Mystery car pix

fintail

Mercury Comet, I'll guess 67...maybe a Cyclone or another big engined car.

andys120

Spot on Fintail, the Hemmings ad doesn't specify that it's a Cyclone but it is one of six '67 Comets sold with the 427/425 engine and the 4-speed.

Apparently it's one of the last Plain Jane Musclecars.

fintail

I thought those Ford style displacement badges just forward of the front wheel openings looked unusual. Probably not a Cyclone, just a stripper with a big engine.

firemanjack

Yegods...with those little tires, it must just sit there and burn a hole to China....Talk about nose-heavy.. Jack

Mr_Shiftright

hint: early 50s, Europe, produced in reasonable quantity, this marque no longer exists as individual entity and last made a car on its own in 1967.

andys120

Beats me, reminds me of a Crosley but that's not it.

fiatowner

I'm not seeing a picture...

Mr_Shiftright

Here's the picture again:

andys120

There's Triumph running gear powering it (clue).

fintail

I know I've seen it before, I think I could go root through my old copies of "Autocar" and find it. I want to say it is fiberglass, but maybe not.

andys120

You are getting warm Fintail, it is a 'glass body,and you might see it in an old Autocar,if it's an old enough issue.

The styling of the car ought to point you to which decade to look in. :P

fintail

I cheated and found it...

andys120

Is a Peerless GT, ca. 1959, later sold under the name Warwick GT. Here's another look>>

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subearu

I'd wager that it's a '92 or '93, probably a Cobra since you usually pick one that could be identified as a plain base model :P

I think '92 didn't have the Cobra, '93 did though. 230 horses or so too. So, '93 Mustang Cobra is my final answer.

-Brian

andys120

You're right on the money Brian. The '93 Cobra was nearly identical cosmetically to a standard Mustang GT except for the narrow slot of a grille
above the front bumper.

andys120

subearu

Looks like an Acura NSX, though the Honda emblem is on the hood. Non U.S. market NSX?

-Brian

andys120

Correct again. The NSX was sold as a Honda almost everywhere but the USA, hence the big "H".

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kyfdx

Total guess... '64?

fintail

Very difficult if not impossible to tell, as those cars changed in almost no way through their production run.

However, the last 300SL rolled off the line in 63.

I'll guess a 60.

andys120

Owing to technical difficulties I put those pix up too soon and you guys jumped all over 'em.

Now that they are all up, perhaps you can tell me the only model year in which ALL of these classic sports cars could be bought new.

kyfdx

Thanks to fintail's information, I'm going with '63...lol

andys120

Thanks to fintail's information, I'm going with '63...lol

NOT! :P

fintail

OK then, so we have a 300SL roadster - 1957-1963

Some kind of c.1960 Ferrari

A first series E-Type - 1961-1967 I think

And a (model of) a Shelby Cobra, c.1963-1964 - it doesn't appear to be an AC.

1963 seems like a good guess, but it could be 62 or 61 I guess, although I thought Shelbys started in 63.

andys120

OK then, so we have a 300SL roadster - 1957-1963
That's correct although few '63s were made since it's "replacment" the 230SL started in '63.

Some kind of c.1960 Ferrari
For some of us that's the Ferrari of the late 50s and early '60s, it's the famous 250GT short-wheelbase Berlinetta, Ferrari's first big seller and a consistent winner in GT racing, made from 1958 to 1962. It was replaced by the 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso on the street and by the 250GTO on the racetrack in '63.

A first series E-Type - 1961-1967 I think Yep

And a (model of) a Shelby Cobra, c.1963-1964 - it doesn't appear to be an AC.
Yep, that's an early 260 Cobra, introduced in 1962. Shelby timeline.

1963 seems like a good guess, but it could be 62 or 61 I guess, although I thought Shelbys started in 63.

By now you've figured out that '62 is the year I was looking for, the only one that production of all four of those classics overlapped.

andys120

stickguy

wasn't that in the background of another [icture recently?

I'll guess a '62 (my favorite year) Falcon. Futura sprint?

not a bad looking car actually.

firemanjack

62 Sprint 260 V-8..Pretty little bugger

Mr_Shiftright

Did you know these cars raced in the famous Monte Carlo Rallye?

(didn't win, but they were respectable enough and pretty fast...downside was inferior brakes and a lot of work to drive on the curves).

andys120

Just for the record it's a '63 and the ad makes no mention of a V8 so I suspect it's a Futura, not a Sprint. It's the same car that showed up in the background behind the 1970 Goat in post #4099.

andys120

fintail

Looks like a Bentley Arnage (I see them now and then here), although they made about half a dozen trim variations - Red Label, Black Label, T to name some off the top of my head, and I can't tell them apart.

andys120

Yep, it's a Bentley Arnage, MY '99. I can't tell if it's Red, Green or Black Label either.

andys120

navigator89

It's a Mini Cooper, which looks a lot better with those wheels.

navigator89

andys120

Those wheels and the red mirror housings, along with the small wing denote that it is no ordinary Mini-Cooper. Who knows what they mean?

BTW, I can't see your picture in #4166.

ateixeira

John Cooper Works Special?

-juice

andys120

John Cooper Works Special?

Close, it's the new version, the JCS Works GP

ateixeira

They go too far on that one. The wing is hideous. I'm not crazy about the two-tone wheels, either.

-juice

andys120

fintail

Of a 63 Galaxie

andys120

Yep, a 390.

Try another?

Mr_Shiftright

That's Hudson's idea of what Hollywood would like...but they didn't.

Eckually, if you had a nice one you could get a fairly good price for it today. I'd guess 1952.

andys120

Cute, Shifty. It's a 1955 Hudson Hollywood HT sedan.

andys120

jaserb

But just because that would be too easy I'm guessing it's actually a Japan market Fairlady Z.

-Jason

andys120

I'm guessing it's actually a Japan market Fairlady Z.

Nope, fooled ya, it's a 300ZX (MY 1990)!

Wanna take a crack at this one?