Mystery car pix

andys120

done37

67 Shelby GT350

andys120

67 Shelby GT350

Yup

andys120

fintail

Lamborghini Islero, I think

gagrice

Thank you, and a Merry Christmas to all on the Mystery Car Pix thread....

andys120

Yes, that's a 1967 Lamborghini Islero S, their best front-engine design IMO.

ateixeira

Hopefully a Transphibious Am.

michaellno

...but I spotted a car the other day that intrigued me. Vanity plate said "VIGNALE" and it looked to be of mid-60's vintage.

Before I spotted the plate, I suspected it was a Ferrari 2 door coupe. Very squarish looking, red with black top.

A quick search of VIGNALE on google didn't turn anything up that looked like what I saw.

Any ideas?

andys120

If it looked anything like this>



You saw a very rare Ferrari 212 Inter Vignale or some other equally rare Vignale-bodied Ferrari from the early 1950s.

Vignale was one of the most prominent of the bespoke body-builders during the early-mid 1950s and did coachwork on a number of platforms for Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat Alfa and others. They faded in the 1960s as Pininfarina, Bertone and Giugiaro took over but not before leaving us the fabulous Maserati 3000GT Spider Vignale which I think is even better looking than the fabled Pininfarina Ferrari California>

michaellno

Looked more like the bottom car than the top .... the top was up on the car I saw (or it was a hardtop - not entirely sure).

stephen987

Like this?

michaellno

That's it! However, I now think that the car I saw was a convertible, since it didn't have the curved rear glass as on the picture above.

Was a hardtop available?

andys120

That's the steel-top version of the mid 60s Maserati 3500GT, it was bodied by Carrozzeria Touring, not Vignale. It was usual practice back then for different coachbuilders to style the H/T and ragtop versions of GT and sports cars

andys120

Was a hardtop available?

Detachable hardtops were commonplace accessories on all sorts of ragtop cars by the middle 60s. I found no photos of the Vignale Spyder wearing one but I'm sure they existed.

FWIW Spyder is the correct spelling for Maseratis and Porsches. Alfas, Fiats and Ferraris use the i (Spider)

andys120

lemko

The resolution is pretty bad, but I can identify the brown 1957 Oldsmobile most clearly. The turquoise-colored car appears to be a 1952-54 Ford and the old woman is blocking what may be a 1951 Plymouth. The fin-tailed car appears to be a 1955-56 Plymouth.

imidazol97

I believe that's a 53 Buick on the right.

Then a 1957 Ford Skyliner for the pink car with white top.

On the left is a 1958 Buick.

then a 1955 Plymouth in blue-green with dark green top.

Can't tell about the solid green car.

Then to the right of it is a 1953-1954 Pontiac.

Then the brown 1957 Olds.

For those with IE as the browser,
here's a link to the full picture that isn't cropped on the right.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/dog427435/MoreSS/Christmas%202010/22.jpg- -

lemko

All I could see was from the '57 Olds to the left. I didn't see all those to the right of it.

imidazol97

The new Edmunds truncates all pictures too wide so they don't cut off the rightside frame. To check, I right-click, select properties, and copy the URL of the graphic. I put that into a new window and check to see if there was a part of the picture I didn't see.

wgrafer

From the left I see a light green '56 Plymouth, a turquoise '55 Plymouth, unidentifiable in the distance, a green '53 Pontiac, the brown '57 Oldsmobile, something light green, the '57 Ford Skyliner, a green & white '56 Buick peeking out, and a '51-'52 green Buick partly showing. Brrrr..............

andys120

Good job Wgrafer.

andys120

blueandorange

This picture was posted by a friend who I believe is in Singapore, and I have no idea what car this is:

done37

Toyota MR2 spyder. Latest Gen. It has body mods or add ons

blueandorange

Thank you!

urnews

Looks like a 1952 Chrysler or maybe an Imperial.

wgrafer

Close urnews, but it looks more like a 1954 Chrysler new Yorker to me

lostwrench1

Yes, and with that small horizontal chrome piece before the rear tires, a 54 Chrysler New Yorker "Deluxe".

andys120

1954 Chrysler new Yorker

Correct. Sorry Lost Wrench but the caption sez nothing about it being a "Deluxe".

wgrafer

I did some research, and lostwrench is correct. For 1954 Chrysler had both a New Yorker and a New Yorker Deluxe for about $150 more! Among the differences were a little extra chrome on the sides and an extra chrome strip in the grille. Who knew???????">

<img src="http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Chrysler/1954hryslerSalesbook-06-07.jpg

andys120

I stand corrected, nice call Lostwrench.

andys120

wgrafer

Well, I've never seen one of these, but we've got to get past this. Maybe it's some sort of French thing??????

berri

My uncle had a 54 Chrysler when I was a little kid. My dad had a 54 De Soto at the same time. Personally, I liked the looks of the De Soto better, particularly the dashboard. I think 54 was when Virgil Exner started having influence at Chrysler and the vehicles seemed to start looking better and a bit more modern.

berri

Christ Andys, that microcar looks like something that someone in Wisconsin built out of scrap and left in their back yard (all it needs is a homemade trailer to tow in the left traffic lane)!

Mr_Shiftright

I love the chromed fireplace grill.

magnette

Happy new year to everyone on the Mystery Car forum...

This little beast is a Mochet CM125 (I've only ever seen a CM175 which was a little different from this as it had a bar across the middle of the grille, rather than this fireguard mesh thing - early 50's I believe.

lemko

Here's another microcar with nearly as ugly a grille. No, this is not a child's pedal car!

magnette

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22340414@N04/4956879239/

orry - flicr no longer allow me access to my own photos, so if I want to post anything it will come up as a link - I've no idea why - this is all I can get

magnette

Sorry - I can't see a picture or any link on your post - is it just me, or are there problems with this site today?

magnette

They've changed Flickr, which is where I put my photos on line, and it is a total pain to get the HTML address to copy onto this site - no idea why - anyway, after about 50 g0es, here is the actual picture again...

Mr_Shiftright

I can get the link to work on #27485 just fine.

lemko

Wow, the picture was there half an hour ago! Weird! Anyway, here's the link:

Mystery Micro Car

magnette

I still can't see a link on your original post, and the link on this one comes up code 403 access forbidden...

lemko

Must be our browsers. The link worked a few minutes ago. Maybe the "fun police" are up to their old tricks.

ateixeira

Isn't that the new Lancia Delta, rumored to perhaps become a new Chrysler model in the US?

magnette

Yes - its the current Delta - Lancias aren't sold in UK currently, indeed not since about 1990, but in this week's Autocar magazine they are suggesting that we will get it as Chrysler - together with the smaller Ypsilon, which I gather they are thinking of selling over with you as well.
I must say I find the Delta an attractive car, partly I suppose because we don't see many of them - this one was in Italy.

ateixeira

I agree, it is distinctive if nothing else.

Plus, the Fiat 500 came in at a lower-than-expected price. A similar surprise from a Dodge (?) Delta would be welcome.

magnette

With the Fiat / Chrysler tie-up you might also get Alfa Romeo - the new Guilietta is winning awards over here, and my colleague who drives one says it is great - while I am happy with my Mito, and find it fun to drive, and fast enough for me, although there was a problem with the Blaunpunkt CD/radio - had to have a new unit because it wouldn't eject CDs, within a few days of delivery...
We are thinking of getting a Fiat 500 for my partner - she doesn't actually have a car of her own at present, but needs something nippy to use locally and on the odd longer trip, and the 500 would fit the bill nicely - easy to park, loads of options, and she likes the colours etc..