Mystery car pix

slorenzen

@andys120 said:
Nope, not an Alpine or any other product of the Rootes Group. You might as well tell 'em Shifty.

Simca?

Mr_Shiftright

I'm going to say it is the horrifying Triumph Herald. Was I right? Not to be too hard on the car (lol!) but I was given one of these once to sell for someone, so I had to drive it around, and I distinctly remember the thought that ran through my mind at the time---and this, mind you, from someone who regularly drove MGBs, Morgans, TR6s, etc---as I was driving it I thought:

"Did someone build this in their backyard?"

fintail

This is a good way to use a Herald:

Regarding the "French Mercedes", I can see it, esp in the 604.

stickguy

kind of appropriate, since the Amphicar used the Herald engine.

Mr_Shiftright

All I remember is the dashboard moving left to right as I went over bumps. To be fair, it was a very simple, basic car---a British Trabant! I also remember that when you started it, your feet would wiggle on the floorboards. I think the door panels were cardboard.

grahampeters

@andys120 said:

G'day

Nice and easy because it says it on the bonnet. A Peugeot 403 from early 1960's. They continued to make them for some years after introducing the lovely 404 in about 1960.

They were also assembled in Australia, where the success of Peugeots in rugged 1950s around-Australia reliability trials meant that they were very attractive to rural dwellers. They certainly seemed to steam on for ever and were still reasonably common on the roads when I go my license in the mid 1970's.

The 404 which succeeded them also soldiered on for decades. I saw a nicely maintained one a few days ago, probably 50 years old and still going strong!

Cheers

Graham

andys120

@grahampeters said:
Graham

Yes, the 403 and succeeding Pugs were renowned for their ruggedness and for that reason(combined w their plushy ride) were hugely popular in Africa, Asia Minor and other places w poor roads.

andys120

Campus parking>

lostwrench1

1956 Customline Victoria.

lostwrench1

1962 Valiant.

lostwrench1

1961 Chevy + 1955 Chevy.

fintail

I guess the Professor's fintail or Peugeot is parked closer to the building

I think that's a TR-3 behind a couple Falcons, at right.

Was there a Ford Victoria (not Crown) of that era that wasn't a hardtop?

@andys120 said:
Campus parking>

berri

Sure that '62 isn't a Dodge Lancer rather than a Valiant? I know it's tough to call on these from only the rear profile.

texases

@berri said:
Sure that '62 isn't a Dodge Lancer rather than a Valiant? I know it's tough to call on these from only the rear profile.

I think you're right, the taillight is too high for it to be a Valiant. I was thinking Dart, but it's not that, either.

isellhondas

@Mr_Shiftright said:
A pun on Peugeot....correctly pronounced "PUH -JZOH. The 403 was a very nicely made car.

A friend had a 604 diesel. It was probably the most comfortable car I've ever ridden in.

When the heater core started leaking it was a 12 hour job. He got ride of it when he couldn't find a shop that would work on it.

andys120

Just head of the Valiant, or is it a Lancer, there's a Triumph TR3 or (more likely TR3A)

explorerx4

1961 Impala bubbletop on the left just behind the Ford.

lostwrench1

Wake up, Lostwrench! Can't you see there is lettering on the door making it a Lancer?

bhill2

@explorerx4 said:
1961 Impala bubbletop on the left just behind the Ford.

In front of the brace of Falcons is what looks like a '55 Chevy, and in front of that a '57 Ford.

andys120

I don't think anyone has mentioned the 1960 Oldsmobile next to the black '56 Ford in the foreground. From that angle it doesn't appear to have the full wraparound windshield but with that front fender contour it has to be a 1960.

lostwrench1

I went with its being a 61 Chevy because of the lack of side horizontals behind the headlights and that the front fender contour "overlap" climbed diagonally up to the front of the hood. The "overlap" contour on the Olds remained horizontal going to the front of the hood.

andys120

berri

That's a Kaiser toward the end in the US, maybe 54 or 55. If not, it's a later Latin American manufactured model.

Mr_Shiftright

Holy Toledo! Oops, wrong city.

andys120

@berri said:
That's a Kaiser toward the end in the US, maybe 54 or 55. If not, it's a later Latin American manufactured model.

Yup, that's a USA-made 1954 Kaiser. This one has been restored and resto-moded (Chevy V8+THM autobox). Not many of these were made w two doors.

andys120

robr2

1988 Nissan 240SX

fintail

There's one of those hatch models that drives by my place daily - I suspect it has no exhaust system at all, and is otherwise ruined by its stancebro owner. Ugh.

andys120

@robr2 said:
1988 Nissan 240SX

Indeed!

kyfdx

When I met my wife, she was driving a '90 240SX hatch.. I never liked it... and, was glad to sell it in 1994.

stever

Those of you (.@stickguy, @explorerx4 and @qbrozen) who guessed Macan a while back as the new addition to the Edmunds.com fleet just from the little tail light snippet, y'all were right.

2015 Porsche Macan S Long-Term Road Test

Mr_Shiftright

Didn't they offer a V-6 in the 240SX for one year?

@kyfdx said:
When I met my wife, she was driving a '90 240SX hatch.. I never liked it... and, was glad to sell it in 1994.

stickguy

pretty sure that version was 4 cyl. only. One of the later styles may have had a 6.

stickguy

mystery dash?

lemko

@stickguy said:
mystery dash?

1951 Chevrolet.

lemko

8th and Market: Philadelphia.

stickguy

It's a 52 Chevy. So close enough

fintail

I'll take the 48-49 Caddy behind the Ford box in front of Gimbels.

@lemko said:

8th and Market: Philadelphia.

bhill2

I'll grab the '55 Plymouth up front on the other side of the island from the Ford box.

lostwrench1

As to the closest car, that side trim running back and then down the sides of the trunk lid indicates Oldsmobile, but the year?

berri

Maybe a 51 Mercury ahead of the front street car?

fintail

The closest car, facing "up", is something like a 51 Plymouth, isn't it?

lostwrench1

@fintail said:
The closest car, facing "up", is something like a 51 Plymouth, isn't it?

lostwrench1

Ahaa, that's it, a 51 Plymouth. I thought I matched that side trim with a 47 Olds but couldn't match that trunk handle. Lostwrench, you're benched.

fintail

I admit I had to search, I initially thought it was a Dodge. The Olds would look proportionally larger, but I think some had a fastback with a kink in the C-pillar.

magnette

Seen today

Mr_Shiftright

That's a Lancia something isn't it?

texases

Lancia Flavia or 2000, around 1971?

magnette

@texases said:
Lancia Flavia or 2000, around 1971?

Yes - Its a Lancia 2000 - quite rare even when new in the UK, - this one was registered in 1972/3. The coupe always sold in larger numbers than the saloons here. - I can't remember the last time I saw one of these.

• Lancias generally were pretty unusual - of course, the Beta saloon finished them as it was so rust-prone, which was a shame as it was a great car technically - just rubbish steel.

Mr_Shiftright

Yep, Lancia was a good car gone bad. It would be like turning all BMWs into Jettas and Golfs.