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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,593

    SAAB Sonnet. somewhere around a 1970. Not sure of the versioning, but I always assume it is a III

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited August 2014

    If anyone gets this one I think I'll fall over:

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited August 2014

    HINT: Not imported into the USA. HINT #2: Has a very weird name HINT #3: Not European

  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,772
    edited August 2014

    huh. Looks a bit like an old Infiniti grille. Wonder if that's some sort of rendering of the Japanese Nissan version of it.

    ahhh... you changed the pic when I was typing. Looks weirder now, but I'll still go with Japanese Q45 for the hell of it.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

    You are sniffing in the right part of the globe but that's about it.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,593

    It looked Japanese to me too, though could be Korean.

    Some kind of Hyundai genesis ancestor ?

    Though could certainly be a Russian knock off model. Or Chinese.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

    Getting colder....:)

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143

    I thought it was a late '90s Toyota Crown, but the side lights are wrong...???

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited August 2014

    You need to think of the lesser Japanese brands. (not lessser as corporations but as car makers).

    Historical Note of Interest: It was one of the first, if not the first, Japanese cars ever built as a luxury model. You might say the genetic ancestor of the Lexus.

    This one pictured is a later version of the original 1964 debut car.

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454

    Mitsu, Suzuki....

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited August 2014

    HINT: I'll give you a ZERO for that answer, Steve.

  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786

    G'day

    It looks like a Hyundai from about 1990 which derived from a Mitsubishi design. However the grille looks more Japanese, so presume it is a top line Mitsubishi. The name was something aspirational, which escapes me at 2:00am when I should be asleep.

    Cheers

    Graham

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

    Okay close enough!

    It's a Mitsubishi Debonair Exceed

    (no, I didn't make that up).

  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 264,743

    Looks like an upscale Mitsubishi Galant.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,593

    Looks sort of like a Mitsubishi to me

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,723

    @andys120 said:

    Merkur XR4Ti 456pdqxyx

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454

    No, no, no, that's obviously the Merkur XR4Ti 465pdqxzy. :D

  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,723

    Ah yes, my mistake. The 465 had the bigger blinker fluid reservoir.

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  • slorenzenslorenzen Member Posts: 694

    The 80's really WERE the dark ages for the auto industry, weren't they?

    UGLY car... :s

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

    Well with Don Peterson and Roger Smith at the helms of Ford and GM, what would you expect?

  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786

    G'day

    And if the Mitsubishi Debonair name was not bad enough, the Korean version was the Hyundai Grandeur!

    The Debonair was supposedly a competitor for the Toyota Crown, Honda Legend and Nissan Cedric (or Gloria), all being Japanese Domestic Market Luxury cars.

    Cheers

    Graham

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

    @au1994 said:
    Merkur XR4Ti 456pdqxyx

    Keerect (it's an '88). Apparently the Merkur (nee Euro Ford Sierra) was a decent car to drive but the styling department really botched the job.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

    Best in Show @ Pebble Beach

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,593

    A 1950s Ferrari front end mated to a 1961 corvette rump?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,143
    edited August 2014

    Reminded me more of a MB 300SL

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,548
    edited August 2014

    Or even more, a 300 SLR coupe

    image

    Maybe just concurrent evolution, who knows.

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

    Ah, the famous Naso Lungo --LOL!

  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786

    @andys120 said:
    Best in Show @ Pebble Beach

    G'day

    Isn't that the Roberto Rosselini Ferrari 375 Mille Miglia? Coachbuider was not one of the big houses.

    Cheers

    Graham

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited August 2014

    Yup that is the Ferrari 375Mille Migli originally commissioned by Roberto Rosellini for his wife Ingrid Bergman as a Spider in 1954(body by Pinin Farina). It was later rebodied as a coupe by Ferrari's in-house builder Scaglietti.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

    Last Letter>

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,405

    65 Chrysler 300L. Good looking car! Love the color.

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454

    Here we go again - this time it's a mystery taillight.

  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165

    I think the 59 Pontiac guess is a good one. At first I thought the apparent three taillights within the glass might have been an Edsel, but upon closer review I don't think so.

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited August 2014

    From the Barnesville MN Potato Days Car Show earlier today. :)




  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,405

    49-50 Ford convert, probably a Crestline. Can't tell the year for sure since there are no door handles. 57 Ford Skyliner.

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited August 2014

    The convertible was simply listed as a 49 Ford convertible.

    The white Ford was listed as a Fairlane 500 Retractable, circa 1957. The owner brought it down from Fargo.

  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786

    G'day

    The red convertible reminds me of something but I keep being diverted by the shape of the headlights which I suspect are a USA specific variation from the period where pop-up headlights were not permitted in USA(early 1970s?)

    The stance also looks a little wrong, perhaps lowered suspension or wrong size wheels.

    Cheers

    Graham

  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,606

    @grahampeters said:
    G'day

    The red convertible reminds me of something but I keep being diverted by the shape of the headlights which I suspect are a USA specific variation from the period where pop-up headlights were not permitted in USA(early 1970s?)

    The stance also looks a little wrong, perhaps lowered suspension or wrong size wheels.

    Cheers

    Graham

    I had it pegged as a Fiat 850 Spider. Am I wrong?

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  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786

    @bhill2 said:
    I had it pegged as a Fiat 850 Spider. Am I wrong?

    G'day

    Well I got that wrong! When I went and looked at some images of the 850 convertible, the line which I thought was an odd headlight bulge, was clearly a reflection line.

    Cheers

    Graham

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,704
    edited August 2014

    Did anybody name the Oldsmobile? That's a '58, I believe and without looking it up, I think it's a 98.

    And the blue and white '56 Ford in the background of the red convertible.

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited August 2014

    Well, the sign just said Fiat Spider, a '71. You get full credit for your answer from me @bhill2 . :)

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,715

    Who put those hideous wheels on it?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,548

    Those look like Wally World/Pep Boys quality hubcaps.

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited August 2014

    @imidazol97, the green Olds is a '58 Super 88.

    You guys are good. Gonna have to start taking pics of the big honking RVs in the campsites and forget the easy cars. :)

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

    @stever said:
    Well, the sign just said Fiat Spider, a '71. You get full credit for your answer from me bhill2 . :)

    Yup, that most certainly is a Fiat 850 Spider. The headlights indicate a late series car ('68-'71).

    Pre-1968 cars had a different design featuring faired-in headlights w a much lower profile but revised safety regs for '68 led to the revised headlight profile, the same thing happened to the Jag E-Types which ruined the looks of a startlingly beautiful car.

    The little Fiat was less beautiful (not to mention a lot slower but an interesting design nonetheless.

    Here's the original design seen on a 1967 Spider>

    Styling was by Bertone and was based on a famous concept car, the Bertone Testudo>

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 264,743

    @andys120 said:

    There's a car in that picture? Must've missed it. :smiley:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

    @Michaell said:
    There's a car in that picture? Must've missed it. :smiley:

    Those Go-Go boots really got your attention, huh.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 264,743

    @andys120 said:
    Those Go-Go boots really got your attention, huh.

    Goes back to my days when I sold shoes during HS and college.

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