Mystery car pix

andys120

944 vs. 924..

Yup.

andys120

Another big fender car>

stephen987

Chrysler Conquest/Mitsubishi Starion, ca. 1987.

hudsonthedog

Chrysler Conquest/Mitsubishi Starion, ca. 1987.

Don't forget the Dodge Conquest and Plymouth Conquest.

andys120

The picture is of a Mitsubishi Starion.

lokki

lokki

bhill2

Based on the good ornament, I am going to say mid 40's Pontiac.

andys120

It's got Alfa-Romeo written all over it it's probably an early 50s A-R 1900 but I wouldn't
know who did the woodie conversion, perhaps Carrozzeria Colli who did a number of Alfa Giulia Estates in the 1960s

fintail

1946-47 Nash, I'd assume the woody was a highline model, so Ambassador.

lokki

Well, those didn't last long

? = 1946 Nash Ambassador Suburban Woody Station Sedan

?? = 1952 Alfa Romeo 1900 with wooden estate body built by Carrozzeria Viotti of Torino, Italy

andys120

stephen987

Fiat 131 Mirafiori, ca. 1975. From the wheel trim, it looks to be a European-market model, probably with the 1300 cc engine. US models had bigger wheels and the twin-cam 1756cc engine from the 124 Spider.

andys120

Yep, it's a '78. Besides the wheel trim, the rectangular headlights and relatively small side marker lights are giveaways that it's the Euro-spec 131. US-spec models were sold as Fiat Bravas.

andys120

stephen987

Actually, in the US they were sold as 131s from 1975-77. The Brava name came on in '78, initially for the super-luxury version. In '79 and '80 Brava was the base 131, and Super Brava was the luxury version.

stephen987

Those sixties-vintage Jags and Daimlers always sort of run together in my mind. For the sake of taking a first shot, I'll say this one's a '67ish Jaguar 420.

andys120

Pretty good stab, Stephen. It's a 1967 Jaguar 420G.

andys120

Backup>

lemko

...picture is too wide to hit reply button:

Closest to furthest that I can see:

1960 Pontiac
1957 Rambler wagon
1960 Chevrolet Impala
1964 Chevrolet Impala
1967 Cadillac

berri

60 Pontiac, 57 Rambler, 60 Impala, 63 or 64 Impala, 65 or 66 Caddy? Can't really make the rest of them out.

andys120

I think you guys got 'em all. I think the car ahead of the '64 Impala could be a Continental convertible ca. '61-'65. rather than a Caddy.

stever

Just curious, but why isn't the red Impala a '59?

(there was a similar looking gutless, and often brakeless, '59 that looked like this one in my family for a while. It was the loser/last straw kind of ride).

andys120

Just curious, but why isn't the red Impala a '59?

The '60 Impala was the first to have three round tailights
on each side whereas the '59 t/ls had a teardrop style >

imidazol97

berri

I don't really understand it, but I've got a weakness for those 59 Chevy's - always liked them for whatever reasons. Most people seemed to prefer the 60, but I think GM went overboard the other way in restraining the 60's vice the 59's in their lineup, they just didn't generate the same newness and excitement - kind of like the 59 Mopars versus the 57/58's.

stever

I like the body (either one) way more than the more iconic '57s. But I had a poor clutch learning experience on a friend's '57. And I sunk it up to the axles on a soft shoulder one time too. But the '59 we had would barely go 60 downhill with the wind.

Thanks for the info/pics Andy and Imidazol97 - I've not been able to find any old family photos of our old cars, except the one Buick wagon from the early 60's.

andys120

stephen987

'62 Mercury Comet?

wgrafer

Very close... it's a 1961 Mercury Comet. '62's had different tail lights - little round ones sort of like an Impala.

imidazol97

I apologize for posting pictures that were too wide in my previous post. The max width must be about 650 pixels or 640 pixels. I forgot to adjust width on old pictures from my photobucket account before posting.

As for the Chevies, I like the 59 over the 60 because the 59 is RED and a convertible. The 1960s looked great in a two door hardtop.



If the picture is blocked, here's the link:
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andys120

I'm not a big fan of either '59 or '60 Chevies but you could say that about a '59 or '60 anything (American). These however look nice even in four-poster form>

lemko

That's a 1961Chevrolet Impala two-door sedan. Strange to see in this configuration as most I've seen are the bubble top hardtop. My Dad had a 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne two-door sedan finished in a cream color with a gray cloth/vinyl interior. It had the inline six mated to a three-speed manual shifted via the column. His car was pretty dressed-up for a Biscayne as it had whitewall tires and full wheel discs.

bhill2

Since this problem of pictures causing the right margin of messages to be clipped off seems intractable, is there any way to request a different view so that an unreadable message that really looks interesting can actually be read? I would try hitting reply so that the message was redisplayed in the reference box, but the clipping removes the 'reply' link.

stever

The "Reply" link usually doesn't get completely cut off for me. Try playing with your View > Zoom or whatever size option your browser uses (control > mouse wheel works for some people too). Zooming it down usually brings the buttons into view, but sometimes zooming up works better and gives you a bigger target.

Our software isn't sophisticated enough to automatically resize or block the big photos.

texases

Another way around the problem is to click on "Last" for page selection at the bottom of the page, it moves the recent too-wide picture below all the stuff on the right, making the links clickable.

stever

Right, but I don't think that works if the big pic is the last post... but y'all post so fast in here I rarely see that.

One of these years we'll get everyone trained. And then a software fix will finally come along the next day.

pat

All the links on the right are cut off for me in Firefox 3.0.11.
I can reduce the size of the font, but the whole page shrinks with it,
the links are still missing due to the width of the pictures.

Pat

imidazol97

That's a Ford 1957 station wagon. Is it Country Squire on the side?

Deep red is a Studebaker, 1949 I'm thinking.

Then a Volkswagon.

The black car is an American Motors product. Rambler?

I can't tell anything about the blue car.

imidazol97

Reduced to 650 x 351 the whole picture now shows in IE 7 which I have.



Is the blue car nearest entrace a Henry J.

Then a black car.

Then another American Motors larger car.

tmart

It is a 57 Ford wagon, but not a Country Squire because there's no wood trim. Believe it's a Country Sedan.

stever

IE8 sends them on top of the right sidebar but I can usually find them mixed in with the text over there. The text still gets cut off.

Time to post a reminder that parking your photos on your CarSpace page and embedding them that way usually avoids this problem.

The Bug looks like it may be a '61.

wgrafer

On Firefox I also have no access to the Reply button. Oh well...
The '57 Ford wagon is indeed a Country Sedan. The Black 4-door looks like a 1959 Rambler, the light blue coupe looks like a 1951 Henry J, the brown coupe looks like a 1955 Nash/Hudson Rambler, and the blue 4-door seems like a 1956 Studebaker. What a bunch of unusual cars to see in one place!

andys120

How come no one has mentioned the Kaiser Henry J, the blue car in front of the modernistic building next to the brown Rambler (American?)?

imidazol97

imidazol97

>no one got the Henry J in the picture

Great picture find.

I got the car but no idea on year in #21954.

"Is the blue car nearest entrace a Henry J."

That's an unusual blue on the Henry J.

stephen987

I'd say that's a '52-53 Kaiser Manhattan sedan.

andys120

Sorry Imadzol, I din't see your reference to the Henry J. I don't think the color is unusual though, IIRC it was the most common color for those. In fact powder blue/sky blue cars were everywhere in the late 40s/early 50s.

My folks owned a light blue '47 Frazer and traded it in '53 for a Pontiac in the same color (talk about being in a rut!).

andys120

stephen987

The engine itself looks like it's from a Corvair, but the sheetmetal doesn't look right, especially that black corrugated piece in the upper left corner of the pic, which reminds me of the plastic engine cover of a Fiat X1/9.

I'm stumped.