Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

they were a rarity the day they were sold new. Typical agricultural engine for a Subaru of that period, but pretty torquey. My friend Jim said they were really nasty to work on. They even made a turbo model, which is banned from his shop apparently. And THIS is a man who works on Peugeots! :surprise:

uplanderguy

My guess is an early '70's Opel Manta coupe.

Correction: I revise that to "early '70's Opel 1900 coupe". I'm thinking the name "Manta" wasn't used until the advent of big bumpers.

andys120

grahampeters

G'day

I'll guess at Rover P5B 3.5litre, although front overhang looks a bit wrong; could be perspective

Cheers

Graham

ateixeira

Best to avoid any air suspension Subaru from that era. $2k or so to rebuild. In fact most find it's cheaper to convert to springs so they do that instead.

Having said that, paisan owned an XT6, converted it to metal springs, and was actually competitive in autocross.

The Subaru Crew did a fun run in the Pine Barrens and this other guy showed up in an XT with rally tires and all, and did this water crossing WAAAAAAAAAAAy too fast and ended up sucking up water in the intake and stalling out.

He didn't get the memo that water doesn't compress like air does.

Funny thing was they pulled the plugs, sprayed in WD40 and cranked it a few times, then before you knew it it was running again! Hilarious.

Clutch gave out later that day. No surprise given the abusive type of driving he did.

Any how, bizarro but fun little car that probably to this day makes most people think quirky when they hear "Subaru".

andys120

I'll guess at Rover P5B 3.5litre, although front overhang looks a bit wrong; could be perspective

Correct Graham.

andys120

boomchek

Mazda Cosmo, from early 70s? Wasn't this one of Mazda's first rotoary powered cars?

andys120

Yes it is and yes it was. The full handle is 1972 Mazda Cosmo sports 110S.

stever

stickguy

Shelby GT 350. maybe a 65? or 66?

stever

1966 Shelby GT350H.

I knew I should have 'shopped out that rear mat. Might have lasted another 30 seconds that way. :shades:

It's going up for bid at Barrett-Jackson with several others.

1965 Shelby GT350 Fastback "Barn Find" To Cross Auction Block (Inside Line)

odie6l

Here is one I wish they would have put into production.



Odie

odie6l

Here's an outdoor picture of same vehicle...



Odie

subearu

That has to be a Pontiac concept of some sort, I have no idea what, but that nose sure looks a lot like a Firebird/Trans-am. Curious to what year this is from. Guess it kind of looks like an early '80's Corvette morphed into a Pontiac.

-Brian

odie6l

Give you a hint... The Aztek morphed out of this concept. Im my mind, this would have sold better.

Odie

boomchek

That's the Pontiac Rageous concept. I even have a hot wheels version of it.

andys120

lemko

Clever! I also see a little bit of 1948 Cadillac in the grille. I believe this is another Russkie copycar called the ZIM. I'd say this is around a 1955 model.

andys120

Wow!, You are good Lemko. It's a '54 GAZ M12 ZIM. Bet you didn't know that the M in ZIM (Zavod Imeni Molotova) is for Molotov as in Vyacheslav Molotov, the old Bolshevk who served as Stalin's Foreign Minister.

andys120

qbrozen

Triumph engine, I believe.

Ok... had to cheat a little to find out what Triumph had a straight 6 and flip up hood, cause I knew, of course, the spitfire didn't have a 6. I still don't know if this is the exact one, though: so how about the GT6?

Mr_Shiftright

Triumph GT6?

Once described as "the world's best worst car".

lemko

He also has a cocktail named after him! :P

andys120

Yup it's a 1968 Triumph GT6 Mk.I

Mr_Shiftright

RE: GT6 --- Do Not Enter unless you are 5' 8" or less. You might need to call the Fire Dep't to get out.

ateixeira

That's the Pontiac Rageous concept

As in outrageous, but the press nicknamed it the "Diculous", as in ... well, you can guess.

Mr_Shiftright

Now you know why there is no more Pontiac.

When you do a concept car, the general public is supposed to go "WOW", not "WHA?"

stever

tjc78

Charger SRT8

andys120

Raspberry. If it's for race use only, why's it on the street? :lemon:

stever

It comes in two other street legal flavors. The race kit flops 590 horses in there.

And some states don't have safety or emissions inspections, if you get my drift.

robr2

Dodge Charger Redline.

Supercharged Hemi with all kinds of Mopar back room goodies tacked on. About 600 HP IIRC.

See it in Detroit.

stever

Yep, 590-HP 2012 Dodge Charger Redline (Inside Line).

"The Redline is a Mopar-tuned Charger that will be available in three kits. Stage One gets you a Mopar carbon-fiber chin spoiler, carbon-fiber door scoops and a carbon-fiber rear spoiler on top of a Charger R/T. Stage Two gets you a cat-back exhaust, front strut-tower brace and high-performance brake linings. Stage Three is the fun one. Stage three drops in a 590-horsepower Gen III 426 Hemi V8 crate engine that is for "race/off-road use only." In unrelated news, states like Wyoming, Florida, Montana, Minnesota, parts of Nevada and South Dakota (that I know of) don't have any sort of safety or emissions testing. "

odie6l

At least it had some power to it. 5.7ltr V8 OHV. With the way the new hatchback crossovers are coming out (Honda Crosstour, Subaru XV, Audi Q5, Volvo C30, Infiniti EX) I think GM was ahead of their time with this in '97. You gotta admit, this thimg looked a hell of a lot better than the hAztek.

Unlike Chrysler who only dropped a tiny v6 into the Prowler.

odie6l

This should be simple to identify both of them.



Odie

andys120

Parts of New Hampshire do not have emissions testing including Coos, Grafton, Carroll, Belknap, and Strafford counties. That's probably true of lots of states that have sparsely populated rural counties far from urbanized areas.

andys120

Dodge Shelby GLH and Dodge Shelby Charger (rear) ca. mid 80s IIRC.

stever

Only Boise/Ada County in Idaho has emissions checks and no safety inspection anywhere. There's one stretch of interstate where 590 hp could be enjoyable. :shades:

None of that stuff is near me now, but around here, you'd just hit a deer that much faster.

Mr_Shiftright

Oh' Shel and the Dodge-KABOOM. :P

fintail

I think all of WA state outside of metro areas is the same way, and no state inspections anywhere. Some interesting stuff on the roads here.

fintail

The 2012 Charger CGI-8 on the streets of SimCity? :shades:

stever

I could have sworn that was the floor entrance to the RenCen in Detroit.

andys120

BIGGER-more cars.

lemko

Maybe it's Race Street in Philly?

lemko

Parked on the street looks like a 1941 Chevrolet coupe and a 1953 Plymouth Cambridge.

First three cars facing the sidewalk are a 1955 Chevrolet, 1949 Chevrolet, 1955 Oldsmobile, and 1953 Pontiac.

wgrafer

The Pontiac above the trunk of the '53 Plymouth looks like a '54 to me (cannot see too clearly,but looks like the signal light is in the trim, not below like on a '53).

Behind that Pontiac looks like a '54 Dodge, a '48 Pontiac Streamliner, and a '53 Pontiac. I can't tell for sure if the nice Olds convertible behind the '49 Chevy is a '54, '55, or '56. I guess i need a new monitor.....

ateixeira

GLH meant goes like ... uh, Heck, back then.

One guy modified his and made it faster, he called it the GLMF!

Mr_Shiftright

The GLH engine was...er...delicate...it was more like lighting a firecracker...you don't get too many chances.

tjc78

My Dad had a 86 Shelby Charger. As a kid it seemed like a pretty cool car. He wrecked it on the Jersey Turnpike and then replaced it with an 87 Shadow Coupe w/ the turbo 4 automatic. That car, not so cool.