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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    From a documentary biopic about the man in the passenger seat, beaucoup extra points if you can ID him as well as the car>

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

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Looks like the Chevy Vega my dad had back in the 70s.

    Year? Dunno, 1976?
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Shot in the dark: Austin-Healey Sprite, with Stirling Moss in the passenger seat?
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    The Vegas pictured are all 1971-72 models. Slightly larger bumpers arrived in '73, followed by even bigger bumpers as part of a ruinous restyle in '74.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I guess my dad got it used, so we had an earlier model.

    All I remember is that thing being the biggest piece we ever owned.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Sorry Stephen, the car is a 1958 Sprite but you're not even close on the guy.
    Moss is a lot smaller than that guy (hint).

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,406
    I think the guy is Ingemar Johansson.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Ingemar Johansson.

    Bingo, it's the one time World Heavyweight Champion from Sweden, squeezed into the tiny Sprite cockpit.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,704
    1959 Pontiac

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    1959 Pontiac

    Yup, a "Wide Track" Bonneville.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • cooterbfdcooterbfd Member Posts: 2,770
    Chrysler 318/360???
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,726
    the orange block says chevy to me

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  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,072
    I'm pretty sure it's a Chrysler "LA" block, but my guess is that it's the hot 273-4bbl that was used for a few years in the first-gen Barracuda. That engine bay looks like a '63-66 A-body (Dart/Valiant/Barracuda) to me.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,606
    Ingemar Johansson.

    Bingo, it's the one time World Heavyweight Champion from Sweden, squeezed into the tiny Sprite cockpit.

    My 6th grade teacher was his cousin. She was small, but once she mentioned the relationship she had very few discipline problems.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Close Andre, it's a 273 in a '65 'Cuda but the caption says it's only the 2 barrel carb (base V8).

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

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It looks very Moparian.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    edited May 2010
    That air cleaner, the valve cover shape, and that ballast resistor on the firewall all speak pentastar...
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I knew immediately that is was Moparian by the valve covers and the broad timing case cover.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    edited May 2010
    1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II (I love my monitor!).

    Looks like it's the only survivor
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Correct! It's the most awesome Mercury never built. It had a Ford counterpart called the Torino GT which also never was produced.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Bugatti EB110 ;) Saw the article earlier elsewhere.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Bentley Mulsanne
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Yes, Bentley Mulsanne is correct.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Bit sketchy on this but I think this is a DB (Bonnet?) - they made small Panhard engined cars in the late 40's/early 50's and used to win the Index of Performance each year at LeMans - I imagine this is at a LeMans classic event.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Yep, it's a Deutsch-Bonnet DB1 ca. 1955.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1966 Ford Country Squire
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,606
    With one of the smaller engines. I think the Squire had the 289 standard but it's more likely a 352.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Don't know which motor but a 289 would seem smallish for such a sizeable car.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,553
    Some kind of late 70s-80s Bristol, numeric name which I can't recall
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I think it's a 412, but IIRC they renamed the same old car when they abandoned the numeric scheme, and I don't recall the "new" name.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2010
    Yup, it's a Bristol 412 Beaufighter(CA. 1970-80s) named after a fighter bomber built by Bristol during WWII.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,606
    Don't know which motor but a 289 would seem smallish for such a sizeable car.

    It was and I doubt that many had them, but that was the standard engine. In the lower trim levels you could even get a 240 cu in six.

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  • cooterbfdcooterbfd Member Posts: 2,770
    1964 Impala. Probably a 283
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Yep!

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    The chrome luggage rack is missing & that set it off to be complete. As for engines, the 289 was standard for the Squire. We had a 67 Country Sedan with the 390 4V & it was great.

    Re: The wall paper on the Squires: When it got sun faded, I learned that applying a little "Liquid Gold" from a rattle can renewed it.
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