Mystery car pix

fintail

Looks to me like a late 40s Opel Kapitan

andys120

Yup, it's a '49 Opel Kapitan.

andys120

fintail

I think that's an Arnolt MG, Bertone body.

andys120

I think that's an Arnolt MG, Bertone body.

You're right Fin.

andys120

stephen987

Ah, what riches. I'll just take one--the cream-colored Chrysler Town & Country convertible (1947?)--and leave the rest to y'all.

fintail

I think that T&C is a 49 :P ...there's also a 48-49 Packard woody beside it...I'll leave the rest to the others here too :shades:

tmart

49/50 Ford convertible
Blue 52-53 Ford
the Packard
the T&C convertible
Red/Black 52-53 Mercury
54-55 Chevy
No idea on truck
52-53 Chevy
No idea for the white one
Early 50's Pontiac

andys120

The Packard as Fin says is a '48 or '49. The white/tan Chevy is a '54, the '55 was entirely different. The car you ID as a '52-'53 Chevy (white car in right corner) is a '49-'52 Plymouth or Dodge and the white/taupe Pontiac is a '54.

The black vehicles in upper center are tough. The car looks like a '52-'54-ish Olds and the pickup probably a '49-'53 Chevy or GMC.

Good job guys!

andys120

I'll just take one--the cream-colored Chrysler Town & Country convertible (1947?)

A '47 would have a much more rounded style, That's a '49-'52.

1947 T&C>

stephen987

Right you are--that's what I get for trying to ID cars that were made before I started building AMT, MPC and Revell model kits.

imidazol97

For the white sedan, top right, I'll take a 1950 Plymouth, plus or minus a couple years?

wgrafer

The white/taupe Pontiac is a '53 ('54 had slightly larger tail lights and slighltly different side chrome).

The Black Olds top left looks like a '52-'53. Can't be a '54 as that was a different body style.

Great pic!!

Mr_Shiftright

The truck cab looks like a Ford.

andys120

texases

'73 Porsche 914 (sorry, when I googled 'Porsche 914 interior' this exact pic popped up!).
They were asking $6,300 for it on Craigslist.

andys120

Doh!

fezo

Good lord! Look at the stick in that thing! My 69 Volvo had one of those sticks long enough to double as a golf club. I always thought for all the safety stuff they had in there how do you put in a stick you could impale yourself on?

Mr_Shiftright

It's like sticking an oar in a rain barrel. Not my favorite shifter by any means.

However, the car does have the custom gauge set in the console, which is a nice and expensive option.

andys120

Good lord! Look at the stick in that thing! My 69 Volvo had one of those sticks long enough to double as a golf club. I always thought for all the safety stuff they had in there how do you put in a stick you could impale yourself on?

Safety stuff, what safety stuff ? Or do you mean those little headrests? Like VWs of the era Porsches had long shifters (and dodgy shift actions).

Mr_Shiftright

Aside from the guesswork of what gear you *might* be in on a Porsche 914, there was the problem of the transmission, which had first gear all by itself, to the left and down---then gears 2 thru 5 represented the standard "H" pattern.

You would not be the first purchaser of a used 914 who spent the first 3 months of ownership starting out in 2nd gear and thinking they owned a 4-speed....also complaining about sluggish pickup. LOL!

kyfdx

I think late '70s Datsuns had the same shift pattern...

It seems natural, if you drove a Jeep 6-cylinder 3-speed.. I like it!

andys120

IIRC the same shift pattern was also used on 911s of the era, it was supposedly based on racing practice to facilitate easier 3-2 and 5-4 downshifts.

andys120

lemko

Looks like a late '40s Crosley. A 1949 model perhaps? Hard to tell without seeing the front end.

andys120

Yup, it's a 1948 Crosley CC

Mr_Shiftright

In this case, less is actually less. :P

RE: early Porsche gearshift patterns: -- that's right, it was called the "Lemans transmission"

nortsr1

That certainly is a FUGLY BLUE!!!

andys120

stephen987

Lancia Delta Integrale, maybe an HF?

fintail

Looks like a FSO or something eastern bloc, K-registration on the plate makes it ca. 1992, bodykit is very much not stock.

michaellno

Looks like a Skoda badge on the grille. Couldn't tell you the model.

hudsonthedog

Second generation Skoda Favorit

andys120

Second generation Skoda Favorit

Hudson takes it!

andys120

stephen987

Hmm. Trojan?

andys120

Hmm. Trojan?

Nein!

Mr_Shiftright

some kind of Heinkel thingie?

andys120

Nein!

Mr_Shiftright

Ach! Shiftright ist sehr verwirrt!

Howabouten--- es ist ein Romi-Isetta?

explorerx4

there is a door on the side, which i find unusual. not that the whole car is not unusual.
on this topic, 'I know nothing!'

andys120

there is a door on the side, which i find unusual

Yep, sorta looks like an Isetta with a side door doesn't it? Actually that's what it is--sorta-- but it was not sold as an Isetta nor was it badged as a BMW or an ISO.

Sorry Herr Schiftright it's not a Romi-Isetta (whatever that is).

stever

Oh, not an Isetta but an Isorta?

I guess they spelled it Eyesoreta over there.

andys120

I guess it's time to draw back the curtain on this little mystery. It's a Hoffman Auto-Kabine, an unlicensed near-clone of the Isetta with an interesting back story.

andys120

wgrafer

Did Toyota redesign the Scion TC already???

andys120

Yup, that's the 2011 Scion TC v.2.

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ateixeira

Fiat for sure.

Brazil has the hatch version of that car, I think it's called the Tipo, so I'll guess Tipo sedan.