Mystery car pix

stever

California plates ... it could be the same one.

andys120

Close Steve, it's not a Kaiser Jeep but rather a 1950 Willys-Jeep Wagon.

There's not much difference from one year to another but the five horizontal bars were
only seen from '49-'53.

stever

I always guess '49 because I think that's the one I have hanging over my garage.

andys120

wgrafer

Looks like a 1964 Pontiac -- Bonneville? Looks too gutsy for a Parisienne....

andys120

Yup, '64 Bonnie.

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fezo

61 Imperial?

andys120

Nope, sorry Fezo, it's neither a '61 nor an Imperial.

fezo

Dang! If it's not a 61 it must be a 60. If not an Imperial then a Chrysler.....

fezo

I'd still go with 60 but maybe it's a DeSoto?

imidazol97

1960 Chrysler

lostwrench1

1960 Chrysler 300 F.

andys120

1960 Chrysler 300 F.

Yup!

andys120

A potpouri of vehicles from My Cousin Vinny:

stephen987

Blue: 1979 Datsun 510 hardtop
Brown: 1978-79 Toyota Celica
Burgundy: 1970-72 Chevrolet C10 Custom Deluxe pickup
Gray: 1978-81 Ford Fairmont or Mercury Zephyr
Green: ca. 1990 Chevrolet or GMC pickup

urbc

Nice!!

fezo

That Chrysler was a good one. I had three different close but no cigars on that! The DeSoto I was thinking of was an Adventurer.

andys120

tmart

A very nice 54 Ford Sunliner.

andys120

Correct,Tmart.

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texases

1960ish Lotus Elite?

andys120

1960ish Lotus Elite?

Close enough, it's a '62 Elite S2.>

andys120

Extra points for the dark convertible and the orange/blue cars.

stephen987

Well, the dark convertible is definitely a Fiat 850 Spider. The red BMW appears to be a mid'60s 1800.

michaellno

In the background is a Porsche 924, painted in the Gulf Oil colors.

fintail

I think the composite headlights makes that a BMW 2000, and it is wearing Augsburg registration.

The dark convertible looks like an Alfa to me, and I agree on the orange and blue Porsche.

White van might be a VW Caravelle?

andys120

Sorry, Stephen 987, you're a little off on the BMW and the shape of the door handle doesn't correspond to that of the Fiat 850 Spider pics I've been able to dig up which show a handle toward the rear of the door rather than the top, as in this photo.

My first thought was that it was an Alfa Spider and after checking several Alfa photos
I found different door hardware but this 1980's Spider Veloce had a similar door handle.

andys120

Yep, it is a BMW 2000TI ca. '66-'72 and you and Michaell are correct on the Porche 924 in Gulf livery.

stephen987

Yeah, you're right about the door handle. The 850 has that funky layout with the button in the door and the finger slot behind the door. Not sure how I could forget that, considering how often I had to put it back together on the one I owned back in high school!

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wgrafer

This is confusing me - The body says '71-'72 Plymouth Satellite, but the grill says '71-'72 Dodge Charger. Did someone slap a Dodge grill on here?????

andre1969

I think it's a '73-74 Charger. IIRC, the '71-72 Chargers had rear quarter windows that were kind of like an upside-down triangle, but they changed for '73-74, to a larger window (or louvers, if so optioned).

texases

I think you're right, except it has to be a '73, the '74 had added bumper pads:

stephen987

So it's a '73, identical in all but color (and absence of massive hood scoop) to the one used in Burn Notice:

andys120

Thanks Stephen, it was Burn Notice that gave me he idea to post it. :shades:

andys120

This photo is a riff on a famous photograph of Neal Cassaday taken by his pal Jack Kerouac IIRC:

wgrafer

If it's a '73 then where are the rubber bumpers? 1973 was the first year requiring the 5mph front bumpers, right? '74 required both front and rear 5mph. '72 had no requirements, thus no 'rubber bumpers'. I'm still not convinced....

texases

"If it's a '73 then where are the rubber bumpers?"

That's what I thought, too, but all the pics of '73s don't have those rubber bumpers. Go figure :confuse:
Here's the '72:

stephen987

If you look closely, the entire grill-bumper assembly on the '73-74 models stands out perhaps 1.5 inches from the sheetmetal, with a narrow grey plastic membrane bridging the gap.

wgrafer

This is tough - looks like a 1951 Hudson Hornet dash to me.

andys120

Pretty good, caption says it's '52 Hudson.

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andre1969

I never noticed that the actual loop bumper of the '73-74 Charger stuck out, but now that you mention it...

When I was younger, I never really liked the '71-74 Charger, mainly because it seemed so lame compared to the '68-70. The nameplate itself also got watered down, as the Charger nameplate got applied to ALL 1971-74 Dodge midsized coupes. From '66-70, it was a more high-spec car. People tend to think of them as musclecars today, but the original mission of the car was more of a personal luxury coupe, along the lines of the Grand Prix.

The '71-74 models still had some pretty good performance though, and stayed with it longer than Ford or GM. In 1973, you could still get a 440-6 pack with 330 hp net. Just for comparison, the old 426 Hemi, had about 350 hp net. Even in '74, you could still get a 280 hp 440. That must have been bold, to offer something like that in the midst of the oil embargo!

lemko

I believe that's the Cadillac SLS sold in China. Looks like they combined an American STS front end with Chinese Buick body.

andys120

Yep that's the CDM Caddy SLS which some think would be a good replacement for the stodgy old DTS.

It seems a lot of the older crowd that buys the DTS prefers FWD even though many live in the Sunbelt. DeVilles and DTSs abound in Florida and Arizona.

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andre1969

Looks like a 1964 or 65 Buick Special about to get hit by a 1949-50 Ford. That mangled reddish car in the back looks like a '60-61 Dodge Dart.

What movie is that? It makes me think a bit of "Grand Theft Auto", but I don't think it is.

**Edit...the more I think of it, that looks kinda like a '65 Tempest. Those three little chrome strips were making me think Buick at first.

andys120

The movie is The Last American Hero (1973). IMCDB doesn't specifically identify the Poncho but the consensus is that it's a '64 Tempest. One poster opines that the three hash marks were unique to the '64 Tempest Custom.

I wouldn't know about that but I think it could be a low line '65 Tempest.