Mystery car pix

lostwrench1

The side chrome not crossing the entire front door does indicate it is a Belvedere.
Good eye, Magnette, on that 65 Studebaker Wagonaire.

Mr_Shiftright

Ah that high quality popsicle stick quality wood veneer and the luxurious and durable British upholstery suggests a TR-4.

Alternate guess----TR250 (one year model).

andys120

Good guess but the lack of headrests on the seat should have tipped you off that it was a pre-1968 model. As you know the 250 was sold in the US only for '68 MY.

It's a 1965 Triumph TR-4A which would be more obvious if the ignition were on and the red light indicating generator failure was lit.

andys120

Weird stuff and lots of different cabs>

stickguy

Checker, dodge aspen (never saw one of those as a city cab), RF looks like a '75ish lemans, and i think behind the right side checker is an LTDIi? although I think this picture predates them.

wgrafer

I'm going to guess that the Mopar cab is a '76 Plymouth Volare
instead of a '75 aspen as I think by then the Dodge Division was
aiming more upscale, and I think '76 was the first year for both.

Back in the day those vehicles were quite classy looking. Where I
worked we had some Volare company cars - very plush compared to
the competition from Ford & Chevy, but total pieces of junk. I remember
riding in one as a passenger and wondering why my feet were getting wet-
another bad heater connection. But the slant 6 & the Torqueflite combo
was great when it worked!

texases

My wife and I had the 'good' fortune of being in a Volare cab in DC in July - of course, the A/C didn't work during a heat wave...why was I surprised?

andys120

stephen987

Hmmm. Where have I seen that one before?

Mr_Shiftright

I see they haven't done anything to it yet. :P

texases

Hate those summer re-runs :P

andys120

:sick:

stephen987

stever

I thought you had reposted the pic with one that didn't skew the page, so I deleted the first one.

Oh welll....

boomchek

I say its some sort of a Citroen just by looking at the quirky steering wheel.

fintail

Yeah, definite French vibe there, but I have no idea what it is

andys120

SM?

stephen987

nope--but you're getting a bit warm

ateixeira

It's either French or a Subaru, and it's not also asymmetrical, so it must be French. LOL

stephen987

Sorry, neither French nor Subaru. But quirky nonetheless. And those who have smelled a whiff of Citroen are in the vicinity--both the steering wheel and the instrument panel layout are "borrowed."

ateixeira

Skoda? Just a SWAG.

texases

Borrowed Citroen = Maserati, right? A 1973ish Merak?

stephen987

Bingo. It's a '73 Maserati Merak, as shown below. The dash and steering wheel are nearly identical to those found in the Citroen SM, and the engine is closely related as well. Later on, Maserati abandoned the Citroen interior cues, along with the hydraulics, in the more conventional Merak SS.

andys120

boyce

2011 Mondeo with 237 hp Ecoboost

colin_l

On the front page of Autoblog right now, even!

That was a nice slow one right over the plate.

boyce

Yea, you got me. That's where I got it.

stickguy

If they make a 5 door version of that for the US, with a small ecoboost, sign me up!

andys120

tmart

57 chevy 210

stephen987

I'm thinking it's a One-Fifty rather than the 210.

imidazol97

The One-Fifty has a horizontal chrome at the rear with a vertical hook at the front, making it look like a 1955 Chev.

This is a 210. I believe the 210 has just the long lone piece of chrome that angles down to the rear according to the 1957 brochure, but the upper swoop could be added as an option... giving it the look of the BelAir without the inner flat layer of chrome or brushed aluminum. But most 210's have both pieces in any pictures I've found except the Chev brochure.

wgrafer

Yes, it's definitely a 210 (mid-level between a 150 (stripped) and a Bel Air (luxury). I really believe all 210's had this side decoration, and if it was a 2-tone then the strip within would match the roof color!

When I was a kid we had a pretty plain jane solid black '57 210, and friends of my parents had a'57 2-tone Black & White 210 with the white strip that matched the roof; ours was 6-cyl with 3 speed stick, while theirs was "loaded' with V8 and automatic.

BTW, looks like a '57 Nomad in the reflection!

andys120

BTW, looks like a '57 Nomad in the reflection!

Good eye Wgrafer, IIRC there was a Nomad next to the plain black car, I think it was a '56.

andys120

stephen987

Peel?

texases

Looks like the same model Clarkson drove on Top Gear:

Mr_Shiftright

Is this some form of ritual suicide?

ateixeira

James Bond's rental car.

stever

Looks more visible than a motorcycle.

The drivers staring at you are the ones who are going to run off the road and smash into a tree. :P

andys120

Yup it's a Peel P50 like the one Jezza drove through the offices and studios of BBC-TV, 49cc DKW motor. About 50 were made on the Isle of Man(!) in 1963-64.
According to the Guiness Book it's the smallest car ever made for road use.

link .

andys120

ateixeira

Hmm, Toyota FJ LWB?

andys120

Toyota FJ LWB?

Close, but no cigar. It's a 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser HJ 45.

stever

According to the Guiness Book it's the smallest car ever made for road use.

Bah, only three wheels, not really a "car".

This is a car.

jack_sparrow

all d cars posted above are amazing guys.... i like that drivers only version.... cool one...

andys120

stephen987

Fiat Ritmo, then Simca 1100. A bit farther back I think I see a Lancia Delta and possibly a Dedra.

ateixeira

I'd take a Lancia Delta Integrale rally car any day. :shades:

fintail

I think I see a Panda and another Ritmo in the background, and just to the left of a tree I think I see a sliver of a Renault 4.