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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Left to right (back row)

    Light green VW Bus with multiple windows
    Can't make out the red hatchback
    Another VW Bus - 2 tone white and blue.
    80s Chevy Blazer
    Light blue sedan beside it looks like a Mazda 323 from early 80s.
    A Honda Civic wagon (77-81)

    Left to right (front row)
    Blue AMC Pacer
    Silver Nissan Sentra
    Silver Dodge Charger/Plymouth Turismo mid 80s

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    The red hatchback almost reminds me of an Austin Marina/Plymouth Cricket or something as equally malaisey.

    I think the light blue sedan is a mid-late 80s Subaru GL or equivalent.
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    ...I think is either a Chevette/T-1000 or maybe a first-gen Scirocco, as different as they are, their rear side window profiles are pretty similar.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I think you guys hve got 'em all.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    De Tomaso Mangusta. Forerunner to the Pantera. Very fast, very scary.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Correcto, es una Mangusta!

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I'll guesstimate that it's a '53-54 Olds 88.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    That's what I first thought (My Grandpa had a '52 or '53) but if you look closely, you can see it has the slightly more rounded shape of a 1951 Oldsmobile Super 88.

    Apologies for the oversize pic. :blush:

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    ....brings back some memories: my uncle bought, as his first car, a '53 Olds 88 sedan, also green (but a different green), in about 1973. I don't think he ever got that thing running right; it sat first in the garage, then in the (fortunately two-cars wide) driveway at my grandparents' house for about the next three years, til someone insisted he get rid of it (which I think was after he married!). Cool looking car, though.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Definitely not.

    But what is it? My guess is an Intermeccanica Italia or some offshoot thereof. Opel Diplomat (nee Chevrolet) mechanicals under a Ferrarish body.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That description would fit the Intermeccanica "Indra"
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Yeah, you're right--my bad. I'm still thinking this car belongs somewhere in the Intermeccanica orbit though. The earlier Italia/Omega had their roots in the Apollo GT, didn't they?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Intermeccanica has so many threads to other designers, engines, etc. I don't think I've ever really sorted it all out.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    You're on the right track, Stephen but this particular Intermeccanica was powered by the Ford Cleveland 351 V8, it's a 1971 Intermeccanica Italia

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Ginetta, for sure--one of the early ones. Maybe a G15?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    cute---is that a Berkeley?
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Lotus Elan?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yeah you're right, it's a Ginetta. Lotus Elans had hidden headlights. Probably a G15, UK market.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, a 1971 Ginetta G15.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
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  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    A [65-36-ZD] little frog. :blush: :surprise:

    Regards,
    Jose
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I think thats a mid 60s Skoda
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes but what model? (and no peeking at that Skoda brochure that I'm sure you have hidden away somewhere). :P
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    no peeking at that Skoda brochure that I'm sure you have hidden away

    You mean this one?> :blush:

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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Okay, I'll be merciful.

    Skoka Octavia Combi

    everybody knows THAT! :P
  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    Everybody knows THAT, and behind is St. Vito's Cathedral and Castle District of one of the most enchantress cities in Europe…

    Regards,
    Jose
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Saab 99 Turbo .. I think a '75.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Wow, there's really a St. Vito? We need a "Mystery Saints" topic! :P

    Wherever that Saab is, it looks COLD!

    One thing I'll say about Saabs---as much as they tormented me, they always started in cold weather, and the heaters could make the bottoms of your running shoes sticky!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    With groovy "Inca" wheels too.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Saab 99 Turbo .. I think a '75.

    Close, but it's a Saab 99 EMS/Turbo ca. '74-'76.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Magnette>

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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Hmmm! Looks like a truck based on a late '40s British Ford Anglia. I'll guess about a 1947 model?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Clan Crusader
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    It is a Ford but I'm a bit vague with models for trucks. I think this is what was known as a Ford Thames E493A, but Ford marketed their trucks as Thames, almost as a seperate make, at least in some markets. I don't think it was just late 40's either - they were still making things like this until about 1956.
  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    Wow, there's really a St. Vito?

    :)
    Yeah, full name is St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral. In Prague, (Bohemia, Czech Republic).
    :D
    Skodas are build in Mladá Boleslav, which is a town located near Prague.
    :shades:

    Regards,
    Vito (Jose)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Attaboy Magnette, that's a 1956 Ford Thames pickup, cute little thing.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Correct on the Clan Crusader, magnette. Bloody awful looking thing, resembles a praying mantis.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Jeep FC, ca. 1960?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, it's an FC-150.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Tell me again why they made those?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Tell me again why they made those?

    Space utilization IIRC.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    You'd see a lot of these at gas stations and the like back then. They were 4WD, relatively economical and reliable, and their size let them be manuevered easily in tight spaces and around stuff, like the gas station parking lot when plowing snow.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Well okay, in THEORY. Odd duck of a vehicle and not very popular.
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