Mystery car pix

andys120

Nice ad; it is indeed a 1954 Lagonda 3.0 litre. I had a Dinky of it in the same color...er colour.

Mr_Shiftright

a 2006 Spyker? I need to know a lot in a hurry.

texases

Wow, like getting a call from Roger Staubach, asking for football pointers

Of course, there's wiki, but Spyker's such a small company there's not a lot of info around. Can't say I remember seeing one... :confuse:
Sorry!

explorerx4

It's 5 years old?

Mr_Shiftright

Yep, you got that part right. Somebody smashed one up 'round here and I may get to appraise it. Apparently there are all these crazy variants.

Seems to me I could have bought a Mitsubishi EVO and beat the pants off it for about 1/5th the price.

andys120

Again the newest car reveals what year the pic was taken>



Much BIGGER, loads of cars.

kyfdx

1965? Chevy on the right?

andys120

Yup, you can see the rear of a '65 Chevy Impala to the left of the '56 Chevy in the foreground. Oddly there are only a couple of other 1960s cars in this mid-60s shot which is dominated by 1950s cars of all kinds.

berri

My guesses - 60 Rambler, UPS truck, early fifties Chevy van, 56 Chevy, 58 DeSoto, 58 Chevy, 65 Chevy, 62 dodge wagon, VW convertible and maybe areound a 60 Caddy in front of it? That's all I can really make out.

texases

Also a '63-ish Falcon a couple back from the old Chevy van, and a '63 Dodge wagon to the right of the '65 Chevy.

wgrafer

Good job Berri - there's a '62-'63 red Ford Fairlane on extreme right, and the one in front of the red VW convertible is a '59 Oldsmobile.

And of course, the ubiquitous UPS "truck" is technically called a "Package Car".

andys120

early fifties Chevy van,

I don't think so Berri, it's an early 50s Dodge, similar to this one>

andys120

There is another '65 Chevy besides the aforementioned Impala, it's behind the black (Dodge?) panel truck. Anybody see it?

bhill2

There is another '65 Chevy besides the aforementioned Impala

Are you talking about the wagon with its butt sticking out behind the "package car"? It looks like it could qualify. Incidentally, as if it mattered, the '60 Rambler on the left at the front is an Ambassador.

andys120

Are you talking about the wagon with its butt sticking out behind the "package car"?

Nope the white car behind the black panel truck and ahead of the white Falcon. Look at the bigger version of the photo and you'll see it's very recognizable

jwilliams2

Do you mean the Corvair?

stickguy

these pictures make me eralize how radically styling changed in just a few years back in the old days, and it kept happening.

Now, 5-10 years isn't much of a difference. Even all 20 year old cars looks pretty modern. Not like 20 year old cars in a picture from 1955 or 1965!

andys120

Do you mean the Corvair?

Bingo, it's the restyled Chevy Corvair introduced in 1965.

bhill2

Boy, your monitor is better than mine. I couldn't identify that one in the picture.

andys120

kyfdx

I don't know what that is, but those wheels look straight off a pimped-out Escalade.. :sick:

qbrozen

agree that the wheels are horrible, but its a pretty nice looking car. Kind of a cross between an LFA and a ferrari (look like california taillights).

robr2

Nissan Z concept??

wgrafer

Is that a "Z" just in front of the door? If so, maybe a new Nissan Z is on its way...

Mr_Shiftright

The cut of the windows is absurd. Who is supposed to see out of that thing? It is after all, a car, not a garden sculpture. Well maybe that's why it's a "concept".

mac24

Here's a car I was once privileged to have in my possession, and in that color too.
I wonder if many made to the US?

andys120

Triumph 2000 Roadster ca. late 40s, early 50s IIRC. Very few were imported to the USA; the first Triumph to catch on here was the TR-2.

Mr_Shiftright

Triumph 2000 or 1800 Roadster, late 40s. Yes they were imported here by Fergus Motors in New York, andys is right.

Americans either love them or loathe them. There seems to be no in-between attitude with this car over here.

But whether you like it or loathe it, it does bear the distinction of probably being the last car in the world ever built with a rumble seat. I'm sure the young lads in postwar England just loved helping their lady friends as they clambered over the rear fenders to get in.

Another distinction is that the car was designed by two people---one took the front half and the other the back end.

Not terribly valuable in the USA but usually a hit at the British car meets. It's basically a pre-war car in every respect, a wonderfully quirky British car.

andys120

It's an Aston-Martin V12 Zagato. I'm not sure if it's a one-off or a limited edition like the original DB 4 Zagato.

Zagato ought to be ashamed of themselves , the standard-body A-M DB9 or DBS is a lot better looking.

texases

Also, the roof/side windows look a LOT like a GTR:

grahampeters

G'day

I've come in late on this one but think it is beautiful (if you can do something about those wheels. I like the Kammback.

At only GBP330,000 plus taxes, its a bargain... Well, perhaps not, but it is a very appealing car.

When we lived in Gloucestershire, I would regularly see an original DB4 Zagato in British Racing Green. The owner used it for popping into town and it was clearly well used.

Cheers

Graham

explorerx4

I like the step up pads on the corners of the rear bumper.

fintail

bhill2

The resolution on my monitor is not the best, but I will take the left side starting with the '61 Impala convertible (I cannot place that small piece of station wagon closest to the camera). Then comes a '64 Ford Galaxy 500XL (based on the bucket seats), what I think is a mid '60s Dodge Coronet, a '59 Ford (possibly a Fairlane 500 but not a Galaxy), and a '65 or so Cadillac Sedan DeVille. The rest on that side are lost to me. Coming toward the camera is a low line '55 Ford wagon, a '59 or '60 Studie Lark, a '57 Pontiac and I think a '56 Lincoln. To the right of the '55 wagon is a '59 Ford Galaxy. I will leave the rest for someone with a better monitor.

berri

Some guessses:

61 Chevy, 64 Ford, 63 Plymouth, 59 Ford, mid sixties Lincoln Continental, Renault Dalphine?, 64 Pontiac, 55 Ford wagon, 63 ish Studebaker, 59 Ford, 57 Pontiac, 57 Lincoln - about all I can make out.

berri

Yeah, that car next to the 64 Ford is either a 64 Plymouth or Dodge with that one year coupe roofline.

bhill2

I am really interested in any guesses on the station wagon between the camera and the 61 Chevy. I can't even make a guess.

wgrafer

My guess on the white wagon in lower left is a '60-61 Plymouth Valiant wagon (looks like the style I recall, but not a lot to see).
The '64 Galaxie 500XL is a twin to one I had back in the day (in addition to the buckets, the dead giveaway is the small oval XL on the side trim near the rear.
After the '64 Plymouth and '59 Ford is a white '63 Pontiac 4-dr Hardtop followed by an English Ford and then another Pontiac , a 2-dr hardtop '64.

I see a few random ones like a '62 Olds parked on right, maybe a white '55 Imperial with the unique stand-up rear lights on the fenders, a '60 Pontiac, a 1st gen Corvair, etc., but my monitor is not helping.

andys120

Extra points for naming what show this is from.

ateixeira

Car 54, Where Are You?

Dear Mom and Dad:

I TOLD you my TV watching wasn't for nothing! LOL

fintail

Sadly, it is not the clearest pic.

I can agree with all that, but I think the odd foreign car might be an Austin A55 Cambridge.

andys120

Sorry Juice, that's not from Car 54 Where Are You?.

wgrafer

1958 Dodge police car, '62 Pontiac 4-dr hardtop, and yet another '62 Pontiac (wagon).

As I recall, there were 8,000,000 stories in the Naked City, and this must have been one of them.

I can't remember Toody & Muldoon driving anything older than a '61 Plymouth as they drove down the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway.... but never as old as a '58.

andys120

You're right on all counts., Grafer. All kinds of interesting cars showed up in Naked City, shot in New York during the early 60s. The show had a deal with Pontiac so the cops always drove those but I don't recall any real NYPD Pontiacs from that era, let alone the 4dr H/Ts that the principal characters drove.

It being NY, some imports showed up including Porsches, R-Rs and the usual VWs and Dauphines. One episode featured a 300SL Roadster.

andys120

ateixeira

E28 M5?

But I don't recognize the white grille surround, is that a tuner car, maybe Dinan or something?

kyfdx

Is that the 635CSi from the defunct dealership in Ontario? (juice...note the two doors, and that all E28 M5s were black..)

With those grills, that car could have been on Miami Vice!

mac24

The shape of the gear lever might help.

andys120

Is that the 635CSi from the defunct dealership in Ontario? (juice...note the two doors, and that all E28 M5s were black..)

Yup.

andys120

AC Ace or Ace Bristol?