Mystery car pix

jaserb

Shoot. I wanted to correct you but you got to it first!

In the US anyway, Duettos were sold as 66 and 67s. There was no '68. The '69 was a 1750 Roundtail Spider, not technically a Duetto. The body was the same as the Duettos but mechanically it was closer to the '71-72 1750 Kamm-tail spiders, with the bigger engine and SPICA fuel injection instead of Webers.

Here's a pic of one of the two Duettos used in the movie - later converted into a race car:


Nobody knows what happened to the other car.

-Jason

andys120

Of course the movie cars are not to be confused with the 1980's special edition
"Graduate" (essentially a rebadged 2000 Spider IIRC). It's kinda cool that one of the movie cars ended up as a race car.

andys120

excitement was hard to come by in the late '70s. According to the ad everything you can see on this car is factory>>

andys120

That style Cortina wasn't sold in the USA to my knowledge, I noticed the LHD too, perhaps it's an Export version for Continental sale. :confuse:

ateixeira

Oh God that is hideous!

No wonder the japanese were able to penetrate the market.

Seems like Pontiac didn't get over this type of "surface excitement" until very recently.

-juice

imidazol97

But that's not a Pontiac, is it? It's a Plymouth? I know someone will correct me if I'm wrong (again).

ateixeira

Oh, I know, I'm just drawing a parallel to newer cars that still use that type of "styling".

The car isn't styled at all, it's a boring design, then they tack on all this surface excitement and call it sporty.

-juice

andys120

Yeah it's a Plymouth, no wonder they put the brand to sleep. Anyone recognize what Plymouth lies beneath all that crap?

themoon77

Plymouth Volare? My aunt had a Volare wagon for a long time. It had that same front end style. I'll never forget what a nasty looking car that was, pea green with wood grain. It is, however, still running, being owned and loved by a friend of the family. 200,000 plus miles on the original 6 cyl.

Edge

stickguy

it is a Volare. I assume it is a road runner package, but something doesn't look quite right, so it might be a different special edition.

Actually, given the state of the industry in the late 70s/early 80s, a 360ci road runner was probably a pretty hot package, especially with a 4 speed.

imidazol97

Maybe the exterior designer worked for Aztek design?

andys120

It's a '78 Volare Super Coupe/360-4v. One ad in Hemmings claims there were only 35 made, another for a different car says there were 494. I suspect the latter figure is correct and it just goes to show, as Shifty likes to remind us, often there's a reason why certain cars are rare.

andys120

lemko

Definately an early Volvo, not sure of the year. Early 50s, perhaps?

andys120

Very early 50s, it's a 1950 Volvo 831. It seems rather large in that photo.

andys120

lemko

Easy! It's a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. There was a yellow convertible like it in "Rain Man."

Mr_Shiftright

I actually appraised that "Rain Man" Buick....there are two of them in fact. The one I saw wasn't in very good shape anymore.

imidazol97

Did one of those Buicks come from Cincinnati? I heard that somewhere. I know the Seminary used for the home where the Rainman was is in Northern Kentucky.

kyfdx

Most of the exterior shots for that film were done in Cincinnati... Of course, the story takes place there as well... The "home" he was in, is actually a convent in Melbourne, KY... just a few miles upriver from Cincinnati..

They also show the car going across the I-75 Ohio River bridge on an aerial shot...

And.... the bar scene.. where the waitress drops the box of toothpicks... and he counts them on the floor... filmed at Pompilio's restaurant in Newport, KY.. One of my favorite places...

regards,
kyfdx

andys120

Not as easy as you think, not a Roadmaster, it's a '49 Buick Riviera! AFAIK, the first to bear that name.

andys120

yoribe2

Peugeot 204 Cabriolet?

lemko

Buick used the term Riviera to describe all its hardtops back in the day like Oldsmobile used Holiday and Cadillac used DeVille. I was going to edit my message to include the designation, but I was too lazy.

imidazol97

ateixeira

I remember they resurrected that name after the movie on that Caprice clone in the 90s.

GM sells out the best names on the lamest cars some times. Often, actually.

-juice

andys120

'53 Ford tudor....Crestliner?

andys120

Peugeot 204 Cabriolet?

I gotta figure out how to black out those plates.

Mr_Shiftright

I used to have one of those (briefly). Parts were unobtanium in USA. Only car I ever saw where the alternator belt made a complete 90 degree turn. This is a FWD car built from recycled Italian TV dinner trays. I was used to 404s and 504s. This car did not impress.

Rain Man Buick -- don't recall where car was titled but somewhere down south, yes. Biggest problem was that the "ears" on the ladder frame (I think there were 8 of them) that are used to hold the bolts that run from frame into the body---were mostly rusted away....so the entire body was held on to the frame with maybe two bolts---also bolted onto rusting ears. So a bit of work there. This Buick had hydraulic windows BTW, which are a devil and a half to get working right. Pretty old thing, though, as long as you didn't own it.

andys120

ateixeira

Fiat X1/9? I'll guess the year, '77?

Those rubber bumpers spoil the front end.

-juice

andys120

It's a '72, Juice. The rubber bumpers were probably left off the Euro versions but were neccessary to protect American-spec cars from the ravages of less than delicate parkers.

navigator89

kyfdx

'72??? I don't remember the X1/9 before '74 or so.... I was thinking '77-'78 sounded about right....

andys120

This gives 1972-89 as the years for X1/9 production which jibes w my memory of it
coming to the USA in the early '70s to replace the 850 Spider, also bodied by Bertone.

andys120

and not so long ago, I can't recall seeing one in the last five or six years.>>

stickguy

GEO storm, a varient of the 2nd generation Isuzu impulse.

andys120

I think that's the fastest correct reply to any post I've ever seen on this board.

Go for two?>>

navigator89

Anyone going to guess 3353? :confuse:

3358 looks really nice, it's a 1964 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron.

andys120

1964 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron.

Right, how 'bout a better picture of #3353?

imidazol97

Good enough-Mainliner basic model.

andys120

au94

BMW 635 Csi, not sure of the year, mid 80's??

navigator89

OK, here's your better picture.

ateixeira

I was going to guess Ford Escort wagon of some sort, but that's taller. It looks like something Ford of europe would produce.

That 6 series reminds me of the scene where Bruce Willis crashed one repeatedly. Anyone remember Moonlighting?

-juice

navigator89

Not a Ford Escort wagon, not a Ford at all and not European.

Good try.

andys120

The CSi is an '86.

andys120

kyfdx

Suzuki X90... I see one at least once per week on the way to work...

andys120

Correct, I don't see them much annymore.