Mystery car pix

lemko

That's a 1950 Studebaker Champion. My wife's father had a black one way back in the day!

lemko

$1,100? I'll be right back with my checkbook! This car looks infinitely nicer than many cars I've seen at Carlisle for which the owners were asking a lot more money!

stickguy

some sort of Chrysler. And an early 70's Lincoln (were they town cars back then) on the other side of the guy. and either a Mustang or T-bird on the other side.

grahampeters

G'day

I know it is from an awful movie called Road Kill to you and Joy Ride in Australia. Two brothers and a girl; Chased by evil trucker... Fill in the rest

Cheers

Graham

ateixeira

I thought those were A/C for your feet!

Mr_Shiftright

you and magnette should send a message about this to the help desk. The "help" button is WAY way down low on this page, on the left side--very bottom. Sorry about that.

magnette

I've logged a message on Help but frankly I don't hold out any hope...This site has been really flaky for weeks and I never did get back all the adverts etc on Safari - it still said

OOPS WE"VE HAD A PROBLEM

at the top of the screen until it crashed altogether last week.

Thanks anyway. I'll log back on if you fix it

ateixeira

FWIW I have Windows 7 with Firefox and it asks me to sign in with Facebook credentials each time even though it already has my name, too. It's just one click so no biggie.

andys120

but what's the model and year?>

odie6l

Here's some Brochure art for you. This one is a bit tricky since it was on available for 1 year. I had one.



Odie

bhill2

Based on the hood scoop on the left part of the hood (which I had to blow the picture up to see) I would say it's a '81 Monte Carlo Turbo.

grahampeters

G'day

I know it is a Peugeot 203 but not sure on year.

They were made from 1948 to 1960, being the first monocoque bodied Peugeots. They were also assembled in Australia where they gained a reputation for robustness after ten of the eleven entered in the 1953 Redex Trial survived, one winning the competition against far more fancied vehicles (If you are interested in a bizarre little story, read up on the Redex trials - this is a taster http://www.redex.ru/files/redex-trials.pdf )

I cannot recall spats over the wheels or the embellishment on the spats and boot lid.

These Peugeots were robust and long lived. A friend's older sister was still driving one in 1970. They established a good reputation for Peugeots in Australia, reinforced by the wonderful Pinin Farina designed 404 and the apparently unstoppable 504.

Cheers

Graham

andys120

Yup it's a 1953 Pug 203A. Most likely the skirts were an optional extra not usually ordered in places with lots of unimproved roads like Oz in the 50s.
You'd have too many stones banging around in there.

The little 203 looks American from the front IMO>

fintail

The nose is very early 40s Mopar to me.

lemko

It reminds me of a 1942 Chrysler:

andys120

lemko

1955 Plymouth Belvedere convertible.

andys120

Right on the nose, Lem.

andys120

lemko

Humber Super Snipe. I guess about a 1960 or 1961 model. Humber was once called "the British Buick."

andys120

You're hitting 'em good today Lemko, it's a 1960 Humber Super Snipe.
It was very much a "British Buick" with a few R-R and Jaq touches added.

It's another Euro car that shows American styling influences, note the wraparound windsheild and tailfins. It looks a bunch like a '55 Buick, just add portholes> .

andys120

grahampeters

G'day

Oh dear!

Some cars are at the peak of a manufacturer's success. That is a "Zenith"

This is a "Nadir", or low point.

For reasons which remain unclear, Alfa Romeo and Nissan agreed to create the Arna or "Alfa Romeo Nissan Autoveicoli" in 1983. It was really a Nissan Pulsar or Cherry (depending on name in particular markets) with Alfasud underpinnings. It was built near Naples, had the reliability (and rust) of the Alfasud and the charm (!?) of the Nissan Pulsar.

An awful, awful car, bizarrely exported to Japan as the Nissan Pulsar Milano. Happily, it died in 1987!

I believe that none now exist, all having (fortunately) fallen foul of voracious corrosion or lack of sex appeal. Long may the metal crusher live!

Cheers

Graham

grahampeters

G'day

Sorry that I missed this one as I was only passing an ancient Humber/Hillman/Commer/Rootes Group sign today. Chatting about defunct British motor manufacturers with my wife.

My (very successful) great uncle had a Humber Super Snipe from the early '60's; they were extremely flash for their time here in Australia. However I thought that there was a difference designated by the number of headlights; single headlights suggesting lower trim level of the Humber Snipe and twin lights the hotter Super Snipe. However that might just have been for Australia. I drove it once in about 1981 before my great uncle traded it for a Volvo; far less exotic, although safer!

Cheers

Graham

andys120

the reliability (and rust) of the Alfasud and the charm (!?) of the Nissan Pulsar.


Couldn't have said it better.

andys120

lemko

The patrol car is a 1957 Dodge Coronet. The car behind it is a 1956 Ford and the car facing the other direction is a 1955 Ford.

andys120

Yes those, OSP Dodges had Hemis under the hood. I think the car behind is a '56 Chevy, not a Ford.

andys120

wgrafer

The newest is the aqua '62 Ford station wagon on the right. The oldest is the white '49-'50 Ford Woody Wagon in the middle. Plenty left...

And those sure are some long longboards standing up on the rack!

andys120

Yeah it's amazing how long (and heavy) boards were back in the day. There's an Opel Wagon, probably a 1960ish Rekord parked to the left, the tan vehicle near it is possibly a Mercedes van but I don't recall what they called those, maybe Fintail does.

I'll mention the 60-62 Falcon wagon because me and my best surfin' bud used one on the opposite coast to haul our big Hobie board around.

fintail

I don't think the van with sliding windows is a MB. Maybe an International with a period camper conversion?

Blue Ford wagon is probably a modestly equipped Country Sedan.

bhill2

I'll pick up the red early-60's Corvair sedan next to the Ford woody.

tmart

Beg to differ. It's a Ford not a Chevy.

rtfi12345

My dad and I are guessing it is a British kit car that was designed to imitate the bug-eyed (or what I believe the British call frog-eyed) Sprite based on some of the crude elements - squared front wheel openings and windshield, cheap wheels, door hinge - and the memory of the owner who says it was horrible to drive. (Click on the picture to make it bigger.)
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4002408070093.154063.1577824869&type=3&- l=a3a52558f6

fintail

Looks like a Crosley "Hot Shot" from the early 50s.

rtfi12345

Thanks. I think you are right.

andys120

ateixeira

I get a DeTomaso vibe but I can't ID it....

au1994

Monteverdi Hai, maybe 1970. Swiss concoction. Had Chrysler power I believe

fintail

Yep, I had a toy one of these when I was a kid:



Monteverdi had deep Mopar roots, some cars were simply facelifted Chryslers.

andys120

Yep, it's a 1971 Monteverdi Hai powered by a 426 Hemi V8.

andys120

Monteverdi had deep Mopar roots, some cars were simply facelifted Chryslers.

I don't think that is accurate, aside from using Chrysler motors and possibly some electrical or hydraulic parts Monteverdi's were mostly European with Italian bodies from Carrozzeria Fissore and gearboxes from ZF.

fintail

OK I exaggerated, only one model was a Chrysler:



Nice Volare :shades:

I will admit these are cool looking:

andys120

Carburetors and air cleaners shown are not OEM stock>

stickguy

A triumph TR4 or TR6?

andys120

A triumph TR4 or TR6?

I guess the battery sitting practically atop the engine is the tell that it's a Triumph but the skinny valve cover is for the 2.5L six. it's a '71 Triumph TR6 converted to dual Weber carbs.

au1994

I've got the same thing in a suitcase at my parents house.

andys120

wgrafer

Looks like a '54 Chrysler New Yorker wagon (also known as a 'Town & Country').