Mystery car pix

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    edited December 2015
    Well, it is a Mark III....



    ...and the picture is a bit elongated.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    Looks Japanese ca. early 60s. Other than that, no clue. :(

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Maybe one of those Indian makes---Hindustani?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,516
    Yep likely an earlier Hindustan Ambassador.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Yes - it is a Hindustan Ambassador - this one is the Mk II despite what I typed - sorry - and as a Mk II it is from about 1962 - 77.

    Later variants had an Isuzu engine - initially as an option - from about 1979.from but this one would still have had the1489cc Morris engine it inherited from the Morris Oxford Mk3 which was in production in Britain until late 1958.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    This one is a little smaller.



  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    That looks vaguely familiar, is it related to the Fiat 500?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    It isn't a Fiat based car - and it isn't Italian.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,603
    I'd like to say DKW, but I suck at European cars of that era.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    bhill2 said:

    I'd like to say DKW, but I suck at European cars of that era.


    Right country but not a DKW.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    OK - it's not a well known make now but it was a maker of motorbikes before WW2, made about 7000 cars in the period 1948-54 and made mechanical handling equipment etc for years thereafter.
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    The funny bonnet line and external door hinges remind me of a German estate car I have seen, the rear looking like a Hillman Husky. No idea on make so I will guess Goliath because some of their designs were pretty strange

    Cheers

    Graham
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    It's not a Goliath, or one of its relatives, the Lloyd, although it does look similar.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,516
    Motorcycle link - Zundapp? Correction, they made bikes a little after the war, too.

    The German "Standard" firm?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    There is a connection with Standard - the chap who founded Standard had a son and he founded this firm.. The make we are looking for had this chap's name.

    It is a bit obscure though.
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    You are going for the really obscure here the hint about industrial machinery and Standard led me to Gutbrod. Hence a heavily researched guess of a Gutbrod Superior

    Cheers

    Graham
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    edited December 2015
    Yes, it's a Gutbrod Superior....

    Here's one I saw in a museum in the Black Forest a couple of years back





    They really did build about 7000 cars apparently....

    And merry Christmas to you Graham, it must be Xmas with you now.
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Christmas almost over down under. For us that means a 160km (100mile) trip each way for lunch with my two sisters and children. Over the last few years, traffic has built horribly so I decreed today that in future years we will not do it on Christmas Day, and certainly not in 36 C (96 F) heat. Traffic on the Freeway on the way home was so dire, I reverted to back-roads, I have not used in 30 years - much twistier but fewer nutters driving. Also got to see few folk driving interesting stuff, one of which I cannot identify at all.

    Sadly, bushfires this afternoon and friends are fearful, they have lost their holiday house. However the forecast for tonight is heavy rain and possible flash flooding!

    I hope the UK and USA Christmas is more benign although I see tornadoes have done much damage in the USA

    Cheers

    Graham
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,516
    Scene from "The French Connection"

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    Up front is a mid 70s Pontiac (Bonneville or Catalina), to the right a green mid 60s Buick(?)
    full-sizer. The white car is a '62 Pontiac Bonneville convertible. Behind the car w open trunk is a blue mid 50s Pontiac.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,518
    the pontiac up front is a later 60s model.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    Chrysler Aspen, not many of those sold...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 263,735
    Honda Beat.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,518
    I'll take one. If I fit.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,516
    Those can be imported now, they fall in the dopey 25 year rule.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    Yup, that's the luscious 1991 Honda Beat which now can be legally imported under the 25-yr rule.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,072
    Man the wheels on that Honda couldn't be spread out further if they wanted to. Almost no overhang at all.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    Yes - it's like an original Mini - zero overhang...
    We didn't get the Honda Beat here as a new car but there are a number of ex JDM ones as Grey imports - no 25 year rule, just limited numbers.
    Lovely little car in my opinion.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Good for off-roading! :)
    tjc78 said:

    Man the wheels on that Honda couldn't be spread out further if they wanted to. Almost no overhang at all.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited January 2016
    Nice pic.

    Looks like a Citroën 2CV RagTop dead center, and I'll take the VW convertible (literally - I'll take it. ;) ).

    Another Bug behind the Citroën.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,518
    Looks like an Alfa, front left

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes a Berlina 4D Sedan. Dead ahead white car buried in snow is probably a Renault R4. White car far right betwixt two buildings is probably a Peugeot 404.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,518
    what is what appears to be a Ford Torino doing there?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,516
    edited January 2016
    Chamonix? Or somwhere in that neighborhood.

    I think there's a Mini beside the yellow Alfa.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    Is that Detroit-looker a '68ish Opel Rekord?
  • stevedebistevedebi Member Posts: 4,098
    stickguy said:

    what is what appears to be a Ford Torino doing there?

    You mean the brown one? I think that is an Opel.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    It looks like an Opel to me but not sure of the model Rekord? Kapitan? Diplomat?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,234
    The brown car is, I think an Opel Rekord C coupe - not a Commodore as they had a bit more bling.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,518
    1975 Jag XJ6?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The world's best worst car!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    1963 Ford Falcon.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    A Falcon Futura to be exact.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    The wheel covers and the C pillar indicate a 63.5 Falcon Sprint.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 263,735
    lostwrench1 said:

    The wheel covers and the C pillar indicate a 63.5 Falcon Sprint.

    I've always been confused by this "1/2" stuff.

    I know everyone loves to talk about the '64 1/2' Mustang and I know there was a 2001.5 Passat and a 2015.5 Volvo.

    What does the VIN say for these cars?

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    When a model is not available at the beginning of the model year it receives the .5 designation.
    The VIN can indicate the time of year the car was manufactured..
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