Mystery car pix

andys120

I've run out of hints on #20263 as well. The sleek little cope from Down Under is the
Bolwell Nagari, ca. 1969-72 That one's powered by a Ford 351, others had 302s. Either way they must've been lightning fast since they weighed only 2200 lbs.

Wikipedia: Bolwell Nagari

texases

Looks like the Troll was similarly 'challenged':

kyfdx

Thanks for the link on the Lane...

I'm going to be in Nashville in early April.. . I might just stop in!

andys120

That might be the ugliest car ever!

berri

Looks like a 40 year old protype for some of the odd [non-permissible content removed] cars coming out recently at the car shows only a bit more curvy.

jlbl

To me is like a Troll copy of the Citroen DS's.

Regards,
Jose

andys120

stephen987

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe (Track version I think), in Lime Rock Green.

lemko

stephen987

1976 Buick Regal Indianapolis Pace Car

andys120

Not sure about which version but you're correct down to the color.

andys120

lemko

Wow. That was fast! Correct

andys120

Another look @ 20298>

stephen987

Maserati Mistral Spyder, ca. 1969?

andys120

Yep, a 1970 Maserati Mistral 4000 GT Spyder, body by Carrozzeria Frua.

andys120

jlbl

Peugeot — uh… as ugly as… 607?

Regards,
Jose

andys120

Peugeot 607, indeed!

andys120

wgrafer

Ooh-Ooh I know! 1967 Camaro!!!!

andys120

Easy there Horshack, don't forget to mention that it's a Camaro RS. :P

andys120

stephen987

Chrysler Cordoba, 1981-83.

fintail

Spinner hubcaps? Niiiice...

andys120

Yep

andys120

jlbl

2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe?

Regards,
Jose

andys120

That's right Jose, Merc made a sedan that looks like a coupe and now they have a coupe that looks like it has four doors. :confuse:

andys120

Larger version.

stephen987

The car at the back appears to be a Chevrolet convertible ('53?). In front of that is a Ford Tudor (I'm guessing 1951, but can't tell from behind).

fintail

I don't see the 4 door look. It just looks like a scaled down CL to me.

jlbl

M-B gets me puzzled regarding its recent-years model line. Pity is, BMW kicks now a similarly bewildering track.

Regards,
Jose

boomchek

I like it a lot. Much more nicer lines than the current CLK. And it does look like a smaller CL.

jlbl

Then you might like this:



Regards,
Jose

boomchek

Ooooh, that's even nicer. Thanks for the pic.

andys120

The car at the back appears to be a Chevrolet convertible ('53?). In front of that is a Ford Tudor (I'm guessing 1951, but can't tell from behind)

I dunno exact year of the Chevy 'vert but it's a '50-'52, can't be a '53.

'53's were quite different>

Anyone want to try the rest of 'em.

berri

53 and 54 weren't exactly stellar looking cars for Chevy. I guess they made up for that in 55.

berri

I think the black car in front and the white car next to back are somewhere in the 49-51 Ford era. I don't know the second car. The car ahead of the white Ford looks like a Pontiac, while the one behind it might be a Buick, both in the 49-52 range?

fezo

From the back I go Chevy, Ford, Olds but I'm a touch stumped at the moment. Maybe I need to wake up....

berri

You may be right about the convertible being a Chevy, just dressed up in whitewalls. I'm still thinking the car ahead of the Ford is a Pontiac because of the apparent waterfall chrome going down the trunk. Then again, my eyesight ain't what is used to be!

andys120

There's only one car in that line up that I'm unsure of--the convertible second from left.
It's got me stumped but ignoring that we have a '49-'51 Ford, mystery 'vert, '49-'52 Pontiac, another '49-'51 Ford and a similar vintage Chevy convertible

andys120

Update: Having sorted through numerous phtos of '40-49 vintage iron my best guess on the mystery convertible behind the black Ford is a '46 or '47 Lincoln, not a Continental, those had outside spares. Damned if I can fins a photo of one, all I can fid are Contis. :confuse:

imidazol97

'47 Lincoln Convertible Coupe, NOT Continental. About halfway down the page in a demure blue green. Looking at the pieces in the various photos, it matches up with the car in the photo.

Llincoln convertible Coupe '47

I assume the continental spare tire made that a Continental and is the etymology of the model name Continental used later?

andys120

Thanks Imidazol97!

I'm not sure about the origin of the name "Continental" but I assume the Continental model had other embellishments besides the "Continental Spare" to distinguish it from ordinary Lincolns.

Those models designated "Continental" in the Bentley lineup had neither outside spares nor the suggestion of one.>


-1952 Benley Continental R-Type

stephen987

I think the term "Continental" was meant to suggest sophistication and higher performance. Certainly that was the case with the Bentley pictured above.

In the '50s a common accessory for Fords and Chevys was the "Continental kit," which involved an extended rear bumper with an external spare tire, almost certainly intended to mimic the Lincoln, rather than the Bentley. Unfortunately it reached the point of mockery rather than homage, IMHO.

andys120

I think you are probably right about the origin of the term Continental as applied to automobiles. They meant it as a synonym for what we would now call "Euro-style."

The 1950'"Continental" spare probably took it's name from the outside spare which distinguished the Lincoln Continental from it's lesser brethren. If You think about it, the emergence of the outside spare in the original 1939-40 Continental was an odd retro touch in the streamline era when styling was looking forward.

To me the outside spare made Ford's top of the line car look more like a 1935 car than a "streamline moderne"car which it it was other than the throwback outside spare.

It is worth noting that top of the line Caddies, Buicks and the like often had outside mounted spares in the late '30s even if the Plymouths, Hudsons and Fords of the era had a more modern look with their inside spares.

andys120

something in common, do you know what it is?>

tom_r

Can you tell me how to post a picture?

jlbl

Citroën. Oui, monsieur. But which? Real or fictional?

Regards,
Jose