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  • beefcake1beefcake1 Member Posts: 2
    This is the cover of a text book printed in 1988. It would be great to know these three cars. Or at least the one on the far left.
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  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    From L to R

    Ford Escort/Mercury Lync
    Mazda GLC
    Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,560
    The MAZDA is a 323 at that point.

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  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    edited April 2015
    The 323 was introduced for 1985. Since this photo is from 1998, it could be a GLC.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,560
    It could be an old GLC based on the year, but it is a 323 in the picture.

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  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    OK
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    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.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    Yeah... the textbook might be 1988, but those cars all look to be a few years older than that.. 1985 or earlier, I'd say...

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    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.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    We owned an 81 GLC years back. The only thing that stopped that great little car was the eventual rusting away of the floorboards.
  • stevedebistevedebi Member Posts: 4,098
    edited April 2015
    Not that hard, but an interesting car:




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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    edited April 2015
    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.)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673

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  • stevedebistevedebi Member Posts: 4,098
    andys120 said:

    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.)

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    andys120 said:


    Plymouth Volare....late 70's.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,560
    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.


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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I'm sure some will laugh, but I thought the Volare/Aspen station wagon was kind of neat for the day.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    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.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    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.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    berri said:

    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.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,605
    tmart said:

    berri said:

    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?

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    bhill2 said:

    tmart said:

    berri said:

    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.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673



    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.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,560
    British ford. Want to say early 70s vintage cortina but looks slightly off. Is it an escort?

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I think it's an Escort. British Ford Escort, early 70s like stickguy said.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,605
    tmart said:

    bhill2 said:

    tmart said:

    berri said:

    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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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    Yep Mk 1 Escort, fairly collectible now due to competition history.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    fintail said:

    Yep Mk 1 Escort, fairly collectible now due to competition history.

    Yup that's an Aussie-built 1970 Ford Escort Lotus Twin-Cam 1600.

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  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
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    andys120 said:


    G'day

    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!

    Cheers

    Graham
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    andys120 said:


    Suzuki X90

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    Suzuki X90

    Yes it is. I actually saw one the other day, it was in pretty rough shape.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    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.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    Up until my office moved in 2012, I used to see one quite often.... on the way to work.

    But, just the one... :p

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Hard to tell, probably early 2002 or maybe a German 1802, or maybe a 2002TI.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    Not a 1600?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I didn't think they had those side market lights. Viewing just from one angle it's really hard to differentiate these models.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    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.

    All Silver grille work means it's a 1600>





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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    yeah but.......


  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    yeah but.......


    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. ;)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    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. :)

    Careful on this one:


  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786




    G'day

    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

    Cheers

    Graham
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,823
    That hood blister makes me think it has a 6 cylinder engine, so I'm thinking grahampeters nailed it.
    Good hint from shifty, though.
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Good show, gents! Yes, the one year only Triumph TR250. A wonderful car to own, with TR4 styling and TR6 engine. Sweet.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    This one might be trickier that it looks. It's a rare car.


  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Looks like a sweet California car but no hood scoop?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    hood scoop? How vulgar....
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