Mystery car pix

andys120

It's the Karmann-Ghia Type 3 which suceeded the original K-G in Europe, here's what it looked like in front....

andys120

Look carefully at the grille

rsholland

Alfa Romeo. I didn't know they made trucks.

Here's another Alfa truck; different model, but similar grille.

http://www.alfastop.co.uk/english/romeovan.html

Bob

andys120

..you can read about Alfa's trucks here.

andys120

rsholland

Early Datsun (late 1950s) of some sort, I would guess.

Bob

andys120

Early Datsun (late 1950s) of some sort, I would guess.

It's a 1960 Datsun Fairlady, the first (it was actually intriduced in '59) of a long line of sports cars to wear the Fairlady name in the JDM. We know most of them as the Z cars in North America. I'm not sure if they still use the Fairlady name in Japan.

The early Fairlady roadsters were based on the Datsun 310 sedan and had drum brakes.

bumpy

Early 1960s Fairlady, whose descendants trace down to the 350Z.

andys120

rsholland

No it won't. Pontiac Tempest.

Bob

andys120

Pontiac Tempest.

Aw cmon, what year?

rsholland

1963 Pontiac Tempest Le Mans.

http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/pont6306.htm

Bob

kyfdx

I knew that was a Pontiac, but the rear lights just didn't ring a bell... My mother had a '62 Star Chief, that looked a little like that, but a completely different rear-end treatment.

andys120

That's it, '63 was the first year for the LeMans version of the Tempest, the only year for that particular styliing and, IIRC, the first year for a V8 powered Tempest (326CID).

And here's a pretty one=>

rsholland

1948 Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet

http://www.ashframe.com/LANCIAAPRILIACAB1.html

Bob

andys120

When I see cars like that '48 Aprilia I think Italian car stylists must've spent the entire wartime period dreaming of beautiful car designs. They hit the ground running and
in a few short years displaced the French and Americans as the world's leaders in car design and haven't looked back since.

fintail

Renault R4. My association with that car is of Danny DeVito going over a waterfall in one in 'Romancing the Stone'. Hard on the eyes, but were pretty beloved in Europe.

Lovely Lancia, I'll take it

andys120

My association with that car is of Danny DeVito going over a waterfall in one in 'Romancing the Stone'

LOL, I knew I'd seen one somewhere

andys120

:confuse:

fintail

Aussie Ford Falcon of some sort maybe

rsholland

Oz-spec Mopar of some sort. Note RHD.

Bob

lujielisa

VW's fuel injection horrorish nightmare!
Squareback 412
Alot of owners removed the fuel injection system and
replaced with carburation.
Ugh.

lujielisa

kyfdx

I'm with fintail.. some sort of Australian Ford... or even a Mercury?

Mr_Shiftright

Yeah, and then after the carburators were on they REALLY ran lousy!

And now for your skull-crushing defeat!!

fintail

DeTomaso something....Longchamps or Deauville or something like that? I know I've seen it before

Mr_Shiftright

Deauville, that's right. Well gee that wasn't as hard as I thought. Bummer.

fintail

I remembered it...when I was younger I had a copy of 'World Cars 1978' that I read from cover to cover many times. It was an older book even then, but it was still pretty cool.

ghulet

....a cross between an early Maserati Quattroporte and a '70s XJ6.

Mr_Shiftright

Yes, with the reliability of BOTH--lol!

andys120

rsholland

I believe it's an ISO of some sort. I remember it, but don't have time to research it at the moment.

Bob

michaellno

Iso Grifo, I believe. Had a Matchbox model of one when I was a kid.

andys120

Iso Grifo, I believe.

Yep another of the Corvette-motored wonders from the Italian maker of refrigerators and three wheelers. Styling by Bertone, when they were at their peak, ca. '63-'64.

andys120

seminole_kev

is that a Mercury Cyclone?

andys120

is that a Mercury Cyclone?

'Tis a '69.

Here's another one you might know=>

fintail

Daimler something

andys120

Daimler something

1957 Daimler Conqueror to be exact.

Here's one to sleep on=>

seminole_kev

International Scout?

andys120

Yep, a '79.

andys120

rsholland

De Tomaso Pantera.

Bob

seminole_kev

For some reason that Pantera doesn't look right to me. Just different than I remember (especially the rear section). Maybe I just never really looked at one from that angle?

seminole_kev

Maybe it is just a different year than I remember because the other car's rump that just shows up in that photo looks like how I remember Panteras looking.

fintail

That's a DeTomaso Mangusta, not a Pantera

Mr_Shiftright

Mangusta means "mongoose", the arch-enemy of......the Cobra!!

co-incidence? I don't think so.

oregonboy

That International Scout was actually a Scout II, the larger successor to the original Scout.

james

andys120

Yep it's a Mangusta, the lesser known older brother of the Pantera.

jaserb

I see a green one driving around every so often. Today it was parked next to me at the post office, so I got a good look at it. Amazingly, it's a daily driver - Yakima racks on the roof, a fairly modern cassette stereo mounted under the dash, and not one but TWO forward facing car seats in the back. I'm all for obscure cars, but the wife and kids ride in a 2004 minivan, thankyewverymuch.

-Jason

cudaal1

Trabant, DDR -East germany