Mystery car pix

andys120

It's a Fiat 1100 Spider with special coachwork and a '57 pricetag of 1,200,000 Lira (about $30 USD?:P).

Maybe you know enough Italian to figure out what they were doing, the ad at the bottom of this web page references MG.

You're right about the awful fake wire wheels but on the whole I'd rather have one of those than a Siata Spring.

andys120

ateixeira

'49 Willys?

-juice

gsemike

Nope... Toyota. That horizontal grill screams Land Cruiser.

andys120

It's an FJ25 Land Cruiser, MY ca. 1960.

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Mr_Shiftright

Hey that was a pretty good guess, wasn't it? Anyway, it's painful to look at. I don't know what Fiat was thinking putting their name on this thing. I bet it's a glas car.

acura_el2000

I belive thats the new japanese honda civic hybrid. or just there normal 4 door hatch version.

andys120

I belive thats the new japanese honda civic hybrid. or just there normal 4 door hatch version.
It's the 4-dr hatch, notice that there are only two door handles :confuse:

steine13

Yeah, two on each side... the rr handle is integrated into the C pillar... Nissan Pathfinder-like.

VERY nice looking car. Of course, everybody knows Americans don't buy hatchbacks, so we don't get the darned thing.

Of course, people seem to buy the ZX3 and -5, the Matrix/Vibe, and the Mazda 3 5-door....

-Mathias

andys120

au94

early 50's Chrysler Town & Country. If I'm not mistaken a convert version went for a mint at Barrett-Jackson a few years ago.

andys120

Very early 50's, it's a 1948

au94

well, I'll take partial credit. Pinpointing exact model years is difficult for me for some reason. This one is WAY before my time!

andys120

about this being before your time>>

au94

Japanese version of the M45? Current model year.

ateixeira

Nissan Fuga I think.

-juice

andys120

You're both right. In most markets the Infiniti M 35/45 is the Nissan Fuga.

andys120

I saw one of these in an old movie and tried to guess the year, I was off by two>>

stickguy

60 or 61?

andys120

1960 Caddy Eldo Biarritz.

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Mr_Shiftright

Ferrari 250 GT Pinanfarina Coupe. Hard to tell the year without looking at the brakes and suspension but I think I can see through the wire wheels, so that means disc brakes and at least a 1960 model.

total production 350, not really a speed demon, more of a touring type of car, as a "GT" should be.

Styling is regarded as a bit bland by Ferrari standards.

andys120

It's a '59

navigator89

gsemike

I beleive that's a Toyota emblem but I have no idea.

acura_el2000

I am pretty sure thats the current Japanese version of the corolla, not sure of the name, but the body from the windsheild back is exact.

andys120

AFAIK the JDM version of the Corolla is called the "Corolla" :P

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gsemike

With the sweet wireless wire baskets!! Guys used to run the wire basket rims without the wires because they thought they looked like Cragar SSTs. They didn't but you could even put the SST center cap on those.

I'll say late 70s 260 Z. I think they were still Datsuns at that time.

bumpy

Ugly bumpers, so... 260Z?

andys120

Fake out, it's a '77 280Z

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Mr_Shiftright

good lesson in how to mess up a sports car! Thank god we didn't end up with a 4,000 lb. Miata!

michaellno

Buick - no idea on model name ... '68, perhaps?

imidazol97

Looks like 68 to me. Wildcat!!!

andys120

Bingo!

andys120

<img src="http://www.eastohiocoolcars.com/Ford/1969ShelbyCobra/1969ShelbyCobra_A8.jpg

jaserb

There were two types of bumpers on 260Zs - early ones were nice thin ones similar to the 240Zs, and late ones were just like the 280Z. Late 260Zs and early 280Zs (75-76) are identical externally.

-Jason (who has owned more 260Zs than he cares to admit)

jaserb

The hood louvres are a tip off - these were only installed on '77s and '78s. I remember wanting a louvred hood on my 260Z 'cause I thought they were soooo cool....

-Jason

bhill2

Mustang GT500. I'm saying a 1970.

ateixeira

Kind of an awkwardly big style for the Mustang. Not nearly as clean as the early ones.

-juice

andys120

It's a '69, nearly identical to a '70. Juice is right, the late Shelby's were criticized for being to tank-like but they were based on Mustangs which put on a lot of weight in the late 60s and even more in the early 70s.

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Mr_Shiftright

350GTs way mo' betta. :P

fintail

GAZ Volga, still in production IIRC

The stereotypical KGB agent car - and it features 1968 styling with 1978 mechanicals still built in the 21st century

boomchek

The Volgas get mild styling refreshing every 10 years or so to keep ahead of the competition, and to be on the cutting edge of uber-luxury market. :P

navigator89

andys120

According to Edmund's Volga production will soon come to an end.
Customers seeking modern reliability in addition to dullness are switching to Toyota. :P

There's somethiong about the Volga that reminds me of a late 60's Audi 100 but that's probably coincidence.

andys120

I'm not sure what that is Navi, perhaps a tuner version of the Ferrari F430?