Mystery car pix

ateixeira

That's why it was popular.

andys120

qbrozen

hahaha. MST3K! Haven't seen that in ages.

berri

TR3, don't know the year, 58 Chevy, 58 Buick, 59 Ford wagon, can't make out the last car.

qbrozen

Are you saying you can get seven adults into Mazda5? It sure doesn't look like it from outside.

Can't do it in the Mazda5 because they don't offer that extra seat option.

Now, that's not to say the middle row in the Grand Cmax will actually be inhabitable by 3 people. Maybe 2 adults and a toddler.

stever

Actually a Tercel wagon, a friend had one back then, very practical and popular in Anchorage.

My neighbor had one in Anchorage while I was driving my '82 Tercel. She would emphatically remind me that her wagon said Toyota Corolla with no mention of Tercel on it. It was the Alltrac.

My sedan was officially a Toyota Corolla Tercel; they dropped the Corolla part in '83.

Those were great rigs; wish I could have afforded one when I got the sedan.

texases

"She would emphatically remind me that her wagon said Toyota Corolla with no mention of Tercel on it."

What year was it? There was a Corolla all track wagon later on ('88-'92), but AFAIK the one in the pic was just labeled Tercel, no Corolla.
Here's one:

andys120

For the record, the pictured car is being advertised on Craigslist as a 1985 Toyota Tercel SR-5 Wagon AWD

stever

I knew someone was going to ask me that. :P Let me get back to you. She sold the car when she moved to Seattle a decade ago but I bet someone is still cruising around Spenard in it.

fintail

It could be in Bellingham too, the place is like Valhalla for AWD Toyotas

Toyota was cooler then for sure.

Although, I remember a teacher I strongly disliked in 5th grade had one of those Tercel Wagons...they still make me think of that hag

andys120

I can't make out the last one either but you got the rest. Check out the wide whitewalls on the sports car.

andys120

jwilliams2

That would be a 1965 Dodge Coronet, probably with the 426 cu Hemi.....That would be a fun ride!

wgrafer

Is that the infamous "Brand New Shiny Red Super-Stock Dodge"???
Based on a '65 Coronet.

andys120

That would be a 1965 Dodge Coronet, probably with the 426 cu Hemi

Oh yeah!>



Yours for only $44.5!

texases

Actually, $44.5k sounds pretty reasonable for an original hemi, lots more interesting to me that those Hemi Cudas...

Mr_Shiftright

Does it get good gas mileage? :P

ateixeira

You often ran out of gas and had to walk.

It was therefore the true first hybrid (driving & walking).

Great fuel-saving feature.

Mr_Shiftright

I knew this guy who owned a repair shop in SF. He had one of those monsters---not sure if it was a Coronet or some other larger Mopar, with a Hemi. His favorite thing to do was drive with his workers to a fast food place for lunch, and when they had their food on their lap, he'd floor that thing. Lemme tell you, it really mashed you into the seat as well as created hellacious noise and smoke. Very funny in its own sick perverted way. He'd always promise and sweat not to do it again, but he always did and then laughed like a crazy man. Well, he WAS a crazy man actually.

ateixeira

I have a buddy with a Camaro SS and a big block. He takes kids for rides and tapes a dollar bill to the dash. If they can get it, they can keep it. When they reach for it, he floors it.

andys120

Now that's really fast food. :P

andys120

I think the Genesis of my lifelong interest in cars occurred when we went for a ride in my Uncle Charlie's '49 Olds slopeback with the new OHV8. He'd ask us if we were ready to "do the rocket" and we'd all yell "Do the Rocket, Unca Charlie!".

He'd nail the throttle and our little backs would slam into the seatbacks and we'd yell for more but after another one he'd tell us, "maybe next time kids".
Funny thing is he was a mild-mannered guy who never again owned a car that was fast or even interesting.

ateixeira

Cool story.

For me, I was a little kid riding my bike back from 7-11, sipping a Slurpee. I drove by this guy restoring a Fiat roadster.

He actually took the time to walk me through his project. I was so impressed, I kept coming back every week or so to gauge his progress.

If you're out there - a huge THANKS for taking the time to share your passion for cars with a random kid - me!

lostwrench1

Ahh, the engine compartment room/space/simplicity. Those were the days.

stickguy

it was different. I remember in my first car ('67 Camaro, 6 cyl.) you could stand INSIDE the engine compartment if you wanted to, there was so much space between the engine and the inner fender well.

probably would take about 10 minutes to unhook everything and hoist out the engine if you needed to. And you could see (and reach) everthing in there, no problem.

now I have a minivan where I can't even see the back bank of cylinders.

ateixeira

On my 1980 Mustang Ghia I could virtually stand in the engine bay, too.

It was a 3.3l straight six under a big, long hood.

fezo

I remember being able to stand in the engine compartment in my wife's old 78 Nova with the flathead 6.

I have two cars now that I have never even seen an oil filter on because they are so buried. At least on the two Toyotas the filter is right up front - still crowded through.

stever

Ok, my old neighbor says her Toyota Corolla wagon was an '89. She still misses it.

texases

Toyota had the best set of compact wagons for years...no more

ateixeira

Overseas they sell a Corolla Fielder model, which is a true wagon. We got the Matrix instead, which is much smaller.

Fielders are all over the place in Brazil.

lostwrench1

I used to stand inside the engine compartment of my 68 LeMans to change the points and condenser. V8.

wgrafer

When I was a kid our cars were not exactly 'leading edge' -- mostly 6-cylinder 3-speed manual practical commuters. BUT, my Dad's old war buddy in S.C. had a penchant for fast Mercury cars (I think he worked part-time at a dealer in Columbia just so he could get new 'demo's' every year).
Just after I-26 opened I remember him introducing me to "passing gear" as he called it when he floored his '59 Mercury Park Lane (430 c.u.?) and when it kicked down we were thrown into our seats and held on for dear life. What a rush! I looked at my Dad and said why can't we do this???

kyfdx

No wonder I-26 sucks... it's as old as I am.... lol

My grandfather had a '49 Ford.. no idea what sort of engine, but he lived in the country and drove like a bat out of hell (at least, it seemed that way to me...) He drove that car until they moved to the city in 1968...

"You wanna go fast?"

"Floor it, Grampa!"

lemko

I imagine that '49 Ford had the famous flathead V-8. Maybe it was modified? There were and still are a lot of aftermarket performance options for the Ford flathead V-8.

andys120

lemko

1974-1976 Lincoln Continental Mark IV. It has to be at least a 1974 model as it has the rear 5-mph bumpers which were mandated that year. Nineteen senventy-seven saw the advent of the Mark V.

andys120

You're right Lemko, it's a '76 Mk.IV. It's also a good example of why I don't find '74-'82 cars very desirable. Stylists of that era couldn't leave well enough alone. What's the point of putting that wide, formal C-pillar in back and then cutting an oval in it and then swathing the back half of the roof in vinyl?

Two colors on the car weren't enough so they do a contrasting third color on the lower body, Good grief Charlie Brown! :sick:

andys120

jwilliams2

'79 Buick Riviera....not the brightest spot in Buick's history.

andys120

Replying to: andys120 (Jan 13, 2011 6:50 pm)
'79 Buick Riviera....not the brightest spot in Buick's history.

Correct, not the darkest spot either>

Mr_Shiftright

Looks like a vinyl-roofed snowplow.

andys120

lemko

Looks like a Porsche 356 speedster passing a 1948-50 Austin A70.

andys120

That is an Austin A70 (Hampshire) but the Porsche isn't a Speedster.

fintail

I think you're right on the Austin (why do I like those?), but the Porsche appears to be an early 356 Cabrio, windshield appears to have a crease so probably around 1954.

andys120

the Porsche appears to be an early 356 Cabrio, windshield appears to have a crease so probably around 1954.

Yup it's a '53 Porsche 356. The 356A was not introduced until 1956 so models with the split or creased windshields are known as "pre-As" (or simply 356s). The Speedster does date back to '53 , cosmetically they are distinguished by their very short 4windheilds. Except for minor details like tailights they looked the same from '54-'57 but the later ones had larger engines
IIRC.

Mr_Shiftright

Also you can tell because the windshield frame is painted body color. You won't see that on a Speedster.

andys120

Good point Mr. S. Of all the topless 356 models only the Speedster and the Convertible D lack the body colored windshield surround.

Mr_Shiftright

And the Speedster can be differentiated from the convertible D by the size of the windshield (lower) and the lack of oll up windows (has side curtains)

andys120