Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

Ignore the customizing...this car is actually quite rare.

ateixeira

Burn it with fire!

Looks like an 80s Cougar kit car with the top chopped by a sawzall.

mac24

It should look like this when it's restored:



Are you sure it's not one of twenty?

andys120

My bad, the barn find is one of three not sold originally in the US. 20 were actually made altogether.

stickguy

is it a Cunningham?

andys120

is it a Cunningham?

Yes indeed, it's a 1954 Cunningham C3, the pnl;y Cunningham intended primarily for street rather than racing use. Power was by Chrysler, styling by Vignale.

andys120

robr2

Kia Rio 5

lemko

andys120

Nope, it's the new five-door 2012 Kia Forte

andys120

I see a '58 Oldsmobile, followed by a '57 Ford, can't make out what's behind the Ford but behind whatever it is there's a VW Microbus/Transporter.

ateixeira

Here's the Rio, it's smaller and a lot rounder:

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/01/2012-kia-rio-5-door-first-drive-review/

texases

Kia sure is on a styling roll. Just about the best looking overall line of vehicles out there right now.

lemko

I'm thinking that's a 1962 Chevrolet behind the Ford, and if you look way back, you can see an early '60s Ford Econoline van.

ateixeira

Yeah, a lot of tiny cars look positively dorky, that Kia's actually kinda cute.

robr2

Nope, it's the new five-door 2012 Kia Forte

Arrgghhhh that's what I meant.

explorerx4

I think Edmund's should replace the emotorcons with emotorcars.
I nominate the Buick for the frown, and the Ford behind it for surprise.

magnette

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robr2

Dodge Monaco
1972??

mac24

Next to the big Dodge is a VW convertible Beetle on one side and a Morris 1000 on the other.
Directly behind it is Jag XJ (6 or 12), next to that a Mercedes sedan, and next to that a sixties Mercedes SL coupe.
Finally, on the far left a sixties VW 21 Window Bus.

uplanderguy

I agree with that answer...'72 Monaco. Can't recall when I've last seen one, and this one is reminding me that they were pretty nice-looking big cars.

magnette

I had that as a 73 Monaco.

The others are indeed as you say although theMinor next to the Dodge and mostly off shot was a van, and actually it was badged as an Austin - until they merged the two dealership chains in UK which wasn't until the late 60's, they needed to sell a small van in Austin dealerships, and although the A35 stopped production when the Mini killed it off, as an estate it went to about 1962, and as a van continued through to 1967 (a la Wallis & Gromit). Anyway the Austin dealerships needed something to fill the gap, and with Morris making the best selling Minor van they just rebadged t with a crinkly grille and sold that - only as a van though, as the Austin car range was alright and didn't need a badge engineered version of the Minor...I didn't take a picture of the van at Essen though because they aren't exactly uncommon here.

texases

Without the battering rams the Monaco's a '72 I think. Here's a '73:

mac24

How can it look so butt ugly in one pic and so cool in another (IMO)?

Mr_Shiftright

The wheels and the color make a diff.

magnette

Hey - I said it was more familiar to you guys...It does look better in the picture I posted, but I think the colour, and about twenty coats of polish, helped.

magnette

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Another photo from Essen - must get out more...

andys120

Some sort of German Ford, perhaps ca. 1947-8?

The yellow/white wagon's probably a late 50s Taunus ca. '57. The pretty blue coupe must be a Glas 1600GT and behind it perhaps the Mercedes version of the Microbus/transporter, I forget the name.

Let's see more of these!

andys120

magnette

It is a German Ford Taunus Deluxe cabrio - 1951, as the grille was a bit more basic for 1948/50.

The yellow and white estate is indeed a Taunus, from the late 50's - its a 17M and I had that car as one of my postings not long after I got back from Essen.

The blue coupe is also a Ford - its an OSI Ford 2000 - sorry, I don't seem to have a photo of it, but I have seen one before so will see if I can dig one out.

Fially the Yellow microbus isactually a German Ford Taunus Transit. Not too similar to the later Transit we are all so familiar within Europe, which is sort of synonymous with the word van - if you rent a van of about one/two ton capacity, everyone calls that a Transit, whatever the actual make...

magnette

Mitsubishi 360 - circa 1965-68?

magnette

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mac24

Not a lot to go on with that frontal view, but it looks like a Mitsubishi 360 to me.

Edit: Looks like magnette beat me to it!

ateixeira

The Olive one looks better than it did in the showroom, I bet.

andys120

Yup, you're both right, it's a Mitsu 360. Here's a later version.>

robr2

Early to mid 80's Toyota Cressida or Crown??

subearu

A fellow coworker snapped this pic but didn't look to see what it actually was. Any thoughts?



-Brian

wgrafer

My guess is it's one of those customized 'lead sleds' that originally started out as a '49-'51 Mercury.

I know lots of people love these shaved and lowered 'dream cars', but I cringe every time I see one thinking of how a perfectly clean classic design has been ruined to make it. I had a friend in Atlanta that found one of these in a barn in N. GA and proceeded to 'ruin' it by lowering the roofline, 'frenching' the headlights, and replacing the original flathead V8 with a typical Chevy 350 and Chevy running gear . So sad....

magnette

Not a Toyota

explorerx4

A Lexus? i know, I know, I'm just kidding.
Maybe a Datsun?

mac24

Probably Jesse james.

andys120

BIGGER!

wgrafer

The newest car I see is the '55 Ford just behind the brown '50 Pontiac. Coming at us behind the Pontiac is a green '52 Mercury and a brown '51 Kaiser.

Lots left......

lemko

Coming toward the viewer: Gold 1950 Pontiac, white 1955 Ford, brown 1951 Kaiser, light blue 1953 Mercury, black 1947-53 Chevrolet truck, what may be a black 1941 Buick.

Parked on left side of screen: Light blue 1955-56 Ford truck. Can't tell the rest. May be yellow 1953-54 Mercury.

Going uphill: Blue 1951 Ford, off-white 1950 Buick, yellow 1949-50 Pontiac convertible, looks like a blue 1948-49 Cadillac with a white roof pulling out of the parking space. Not sure what the two yellow cars with the high-mounted taillamps are, perhaps early 1950s Oldsmobiles? Looks like a blue 1953 Buick Skylark just behind the Cadillac pulling out of the parking spot.

wgrafer

"Not sure what the two yellow cars with the high-mounted taillamps are, perhaps early 1950s Oldsmobiles? "

I think you're right - look like '54-'55 Oldsmobiles to me.

robr2

I'm guessing it's Euro since the wrecker in the back says Euro. But it looks like a Maxima with a little Volvo tossed in.

OK folks, let's get this one solved...">

Mr_Shiftright

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andys120

Looks like a blue 1953 Buick Skylark just behind the Cadillac pulling out of the parking spot.

Why a Skylark? It looks to be like it could be any Buick convertible from '53-'55.

lemko

It looks like that blue that was used on a lot of Skylarks I've seen and the dual stacked round taillamps look to be mounted higher and have a body color space between them whereas a regular '53 Buick had them lower, closer together and in a chrome nacelle. It could be a 1954 regular Buick. The 1955 Buick has entirely different taillamps.

andys120

I took a look at my scale diecast '53 Skylark and it has a metallic blue shade of paint and the Franklin Mint is pretty accurate about that sort of thing usually. I can't make out the tailights on my monitor but that squared off, high trunk suggests a '52 Buick, not a '53.