Mystery car pix

andys120

tmart

Based on the emblem I'd say it's a Toyota. :P Supra

fintail

With the belt buckle emblem I will guess 1991

andys120

Yup, it's a 1992 Toyota Supra Turbo.

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lostwrench1

I know, I know why it's a 59, (raises and waves hand in air).
But, wgrafer said it's a 59 first so I'll let him tell.

lostwrench1

I'll grab the 56 Buick wagon on the right.

andys120

56 Buick wagon on the right.

Could be, could also be a '55, they were very similar>

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berri

Similar 4-holer Buick convertible across from it. Where in Nevada was this pix taken? Maybe they should have incoroprated Cinderella into the name with that big silver shoe, but then the cars would have turned into pumpkins at midnight.

lostwrench1

I based its being a 56 on the side chome behind the rear wheel being higher.

lostwrench1

The closest car - 55 Buick.
Anyone going to the NY Auto Show this week?

grahampeters

G'day

One more piece of arcane American history for an Australian to share with you. I have just refreshed my memory of a bizarre story about the Silver Slipper which was in Paradise, an unincorporated town fringing Las Vegas,Nevada.

Almost inevitably for Las Vegas, it is supposed to involve Howard Hughes who acquired the casino in 1968, in large part because the rotating silver slipper apparently kept stopping, facing into his room at another nearby casino. His grip on reality was not great by this stage and he had the rotating mechanism disconnected and the slipper filled (supposedly with concrete)

Purportedly, Hughes was worried that the government were filming him through a camera hidden in the shoe.

Cheers

Graham

explorerx4

Wow! Were you a pilot for Air America in a previous life? :shades:

grahampeters

G'day

No, but I have a huge store of absolutely useless knowledge!

Cheers

Graham

andys120

I based its being a 56 on the side chome behind the rear wheel being higher.

Either your monitor or your eyes are better than mine!

robr2

No, but I have a huge store of absolutely useless knowledge!

What I like to call "cocktail party fodder."

andys120

4-holer Buick convertible across from it.

I thought that might be a '54 Skylark but I checked and Skylarks had no portholes. Looks like a 1956 Century or Roadmaster convertible.

magnette

All I ever remember is the useless stuff, too!

wgrafer

OK. Here's my method.... The '58 had an oval ring around the slanted headlights, so right away this is a '59 or '60. The '60 had the parking lights in the bumper, and there was a slight rise on the bumper on both the right and left side. This bumper is straight and flat across the front. So that leaves the '59. I couldn't see much detail either on the parking lights, but the shape of the bumper nailed it. At least that's what I think....

wgrafer

I'll agree that the Buick wagon on the right is a '56. The light blue convertible pulling our is a '55 Buick, and the red convertible behind it is a '53 Buick (looks like a Buick sweep so far).

There's the prominent two-tone '56 Chevy. The black one parked looks like a '57 Dodge to me - behind it may be a '55-'56 Oldsmobile, but my monitor won't let me be sure.

The green one in the bottom with just the hood showing looks like another '55 Buick (the hood ornament is the major clue).

andys120

The light blue convertible pulling our is a '55 Buick

Your monitor renders colors a lot differently than mine. The '55 Buick 'vert is white on my screen, definitely a different color than the wagon which is a very light blue and the car on the foreground is a darker (but still light) blue, not green.

Mr_Shiftright

Knowing J Edgar Hoover, the government probably WAS filming Howard Hughes through the toe of the slipper! :P

lostwrench1

I based its being a 59 on the parking lights' locations.

texases

According to another site, this part was left behind at the scene of a hit and run fatal accident:
Full size pic here

Here's the news release from the police department:
"This silver piece is a part that came off the suspect vehicle that fatally struck Mrs. Betty Wheeler on the evening of 4-7-12 in the northbound lane of Rosser Ave. (Rt. 340) near P. Buckley Moss Museum . Waynesboro Police is asking anyone who knows or sees a vehicle missing a piece that matches the one pictured to contact the Waynesboro Police Department at 540-942-6675 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-332-2017."

Any ideas?

texases

Best guess I've seen so far is a mid 90s Explorer:

qbrozen

I don't see how it could be from the explorer. The piece isn't deep enough to be from that lower bumper.

texases

No, top right of the grill.

qbrozen

I'm still not seeing it. The opening of the piece in the pic is 8x2. The explorer grill holes are more like 5x4.

texases

Good point, how about a mid 90s Ranger?

qbrozen

close. But not quite. Problem being the mystery piece has a more abrupt end on the right side, wherease the Ranger's piece extends about an inch or so to the headlight. Also, the upper and lower levels of the Ranger's grille are offset, wherease the mystery piece is a continuous line, as can be seen by the jagged piece protruding down on the right.

Is this a Ford witch hunt? haha.

fintail

Looks like it was revealed to be something like this:

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magnette

I think that is Belgrade in the background - so it is a Zastava 600 - or conceivably a 750. THe badge is different from the contemporary Fiat, and it was in production for a good while longer.

andys120

Yup, it's a Zastava 750

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lemko

andys120

The nose of the car on left appears to be a 54 Ford (note rust forming behind headlight trim ring!). Nearest car on left is a '56 Olds. Not sure of the exact year of the rest except the tu-tone '58 Impala h/t on the end.)

berri

I believe there is a 58 Plymouth 4dr, a 52-54 Ford next to it and then a 53 or 54 Chevy.

lostwrench1

1957 Plymouth.
1953 Chevy.
Near the 58 Chevy, 1949 or 1950 Ford?

berri

I can't clearly make out the tail light. If its full its a 57, if it is a chrome spear and a small round light its a 58. You're probably getting a clearer shot, so I suspect you are correct.

lostwrench1

The side trim on the 58 becomes broad at the rear, rising to the top of the tail light.

berri

Thanks. I always liked both of those years. The toned down 59's weren't bad, but I never could get into the 60 and 61's.

bhill2

I would be able to get into a '61 only if I approached it from the rear. If I saw the front end I would be disabled by nausea.

lostwrench1

The printed advertisement I have on the 61 reads "Solid Beauty".

bhill2

The printed advertisement I have on the 61 reads "Solid Beauty".

"Comes with controls labeled in Braille."

berri

That's funny and it really fits that grille!

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omarman

I remember seeing another Goggo pic in this topic but this one has a cool Stolz single wheel trailer! Wonder if Matchbox or some other toy maker ever produced a Goggomobil set like this?

andys120

Yep, the car is a Goggomobil TS300 (mid-late 50s). You know more about the trailer than I do.

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