Mystery car pix

jlbl

Peugeot 505, 1979-1992 in Europe. With spoiler lip, which was quite usual. But the neighborhood and bumpers are North-American, aren't they?

Behind her, two VW. I cannot recognize the model of the van. The car backwards is one of the many versions of the Golf/Rabbit. (Or is she a Fiat Panda? Were not for the double headlights and the guessed VW logo, I would doubt between them :P )

Regards,
Jose

Edit: Hudson was quicker!! :mad:

texases

Almost, I think that's a Golf I, the II was rounder, with the rear view mirror at the front of the door.

andys120

The lovely Peugeot 505 (with a Vanagon and Golf II/GTI behind it)

Interestingly the spoiler denotes a 505 GTI is some markets (STI in No America IIRC),
it's a 1986 MY South African version.

The van is what we know in NA as a Vanagon, it may have been called a Transporter or Microbus elsewhere.

The four headlight VW Golf GTI looks like a Mk. I to me, IIRC Euro versions all had four h/ls like this one>

jlbl

Euro versions all had four h/ls like this one
Yup, this is a more familiar VW GTI to me, and even more with the red line.

Regards,
Jose

stephen987

I think it may be a Citi Golf, basically a Mk1 Golf made in South Africa. Last I checked, they were still building them, 35 years after the original made its debut.

davidlp

There is a nifty car that appears in the last scene of the 2008 movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth. I have been through a 6-month-old Consumer Reports car mag twice, and i can't ID it. I even looked in the credits, but I couldn't find anything. it is some kind of crossover, I think--and I suspect it's very new, or even a concept car. I uploaded a photo from the TV, but I suspect it is copyrighted, so I won't post it here. Can anyone help? Thanks. ">

boomchek

Can you put in a link to the photo?

andys120

Does the car appear in any of these photos?

andys120

stephen987

'65-66 Plymouth Fury III perhaps?

lostwrench1

1966 Plymouth VIP

andys120

Sorry Stephen, Lostwrench nailed it.

andys120

Very odd one>

davidlp

Yes! I see it’s a Mazda CX-7. It's a much better looking car in the movie than it is in the Consumer Reports magazine! Thanks very much--and thanks for showing me the Internet Movie Cars Database. I had no idea it existed, but it shouldn't surprise me.

I appreciate your fast response.

David

stephen987

Yes, it is indeed a "very odd one." Sort of reminds me of a Simca Aronde, but I think it's too big. Also, I don't recall there being a wagon version. . .

fintail

Some kind of weird Wartburg 311 variant...not a normal kombi with that rear window.

andys120

Some kind of weird Wartburg 311 variant

Precisely, it's a 1961 Wartburg 311 "Camping". Here's another angle>

andre1969

how easy it is to find stuff on the internet these days. I remember as a kid seeing some spoofy spy movie that had a chase involving a big 1960's Ford wagon and a couple of big Ford cars, that ended with the two cars hitting together head-on. I also remember the wagon being able to convert into essentially a big bordello on wheels.

For years that movie has haunted me, as I couldn't remember its title. But now, in a matter of minutes, I found it, and was watching that chase scene on Youtube, and found out that it's available on Netflix.

Before I mention the name of the movie, does my vague description above sound familiar to anybody?

fintail

That rear window treatment is flamboyant by DDR standards.

fintail

I remember a 65-66 Country Sedan in some kind of 60s spy movie, but I don't remember any details.

andre1969

Here's a screen capture I took off the youtube video...


Pretty blurry and low quality, unfortunately.

bumpy

to pave the road all the way to the edge of the cliff, instead of wasting that money on some flimsy wire guardrail. :P

andre1969

to pave the road all the way to the edge of the cliff, instead of wasting that money on some flimsy wire guardrail.

Yeah, I thought that was amusing, too. Oh, and the wagon had a fully stocked martini bar, so it's probably a miracle that the wagon didn't end up over the cliff! Or at least, through the matte painting! :P

magnette

Behind the Wartburg I think the other car is a Syrena.

fintail

68 Mercury wagon and a 65 Ford cop car maybe.

Movie doesn't ring a bell.

andre1969

It was a 1966 movie called "The Silencers" with Dean Martin and Stella Stevens. The wagon, a 1966 Mercury Colony Park, is still in existence.

As for the youtube clip that has the car chase, it's at this link. The chase itself starts about 3 minutes in.

I really don't remember much about the movie, but always remembered the chase scene. The movie looks campy enough, that I just might have to look it up on Netflix!

fintail

Aha, I am pretty sure I have seen that, the weird seating arrangement in that thing rings a bell.

I think the wagon I was thinking of was actually in a Bond film. IMCDB should confirm it.

stephen987

Did it have the DFRS option? (Dual Facing Rear Seats)

andys120

I got The Silencers from Netflix about a year ago, it's a lot of fun as are all the Matt Helm movies. it was campy when it first came out all those years ago.

andys120

kyfdx

Just from andre1969's descriptions of the movie, I figured it was a Dean Martin flick..

Seems there was a wagon in Goldfinger... though, maybe that was a sedan.. They did a lot of driving around the Ft Knox area..

stephen987

Gee, it's a Ferrari. . .

I'll say 250 Lusso.

andre1969

Lemme guess, it was the comment about the fully-stocked martini bar? :P

Oh yeah, there was a red 1964 Ford Country Squire in "Goldfinger". I saw it on the IMCDB when I was trying to search for the spy wagon. Unfortunately, IMCDB doesn't have that movie. I forget now how I found out the movie. I might've googled "Spy movie wagon" or something like that.

Oh, and thanks for the recommendation on that movie, AndyS. I added it to my Netflix queue.

fintail

Yep McQueen's dark brown 250GT Berlinetta Lusso. IMO one of the best looking Ferraris ever.

michaellno

I read somewhere today that Brad Pitt is about ready to sign a deal in which in he will portray the storied actor in a major motion picture of his life.

Supposedly, the film will include many of the cars that McQueen drove, both personally as well as in some of his more popular films.

Scheduled release is 2010.

andys120

Yep, that's McQueen's Lusso. I saw a Lusso for the first time on NY17 back in 1963. I thought it was the best-looking car I'd ever seen and 46 years later I still think so.

McQ's car in color.

jlbl

Beatiful car, indeed. Your post & replays prompted me to search for pics and some history in the web:

Lusso

Regards,
Jose

andys120

Red is my least favorite color for the Lusso, make mine black dark blue, silver or that beautiful metallic brown of McQueen's car ...as if.

andys120

jlbl

Oh, please, send me any one of these free of charge and I'll take even the red!!!

But I fully agree, the Lusso is such a beauty in herself that fits better in a sober color.

Regards,
Jose

Edited: Here is dressed in black:

Lusso

fintail

This is as close to owning one as I am likely to attain



But at least its a nice color...

fintail

A late Pontiac 6000 STE, I will guess around 1988 or so.

andys120

I had the same Matchbox version of the Lusso. Mattel's Hot Wheels Elite version (1:18) sits on my shelf today> link

A version of this diecast in McQueen's brown metallic is in the works.

andys120

Late 80's Pontiac 6000 STE is correct.

fintail

Not a bad looking model.

The Matchbox version was also a nice casting for the period and price point, especially with those wire wheels which were used on a couple other cars.

bhill2

The automobile scene that I remember from Goldfinger is the one where Odd Job shoots a guy he has in a mid 60's Lincoln Continental, has the car crushed into a cube, and then hauls it away in a 60 or so Falcon Ranchero. Not only would that Ranchero never be able to haul a cubed Continental, it would fall over dead before you got it fully dropped into the bed.

tomica

I remember watching that scene and thinking to myself that they removed the engine/transmission. Maybe that saved enough weight.

andys120

stephen987

Bristol 402?

andys120

Sorry, not a Bristol, there is a resemblance though.