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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    That's not Jayne? And jeeze, the Wiki page on Diana Dors is really something else.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,699
    edited September 2015
    stever said:

    That's not Jayne? And jeeze, the Wiki page on Diana Dors is really something else.

    I was going to guess Vera Lynn, the only British person I know of. Famous for "We'll Meet Again."
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    edited September 2015
    Given Jayne Mansfield's upper body appendages, a Deuce and a Quarter seems kind of fitting I suppose!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    edited October 2015
    It is indeed a Delahaye 175S with coachwork by Saotchik, perhaps the most flamboyant designer of the 40s and 50s. Speaking of flamboyant, the blonde is the curvaceous Briton, Diana Dors.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Your challenge is to find and ID the sole import barely visible in this sea of tailfins and chrome>


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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    No picture here.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    That's why you can't find it :'(
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    reposted for you.

    is the import a baby blue bugeye sprite behind the Edsel on the far left?

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    lol, your's isn't working for me either Stick. Here's a so-so screen grab:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    Odd. Showed up find when I did it on laptop, but now gone on my iPad. I see Steven though.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,769
    well, I see the little powder blue roadster back there, but I am not good enough to identify it by a single headlight in low-res.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Yup that is a little Healey "Bug-eye" Sprite Mk.1. Where I grew up on LI these were quite the little fad around the end of the 1950s. A lot of kids got them cuz they cost about as much as a VW but were lots more fun. In the UK they were know as "Frog Eyes".

    That baby blue hue was oddly popular on many sports roadsters of the day.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Stever, like the blue on that two tone Buick Roadmaster coupe; not so much the two tone color combo on the Dodge behind it.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    real obscure. May not qualify here, but I think it is cool.


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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited October 2015
    57 Chevy
    55 Buick
    57 Dodge with popped hood
    58 Edsel

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    looks like no one wanted to guess on the black sports car. That is a 1959 Bocar XP-5 (which to me sounds like something Speed racer would be driving!)

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  • slorenzenslorenzen Member Posts: 694
    stickguy said:

    looks like no one wanted to guess on the black sports car. That is a 1959 Bocar XP-5 (which to me sounds like something Speed racer would be driving!)

    Very nice looking car, but it also looks like it should be lowered 3 inches or so.


  • odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    I'll throw an extremely easy one out there for you. Scene this at the Car Show in Hershey yesterday (10/10/15)


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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    I'll put two chips on 1950.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Being a 4 dr, I'm assuming that was one of those stunt show cars rather than an outright race car? Those Hudson's did well on the track back in their days though. I recall several of the engineers in my old neighborhood growing up owned them, including buying used ones after the step in's went away.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    Actually, the eyes are the give away. It's a tribute to the Cars movie. Don't remember the car's name.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    Doc Hudson I think.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    Yeah, that's right. It was Doc Hudson voiced by Paul Newman.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,769
    I'm kind of surprised there was any hesitation or doubt. Shouldn't all car guys know that movie, regardless of kids? :)
    I love it, even after seeing it a million times thanks to the little ones. And I'll have you know it came out before I had a child who could actually watch it (my first born was an infant at the time), and we still watched it. The wife and I are animation fans.

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  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,719
    Ummm, I'm stumped, but I'll guess some type of Mercury :smile:

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Poster needs help with an old family "vehicle". It almost looks like the horses ran away to me. :D TIA.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    Test Time. Good Luck.

    Hope this works: http://www.americantorque.com/game/car-show-50s/
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,769
    didn't we already do this one?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    similar to this one I think but not quite so detailed as to year to year differences.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,528
    96%, not too bad.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    I got 69%. Better than that expected!

    Really need a 1970s Toyota and AMC one of these for me.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    I got 93%. The Dodges and Desotos did me in.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,136
    tmart said:

    I got 93%. The Dodges and Desotos did me in.

    Same here, plus a GM mixup - 88%
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,605
    I nailed. It, but then I was there when they were new.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,571
    I sucked.. 62%

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,552
    I figure some of you are really obsessive. Or just really old.

    maybe because I never had an interest in 50's cars or early 60's. And had none in the family (we got a Volvo when I was 7, and my grandparents had a few of them before switching to VWs).

    1970s AMC, now that I could nail!

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,571
    stickguy said:

    I figure some of you are really obsessive. Or just really old.

    maybe because I never had an interest in 50's cars or early 60's. And had none in the family (we got a Volvo when I was 7, and my grandparents had a few of them before switching to VWs).

    1970s AMC, now that I could nail!

    Yeah... I've never had much interest in '50s cars. The earliest car I can remember from my immediate family was a '62 Pontiac, though my grandfather drove his '49 Ford until 1968.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 264,078
    kyfdx said:
    I figure some of you are really obsessive. Or just really old. maybe because I never had an interest in 50's cars or early 60's. And had none in the family (we got a Volvo when I was 7, and my grandparents had a few of them before switching to VWs). 1970s AMC, now that I could nail!
    Yeah... I've never had much interest in '50s cars. The earliest car I can remember from my immediate family was a '62 Pontiac, though my grandfather drove his '49 Ford until 1968.
    Same here. Not much interest either. I remember my grandmother driving an early 60's Comet which got replaced by a '67 Monterey fastback coupe. 

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,605
    stickguy said:

    I figure some of you are really obsessive. Or just really old.

    maybe because I never had an interest in 50's cars or early 60's. And had none in the family (we got a Volvo when I was 7, and my grandparents had a few of them before switching to VWs).

    1970s AMC, now that I could nail!

    Excuse me?? Oh never mind, you're right.

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  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,719
    77% for me

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Here's a rare one but it was a production car. Extra points if you get this one:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    No idea, but, to me, from the door handle forward, it reminds me of a 49-50 Ford with a 57 Tbird grill.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    MMIV Tbirdius Caesarius.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673
    Looks to me like a French Ford Comete ca. late 50s?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Hint: Italian, from a company that pioneered modern design after WW II. Small company, using Fiat-based parts, for a while employing Carlo Abarth.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,605
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Hint: Italian, from a company that pioneered modern design after WW II. Small company, using Fiat-based parts, for a while employing Carlo Abarth.

    Cistalia?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yep Cisitalia 505 DF, 1953. It was based on the Fiat 1900 engine. Out of total production this is the only one on the road at this time.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,673

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