Mystery car pix

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Bentley S1 Continental Drop Head. Impossible to tell the year as they didn't make too many and they generally looked very similar year to year 1955-59. Lovely and relativelyl rare car, yours for maybe $150,000 (discount for RHD).

Mr_Shiftright

stickguy

was on here not too long ago I think. I remember seeing it on some thread.

Euro 1600 or 2002 variety of some sort.

andys120

Yeah we did do that one recently. It was badged BMW 2000 Touring in Europe but at least a few were sold on this side badged "2002 Touring". Those are aftermarket wheels either Minilites or Panasports.

You've correctly IDd the Bentley, that one's a MY '55, body work was by Mulline Park Ward and the ad sez only 69 were made.

oregonboy

BMW 2002 Touring. As a BMW 1600 owner, loved hatchbacks, I long lusted after the 2002 Touring, which of course never made it to the USA.

Was it not popular in Europe? They like hatches over there.

james

Mr_Shiftright

They made a 1602 touring and a 2002 touring. Nope, near as I can tell, they were a flop on both sides of the Atlantic.

I posted it because I saw one recently and it reminded me how that style, while practical, is kind of jarring on a 2002.

That's right, they are called a "Touring". That's the proper nomenclature.

andys120

I like the Touring style better than the standard issue 1602/2002 sedans but then I've always been partial to hatches and wagons.

andys120

subearu

mazda mx-3, can't tell if it's black or purple

-Brian

andys120

It's black on my screen.

andys120

The ad sez 12 of these were made and sold thru authorized factory dealerships during the model year.

kyfdx

The Mazda MX-3..

I was in San Juan, PR in October of '92... The MX-3 was a rare sighting at home, but they were all over Puerto Rico... As common as Civics were at home..... I always thought that was weird..

fintail

Was that called a Talisman? 1970 or so I guess

navigator89

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boomchek

Dang, I'm missing out here. I knew the Wartburg answer too, and the Picasso.

New girlfriend keeps me busy and away from the pc (which is not a bad thing )

Speaking of Matchbox, mine are mostly from the 80's and mid 90's. The stuff they come out with now is stupid looking, and cheap. I have about 300 of them, no boxes. I have a few 1:18 scale cars as well, bunch of Johnny Lighning James Bond and Simpsons cars, most of the Fast and Furious collection, a few complete sets of DubCity cars, Modifiers, the whole Hot Wheels 2003 collection in boxes, and some odds and ends here and there. Add that to my 1400 car brochures and about 700 issues car magazine collection and you can now see why i'm on Edmunds identifying cars

Anyways the Wartburg was also popular in Poland. Our neighbour had one in the 80's. Compared to the junk sold in Poland during the 80's, the Wartburg was sorta luxury car. If you had a Wartburg you were well off.

Now for the horrific looking blue van. It's a Toyota Alphard. Asian Market only I presume. I went on the Japanese Toyota webiste. I wonder why they use different badges on the grille. Any ideas Navigator?

fiatowner

We had the 2002 Touring in UK, apparently at the time it didn't sell well, but I still see one or two occasionally. Now it is a popular classic, although not as desirable as the 2002tii, which really was a flyer!

navigator89

Toyota Alphard is right. When I first saw one in Malaysia, my first thought was that those headlights looked bigger than those of an Escalade!!

About the grille, I'm guessing that some manufacturers use different badges on the grille maybe because it is a special model that they wish to distinguish from others. The Mustang has the pony, although I'm not sure this car is special enough for it's own grille.

I collect toy cars as well. I used to be focused on Matchbox and Hot Wheels, but now I'm moved up to 1:24 Maisto models. I saw a 1:18 scale Chrysler 300C, Mercedes CLS, Jeep Rescue, Ford Torino at a store recently. They looked really nice.

andys120

The '70 Caddy wagon is a Fleetwood, the small lettering on the side indicates that
and the ad says "'70 Fleetwood Wagon" w/o mentioning another name. I suspect it was built off a sedan by one of the outfits that makes hearse and ambulances. Caddy ambulances were common before van-based ones became the norm.

fintail

Oh yeah, I thought about it, I think ther Talisman was a Caddy pickup from the mid 70s. I'm trying to not go online and cheat.

I have but a few larger models, they just take up too much room. I do have a big 1:18 fintail, a Supra, and a few others. But I have to be selective.

navigator89

I have this one in my collection, 1:18 scale, which I built from a kit.

ateixeira

Camaro? '72 maybe?

MX-3 was an interesting little car, you guys recall the V6 in there? 130hp 1.8l!

Odd choice because Mazda had a 1.8l engine in the Protoge, which made 125hp. So all that added cost, complexity, weight, and friction, for 5 measly horses.

-juice

fintail

That's like the last AMX/Javelin isn't it? I have a Matchbox version, those fenders are very definitive

stickguy

probably a '72 or '73, and it is an AMC javelin.

'75ish Jim Rockford firebird in the background too.

andys120

I have way too many of them including about 10 1/24 scale Ferraris that I built and detailed myself, in most cases I've added extra detailing that didn't come with the kit.

My 1/18th diecasts are getting out of hand, my wife sez our house is starting to look like a parking lot or a dealership for used racing and sports cars. I'll never own a real 300SL, 917/30 or Healey 3000 but it's enjoyable to collect them in miniature. Yes, my collection does reflect my Eurocentric tastes in cars but I have some nice Mustangs and Shelby' in various scales.

gsemike

I always thought that they were cool, unique cars. What did the top of the line have in it? Were any of them fast?

andys120

lemko

The biggest engine for the 1971-74 Javelin/AMX was the 401. I'm sure many had a 360 by that time.

lemko

...the episode of "Adam-12" when some guy stole an AMX by driving it through the showroom window? It's soon pursued by Reed and Malloy in their Matador squad car. Nice plug for AMC.

navigator89

fintail stickguy you're all right it is an AMC Javelin. I have a model in that exact color with the engine poking out.

Question - What exactly happened to the AMC company anyway? Where are they now?

lemmer

Germany

andys120

Germany

LOL!

bhill2

Fintail,

Got behind in my reading of this forum. The Talisman was an interior and trim package offered on the '74 and '75 (I think) Caddy Fleetwood. It was ultra-luxurious and very expensive. In the first year they even offered 4-place seating, with 4 sculptured seats. I don't know how many they sold, but I have seen at least 1 for sale in Hemmings.

stickguy

they mean that Chrysler bought out AMC (actually, they bought Jeep and AMC came along for the ride!). You should know what happened to Chrysler!

fintail

What was the name of that coachbuilt (I use the term loosely) Caddy pickup? I know they made wagons thruogh the 70s too

Mr_Shiftright

Mirage I think was the name.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright

Alfa Sprint Speciale, made from 1958-62.

andys120

Not exactly, there's a Sprint underneath it but a different body and this car was made from
'63-'66 only a few came to the USA. The full name is Giulia SS

andys120

stickguy

so I'll guess it is a Daimler. From the '70s.

andys120

Nope, it is a Jag, the original XJ6, MY 1968.

fiatowner

This is a first series Jaguar XJ12 - 1972/3 - a great car but a thirsty engine - 5.3V12, just in time for the fuel crisis! That is a Coventry registration for late 1972, so I would imagine it is at the time of the launch.

stickguy

The grill looked slightly different (must be the early year), and usually you make it more difficult, so I went for the obscure instead of the obvious.

kyfdx

I'm with you, stickguy.. I thought Jaguar XJ was just too easy.. I figured you knew what you were talking about.. :surprise:

fiatowner

The grille on Daimlers is heavier at the top, witth fluting along the top edge, but does have slightly thicker vertical bars. The early XJ6 had a plainer grille, with vertical and (less) horizontal bars. This early XJ12 had thin vertical bars, but also a different badge. They didn't make many of these early V12 Jags, because the XJ6/XJ12 was facelifted in 1973 to the series 2, with higher bumpers, and the grille was shorter thereafter.

andys120

This is a first series Jaguar XJ12 - 1972/3 - a great car but a thirsty engine - 5.3V12, just in time for the fuel crisis! That is a Coventry registration for late 1972, so I would imagine it is at the time of the launch.

It's labeled as an XJ6 MY 1968 but you seen to be attuned to the nuances of those cars
so you are prolly right. but here's the brochure cover for the original XJ6, it sure looks like the same grille to me, possibly even the same car :confuse: >>



I have this brochure somewhere in my collection.
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andys120

most of us on this side will note the absence of the Leaping Cat on the hood..er, bonnet.
I understand it's not that common in the UK.

themoon77

My favorite Jag bodystyle, believe it or not.

Edge

Mr_Shiftright

Oh gimme a break, cmon---it's the same exact body for both types...the only way to tell the different is to read the fender script or look at the instrument cluster. But if you are going to be that STRICT about it, okay, I missed it fair and square.