an Aston Martin DB that is going to cost a fortune to restore?
Obviously it is an Aston DB, so was every postwar A-M, and it'll probably be worth every penny it takes to restore it. Who wants to help Stickguy out and tell us what DB this is?
That's a risky bet. Many well-respected collector cars have been flat for years. Collector cars do not automatically go up in value. Look at the Jaguar E-Type as an example. As for the Aston DB2/4, this is not a particularly desirable car for investment purposes. DB4GTs and DB5s are 5X the car.
I'd say that if this DB2/4 gained 4% a year in value, that'd be a lot. So yeah, in decades to come it'll be worth double.
Yep, it's a 1969 Nissan Patrol. It's a mystery to me why the Japanese no longer offer anything like the Patrol or the LC FJ. The FJ Cruiser is nothing like the original Land Cruiser, if it was I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Well, now that I can see it I recognize it as a '68 Dodge Dart (thanks to the side marker lights). I believe this GTS model had a 440 engine (I know, hard to believe).
I remember growing up in the Chicago area in the 60's. There was a Dealer called Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge. They could put you together a Dodge in most any sort of manner and still keep it factory authorized for warranty. In fact, Mr. Norm worked with Mopar occasionally back then putting together some of these muscle packages that came from Detroit. I can still hear the radio spots on WLS! I also am pretty sure they could wedge (no pun intended) a 440 into most any Dodge.
I am not sure if this is a con, but the base car is a Mitsubishi Galant 2 door (might be Colt in some markets), probably a GA or GB series from about 1973-75. That is a Chrysler Hemi V8 wedged in the engine bay, which must have been a challenge.
I suspect that it is not street legal. There is certainly no way that any sane person could drive it.
I owned a lime green GB Galant Wagon; cart sprung rear end and all. I managed to get it to 100mph on a long steep downhill once, but lived!
Someone else already has it, but a late 60's Nissan Patrol which has been nicely restored.
Odd thing to drive; it had a three speed column mount transmission but I cannot recall how the four wheel drive system operated. I know that you had to manually lock the front hubs because I can recall doing so in driving rain/sleet when it was already too late.
The over-riding impression was the noise. As you accelerated there was a huge amount of transmission noise and then the off-road tyres on bitumen subsumed that
The Toyota Landcruiser of similar era was much better. However the Patrol would go pretty much the same distance off road.
The GQ Patrol from 1980 was a major leap forward. Many are still going strong here in Australia. Again, my over-riding impression is of the road noise.
Toyota in Australia still sell the workhorse version of the Landcruiser (Series 70). In severe operating conditions (there is a lot of Australia where this applies) they are the dominant vehicle.
Since I can see no accommodations that would allow you to close the hood, I would guess that it is either a mock-up or not yet ready for the road (if it ever would be).
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Wonder if that is some kind of outlaw Pro Stock tribute car project? But that hemi looks like a 392 with the rear mounted distributor, so maybe not.
Don Carlton raced one of the hemi-powered Rod Shop Dodge Colts and was killed in an accident while testing his car at the Milan race track in Michigan in the summer of 1977. Billy Stepp from Dayton had one of those banned Pro Stock hemi Colts but it was wrecked during a match race. I think most of them wound up being totaled. Not too surprising though considering the recipe of 426 hemi + short wheelbase. Still amazing that some guys were actually willing to push these tiny things down the track all the way down to the low 8s! :surprise:
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Looks like a 1959 Plymouth Savoy police car up front with pehaps a 1954 Ford Country Sedan station wagon next to it and a 1958 Ford wagon travelling in the opposite direction.
NO! The trim screams '58. I think the little curve at the top is an optical illusion, maybe because of the 2-tone colors.
Here's a '59 similarly trimmed out>
It's true that the trim around the windows looks a little thinner than on the other photo but that could be just the difference between models (Ranch Wagon vs. Country Squire) rather than model years.
There's a spot of sunlight glinting off the A-post just where it joins the roof so you could be right about the "optical illusion" but I still say it could be a '59
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The Aprillia is a beautifully made "llittle" car. Never have seen an Ardea in the flesh.
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Obviously it is an Aston DB, so was every postwar A-M, and it'll probably be worth every penny it takes to restore it. Who wants to help Stickguy out and tell us what DB this is?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Only if yhou assume it'll never be worth more than $135K. I can see it worth twice that in say ten years.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I'd say that if this DB2/4 gained 4% a year in value, that'd be a lot. So yeah, in decades to come it'll be worth double.
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From the hood, maybe one of the 383 CI models?
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Nothing like that original, though.
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/02/2011-nissan-patrol-suv-officially.html
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I am not sure if this is a con, but the base car is a Mitsubishi Galant 2 door (might be Colt in some markets), probably a GA or GB series from about 1973-75. That is a Chrysler Hemi V8 wedged in the engine bay, which must have been a challenge.
I suspect that it is not street legal. There is certainly no way that any sane person could drive it.
I owned a lime green GB Galant Wagon; cart sprung rear end and all. I managed to get it to 100mph on a long steep downhill once, but lived!
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Graham
Someone else already has it, but a late 60's Nissan Patrol which has been nicely restored.
Odd thing to drive; it had a three speed column mount transmission but I cannot recall how the four wheel drive system operated. I know that you had to manually lock the front hubs because I can recall doing so in driving rain/sleet when it was already too late.
The over-riding impression was the noise. As you accelerated there was a huge amount of transmission noise and then the off-road tyres on bitumen subsumed that
The Toyota Landcruiser of similar era was much better. However the Patrol would go pretty much the same distance off road.
The GQ Patrol from 1980 was a major leap forward. Many are still going strong here in Australia. Again, my over-riding impression is of the road noise.
Toyota in Australia still sell the workhorse version of the Landcruiser (Series 70). In severe operating conditions (there is a lot of Australia where this applies) they are the dominant vehicle.
Cheers
Graham
For some reason that engine looks like a mock-up. I wonder if it ran.
It does have smooth wheel covers, maybe it was a top speed car for the salt flats?
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Don Carlton raced one of the hemi-powered Rod Shop Dodge Colts and was killed in an accident while testing his car at the Milan race track in Michigan in the summer of 1977. Billy Stepp from Dayton had one of those banned Pro Stock hemi Colts but it was wrecked during a match race. I think most of them wound up being totaled. Not too surprising though considering the recipe of 426 hemi + short wheelbase. Still amazing that some guys were actually willing to push these tiny things down the track all the way down to the low 8s! :surprise:
http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/ebay-find-of-the-day-392-hemi-powered-%E2%80%9- 971-dodge-colt/
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Hint: the still is from a French movie.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
A buddy of mine had one and for some reason it always smelled of brake fluid. With only 30HP you could stop by dragging your feet. :P
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I think that's a '59 Ford wagon. Note how the top of the windshield curves up into the roof like this '59>
The shape is a bit different on the '58, the top of the A-pillars do not curve back into the roof>
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NO! The trim screams '58. I think the little curve at the top is an optical illusion, maybe because of the 2-tone colors.
Here's a '59 similarly trimmed out>
It's true that the trim around the windows looks a little thinner than on the other photo but that could be just the difference between models (Ranch Wagon vs. Country Squire) rather than model years.
There's a spot of sunlight glinting off the A-post just where it joins the roof so you could be right about the "optical illusion" but I still say it could be a '59
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93