Mystery car pix

imidazol97

You'll need a location for the picture either from your photobucket account or a source on the web. Like this but with http: and //www in front of it.

hubcapcafe.com/i_st/1958_Dodge.jpg

Then you select the whole location URL and press the IMG button under the posting window.

Or you can press the URL button and it will show words that can be clicked to see the picture.

link title

the URL for photos on the web can be seen by right clicking on the photo and using properties. Besure to copy the whole location url by dragging over it--sometimes it doesn't all show in the address in the properties window until you drag the mouse over it.

jlbl

Provided you've got a .jpg file, press Img button below the message box, copy and paste the file, and press again the Img button. The posted pic should be not wider than the space reserved for the post text. If it is wider, you should shrink its the pix size (with photoshop or similar). Alternatiely you can import the .jpg file into your CarSpace Albums and then copy and past the pic from there.

Regards,
Jose

andys120

Not "real" in the sense of being a production model that anyone can buy, possibly just a CGI.

fintail

In Europe they are both named 'Bora'

jlbl

GTbyCitroën. Introduced in 2008 Paris Motor Show as a concept car. Previously was – and is — a virtual car, the result of a partnership between Citroën and Polyphony, designer of the driving simulation game Gran Turismo 5 on Playstation 3.

GTbyCitroën

I hope Citroën will develop in some way or other this car, to keep with its history in building great cars.

Regards,
Jose

andys120

In Europe they are both named 'Bora'

Yup, both Maserati and Volkswagen have used the same naming convention of naming different models after winds that originate across the Mediterranean Sea in Northern Africa. The Euro version of the trunked Golf we know as the Jetta is called the Bora .

The Bora name was also used on the exotic mid-engined 1970s Maserati Bora, a competitor of the Boxer and the Miura.

grahampaige

The continental in the Bentley terms meant it was for continental cruising, so quick dashes across the European continent (an early version of the GT). The "Continental" kits of the fifties I thought were named after the Lincoln. and the Lincoln continental was Edsels take on the continental cars of the time. He had spent some time on the continent (Europe) and liked the style of cars there. He thought a car styled like the European cars but with American mechanicals would sell

removing anorak now.....

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stephen987

Ferrari Mondial 8 cabriolet, ca. 1982.

andys120

That one didn't last very long.

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stephen987

meep meep

andys120

Nope, it's not a Road Runner.

tmart

Dodge Charger R/T

bhill2

I don't think that it's a Charger because of the lack of scalloping on the doors. In fact, I think that it's a Plymouth Satellite; about a '68.

stephen987

I thought the hood treatment made it either a Road Runner or a GTX. It looks too basic to be a GTX.

The lack of side scalloping eliminates not only the Charger but also the Coronet, doesn't it?

andys120

Yep, it's a 1968 Plymouth Satellite/440 6-Pack

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stephen987

A Volvo 740, for a few more seconds.

andys120

Yep, LOL.

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magnette

It looks a lot better than mine - thisis a later Magnette - the parcel shelf makes it a ZB, I think, as oposed tomy ZA which has a sort of satchel under the dashboard. The instruments on mine are different too, but that is becasue mine is an early ZA - they changed the latter in mid 1955. I would ssay this one is circa 57/58 - and if the colours are original it's a ZB Variitone..

wgrafer

So I guess it goes without saying that the brand is MG??? :P

andys120

Mag, you obvious know these cars better than we do but the poster on Motorbase
sez this is a 1956 MG ZA Magnette.>



Perhaps the detail differences are dsue to the fact that this car is Australian.

magnette

I have looked again at this - the full width parcel shelf is really for the ZB, according to the breakdown in the website for these cars, but there was a sort of hybrid in the middle of 1956, where some of the new features came along ahead of the actual model change. I don't think the Australain thing is relevant because these cars were generally assembled in UK, I believe, and I think the colour may not be original either. I am no expert, but this car has lots of bits mine doesn't as my old girl is from the first year or so of production, and they changed lots in year two.

andys120

This is from one of my favorite movies, Thunder Road, a tale about 'shine runners in the rural South starring the incomparable Robert Mitchum:



IIRC it was filmed in and around Asheville.

lemko

One police car is a 1957 Chevrolet 150 sedan and the other is a 1956 Ford Custom 300. The truck appears to be a medium-duty 1947-53 Chevrolet

bhill2

Well, the two cop cars are a '57 Chevy and a '56 Ford, neither one the bottom-feeder trim levels usually bought. The truck is a Chevy, but I don't know the year.

andys120

That's right Lemko, I guess the truck could be a GMC as well. There's a '49-'52 Gm sedan in the middle of the shot but it's too far back to tell if it's a Chevy or Pontiac.

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kyfdx

Mazda RX-3?

texases

1974ish Opel Manta?

andys120

Mazda RX-3?

Nu-uh.

andys120

Right car, wrong year, it'd have had bigger bumpers from '74 on.

The car shown is a '70ish Euro spec Opel Manta A.

kyfdx

Yeah.. that's what I meant.. Opel.. :surprise:

boomchek

Opel it is, and I know the model cause I found the pic, so I won't say anything.

stephen987

The early Mantas had a very rounded hood profile--it got flattened out quite a bit for 1974 IIRC.

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boomchek

Renault Medallion, say 1988?

I actually remember this exact car being for sale a year or so ago on craigslist and discussed here on another thread. Apparently a bunch of stuff didn't work including that half way rolled rear down window.

stephen987

Yep. By 1990 they were selling them as "Eagle Medallions" in the US. This one's earlier than that--it has the Renault diamond on the grille.

andys120

Yep!

andys120

a 2-fer>

boomchek

The taxi cab is a 1988, 89 or Chevy Caprice. You can tell it's a newer one by the rounder front end, with the wrap around lights.

The coupe is an Eagle Talon TSi, maybe a 1990? And the blue one behind the tree appears to be an early Chrysler Intrepid 93 or 94, by the looks of the wheels and the roofline.

frumunda

Holy underwear. Let's try some british Cortinas or Australian Holdens from the 60s and 70s....or weird Lancias or even a few odd VWs.

mikeystaff1955

hi mikey1955 I have 1981 datsun/nissan convertible have no clue about it bought about a year ago setting in a barn with top down

andys120

If you don't see what you want, post it yourself.

mikeystaff1955

how about good pick-up trucks

stephen987

You mean like these?

andys120

Stephen, I think it works better if you post 'em one at a time.

The one on top is a Mid 1960s (English) Ford Corsair.

Third one down is a Late 60s Hillman Super Minx.

B&W is a 1960's Riley Elf, essentially a tarted up Mini.

I can't quite place the green coupe after the Corsair. It's definitely Rootes Group Sunbeam/Talbot/Chrysler etc. (early 70's?)

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