I have had a few cars that I would have been ecstatic to hand over the wheel, with the only stipulation being that they had to promise to wreck it at the end to make sure I never got it back.
Not sure if anyone id'd the Mercury on the sign, but it's a '67 Marquis. Also, the blue & white Buick is a '54, and the white one partially showing at the bottom is a '60 Chrysler.
Well, it should be a Fiat 1100-103 but the RHD, British style AA badge and the odd (non UK) numberplate make me wonder if it is an Indian built one. This version was the earliest style of grille in the Italian model, and they used that from 1953-6, but I thought the Indian version got the later grille.
This looks like a Coda. A California-only electric car that uses a Mitsubishi platform. I have no idea if any of these have been sold yet, or if they are even in production.
This looks like a Coda. A California-only electric car that uses a Mitsubishi platform. I have no idea if any of these have been sold yet, or if they are even in production.
Did the Dynaflow have any redeeming qualities at all? IIRC, it was supposed to be a very smooth transmission, but that smoothness came at the cost of fuel economy and performance.
This page mentions that a '56 Century, with 255 hp, would hit 0-60 in 10.5 seconds. I don't know where they got that time from, but that sounds fairly respectable for the time. I thought it would be worse.
Appears to be a Judge Reinhold Buick in the middle left, and a 65ish Chevy Impala middle right.
I am bemused. The grille on the car in the middle left says '60 Olds to me, but the front edge of the right fender is canted up like a '59 Buick. Probably bent by the cars on top of it, so I will stick with '60 Olds. I think the Chevy is a '66.
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My dad had a 55 Special and I assume it had Dynaflow as the transmission. It did not shift. It was like it was one constant power surge. If I floored it it just sucked gas and moved. I believe that was the era when they said a saleman would put a ten dollar bill on the dash during a test drive and if you could reach it during the full throttle acceleration it was yours.
It is a European market Opel Senator; not sure of the age as models ran from 1978 to 1994. I would guess about 1987 when the Senator B model was released. This one is a CD model which had a three litre engine and goodies like air conditioning, cruise control and heated seats.
In the UK they were sold as Vauxhall Senator. Practically, the Australian Commmodore is the same car, but has continued to be developed in Australia with a lengthy life still ahead.
When I first went to the UK in 1990, my boss had one. I recall driving it, which felt no different to driving an Australian Commodore; very pleasant for its time, especially on motorways.
They were "period-handsome", reflecting contemporary trends as used by Lincoln, Ford, Chrysler. They were, however, big floaty clumsy things...didn't handle like a Chrysler 300.
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Well it terms of size, yes. My point was the sheer amount of vehicles built off one platform. I would assume Ford built more Panthers than Foxes.
One source on the net claims, 9.6 million! I couldn't find a total number of Foxes.
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Wasn't the worst car in the fleet... the Mitsubishi V-6 was a decent powerplant...
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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It is, it's a 1955 Fiat Millecento. With only 1100cc it was pretty slow but it wasn't driven that way.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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Yup, ca.1955.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Yup, they are currently for sale. link
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
A bit of ferreting around suggests India somewhere. Apparently it is a 1954 model
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Appears to be a Judge Reinhold Buick in the middle left, and a 65ish Chevy Impala middle right.
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
This page mentions that a '56 Century, with 255 hp, would hit 0-60 in 10.5 seconds. I don't know where they got that time from, but that sounds fairly respectable for the time. I thought it would be worse.
I am bemused. The grille on the car in the middle left says '60 Olds to me, but the front edge of the right fender is canted up like a '59 Buick. Probably bent by the cars on top of it, so I will stick with '60 Olds. I think the Chevy is a '66.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
My dad had a 55 Special and I assume it had Dynaflow as the transmission. It did not shift. It was like it was one constant power surge. If I floored it it just sucked gas and moved. I believe that was the era when they said a saleman would put a ten dollar bill on the dash during a test drive and if you could reach it during the full throttle acceleration it was yours.
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It is a European market Opel Senator; not sure of the age as models ran from 1978 to 1994. I would guess about 1987 when the Senator B model was released. This one is a CD model which had a three litre engine and goodies like air conditioning, cruise control and heated seats.
In the UK they were sold as Vauxhall Senator. Practically, the Australian Commmodore is the same car, but has continued to be developed in Australia with a lengthy life still ahead.
When I first went to the UK in 1990, my boss had one. I recall driving it, which felt no different to driving an Australian Commodore; very pleasant for its time, especially on motorways.
Cheers
Graham
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
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.