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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,696
    edited August 2010
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    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Cool car. I'd have stolen it as a teenager, too.

    Hope my dad wouldn't have made ME spend the night in jail, LOL.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,696
    edited August 2010
    The most beautiful car in the world. All that's missing is Kathryn Hepburn driving with a long scarf blowing behind her in the wind.

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    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    I agree - this is one beautiful design. BUT, what are those Caddy hubcaps doing on it? And that steering wheel sure doesn't look stock....
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Gorgeous - still looks stylish today which unfortunately isn't true of many of today's sometimes cartoonish designs.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    Must be a '64 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance. Believe this is from Red Line 7000.....
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Right you are J, on both counts.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    edited August 2010
    This one's been up for over 40 hours-- anyone?

    Going...going...

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

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    UK Ford Zodiac by the plate ca. 1964
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    UK Ford Zodiac by the plate ca. 1964

    What took you so long? BTW it's a '63 Zodiac. ;)

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

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    I was giving others a shot :shades:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    1971 Mustang Mach 1....
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I thought the body-color front bumper came in '72.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    edited August 2010
    I thought the body-color front bumper came in '72.

    Aside from having driven a rental from LA to SF, I can't claim and expertise on the dreadful '71-'72 Mustangs but I did find a picture of a black-bumper ''71 at oldcarandtruck pictures.com. [Scroll down to '71 MY]

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Looks like an AMC Spirit hatch, certainly no Eagle badging on it, which was more common around here in SE Wisconsin.

    -Brian
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    It's a four-door blob made by VAM, a Mexican affiliate of American Motors. The hatch and rear clip come from the Spirit, while the rest is from the Concord.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    You're correct Stephen, it was known as the VAM Lerma

    VAM=Vehiculos Automotores Mexicanos.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,135
    AC Ace? Late 50s?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Not an Ace> ;)

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

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    an Aceca, to be precise
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Trucklet>image

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

  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    Maybe a 1970 Ford Ranchero?
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,718
    with 66 Mustang hub caps

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Yup!

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    edited August 2010
    2011 Lexus LF-A....with the Nürburgring Package. Kind of pricey at about $445,000.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    That or 2x new SLS and a used C63...decisions decisions
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    . . . or a nice new house on about thirty acres
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Or a two / three bedroom terraced house here on about 500 square feet of land....
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Or in my area, a 50 year old rambler on an average lot in an average area...or a nicer house and lot in a worse (and more distant) area.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Or four to twenty row houses in the 'hood!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    El Ranchero? ;)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I'd say that's about a 2001 VW CityGolf from South Africa. They kept the Mk1 Golf bodyshell in production there for what seems like forever.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    That's right Stephen 987. The VW Citi Golf was produced in the Republic of South Africa through the 2009 model year. There were a number of special editions over the course of the years including the Citi GTS above, the last 1000 Citi Golfs produced were known as the VW Citi Mk.1

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I'll take the red Jag (which I'm guessing is a series 2 E-type ca. 1969) and the dark-colored Mercedes on the far left, which is a mid-'70s W116 sedan (most likely a 450SEL).

    Y'all can have the rest. :D
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    OK, now that the cream of the crop is taken I'll try the mostly miserable
    leftovers. All early 1980's:
    Chevrolet Cavalier
    Ford Mustang
    VW Rabbit
    Pontiac TransAm - probably '83 (the only non-miserable)
    Buick Regal
    Chrysler LeBaron
    GMC pickup
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Actually, the car you identified as a VW Rabbit appears to be a Plymouth Horizon or Dodge Omni and the car you identified as a Chrysler LeBaron is a circa 1983-84 Ford LTD.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I believe Rabbit and Omni/Horizon actually shared underpinnings, so the resemblance is understandable.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,543
    an omni. but I don't think they shared anything more than a resemblence.

    and for sure it is a Ford next to the PU

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,135
    A very strong resemblence, also I think the early ones used VW engines.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Stephen is right about the Series 2 Jag. It has the open headlights that were the biggest visual difference but you can also barely make out the side marker lights and the lack of turn signal housings above the bumper and under the headlights, they were moved to an under bumper location but are barely visible in the blurry foto.

    Wgrafer has the other ones covered pretty well. FWIW the guys at imcdb.com say the black hatch is an Omni. I'm sure the car next to the pickup is an Ford
    LTD (Gen V-'83-'86 Fox platform).

    Wikipedia:Ford LTD

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    I found out something I didn't know when I researched the E-Type SII. I thought the Second Series were introduced in 1968 in response to federally mandated safety rules but it turns out that they had a kind of Series I v.2 in 1968 which had open headlights, headrests and reversing lamp but retained the above bumper turn signal locations, small tailights and knock off wire wheels of the SI.

    Those were eliminated for the 1969 Series II and subsequent model years.

    link: NYT 1968 Jaguar E-Type.

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

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    The Omni/Horizon 1.7 engine was a carbureted, long-stroke version of the VW 1.6. I believe some other components were also "borrowed" from VW designs, though the parts themselves might not interchange.

    The Omni really came into its own when they replaced the VW engine with the 2.2 from the K-car. It became a much more capable vehicle, without sacrificing either fuel economy or affordability.

    It's really kind of sad that these cars are gone. They were a lot more purposefully designed than Detroit's later small-car offerings.
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