Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

Personally I'd like to hear her side of the story. :P

When those big street Hemis came out ( I mean the REAL Hemis of the 60s), the world, and most store windows, trembled. *Very* ornery to drive however.

berri

You're right - a 440 Wedge was a smoother driver than a 426 Hemi.

ateixeira

VW customers seem to either adore their cars to death or detest them and tell you to avoid them at all costs.

Both extremes.

I've heard the DSG is having issues now? If so, that's a shame. That really seemed to signal a turn-around for them.

gagrice

Not sure if these have made it to the forum. They are way cool and street legal.





http://www.coolthings.com/tom-wrights-street-legal-bumper-cars/

stever

Meg Ryan's grandmother had one of these in 1924.

Custer electric microcar (Straightline)

stever

texases

I know they claim they're street legal, but are they really? And somewhere in there it said some can go 160 mph? My BS warning light is starting to flash....

texases

The next Toyota Sienna. I wish Toyota and the rest of the automakers would give all cars this kind of large window visibility!

stever

Yep, 2011 Toyota Sienna.

2009 Los Angeles Auto Show (Edmunds Daily)

gagrice

The 160 MPH was attained on a Dyno. I would not feel safe much past 35 MPH in one. Looks like something a Shriner would use in a parade. I would cruise around our little village in one. The builder owns a Powder Coating company here in San Diego. No website. This is the closest I could find on him.

http://www.littleguysstreetrods.com/North%20County%20Powder%20Coating.htm

Mr_Shiftright

160 mph with those wheels and that wheelbase would be a GREAT way to kill yourself instantly and for CERTAIN.

andys120

lemko

The two cars with the brake lights illuminated appear to be 1965 Plymouth Fury III hardtops. The car with open doors appears to be a 1962 Ford Country Sedan station wagon.

andys120

I'm pretty sure the Plymouth nearest the camera is a convertible.

stephen987

Looks like the car pointed east-west in the background might be a '64-65 Falcon convertible.

andys120

qbrozen

One of these drove down my street Thanksgiving Day. First time I've ever seen one.

Mr_Shiftright

Early Spitfire with a hard top--maybe a Mark I or Mark II up to 1967. Had that guy saved that car, he'd be the same poor man as he was then. :shades:

fintail

Bitter SC, early-mid 80s.

andys120

Yup it's a 1967 Triumph Spitfire MkII w optional h/t.

lemko

andys120

Renault Fuego Turbo ca. mid-late 70s.

lemko

That was quick!

Right on the car, but wrong year. This is actually a 1984 model exported to the UK.

andys120

qbrozen

bimmer 8-series

qbrozen

That was quick, fin.

I never even heard of such a car. I thought it was a ferrari till I caught up to it and saw the name on the back.

texases

It replaced the much-loved 6 series, and never got the same respect. It also had the misfortune of having (in some models) the new V8 that self-destructed on high sulfur US gasoline :sick:

fintail

When I was a little kid, I liked those things! :sick:

fintail

German, 80s...right up my alley. The company is still around, and still kind of offbeat.

ateixeira

I came *thiiiiiiiiis* close to owning one of those.

My dad was shopping for a used car for me when I was 16, and it was between a Fuego and a Mustang. He got the latter.

boomchek

Yeah that Bitter shape reminds me of the Ferrari 400 I think and the Fiat 130 coupe? They all have similiar proportions and body lines.

british_rover

Man I like the profiles on all those cars. They kind of remind me of a Chevy II profile. Just a longer rear deck then the Chevy II.

Mr_Shiftright

Pinanfarina I think. They rarely design an ugly car.

(now, of course, you guys will dig up all the grotesque ones.... :P )

boomchek

Of course:

Here's what looks like a BMW Z4 with a Rolls Royce front end:

michaellno

Boom, in the future, please do not post pictures like that around meal time. I gagged a bit when those photos came up.

boomchek

What, you don't like a modern interpretation of an Excalibur? :P

andys120

Yup Pininfarina did the Fiat 130 and the Ferrari 400. If they did the Bitter SC, it's a closely held secret. Most likely the Bitter was just "heavily influenced" by the PF designs. Pinfarina made some handsome designs during the 1970s and 80s but they lacked the fluid lines of their best 60s cars>

andys120

magnette

New Audi A8 - due late 2010

ps - when are they going to get this margin issue sorted?

magnette

Bonus points for the various surrounding classics...

andys120

Yup, it's the new A8.

fintail

D'oh...I can read the windshield...it's a Zastava 750, a built under license Fiat...maybe an Abarth version. N-suffix would make it 1974-75 I think, but I don't know if it's a year-appropriate plate.

Behind it is a VW Beetle with similar registration, an XJS, a BMC Farina with its hood up (maybe a Wolseley as it appears to have a radiator shell space), further back is an MGB-GT, A Fiat 500, a RR Spirit/Spur or Bentley equivalent, and at right looks like a Standard 10.

jondotli

What yeah/model/value of this Alfa Romeo? Thanks.

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Mr_Shiftright

The difference year to year are subtle, but it has the small side marker lights so I'd guess about a 69-70 GTV 1750. I think something is missing from the grille

Nice ones usually go from $15000 to $25000.

andys120

I agree, that's definitely a 1750 GTV ca. '69 or '70, it's missing the horizontal bar in the middle of the grille so it looks a bit like the earler 1600 Sprint Veloce but the four headlights are the giveaway. Here's what it should look like in front>

stever

andys120

Maybach 61?

ateixeira

Lady Gaga.

Oh, the CAR!?

stever

Maybach yes. If I'm reading the article right though, there's no 61 involved in the nomenclature (or 57 or 62....).

Any other guesses before I post the link to the real gaga stuff (that's barely SFW or maybe even NSFW)?

jwilliams2

Has to be a 57, maybe a 2008.