Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

oh momma that is so purdy........look at that rear window line and just the hint of a fin. That's about the loveliest most discreet classically styled postwar Cadillac they ever made....maybe a tad too much chrome but compared to later Cadillacs it is positively Amish.

imidazol97

Fleetwood model--that's what the stripes were on the C pillar.

ateixeira

59 is also sold in Brazil as a Chevy Corsa Weekend, I think is what they call the wagon versions.

-juice

navigator89

This one should be tough......

jaserb

And before you ask - yes, it's post war. No, it's not a kit car. No, it's not a one off.



-Jason

andys120

It's a replica Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato. IIRC they (A-R) made a small number during the late 60s or early 70s using then current Alfa running gear.

andys120

I'm not sure but I think it's one of a class of cube type vehicles currently poular in China.
It may be the GM version. :confuse:

jaserb

The really interesting part is that it was done by the same two companies that did the original - Alfa Romeo and Zagato. It would be kind of like Ford building a Model T in the '60s, with a 289 V8.

-Jason

imidazol97

An 'angry' Scion B prototype?

andys120

boomchek

Looks like a Diahatsu of some sorts.

gsemike

It looks like an old Opel Manta but is bigger. It's pretty cool looking.

lemmer

I was thinking maybe it was a Brazil, but looking at Brazils I came across the right answer, a Puma.

ateixeira

Those were cool, as a kid I wanted one. I believe it's pretty basic mechanically, isn't it a Beetle underneath?

-juice

andys120

I assume it is a Beetle, I saw quite a few when I was in Rio (mid 70s) and they're fairly small but I s'pose it could be built on a Type 12 as was the SP-2.

andys120

he goes for the Plain Jane type

Mr_Shiftright

Puma also used Chevrolet engines, I'm reading here, and started out with DKW licensed two-stroke engines. There was also a Puma II with Alfa engines.

au94

Mercury Comet, I'd say 74?

lemko

Is it a 1977 Mercury Comet? There's a guy at work who has what I thought was the last surviving example. He praises this car so much you'd think it was a Ferrari.

andys120

Close, it's a '73.

andys120

kyfdx

318ti with the sport package.. '95-'99 in the USA...

Looking at those wheels, it could be a Euro-model... maybe a 325ti.. with M-sport package...

themoon77

I saw one of these over the weekend. Perfect shape, sorry about the size/orientation of the pic.



Edge

fintail

Celebrity VR, c. 1988

There was a guy on ebay with one for eons who wanted like 10K for it. ROFL

andys120

It is a 318ti, I noticed the wheels too, I suspect they were M3 wheels that were added after delivery.

andys120

fintail

58 Studebaker?

Too reminiscent of the sad and shameful end of Packard

lemko

Notice the awkward way Studebaker tried to graft quad lights onto the '57 fenders. If you really want to seen an abomination, look at the Packard Hawk. I can't believe Danbury Mint actually released a diecast model of perhaps one of history's ugliest cars. Well, it didn't cost them much for tooling as they already had an excellent model of the 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk on which to base it.

navigator89

Sorry for not answering earlier, 3274 is a Veryca, some Chinese delivery van. It has some really small tires and looks very disproportioned and tippy.

fintail

Yeah, it's sad the way the chrome trim lines up with the lights that are just too wide. Stude was all about the cost cutting then. The 58 Packard was probably the worst death experienced by any great old name. The Hawk was a bug eyed nightmare, and the rest of them were just sad. A wagon could be cool though.

Sounds like Danbury Mint used the same cost-cutting logic Studebaker used - a new model for little extra dough. I bet they sold as well, too.

Speaking of those overpriced little models, I once found some at an estate sale for $4 each. Maybe they were Franklin Mint - detailed little 1:43 cars. Off to ebay they went...I like toy cars, but not those.

imidazol97

why am I not seeing the graphic?

All I see if "Image hosted by tripod"

andys120

actually it's much better looking than the horror show they did with the Packard Hawk and for all it's faults I think it's better looking than say a '58 Ford or Edsel.

EEwwww! :lemon:


Worst Ford ever! EEwwww! :lemon:

'58 Edsel :lemon:

bhill2

I agree with you. Ford style was kind of on and off around that time. I liked the looks of the '57 (although I understand it was a piece of cr*p), thought the '58 probably scared puppies, liked the '59 a lot, and felt the '60 had the same qualities as the '58. Starting with the '61, I thought they had a good run at least through '67.

fintail

I like the faux hood scoop on the 58, that extra dose of tackiness that pushes it over the edge

andys120

fintail

Rolls of course...gonna guess a Phantom IV or V...I can never get the timelines right, but probably a V as a III would be prewar and a IV being early postwar. Maybe late 50s/early 60s. The mid 60s models were much more elegant IMO.

Mr_Shiftright

talk about a "barge"....I think it would look good with sidepipes :P

andys120

talk about a "barge"....I think it would look good with sidepipes

Cool idea!

Yeah Fin, it's a '60 Phantom V.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Ohhh...with the plexi headlight covers, too! Must be an....um.....69 Duetto?

Sexy little thing! Still affordable, too!

andys120

Here's to you Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know..

It's a '67, Shifty. :shades:

andys120

kyfdx

You must have forgot to block the front plate... though I knew it before I saw that..

From the looks of the models.... I'm guessing '71?

imidazol97

Were those chrome wheels or wheel covers?

kyfdx

Those look like Ford's styled steel wheels.. which should be very familiar if you were a Mustang II or Pinto shopper in the '70s.....

Mr_Shiftright

DOH! They didn't make Duettos in 1969, now did they Shiftright? I'm sorry.

I was thinking it was a '69 "roundtail".

Anyway, The Graduate movie car wasn't a Duetto was it?

fintail

Was that style Cortina sold in NA? I notice it is LHD, yet I am only familiar with that car in either German/Euro Ford versions or RHD cars

lemko

...a Phantom VI would have quad lights. Does anybody remember the Camargue?

andys120

I'm almost positive The Graduate featured a Duetto. Was their a round-tailed Spider that wasn't a Duetto?

BTW the Ford Cortina GXL is a '72 and the styled wheels are painted steel, not chrome, my 'bro had the same on his 1970 Capri 1600.

fintail

I've tried to forget the Camargue. What a weird ugly ill-proportioned thing it was. My first 1:18 model was a Camargue.