Mystery car pix

navigator89

<img src="http://www.zgo.pl/motoryzacja/gfx_art/_news7182_photo6761_b.jpg

navigator89

andys120

It's the Skoda equivalent of the VW Lupo, can't recall the name...Fabia?

navigator89

It's the Skoda equivalent of the VW Lupo, can't recall the name...Fabia?

Yes, you're correct! It is indeed a Skoda Fabia, which is a fine looking car IMO.

andys120

navigator89

That's a Lamborghini Diablo, obviosuly.

andys120

That's a Lamborghini Diablo, obviosuly.

Too easy, huh. Try this smarty-pants=> :P

oregonboy

But Grandma, what big teeth you have!!

Mr_Shiftright

1995 Home Depot :P

ateixeira

Mr_Shiftright

Do NOT turn left.

andys120

and you don't have the faintest idea what the red roadster is do ya? :P

navigator89

I had no clue what the red roadster, was so I had cheat, and wow I never knew this vehicle existed! For all you guys trying to guess, the car comes from the 1950s.

Mr_Shiftright

Looks kinda Allard-y (but it's not the grille is wrong) or one of them Cadillac powered scare yourself to death "sports" cars people were building then. But I don't know.

andys120

504S ca. 1954, Kurtis Indy roadsters were perennial combatants at the 500 during the 1950s.



Kurtis Kraft also built kit cars and later complerte turn key sportscars for customers in the mid-50s. Shifty, better not let the old timers @ R&T know you didn't reconize a Kurtis grille.

Mr_Shiftright

You know I DID recognize it as something but couldn't quite place it. Everytime I see one of those old Indy cars I think of Colin Chapman going to the Indy 500 as a spectator and saying to a friend "These are obsolete monsters. I could win this race" (or something like that).

And he did, too, with a very small light car with a .....gasp!......rear engine!

navigator89

PF_Flyer

But maybe this will spawn a new set of photos here... Celebrity Mystery Car Pix

kyfdx

No idea... but, look at all the VW Beetles parked in the background...

PF_Flyer

When I had the idea to put this one up, I found the image on a page that pointed out just how may VW's were seen in movie*

* 48, in case you REALLY wanted to know

kyfdx

I wanted to say it was from "Bullitt", but the Mustang looks wrong....

andys120

It looks like Bullitt to me as well. The Mustang looks wrong because the roof is reflecting a reddish color, perhaps it's the setting sun. In any case it's chasing a Charger anda lot of Vee-Dubs in the background is certainly consistent with the Bay Area ca. '68.

fintail

2372 is a Daihatsu YRV

The Mustang and Charger are indeed from Bullitt. There's even at least one fintail seen in the movie, too.

navigator89

2372 is a Daihatsu YRV

Daihatsu YRV is correct, nice job!

fintail

Reading CAR pays off

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

okay....boxy rear engine four door....hmm.......

Looks like a Fiat 1100 but that's a front engine car, and this isn't, so.....

Definitely not English

So unless it's one of those eastern European nutty things I'm going to guess French something or other, Renault, Simca, Talbot, etc.

andys120

You're getting warm, Shifty. Wanna try to nail it down?

Mr_Shiftright

I'm out of ideas unless I go searching....

andys120

Rember these?

They were sold from 1962 to '78, a pretty long run for a car, eh.

Mr_Shiftright

Ah no wonder I was trying to forget it :P

andys120

Gran Turismos of the Golden Age=>

fintail

Maserati of some kind...3000? 3500? c.1960

andys120

Close, Fin, it's a Maserati Sebring '63-'67. It started w the 3500 DOHC six but bumped up to 3700cc. around '65 or so.

andys120

navigator89

That's a Land Rover Safari from the 1960s.

I went in one a safari in Thailand. They're primitive yes, but fun to ride!

andys120

Yep, a '67.

andys120

rsholland

Mercury! I'm guessing a '49 model. If not a '49, then a '50 model. It's hard to tell without seeing the front.

Bob

andys120

Right on the money Bob.

subearu

not sure of the year, but that's a Unipower GT which apparently is at least loosely based on the Mini. http://ben.shiga-med.ac.jp/people/sugimoto's/Unipower.html

-Brian

Mr_Shiftright

Not sure if we posted a similar one, but this particular car is interesting because of the aerodynamics. Although it is from a 1948 design, it still scored very very high in aero efficiency during extensive testing in 1975, beating out many modern cars of the day. In fact, the only modern cars that beat it had extensive bellypan structures.

fintail

Bristol 401

andys120

Yep that's a Unipower GT which used a reversed Mini Cooper 1275 powertrain (i.e. mid engined), ca, mid-60s.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Armstrong Siddeley or MG Magnette?

andys120

It does look a bit like a Magnette or a (Morris Oxford) but you're in the wrong Hemisphere, Shifty.

rsholland

Well whatever it is, it stole the roof right off a '58 T-Bird.

Bob

stickguy

it looks like a checker cab merged with a 1960's Benz.

fintail

Looks like a customized Fiat 2300 or something

Wrong hemisphere....Japanese 60s high end car...if only Lexus existed then, they could have had cooler copycat styling