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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
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    Right you are Graham. it's a 1970 Euro-spec car which accounts for the lack of side markers.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400

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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,733
    1946-ish Lincoln?
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261

    What WAS this mystery car?
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    lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    The Lincoln is a 47 or 48. The push buttons on the doors make it a Continental.
    I'll go with a 47.
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    lemko said:


    What WAS this mystery car?

    G'day

    Looks like something left behind after The Dukes of Hazard. I think it might be some GM product

    Cheers

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,706
    Looks like an early 70s caprice or impala

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    lostwrench1 said:

    The Lincoln is a 47 or 48. The push buttons on the doors make it a Continental.
    I'll go with a 47.

    Close, it's a 1948 Lincoln Continental.

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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    The semi-submerged car is a 1972 Chevrolet Impala. Stickguy came closest.
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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

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    uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,159
    I would say that's an REO
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    uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,159
    Concerning the Continental, I can't see one of those without thinking of Bette Davis as 'Baby Jane' driving one, as she did in the 1962 movie. Great-looking car.

    I think the pre-war Studebaker 'Skyway' models reminded me of those Continentals, as they both avoided the busy side trim so many cars of that time had, and focused on only rocker trim:

    http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/s/41stu8cylSkywayCoupe_KI.jpg

    The Stude also had a one-piece curved windshield.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,242
    The truck is a Diamond T, immediately postwar I guess, with a body dating back to 1937-38. I think one might have been featured here before.
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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It's a 1948 Diamond T. I see references to "Diamond Reo" from this era but the books say the two didn't merge until 1958. So I'm a bit confused about that at the moment.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400

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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Where else but England could you buy yesterday's car today! :)

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,242
    Bentley R-type, early 50s. Pic appears to be in the US, so I can't trace the plate.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    edited January 2015
    fintail said:

    Bentley R-type, early 50s. Pic appears to be in the US, so I can't trace the plate.


    Sorry Fin, it's not an R-Type but the earlier Bentley Mk.VI (1946-52), the first Postwar design from the Flying B; the R-R equivalent was the Silver Dawn.
    The R-Type, introduced in '52 was also known as the Mk.VII.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Long time, no see>


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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 242,694
    Early 80's Honda Civic wagon.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,706
    Honda civic. I will guess it us an 80

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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 238,949
    Sweet!

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Yup that's a 1981 Honda Civic CVCC Wagon. Cute little thing IMO.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Snow in Vegas>


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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,706
    early 60s Corvair coming towards us. And a similar vintage Beetle heading the other way.

    Picture is probably from 1962?

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    stickguy said:

    early 60s Corvair coming towards us. And a similar vintage Beetle heading the other way.

    Picture is probably from 1962?

    Nope it's from before 1962.

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    lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    I'll grab the 59 Invicta and the 60 Comet.
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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,249
    59 Ford on right, I'd say the date is 1960.
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    60 Olds on front left
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    tmart said:

    59 Ford on right, I'd say the date is 1960.

    You'd say right.

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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I'll be impressed if anybody gets this one:



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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I'll be impressed if anybody gets this one:



    OK, it's saying International Harvester to me. Is it lying?

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Sure looks like it has IH bones. The most obscure pickup I can find is a '56 Powell, based off a Plymouth. This ain't it. B)
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Either IH or maybe a late 40's/early 50's Dodge?
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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The poster of the photo says it's a 1956 Desoto pickup found in South America. I guess these vehicles were sold around the world as either Dodges, Fargos or Desotos.
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I'll be impressed if anybody gets this one:



    Grandma says I look pretty...

    Too ugly to be a Bedford!

    There are some styling cues which say Dodge, particularly the block in the centre of the grille (think Dodge Ram) and those odd handle things on the bonnet edge. Perhaps from mid 1950's but tray does not fit that era. I think there was one in Lassie with that odd branding around the bonnet edge.

    Cheers

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    The DeSoto brand was used on trucks sold in Europe as well as Latin America during the 1950s. Some were made in Spain.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,706
    the only non-US Nissan SUV I can think of is the Patrol. Or is their also something like Punjab? Probably just made that one up.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    It's a 1995 Nissan Patrol.

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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    edited January 2015
    G'day

    Short Wheelbase Nissan GQ Patrol (or Y60 to you). Not as common here as the LWB but very nearly indestructible. They are less popular than Toyota Landcruisers, but you see them everywhere.

    A friend is still running his late 1980s short wheelbase Patrol, which has towed a caravan around Australia a couple of times. Service life in excess of 500,000km is normal.

    Driving one is distinctly agricultural; First gear is very low and you need to rev out a long way before change up to second. Tyre noise dominates every other sound from about 50km/h. Pretty much every one sold in Australia is diesel with a lazy 4.2l engine which is remarkably robust.

    Originally fitted with split rims for easy tyre changes in the bush, most are now fitted with after-market wheels.

    The latest Patrol is manufactured without a diesel option which pretty much destroyed any sales potential in Australia. A dealer recently offered me AUD30,000 discount to take a new one off his hands; it had been in stock for 12 months and the distributor is saddled with inventory that no one will buy, hence offering dealers huge rebates. Edit: just discovered that the discount has now climbed to AUD47,000 on new stock as Nissan cannot shift them!

    Cheers

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,400
    Why do you suppose they discontinued the Diesel?

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 242,694
    stever said:


    Dashboard of the Aston Martin Lagonda.

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Yep. Circa 1984.
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,706
    I miss the 80s

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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    ...as long as you're not stuck in them B)
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I am never sure about William Towns' designs and the Aston Martin Lagonda's dashboard was a low point. The technology was about 30 years too early for effective execution.

    Cheers

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 242,694
    stickguy said:

    I miss the 80s

    I don't ... except for the music. :smile:

    "Your door is a jar" - no, it isn't. My door is a door.

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