I'm pretty sure the left one is a Mercury Lynx. I don't think Escorts had the "upscale" chrome looking grille like the one in the photo has, they had the plasticky black milk crate style grilles iirc.
And I believe the Mazda is a GLC, as that model was sold up to 1985 after which it was replaced by the newer rounder 323. The one in the picture does not resemble the newer 1986 and up 323 at all, so I'm pretty sure it's a GLC.
That's a Jaguar E-Type (XK-E) Roadster probably a 1968 model, based on the exposed headlights, It's a UKDM version based on the lack of a side marker lamp/signal behind the h/l (not to mention the steering on the right.)
That's a Jaguar E-Type (XK-E) Roadster probably a 1968 model, based on the exposed headlights, It's a UKDM version based on the lack of a side marker lamp/signal behind the h/l (not to mention the steering on the right.)
I may be odd, but I actually liked that style/model of the Volare/Aspen twins. Though they did run like crap back in the day! maybe because I had my duster at the time they came out?
A HS friend had a Aspen wagon in I think those same colors. Tended to stall often when making a left turn. made for some exciting times in traffic.
There was a roadrunner package too that was kind of cool, in a late 70s domestic kind of way.
When I was a kid, a friend of the family had a Lynx like the one in the pic above, it was even powder blue like that. They kept it for some time, being replaced with a new facelifted 1991 Cavalier sedan, which I remember riding in soon after they got it - it seemed a lot more refined.
The Cavalier had a longer wheelbase though I think. I always felt that both the Cavalier and the X Cars had better potential than people review them, but issues like initial reliability problems followed by an unwillingness to modernize better in line with Japan Inc. held them back . The Cavalier and Citation were comfortable enough for the time, It was the other stuff.
More like Mid-70s, that's a 1976 Volare. A friend of mine with a propensity for wagons got a Volare wagon (with a stick!). He dumped it after three years by which time it was already rusting. That poor guy always got the wrong car, he also had a Vega and a Gremlin and later a Sable. His cars made my Triumphs and Fiats look like paragons of reliability.
I'm sure some will laugh, but I thought the Volare/Aspen station wagon was kind of neat for the day.
No laugh from me. I had a 77 Dodge Aspen wagon with the slant 6 and 4 speed on the floor. Was a good car and gave me well over 100k miles.
Wasn't that 4 speed basically a 3 speed with an overdrive gear stuck on top?
Not sure what you mean by stuck on top. The shifter showed 1 thru 4, plus R.
During that period some makers took the standard 3 speed that they offered (with, say, ratios of 2.41, 1.41, and 1:1) and added another gear with a ratio of maybe .86:1. You could spot them because of the direct ratio in 3rd.
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The badging on the flanks confirm it as an Australian built Ford Escort with the (very) optional 1.6 litre Lotus tuned twin cam engine, but there is something which does not look quite right.
These were superb rally cars although the later Mark II Escort was more exciting. Somewhere, I have some fabulous images, shot in the Kowan Pine Plantation near Canberra. of Southern Cross Rally winning Escorts in spectacular slides apparently about to roll on me.
Fords have never really done it for me, but the availability of very hot engines in small and very tight bodies has some appeal. Dad had a female cousin with far too much thirst for speed, running a Cologne V6 Capri which was the ultimate "Plain Wrapper" car in the mid 1970's. She had given up power boat racing by the time I met her as a teenager, but I recall my absolute terror of her driving. Perversely, her husband was a bulldozer driver, which was a lot slower!
I rarely see any of them. I don't think they sold in huge numbers. Not practical and not sporty like a 2 seater should be. It was probably cheap to make as it was based off the Sidekick design anyways.
It's a 1969 BMW 1600, AKA "1602" in BMW-speak. The easy-peasy way to tell it from a 2002 is to look at the grille work if it's mostly black like this > it's a 2002.
There's an exception to every rule I guess but maybe the model designator is carried in the grille (unusual for BMWs of any era) so it wouldn't be mistaken for a 2002.
I think your general rule is pretty good actually but I've learned from going to too many car shows that there's always some wise*** who has a trick up their sleeves.
I was going to leap in with Triumph TR5 but the warning makes me think it is the US market version which did not have fuel injection. I think it was called a TR250 but may be wrong
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A HS friend had a Aspen wagon in I think those same colors. Tended to stall often when making a left turn. made for some exciting times in traffic.
There was a roadrunner package too that was kind of cool, in a late 70s domestic kind of way.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Plymouth Volare....late 70's.
More like Mid-70s, that's a 1976 Volare. A friend of mine with a propensity for wagons got a Volare wagon (with a stick!). He dumped it after three years by which time it was already rusting. That poor guy always got the wrong car, he also had a Vega and a Gremlin and later a Sable. His cars made my Triumphs and Fiats look like paragons of reliability.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The badging on the flanks confirm it as an Australian built Ford Escort with the (very) optional 1.6 litre Lotus tuned twin cam engine, but there is something which does not look quite right.
These were superb rally cars although the later Mark II Escort was more exciting. Somewhere, I have some fabulous images, shot in the Kowan Pine Plantation near Canberra. of Southern Cross Rally winning Escorts in spectacular slides apparently about to roll on me.
Fords have never really done it for me, but the availability of very hot engines in small and very tight bodies has some appeal. Dad had a female cousin with far too much thirst for speed, running a Cologne V6 Capri which was the ultimate "Plain Wrapper" car in the mid 1970's. She had given up power boat racing by the time I met her as a teenager, but I recall my absolute terror of her driving. Perversely, her husband was a bulldozer driver, which was a lot slower!
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Yes it is. I actually saw one the other day, it was in pretty rough shape.
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All Silver grille work means it's a 1600>
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Careful on this one:
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I was going to leap in with Triumph TR5 but the warning makes me think it is the US market version which did not have fuel injection. I think it was called a TR250 but may be wrong
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Graham
Good hint from shifty, though.