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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    Yep on both counts.
  • peggy14peggy14 Member Posts: 3
    You're right, the resemblence is amazing! I wonder who copied who? Very interesting!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    No takers for #28155? Going...going...

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

  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    good god is that color awful, lol :P

    I guess I'd have to guess it's special AMC since you posted it, so maybe it's a rare SC/360?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    edited March 2011
    Well it is an AMC but not one that was ever sold in the USA, it's a 1982 Studebaker Rambler American from Mexico.

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

  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    Hmmm, I thought Studebaker went under in the mid-sixties... :confuse:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited March 2011
    Where'd everybody go?

    Bug, Ford Falcons for the two besides the Bug. 1965?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    edited March 2011
    That pic struck me because those aren't the types of cars that were rented out back in that day. VW Bugs were ubiquitous in the mid 60s but rentals were almost always equipped with A/T and air and they didn't make the VeeDub with either. Compacts weren't generally rented either but this outfit's got Falcons front and center where you'd usually see Galaxies or Fairlanes. I can't figure out what's on the right, is the dark car an Opel Kadette or a Dodge Dart? It's too square for a Falcon.

    The grilles indicate that the Falcons are '65s.

    See enlarged version for more cars on right of picture.

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

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Morse was a Ford dealer so those cars may have just been parked at the front of the lot. The rentals may have been in back.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    In the expanded pic is a 59 Ranchero and a 57 Fairlane to it's left.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    The dark car looks like a really lowline Chevy II to me.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    It sure looks like a Ford Explorer to me but I'm guessing you have something up your sleeve and it's a rebadge or something.

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

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Nope, not an Explorer.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    Mazda Navajo?
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Correct! This one's a 1993 model.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I remember Mazda dealers were crying for the 4 door model but Ford never gave it to them.

    No wonder they eventually parted ways.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Aston Martins, the far one being the Toyota clone.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Yep, now showing in Geneva.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    The pretty blue coupe must be a DB-4 Zagato (c. 1963) and the little hatchback is called a Cygnet.

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

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    Triumph Dolomite, a supposedly nifty sport sedan of the 1970s, it was not sold here. Magnette can tell us from the plate what year and which shire it was sold in..

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    I think N suffix is ~1974, but I don't know British location codes.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Magnette was having extreme login problems last month and I don't think he's got it straightened out yet. Maybe he'll show back up via Facebook or something.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,509
    Isn't it actually a triumph dolomite sprint?

    Pretty exotic for the day (at least coming from BMC). 2 liter, DOHC engine, independent rear end.

    I still remember when I was about 12 going to bermuda with my family, and buying a british car rag there (at the time, almost all the cars/trucks were british on the island), and the dolomite was in that issue.

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Correct, it is indeed a Triumph Dolemite. Too bad Triumph was under the umbrella of British-Leyland at the time. Things only got worse with B-L as time went on.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    An interesting mix of cars in this shot from different countries and decades>

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

  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Other than the AMC Hornet, I've no idea what those other cars are.

    However, the still is from the Bond movie The Man With the Golden Gun and the scene above was shot in Thailand, I believe.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    I'll be nice and only take the mid 50s Ford Zodiac in the middle.

    Is that from a James Bond movie? Seems familiar somehow.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    edited March 2011
    I'll be nice and only take the mid 50s Ford Zodiac in the middle.

    Is that from a James Bond movie? Seems familiar somehow.

    Shots are from The Man With the Golden Gun and the yellow car is a '56 Ford Zodiac.

    Here's a larger version which reveals several more vehicles.

    Michaell is correct, MWTGG was shot in Thailand in 1974 and the red car is an AMC Hornet. AMC had a obviously had a deal w the producers; several
    AMC products were featured.>

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

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    The dark greenish-gray car is a 1956 Plymouth - most likely a lowline Plaza.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    Matador that goes barrel rolling.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    dark greenish-gray car is a 1956 Plymouth - most likely a lowline Plaza.

    Yup, exactly. Can anyone make out the red car on right and the easily identifiable blue fender on the left in the enlarged version?

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

  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    The blue fender on the left belongs to a '65 Pontiac Bonneville.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    Red car looks like an early Cortina
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    Wgrafer is right about the '65 Bonnie although some @ IMCDB think it's a Laurentian (a Canadian car in Thailand?).

    Cortina is a good guess but it looks smaller than that. IMCDB sez it's a Triumph 1300 (little brother of the aforementioned Dolomite).

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

  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,796
    If I right click image in your original post and select 'view image' I can see it just like the link you provided.
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    Last call for #28187...
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,490
    Looks vaguely English.... and, sort of Vette-y

    No idea, obviously...

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    edited March 2011
    English, yes, but nothing Vette-derived inside. And last of a longggg line.

    Hint - Viper V10 under the hood.
  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    edited March 2011
    Bristol, either a Fighter, Fighter S, or Fighter T. The T had over 1000 hp as I recall.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    You are correct, sir! Yep, 1000+ hp for the turbo Viper engine in the Fighter T.

    End of the line for Bristol, too bad, they had a long history of interesting cars :(
  • colin_lcolin_l Member Posts: 591
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    A little hard to recognize that one. Amazingly, no one died.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,510
    One less Neon
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    Austin A55 Cambridge (1955-61) the first of several Pininafarina designed Austins; they were was also known as "Austin Farinas".

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

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