Mystery car pix

ateixeira

My college roommate had a Shadow ES turbo. I forget the year.

It was quick but man, that throttle was on/off like the worst of them. Ride was punishingly hard.

It was slightly quicker than my '91 Escort GT, but my Ford outlasted it by a long shot, and funny thing was, when my Ford was totalled, he wanted to buy it!

qbrozen

In an article in this months ... ummm... MotorTrackMobile... mag, in an interview with Shelby, he says he has "like 10 or 12" GLHs in his stable.

Mr_Shiftright

And I presume lots of spare parts. :P

lemmer

I've read in interviews with him that he loves those little cars and prefers them for daily driving duties.

Mr_Shiftright

GEEZ, I hope he's not still driving. He's almost 90!

andys120

fintail

Dacia version of the Renault 12, dunno the model name

With a Trabi and Wartburg in the background, and a little Fiat (probably Polish) at right, too. Car obscured by the Dacia looks like a Skoda 120 series car.

andys120

The Romanian version of the R12 is a Dacia 1300/1310. The (Polski) Fiat looks like a 600. The W-burg is a Wartburg 1000.

andys120

au1994

AMC Javelin pursued by a Camaro both 69's.

uplanderguy

That Javelin is a '71 or newer.

andys120

The Javelin is a 1972 Javelin SST as raced by Roy Woods and George Follmer in the '72 Trans-Am. I was originally a 1970 Penske team car and was rebodied and re-engined by Woods' ARA Racing for 1971 and again in '72.

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The Camaro appears to be another Penske racer, the '69 Camaro raced by Mark Donohue. Penske Racing switched to AMC in 1971after winning the T/A in '70 for Chevy.

They wwon it for AMC in '71 and Follmer won for them in '72.

andys120

fintail

New Mondeo/Fusion, I think, also not unlike the upcoming Mazda 6.

andys120

Yup that's the new Euro-Ford Mondeo which will be badged as the next-gen Fusion (2013?), the road going version of the Ford Eos concept car. >



Me likey!

andys120

uplanderguy

Sunbeam Alpine I believe...one of the new cars our small-town Studebaker dealer sold after Studebaker went out of business.

ateixeira

Year is tough, early 60s...I'll guess 1964?

andys120

Yup, it's a 1963 Sunbeam Alpine Mk2.

andys120

robr2

Is that the Dodge Dart?

robr2

The Javelin is a 1972 Javelin SST as raced by Roy Woods and George Follmer in the '72 Trans-Am. I was originally a 1970 Penske team car and was rebodied and re-engined by Woods' ARA Racing for 1971 and again in '72.

I swear I just saw this same car on Hot Rod TV this AM on Speed.

andys120

Yup, it's the new (2013?) Dodge Dart.

stickguy

Never thought this would happen, but there is actually something to entice me into a Dodge dealership!

I hope this is at the Philly auto show later this month.

odie6l

yes, there is rumor it will be at Philly. Probably one of the "You can look, but no touch" cars.

Odie

odie6l

Very close Andy...

The Charger is the Shelby GLH (Goes Like Hell), and the Omni is the Shelby GLHS (Goes Like Hell, S'more). One of my former co-workers had the GLHS and he did all his own work on it. I believe it is actually still running with over 300k on it.

Odie

odie6l

Here is one that I took and posted on WGAL's local pictures during the flooding from Hurricane Lee in Palmyra & Hershey, PA. This vehicle decided they thought they could make it through the intersection and got swept into the water retention... Guess the model.



Odie

I really dislike that it doesn't downsize to fit the picture, but you get the jest of it.

Here's a link if you want to check out alot of the pictures we took... Weather Pictures

kyfdx

Looks a lot like a Gen I CR-V

andys120

kyfdx

Cadillac XTS?

berri

I think its an gen II CRV, maybe a 2003 0r 04. Its probably been retitled somewhere in the south and now sitting on a used car lot!

berri

I think it may be an ATS. The XTS is longer and has a 6 window configuration.

uplanderguy

Ahhh, too Benz-like in profile IMO (sorry, fintail!)

fintail

Oh, I agree, Huge German styling themes there. Won't hurt it though, IMO, especially when selling in other markets.

andys120

Right Berri, it's the new small Caddy, the ATS, designed to take on the 3 Series/A4 etc. Like it it better than the CTS because for once they didn't go
for the big grille look.

andys120

Better pic

wgrafer

Looks like a Renault insignia in front, so is this the never-produced 1953 Marquis??? A pretty good design if I may say. Too bad it never saw the light of day...

odie6l

damn he beat me. It is a 1953 Renault-based Marquis made by Plasticar in Doylestown, PA.

Odie

andys120

You guys are sharp today, that is indeed the little known Plasticar Marquis, a re-bodied Renault 4CV/750. Coachwork was by Allemano but Plasticar was based in Boyertown PA.

I couldn't find out if any where ever sold for street use but they did make up some nice brochures>



I think the choice of an Italian stylist is interesting considering that they were just beginning to wrest dominance of the styling business from the French coachbuilders like Chapron, Saoutchik,Falaschi et Figoni and others who dominated in the 30s and 40s.

stever

Is it just me or do those windshield wipers drive everyone else crazy too?

The seats are fun, looks like those Eames 50s bucket chairs.

odie6l

Nah... if you ever owned a pre-'97 Wrangler, you were use to the wipers being up in the middle of the windshield.

Odie

odie6l

Have at it.

Odie

odie6l

Odie

stever

Hm, I had a new '74 CJ-4 for a few years. First car I really bought. Maybe that's why the wipers bug me.

Mr_Shiftright

What's that rubber-bumper thing doing on a hill climb? :P

andys120

Just beyond the red car I can make out an Allard J2. The Red car and the white car are both Porsche 356s, probaly 356A or 356B models. The unpainted car is a Lotus/Caterham Seven. The black single seater is tough, perhaps a Cooper Formula Junior.

Some mighty nice vintage iron!

odie6l

probably because they feel 1 little bale of hay won't help when they smack one of the trees on the right side... lol.

Its funny to see some of the different cars that make this run behind the Hotel Hershey.

Odie

odie6l

Here's an Odd-ball that was at the Hershey Hill Climb.



Odie

qbrozen

man, that coupe concept is sexy. The sedan, not so much. I see Aston in the rear haunches on both, and the hood looks like its straight off a Camaro, but the extra windows on the side of the sedan really mess up the overall lines.

andys120