT, ca. 1960, standard Pininfarina body. Whatever it is, it's freaking gorgeous.

andys120

So I'm going with plain ol' Ferrari 250 GT, ca. 1960, standard Pininfarina body. Whatever it is, it's freaking gorgeous

You're pretty warm now Stephen. It is 250GT with a standard PF body (all of those you listed has standard bodywork by Pininfarina) but this one was branded as a
1960 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina.

The 250GT Pinin Farina was the most conservatively styled Ferrari of the era with no side or hood scoops but in it's own right it was quite handsome>



More pix here.

stephen987

I believe PF came up with this design for the Ferrari 250 GT PF



just a couple of hours before Touring came up with this one for the Maserati 3500GT:

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lemko

LONDON (AP) - London's mayor says he is making good on his promise to return London's iconic open-backed Routemaster bus to the British capital.

The traditional Routemaster had an open platform at the back, enabling passengers to get on and off quickly. It was phased out three years ago in favor of boxy-looking double-deckers deemed safer and more accessible.

But the Routemaster was widely loved and Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday that winning open-backed designs for its successor have been chosen.

He says the new buses could be in service by 2011.

Johnson's opponents say there is no point in bringing back buses that were only recently withdrawn for being impractical.

"Nostalgia doesn't get people to work on time," London Assembly member Val Shawcross said.

andys120

imidazol97

1956 Buick
1957 Lincoln
XXXX Hudson?
1955 Ford wagon
1955 Buick
1957 Cadillac convertible

andys120

1956 Buick
Nope sorry, wrong year

1957 Lincoln
Check

XXXX Hudson?
Could be but looks more like a '49-50 Lincoln or Mercury to me.

1955 Ford wagon
Could be a '56

1955 Buick
I think it's a '56 Chevy.

1957 Cadillac convertible
Yep

Anyone else wanna try that white Buick convertible, it's a well-kown model?

andre1969

The Buick convertible might be a '55. I was thinking possibly a '57, but the angle of the A-pillar doesn't look radical enough. So I'm gonna say a 1955 Special?

I think that car in the background might be a '55-56 Buick, rather than a 56 Chevy. It does resemble a Chevy a bit, but I don't think the rear wheel cutout on the Chevy would show that much tire. They had more of a skirted look, as opposed to the full cutouts Buick used in '55-56 and again in '57.

bhill2

I think the Ford wagon is a '56. I can't tell for sure, but it looks like the tail lights have the larger inner section of a '56 rather than the pencil-thin ones of a '55.