Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

Without knowing, I would have guessed "East Germany, late 60s".

ateixeira

Anyone want to guess the revoltingly ugly car in msg #94?

imidazol97

>than a bread truck on bald tires. MG motor, 3-speed column shift, built by a refrigerator maker.

You certainly are a wordsmith. That phrase builds many rich word pictures.

Mr_Shiftright

But it's all true. :shades:

Actually I like Metros. There are kits and mods to make them tolerable to drive and you get celebrity status at restaurants. Being an old British car nut, I could even keep it running! A money pit as an investment, though, by the time you're done with it.

andys120

Here's a nice parking lot scene. Have at it>

wgrafer

Great Pic! Left one looks like a '51 Chevy; hidden one left looks like a '55 Chevy 110, next one is a '54 Chev, followed by a 1947__???, followed by a 1959 Buick and a 1955 Dodge.

fintail

The old timer in the lineup is a '40....quite a contrast to that outlandish '59 Buick. Styling really went nuts in that 20 years.

andys120

quite a contrast to that outlandish '59 Buick

Outlandish yes, but it's general proportions are still being used on large sedans to this day, except for the ridiculously long rear overhang. 1958 and '59 were not great years for styling but they set the pattern for years to come in terms of general proportions.

Wgrafer got 'em all right except I don't know what the tall old 1940s number is. Something about it says Buick to me.

cooterbfd

".....I don't know what the tall old 1940s number is. Something about it says Buick to me. "

I think it's a Caddy.

fintail

It's a 1940 Chevy

59 Buick was one of the few cars to have fins at both the front and back. Wild.

andys120

vcheng

VW Westphalia Camper from the 70s.

lemko

The bottom car looks like a Russian car built in the 1950s called a Pobeda.

lemko

Far row: 1954 Chevrolet, 1940 Chevrolet, 1955 Dodge. Behind and to the right of the Dodge is a 1959 Buick. The car closest to the viewer appears to be a 1951 Chevrolet.

Mr_Shiftright

Now there's a vehicle built with a purpose---a place to sleep when you break down once a week.

andys120

Yep, it's a 1976 VW Westfalia. Man, I love those 1970's greens.

texases

The only vehicle I less wanted to be stuck behind in traffic than an old Subie was a 70's VW van. Pretty much the definition of "slow"...

Mr_Shiftright

And noisy inside! You have to scream at fellow passengers at highway speeds....presuming you even got to highway speed.

boomchek

They are both the same as that bw picture of that russian aerocar posted earlier. I was just showing its different variants.

The ones I posted were called Warszawa (named after Poland's capital city) and sold in Poland.

And yes there were originally called a GAZ M20 Pobeda.

boomchek

I drove a 70s van like that a short distance once and boy was it a hoot to drive. I had to climb in through the trunk, it stalled on my 20 times, and the finishing touch inside was a stand up chrome ashtray (like you'd see in theatres long time ago) held in placfe by a brick.

It took me 15 minutes to drive 3 city blocks but it was fun!

Mr_Shiftright

My favorite story is a neighbor who bought one with a bad engine because "they are so easy to replace"---LOL! Poor guy was dreaming of a 1960 Bug with a 36HP stand-up engine, but dealing with a very heavy, complicated fuel -injected suitcase engine with a rat's nest of wires and hoses.

Took him a year.

andys120

stever

There was a '69 Bus in the family for a year - the head gasket blew in Memphis and it got traded for a Bug. A foretaste of minivans to come (still driving one of those).

At the time I was living in a wooded section of town where the landlord had stuck up some cheap housing. There were long narrow dirt roads used as driveways. Think fishing camp atmosphere (the fireplace leaked and I walked around smelling like a cooked ham all the time, but that's another story).

Now, a Bus was under 14' long. About the same as my Outback. A Camry is just under 16' long.

Even being so short for such a "big" vehicle, somehow I managed to clip several trees with the rear quarter panels of that Bus in the few months I lived in that spot. Was fun to drive though.

cooterbfd

'66 Nova Wagon??

stephen987

Looks like a '65 to me--something about the leading edge of the front fender seems too rounded to be the '66-67 style.

wgrafer

Well, it's a '66 OR a ''67 Chevy II Nova wagon - I just can't tell the difference!

stephen987

Yeah, you're right--I forgot that the '65 had the taillights in the tailgate. (Or was that the '64? Now I'm totally confused. . .)

kyfdx

'65 Soap Box Derby racer?

Chevy was the main sponsor, back then..

regards,
kyfdx
('70 local champion)

andys120

Sorry Stephen, those thin upright tailights came in with the '66 restyle, your guess is as good as mine as to whether it's a '66 or '67.

hudsonthedog

What's the blue car behind the Lotus in this picture?

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fintail

Looks like a ca. 1970 Sunbeam Rapier - a few of those were actually sold in NA, I know I've seen a LHD model.

andys120

ateixeira

The Chevron means Citroen, and I think that is a C3 or C4. Looks small so I'll say it's the current C3.

I didn't cheat, so I could be way off.

michaellno

Nope, it's a C4 WRC.

ateixeira

DOH!

50/50 and I missed it!

andys120

Nope, it's a C4 WRC

Indeed it is and that's Kimi Raikkonnen at the wheel.

andys120

stephen987

Jeep FC170.

lostwrench1

I have that exact picture in my auto advertisement collection. It is a 1966.

andys120

Jeep FC170.

Yep!

andys120

magnette

That is a Siata - I think the model was 208, but not sure about that - and the coachwork would be by Vignale. It had the 2 litre Fiat V8 engine.

I think the cabriolet to the left might be a BMW.

andys120

That is a Siata - I think the model was 208, but not sure about that - and the coachwork would be by Vignale. It had the 2 litre Fiat V8 engine.

Yup, it's a 1952-54 Siata 208CS, one of about 32. Most, like the one shown,
were powered by the Fiat 8V and bodied by what was then known as Stabilimenti Farina. A few had Chrysler power and at least one had a Bertone body>

andys120

stephen987

Fiat--I'd say a 2300 Limousine from the early '60s.

boomchek

I say Peugeot of some sorts from the 60s or 70s?

andys120

Sorry Boomer, Stephen is correct it's a 1961 Fiat 2300 President

boomchek

The angled headlights remind me of Peugeots.

andys120

The angled headlights remind me of Peugeots.

Most of the Peugeots of that era were styled with input from Pininfarina as were several of the middle and upper market Fiats.

andys120