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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    You aren't the first to notice that Shifty.

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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    True but unlike the others, I sincerely meant it. :)
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    ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Pontiac Aztek with the tent camouflage option.

    Fixed. :shades:
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
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    BIGGER, More cars!

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,246
    55 Ford, 65 Mustang convert, 59 Ford Sunliner, Thunderbird, Dart, VW Beetle,
    Beetle Squareback. Will leave the rest for others.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,224
    edited January 2013
    Wagon in front of the 59 Ford looks like a 67 Mercury Colony Park or a 68 Country Squire
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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Wagon in front of the 59 Ford looks like a 67 Mercury Colony Park or a 68 Country Squire

    I think it's a '65 Colony Park. Does anyone see anything that can be identified as newer than '65? I'm thinking that is about the time the picture was taken. Also, can anyone get a bead on the two partial ones closest to the camera?

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,224
    I think you're right, the narrow wood would point to a 65. The tail lights were causing problems with me.

    Sedan closest to the camera might be a Dodge Polara/440 or something, convertible a 65 Corvair?
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited January 2013
    Edmunds Taillight Tuesday

    If you want to play (timely), best bookmark the page. By the time I get the notice on my RSS feed, someone already has answered the weekly question.
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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    convertible a 65 Corvair?

    You know, Fin, I think you may have it. I originally didn't think so because these cars usually have the model (e.g. 'Corsa') on the front fenders near the top. However after looking at a few pictures, that is not universal. For instance, the Monza has a badge further down the fender where it wouldn't show in this picture. Good eyes, my friend.

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,246
    How can you make a comment if NOT an Instagram member? :confuse: The answer is a Shelby Mustang, but I'm not a member.
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
    you sure that is a sequential? Also looks like a gen 1 Camaro.

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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    OK, I had to look this one up because I swore I saw them in the military years back; and I did. It's a late 60's or early 70's Kaiser Jeep 700 series truck. Kaiser actually owned Jeep back when these first came out. Kaiser eventually sold it to AMC, who then subsequently folded into the Chrysler/AMC merger. Interesting vehicle.
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Is the blue car in front of the VW Squareback an early 60's Olds F-85 or Pontiac Tempest?
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
    bingo. a 1968 Kaiser M715 (I assume M for military)

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited January 2013
    Hm, haven't looked it the site all that much, and haven't tried to comment myself.

    Best just stick around here. :shades:

    Next week I'll just try to grab the pic; seems like that worked last week.

    (It's a 67 Camaro)
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
    not that I played, but at least I had the answer right!

    Helps that my first car was a '67 Camaro. Though that was a long, long time ago.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Is the blue car in front of the VW Squareback an early 60's Olds F-85 or Pontiac Tempest?

    That is a '63 Tempest.

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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Modified 1965-66 Plymouth Fury III or VIP due to the vinyl top.
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
    '66 Fury.

    wait, you mean those wheels weren't stock? Wow.

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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Thanks!
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Wheels are a give-away, as is the grille of course----MG-Arnolt by Bertone...probably a ....um.....ah.....1955?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Yup, there isn't much to it but wheels and a grille.

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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I'd never seen one before but after trawling the net for a while, I am impressed. No offence to the good old USA, but I didn't think any 1950's industrialist had that good a taste!

    Cheers

    Graham
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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    He swam against the current and perished in the attempt. :P
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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    ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Shreyer is a super hero of sorts....
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Kind of a Johnny Cash sort of hero though, considering his outfits.
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    It's a '51 or '52 Chevrolet Fleetline which Steve McQueen drove in his last movie. I don't recall the exact year or the name of that (long forgotten) flick
    but I did read that McQ bought the Chevy for himself when the movie was done.

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited January 2013
    Very good, but Edmunds calls it a Styleline.

    "The Great Escape and Bullitt movie star drove the yellow '51 Chevy in the final movie of his career, The Hunter, the story of professional bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson. McQueen grew attached to the convertible and added it to his personal collection."

    Steve McQueen's 1951 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe Convertible Hits Auction Block

    Any takers on the Superman car?
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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Very good, but Edmunds calls it a Styleline.

    Yeah, the Fleetline was the fast back 2 and 4-door sedans. The Styleline was the bustle back design and the only one with a convertible.

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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    I can barely make out the edge of a KIA logo on the hood. Is it a modified Optima?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited February 2013
    You got it Lemko.

    "The Superman-inspired 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid, the latest in the lineup of Kia superhero vehicles, will debut at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Kia is teasing the superhero Kia Optima Hybrid courtesy of a single image that shows the car decked out in blue exterior paint with the Superman logo emblazoned on the hood. The Superman Kia Optima Hybrid is the latest vehicle in a partnership with DC Entertainment that intends to raise awareness for the “We Can Be Heroes” famine relief campaign."
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
    looks like a Rambler America with a different front clip and rear fenders.

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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Good eye, Stickguy. It is a South American (I think. Argentina?) iteration of the Rambler American sold for quite a while after AM folded in the US. I can't remember the name it was sold under.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Yup it's a Latinized Rambler sold by IKA-Renault of Argentina as the Torino.

    IKA (Industrias Kaiser de Argentina) was originally a subsidiary of Kaiser that made Kaiser sedans and Jeeps and was then taken over by Renault.

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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    One of those cases where daughter is prettier than mother. Definitely a good looker!

    Cheers

    Graham
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    uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,140
    When I was about ten or eleven, the Ford V8 that Bonnie and Clyde were killed in was on display in a trailer not unlike that shown in the above photo and the Jayne Mansfield Electra, in the parking lot of a mall about fifteen miles from where we lived. Having seen the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" a year or so earlier (I wanted to see it and amazingly was allowed to!), I pestered the folks to see the car and I did. It was behind a grated area inside the trailer but you could get pretty darn close to it and it was indeed bullet-riddled.
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Have to wonder if there were six of those touring the country at the same time. :D
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Mention of the Bonnie and Clyde car reminded me of the story of the problems that the owner, Mrs. Warren had in recovering her stolen car. The local Sherrif claimed that she would have to pay $35,000 to recover the car after the shootout. She woin the car back after the sherrif was threatened with jail.

    http://texashideout.tripod.com/warrencar.html

    As a kid, I loved the song "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde", sung by Georgie Fame. I had always assumed that it was used in the 1967 movie, but apparently it was not.

    Cheers

    Graham
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,684
    '53 Buick Skylark?

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Yup, the '53 Buick Skylark was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Buick cars.

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    odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    Kia Optima SEMA / DC Heros edition for Superman. Kia did a full work up for all the different superheros.

    Soul = Green Lantern
    Optima Hybrid = Superman
    Optima = Batman
    Rio = Aquaman
    Forte Koup = Flash
    Forte Sedan = Cyborg

    Odie
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited February 2013
    Hm, guess that means my minivan is the Alfred E. Neuman ride around here. :D

    Add this winter driver testing in Quebec to the queue:

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