Mystery car pix

stephen987

Corvair ("Corvan") Pickup.

ETA: At least some of these had a side ramp, made possible by the lower profile and rear engine layout.

andre1969

Is the black car a Chevy? Looking at it again, I'm more inclined to go with 1952 Plymouth, which is what I think you said earlier. At a quick glance, a '52 Plymouth does look a bit like a '49-50 Chevy.

For the very last car on the right, the one that looks like a light grayish green, I'm going with 1954 Pontiac. I don't see the silver streak, but it could be that it's just washed out by the glare in that old pic.

imidazol97

I've confused myself I've done so much looking at pictures to try to match the cars with names and years. This is the era of cars I like to figure out.

I'm hoping for a larger picture to see that first horizontal bar on the green car at the rear.

andys120

Himm, I think that black car might indeed be a Plymouth but surely the light green car on the right is an early 50's Buick.

lostwrench1

The black car is a 51 Plymouth. It has the shield badge on the nose which was replaced on the 52 Plymouths by a circular badge.
I agree on the last car being a 54 Pontiac.

lostwrench1

Andys:
That is the historic Flax Block in Melrose, Mass. Where did you find that picture?

andys120

That is the historic Flax Block in Melrose, Mass. Where did you find that picture?

yenko.net, plenty more street scenes there.

fintail

Wow, that's a hell of a link. Gonna take days to go through those pics.

andre1969

Himm, I think that black car might indeed be a Plymouth but surely the light green car on the right is an early 50's Buick.

Buicks still used those toothy grilles from 1950-54, although by '54 they became finer, and then it evolved into more of a mesh/lattice pattern for '55. That oval center piece in the grille made me think of a '54 Pontiac...



I tried to post another pic of a '54 Pontiac, but it wouldn't take. Anyway, on the other one, the silver streak appeared to just be 6 silver strips with body-color in between. So maybe the full chrome thing was an option? If that one in the pic AndyS posted just had the 6 thin strips, it might be washed out by the glare.

urnews

Yenko.net is a great site. Very enjoyable.
Boz

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stephen987

'66 Plymouth Sport Fury?

lemko

1965 Plymouth Fury III convertible

andys120

Sorry, Stephen, Lemko nailed it. It's a 1965 Fury III/383.

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andre1969

I'm going to guess around a 1947 Cadillac? Can't narrow it down beyond that though.

Car in the back is a 1957 DeSoto Firesweep Sportsman 2-door hardtop.

imidazol97

I'll up you one year to 1948 Cadillac.

lemko

...that Cadillac could be as late as a 1949 model. Cadillac restyled its entire lineup in 1948 save for the Series 75 which remained on the prewar platform. The Series 75 wouldn't be updated until 1950.

andys120

Yep it's a '47 Caddy Fleetwood Limo built for airport duty but serving as a Band transporter in an episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

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tmart

It's the new Red X Box!

imidazol97

This is from the same source as the earlier street scene. I don't know all the cars, but I'm sure we'll hash them out.

I see 12 cars that might be identifiable out of the 20 in the scene.

link to picture in full size

This picture has been reduced to fit the 640 pixels which has caused some aliasing in the picture I think it's called where lines end up jagged. I recommend clicking on the link to the original.

stephen987

I haven't seen one from that angle before--is it a Toyota 2000GT?

andys120

No it's not a Toyo 2000, it's from a couple of yrs earlier.

lemko

On the side closest to the viewer: 1955 or 1956 Buick Roadmaster convertible, 1958 Chevrolet wagon, behind the man locking the Chevy wagon appears to be the corner of a 1958 Ford wagon, in front of the unidentified white car appears to be a 1957 Ford.

Across the street: 1958 Chevrolet Impala or Bel Air, further down is a 1946-48 Chrysler. Two-tone blue wagon driving down the street appears to be a 1955 or 1956 Ford.

andys120

Left side row:
'58 Chevy HT, probably an Impala, late 40s MoPar in light blue behind it a 53 or '54 Chevy also light blue and behind that a blue grey '49-'53 Chevy followed by a black Olds of around the same vintage.

Right (near) side row:
'56 Buick convertible, 4 portholes so probly a Roadmaster, in front of it a '58 Chevy wagon and a '59 Chevy wagon.

The only other cars I can make out are a '56 Ford wagon in the road and a '57 Ford tu-tone towards the rear on right.

wgrafer

I can't argue with most, but (per the tail lights) the right side Buick is definitely a 1955! Good job, and a great post!

stephen987

'67 Shelby GT350

andys120

I should have waited for someone to solve that first fastback but you're close. It's a
'68 Shelby GT-500

andre1969

This is probably gonna make me sound like I watch too much tv, but I knew that car, and that town, looked familiar, like I had seen it before. The DeSoto in the background tipped me off, and that's how I remembered it was the Andy Griffith show! That DeSoto was a background car in a few of the first-season episodes.

andys120

I'ts not that you watch too much TV but that it's bad TV.

andys120

Last call for my original Fastback in #21O67, here it is again>



Going..going...

andys120

Gone! The mystery fastback is a 1965 Fiat Ghia 1500GT, here it is from the front>

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jlbl

Wow, Andys, you've got me intrigued for two long days!!! :mad:

Regards,
Jose

andre1969

1953 Buick Skylark?

fintail

Close, that's a 54

andys120

Yep, it's a '54 Skylark.

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stever

An idiot dorm acquaintance tried to kill me one time in his AMC Javelin. That was early 70's. Don't know about this one - '68?

stephen987

Is that the Roger Penske AMC Javelin that Mark Donohue raced in the Trans-Am Series in 1970?

ETA: nope. But it does appear to be a Trans-Am Javelin. I'm guessing 1969. I thought the red/white/blue color scheme was unique to Penske, but I was wrong.

andys120

Yep that's the Team Penske Trans-Am AMC Javelin ca.1969 as raced by Peter Revson.

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andre1969

I can't pin down the year, but it's an AMC Hornet. Actually I'm gonna take a wild guess and say 1976...only because my uncle had a 76 Jeep pickup and its interior used that same washed-out green.

kyfdx

I don't know... Do you think the Hornet had "three on the tree", with dual seats instead of a bench?

I was thinking some sort of import. If it was a domestic with column mounted manual shifter, I'd expect a bench seat..

Not that I'm a Hornet afficianado...

andre1969

Well, judging from that tacky interior, I'd say it's some designer package, like a Gucci or Pucci or whatever they called it, but that's still a Hornet! I'd recognize that afterthought a/c ductwork anywhere!

fintail

Yep, it's a Hornet of some kind, the weird center stack is a giveaway along with those vents.

andys120

Andre is correct, it's a 1973 Hornet Sportabout with the optional Gucci trim package. These designer packages were all the rage during the 1970s, another good reason to dislike the tacky cars of that decade. :P

Only a Gucci badge distinguished the Gucci Sportabout from it's lesser brethern from the outside>

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