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  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    edited May 2011
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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1954 Mercury XM 800
  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    You are correct!

    Apparently it's now undergoing a full restoration. It was so well preserved because the body was made from fiberglass.

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  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    Just to make you weep, it sold for USD429,000 after restoration

    http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=AZ10&CarID=r130

    Cheers

    Graham
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2011
    yeah, show cars are BIG deals right now, because if you buy one, you have the *only* one, so no matter how rich your friends/competitors/members in your club....they can't have one.

    Downside is you'd probably have to be suicidal to actually drive one of these.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,810
    That's the new Saab 9-4X.. I saw it at the auto show in February...

    Just like Cadillac with the SRX, they insist that it's not just a remake off the Chevy Equinox platform.. :surprise:

    Actually, I liked it... if Saab were going to survive, I'd consider it for my wife's next vehicle..

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Yep, the 2012. Saab isn't making cars in Sweden (at least as of yesterday) but GM is making Saabs under contract down in Mexico at the same factory where the make the SRX and HRR.

    GM Didn't Pull Plug on Saab, Production of 9-4X on Schedule (Inside Line)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Saab has been very slow on the uptake with new product. These latest entries had better be *very * good or...well...you know.... :cry:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    We still haven't got a complete identification for the "Ferrari Spider" in #29246.

    Here it is again>image

    Ferrari made two different Spiders in 1966-67 which had confusingly similar names but completely different coachwork so which is shown in the picture.

    Here is the other>

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,914
    Not sure a bout the Spyder, but isn't that Faye Dunaway in a scene fro the Thomas Crown Affair?
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  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    edited May 2011
    Looks like a 0967 Ferrari 275 GTB Spider N.A.R.T. (North American Racing Team.) Must be worth millions today!

    The second is a GTS....
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2011
    67 Ferrari 275 GTB Spider N.A.R.T. (North American Racing Team.)

    Yes! The 275 GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spider was the brainchild of Luigi Chinetti, Ferrari's US importer. who felt that something with a bit more performance and agressive looks than the pretty 275 GTS was needed and ordered Scalglietti to decapitate 25 GTB/4 Coupes to create the Spiders. 10 were actually built and all were sent to the US. The first was the one shown in the picture, s/n 09437, was raced at the 1967 Sebring 12hrs by Denise McCluggage and Pinkie Rollo (Windridge) to Second in the GT Class then repainted for use in the Thomas Crown Affair.

    Steve McQueen liked the car driven by Faye Dunaway in the movie so much he bought one for himself.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 17,017
    1969 Plymouth Fury III Convertible.
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I kinda miss one-pinkie steering. :P Mopar power steering seemed to me to be the numbest and lightest of all.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    1969 Plymouth Fury III Convertible.

    Aye!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,411
    57 Ford and Mercury.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Right you are Tmart.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    I kinda miss one-pinkie steering.

    It was entirely appropriate on a boat like that though.
    Maximum comfort, minimum effort, and a ride that replicated driving a sofa.

    To the rest of the world, that description was the epitomie of an American automobile in sixties. ;)
  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    That would be Alpha's first production car, an early sixties Alpha Giulietta, probably a Sprint.

    I like the substantial seat belt for the passenger, but not the driver. :)
  • uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 17,017
    Ever since a kid, I've really liked '56 Fords, but I have come to appreciate the beauty of the '57 Ford also. Laymen don't know this, but Ford actually outsold Chevy for '57.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2011
    Yup, it's a 1961 Alfa-Romeo Giulietta Sprint >

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    It wasn't close to being the first production Alfa though, they've been making cars since 1910.

    A.L.F.A. 24HP, first production car for Anonima Lombarda Fabricca Automobili

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2011
    What a car the Alfa Sprint is!!...it's really the PERFECT coupe....light, fast, beautiful, and terrific driver feedback on all levels. If you had just this car, you'd never need anything else. You can cram two kiddies in the back and you can rent a truck when you need one.

    What a car! :)
  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    It wasn't close to being the first production Alfa though, they've been making cars since 1910.

    Oops, meant to say mass production (I knew it wasn't their first attempt at making a car :blush: ).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2011
    That's correct, the Giulietta Sprint was introduced in 1954. It was followed by the Berlina (perhaps the first true sport sedan to be mass produced) and the fabulous Giulietta Spider, all three were iconic designs far ahead of their time.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I'll take a punt at 1970 Olds Torino GT Convertible

    Cheers

    Graham
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Graham - you're so close--
    "I'll take a punt at 1970 Olds Torino GT Convertible"

    Just substitute Ford for Olds and you've got it!!!
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,183
    Beautiful color on that Vert. Some of the late 60s/early 70s blues and greens still look great today.

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  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Brain fade. I blame the after effects of an anaesthetic.

    Still, it is a lovely looking beast; one of the better executed big convertibles. We rarely saw any here in Australia but as kids would drool over them on US tv shows.

    Cheers

    Graham
  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,612
    As a WAG, a Citroën Traction Avant.

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  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    As a WAG, a Citroën Traction Avant.

    It is! And yet (for a Citroën) its external appearance is relatively normal. :)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    I think that's one of the first Datsuns to arrive here in the late 50s. It's either a model 120 or 220, probably with the 1000cc engine.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Yup, It's a 1958 Datsun (1000cc) pickup.

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  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    Didn't recognize it without the rust..... :P
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    That's a Triumph Stag (which if I didn't know it already I'd have been able to identify from the front number plate :P )

    I wonder if it still has the nasty , leaky, original engine?
    Also, I've never actually seen one with wire wheels fitted before.
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Gee, I remember those, although I think that the ones that came to Australia had an integrated tray.

    Datsun made a steady stream of very reliable small utilities from the 1950's to 1970's. There was a very long lasting Datson 1200 utility which has remained very popular with restorers/customisers in Australia.

    Cheers

    Graham
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Triumph Stag. However, please note that it is parked, not being driven.

    They are notoriously problematic with a temperamental Triumph designed V8. More commonly, they will have been re-engined by now with a Rover V8, Ford Essex V6 or Buick V6, although that wipes off value.

    An engineer friend in England has two, but I think that is only so he can fiddle with them constantly.

    Regards

    Graham
  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    Datsun made a steady stream of very reliable small utilities from the 1950's to 1970's.

    And for our younger viewers, Datsun became Nissan in the US in the early 80's. :shades:
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    And before it was Dat"sun", it was Dat"_ _ _".
  • mac24mac24 Member Posts: 3,910
    And before it was Dat"sun", it was Dat"_ _ _".

    I think the chronology was DAT (from the initials of the last names of the founders), then Datson, then Datsun, and finally Nissan (which rather breaks the logical progression).
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Yes, Datson.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    And for our younger viewers, Datsun became Nissan in the US in the early 80's

    ...and tanked their sales volume after changing a well accepted and popular nameplate in the US for corporate internal reasons. D3 aren't the only dumb, internally focused managers sometimes!
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