Mystery car pix

jlbl

And, it is just easily sinkable.

I can imagine a wave — trying to catch the front seat passenger girl :P — flooding the car if the doors are opened like in the video.

Regards,
Jose

fezo

I was going for a Studebaker Lark on teh wagon, but you're right - Rambler.

fintail

There's also another Corvair parked by the brick wall, and a VW further to the right

bhill2

There's also another Corvair parked by the brick wall, and a VW further to the right

Good eye!

andys120

There most certainly was a Falcon Wagon, my buddy had a '61 six-cylinder/three-on- the tree. We used it as a surfer wagon for transporting our co-owned Hobie board.

texases

Saw one while driving home yesterday, with passengers (paying?).

stever

Looks like a Tuk-Tuk, but who knows who makes them. Not the typical Bangkok paint job. Kind of plain.

Edit - well, it looks like Tuk Tuk is the brand.

texases

You're right, a Tuk Tuk, I don't know if it's from the official importer you found, or some oddball import. Guy with a bushy grey beard driving, two folks in back. Not what I'd want to be in during a crash!

stever

I rode them in Bangkok ~20 years ago - you know how crazy motorcyclists lane split here? Now apply that to one of these things, with everyone else doing the same thing amidst dozens of other Tuk Tuks, scooters and taxis, not to mention the occasional elephant. They aren't (weren't) the cleanest engines around either, and that city gave my contact lens fits, back when I wore them. They'be been trying to outlaw them for years.

lemko

Tuk-Tuks or contact lenses?

ateixeira

It's not done up Bangkok style, it's done up India style. Check out the ad on the side.

stever

Tuk-Tuks Lemko.

Can't beat Thai's for styling vehicles. Especially the trucks. The dashboards get a bit nuts though. Talk about distracted driving.

fintail

Maybe it's a Camcord post-globalization.

andys120

ateixeira

F40 or F50, I forget which.

They should call it the F-Ugly.

It's so cliche.

andys120

It's a Ferrari F50 1995-97, the third generation of Ferrari supercars, the earlier 288GTO and F40 s had fixed roofs and, yes, they were better looking..

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

I knew a guy who blew up his F50 engine----new one was $60,000, installed.

stephen987

Mazda RX3/Familia, JDM version.

boomchek

Ouch. I would hope the $60k included installation, unless you want to save money and get your cousin Bob to install it in his garage. :P

Mr_Shiftright

Well unless cousin Bob has the complete jig/dolly to slide out the engine/transmission assembly as a unit, and the box 'o special tools to disassemble it, and the magic Ferrari black boxes to tune it, I'm afraid not....

The F50's engine is really a Formula 1 engine tuned for the street. If you blow it up, Ferrari *makes* you another one from scratch. They'll even re-stamp it with the original numbers for you (no extra charge).

andys120

Yup, it's the JDM RX-3/Familia, their first rotary on these shores.

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ateixeira

I was kinda harsh, but all things being relative, it's ugly for a Ferarri. Expectations are at a different level, I guess.

I actually like the F50 more than the Enzo - it's that giant nose. Makes me think of Squidward from the SpongeBob cartoons.

andys120

I was kinda harsh, but all things being relative, it's ugly for a Ferarri.

Lamentably the days of beautiful Ferraris may be a thing of the past. IMO the new California is ugly and the new 458 Italia is a shapeless blob. Only the 599GTB and the 612 Scaglietti remain to remind us that Ferraris are supposed to be gorgeous.

California :sick:>


458 >


599GTB :shades: >


612: >

Mr_Shiftright

Say what you will, Ferraris are pretty much all pre-sold before they are built. Well at least they were until the economy took a huge dump.

Like Mr. Ferrari used to say: "You buy the engine. We give you the body for free".

andys120

Like Mr. Ferrari used to say: "You buy the engine. We give you the body for free".

Well Enzo didn't make a lot of ugly cars in his time .

It used to be Ferrari would give you a better engine than say a Corvette but not so much now. For the money you should get a really fast car and great styling; I'd buy an Aston before most current Ferraris.

Mr_Shiftright

True but nothing gives you the "experience" of a Ferrari. Nothing is even close. I doubt a stock Corvette engine could endure what a Ferrari engine can endure. You can build 'em up, though, but not at Corvette MSRP. Astons are, to me, GT cars, not race cars. Ferraris are ready for the track pretty much.

andys120

stephen987

Toyota Publica Sports?

andys120

Yup, a rare JDM only model.

andys120

fintail

Zero emission and zero appeal.

Look at those lights...I know the part of the world it hails from anyway.

lostwrench1

Nissan Leaf - (Electric)

andys120

Nissan's new all-electric Leaf is correct.

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texases

Porsche 356?

tmart

Karman Ghia (sp) ?

magnette

Denzel ?

Mr_Shiftright

All I can say for sure is that it's a) German b) around 1958-61 era.

fintail

Pretty sure that's a Porsche 356 turn signal.

ateixeira

I hate the newer taillights - they look like blisters sticking up out of the body.

I'm also not a fan of the smiling grille on the 612, though the rest of the car looks nice.

andys120

It sure is a 356 but just which 356 (there are subtle differences).

It looks like it has the wheels simple hubcaps from a 356A (note Ruetter emblem)>
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..but the twin Grilles in back denote a 356B/T6 ('62 or '63) as does the fuel filler door on the right in the first shot>


..Okay it's a 356B/T6 with older wheels but what the heck is that "60" on the trunk lid, there was a "Super 90" but I never heard of a 356/60? :confuse:

texases

Good questions - who knows, over the years the many owners may have pieced it together part by part... :confuse:

stephen987

"it's a '49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 automobile. . ."

--Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time"

fezo

"Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.

The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.".....

stephen987

Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.

Mr_Shiftright

Yeah 356s often have incorrect parts here and there. But it's definitely a Porsche 356B, 1962-63 and yes, the Porsche 60 script is correct. Wheels look like "A" wheels.

We'd need the VIN number and we could nail it down very closely, and the engine # would tell us what's really under the hood. We often find 912 motors, which is actually good for the car's running but not so good for its value.

andys120

What's the significance of the "60"?

andys120