Mystery car pix

bhill2

I'll second that. It is possible that it is an 'Appolo', but I think it's later than that.

tjc78

Neither car earned much acclaim in the real world

No, but Plymouth sold quite a few of them.

stickguy

that's what I couldn't think of. Appolo was the buick version. Olds had Omega. Now I just have to remember what the Pontiac version was!

tjc78

Ventura I believe.

au1994

Venture or Ventura I believe

andys120

Yup, it's a 1978 Buick Skylark. The car was repainted once which I assume accounts for the lack of badges.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Mon Dieu! A Frenchman riding a BMW motorcycle? Oh...I guess the French don't make motorcycles that can go over 25 mph anymore.

andys120

I guess the French don't make motorcycles that can go over 25 mph anymore.

Pardon my ignorance but did they ever?

texases

I'm SURE this "Velosolex 4800" will do 25 mph...downhill...if you're pedaling...

Mr_Shiftright

Mais oui..dans les 1930s.

The largest and last French big bikes were the Peugeot 515 and 517, 4-stroke twins I believe, around 500 cc or so.

grahampeters

G'day

Renault Alpine A110 berlinette 1600 (or maybe 1300)

Probably about 1969. Cannot identify location but I think on an about to be opened motorway

Cheers

Graham

andys120

texases

'77ish Pontiac Sunbird? Not great, but for '77 ~ok...

tjc78

I never liked the rear window "blinds". My mother had an 85 Dodge Charger with them, not my style.

texases

Re - the 'blinds'...guilty as charged

I put a set on my '79 Scirocco, thought it looked 'neat'...well, I was young, live and learn...

michaellno

I put a set on my '79 Scirocco, thought it looked 'neat'...well, I was young, live and learn...

Guilty here, too.

'85 Accord LX hatch with the louvers. It was my first car after graduating college, so I, too, was young and didn't know any better.

andys120

Nope, it's not a Sunbird, not that you can tell from that angle, it's the Spawn of the Vega, the Chevy Monza, which managed to be as poorly built yet much uglier.:P

Aside from the blinds the general shape is insipid, resembling and egg with wheels, then there's the cheesy exhaust pipe, the inappropriate fake wire wheel covers and the silly pinstripe that kinda hangs in space on the rear fender because it doesn't match the shape of the car.

Did they get anything right on that car?

Rear window blinds actually served a purpose, keeping the interior cool but they never seemed to work as well as they did on the car that introduced them>

jwilliams2

It was my first car after graduating college, so I, too, was young and didn't know any better.

Same as my Son. He bought a new 87 Saab 900 Turbo with them. I didn't think they looked that bad. Kinda sporty, actually.

ateixeira

I had an '80 Mustang Ghia and I wanted them, but never got them.

explorerx4

I put them on my future wife's '83 Celica.
Her brother hit a tree with 4 people in the car and it went on it's roof.
The trooper told my wife the louvers saved the 2 people in the back seat,
since they kept the back glass from shattering and kept them inside the car. :surprise:

Mr_Shiftright

Welllll....I don't know about THAT, but it makes for a very good story....I can't imagine those flimsy things resisting a multiple rollover very well, but you know, you never know.

kyfdx

...on my '82 Accord hatch....

But, I couldn't even afford A/C or the optional right-side rear view mirror... so, a few hundred for the louvers was a little out of my range...

My '77 Cobra II had the side mirror louvers standard.... Again, couldn't afford A/C or the rear louvers.. lol.

andys120

michaellno

my '82 Accord hatch....

But, I couldn't even afford A/C or the optional right-side rear view mirror... so, a few hundred for the louvers was a little out of my range...

Guess I was lucky that my '85 Accord hatch had both the A/C and the right side mirror in addition to the louvers. I bought it used at a Toyota lot where my dad knew the sales manager.

However, I wanted to put on some gold lace alloy wheels, similar to these:



Alas, never had the money to do so.

lemko

The car the man with the guitar is sitting on is a 1969 Chevrolet Impala. The white car in front of it may be a 1963 Chrysler Newport, the convertible in front of the white car might be a 1965 Rambler American. I see a few VW Beetles and possibly a Dodge van in the background.

blh7068

69 impala sedan

texases

The white car is not a Newport, roof's different. But what it is, I don't know. Looks kind of European... :confuse:

Edit - how the white car being about another Rambler, this time a '62:

stever

I thought it was a Ford Falcon.

imidazol97

I think it would neat to find the three people on the back of the Impala and learn what they're doing today--where they're ended up.

stickguy

the white car and the convert in front of it are both ramblers.

In front of that is a '67 ot '68 Camaro convertible.

fintail

Impala must have been mom's car or a rental, doesn't seem like a car for the inhaling youth of 1969 :shades:

Like most of the old peaceniks, probably in McMansions and driving Lexus SUVs nowadays, that generation got as materialistic as any other.

texases

"that generation got as materialistic as any other. "

What's amazed me is "that generation" has turned out to be one of the most controlling and over-involved bunch of parents ever. Having successfully gotten a boy through to college, the 'helicoper parents' and 'gunship parents' are just AMAZING! The generation that refused to be controlled by their parents...what a reversal.

michaellno

the 'helicopter parents' and 'gunship parents' are just AMAZING

I've heard the term "helicopter parents" before, but what are "gunship parents"?

texases

'Gunship parents' don't just hover over the children and teachers, they come in guns blazing, 'why did junior get a C?' 'your tests are too hard' etc, etc.

Even in college, calling up PROFESSORS to complain! :sick:

Mr_Shiftright

That's why American kids rate about 25th in the world in science and math BUT No. 1 in "self-esteem".

michaellno

'Gunship parents' don't just hover over the children and teachers, they come in guns blazing, 'why did junior get a C?' 'your tests are too hard' etc, etc.

Even in college, calling up PROFESSORS to complain!

Got it.

My wife has had to deal with parents like that .. and she is the director of an early childhood program where there are no grades!

lemko

What's worse is my little nephew was in some contest at school where EVERYBODY got a prize. This was done so none of the kids would be upset at losing, so they made up bogus categories like "BEST AT DRAWING WITH A BLUE-GREEN CRAYOLA" or something ridiculous like that. Shoot, back in my day, you lost and you had to be a good sport about it. What? Do they suppose some elementary school kid's ego is going to be so damaged he'll commit hari-kari with a pair of blunt-nosed green-handled left-handed scissors because he lost the "Connect the Dots Tournament?"

texases

Same here - awards ceremony for 4th grade, one teacher was VERY proud that ALL her students got 'straight As'. :mad:

michaellno

Fine line here.

On the other side of the fence, last week was "Week of the Young Child", and there was a "Children's Festival" in the town where my wife has her early childhood program.

The idea is to bring parents out and expose them to resources available to help them - the Fire Dept. did car seat fittings as well as handed out free bike helmets, for example.

Anyway, the local charter school (K-8) had a wheel spin where you only won a lollipop if it stopped on 4 or 7 (1-7 were the options). So, all day long we kept hearing "AWWWW, sorry" as someone got a 5, or a 2, or whatever.

FOR A FREAKIN' LOLLIPOP. Yeah, that's it, let teach our preschoolers about gambling. The kids totally didn't understand.

As you get older, yeah, I understand the need to have winners and losers. There is a great speech given by Charles Sykes on this - the 11 things you did not learn in high school:

RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it Opportunity.

RULE 6
If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

stever

ok, you guy's all flunked "staying on topic".

:P

michaellno

Do I now have to take remedial "old car pictures 101"?

I didn't even try to take that exam .. I really only know cars from maybe the late 60's and newer.

wgrafer

"In front of that is a '67 ot '68 Camaro convertible. "

If it's a Camaro, it's definitely a '67 as the driver has his hand hanging from the wing vent window.

wgrafer

"Impala must have been mom's car or a rental"

I believe it's a rental as I seem to recall NY license plates on rental cars always had a "Z" .

And let's not forget the '65 Corvair following the '69 Impala......

kyfdx

Ahh... for the good old days... when you could actually sit on your car!

fintail

Even back in my day (little kid in the 80s) it wasn't that bad. Future is going to be real interesting, it is...

In the photo topic, the license plate for rental cars idea is interesting, would make it easier...would be very dangerous today, of course.

Mr_Shiftright

Funny you mentioned that---I collect old photos of people with their cars--I must have a hundred of them, all pre-war or very soon postwar---and many of them--the majority---are sitting on their cars.

it would cost you about $1500 in body damage to do that today.

I'd post some of these great photos but they don't adhere to the rules of this topic, since most are prewar vehicles...and we KNOW how hard those are to identify from our past experience trying to help other members.

stever

Nowadays everyone opens their tailgate or hatch and cranks up the stereo and reaches for the cooler.

My minivan works great - have a seat and no problem if it starts sprinkling.

Bondo, or just primer?

stickguy

looks like a Maverick. about a 1970. and most likely there is bondo in there too!

actually the grill does not look exactly right, but a tough picture angle.

ummmmmmmmmmm

Definately Maverick--They came with factory bondo in front fenders. 1969/1970/1971. It has a grabber hood.