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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Anybody want to hazard a guess at the location?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    Blue Ridge Parkway?
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Mohawk Trail?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Good guesses but it's Hogback Mountain ski area on Vermont State Route 9 (Elevation 2410')

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1966 Plymouth Valiant.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    '66 Valiant 100? Bet my '72 Duster shared some parts with it.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,871
    That's the car they shave the rear part of the roof off of to make the 64 barracuda.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    lostwrench1 said:

    1966 Plymouth Valiant.

    Uh, huh.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,544
    andys120 said:


    '73 or '74 Monte Carlo.

    Don't recall those coming with Rally Wheels, though.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    It's a '74. Rallye Wheels look a little off with Whitewalls IMO.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Like the car, but not sure about the color. But brown's where very popular in the 70's just like greens. Thinking back to those days, I'd have probably bought it back then.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1964 Mercury Marauder.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Not nuts about the front end on the 64, but I always liked Marauders. Something a bit different, yet cool about them.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    What other car does that front grille remind me of?
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,871
    A Braun electric razor

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    edited October 2016
    lostwrench1 said:

    1964 Mercury Marauder.

    Yup, it is a 1964 Mercury Montclair Marauder..
    Script on the rear fender reads "Montclair"


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    edited October 2016


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,871
    BMW Z4 coupe. pretty recent vintage. I like it.

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    I like that '64 Mercury Montclair Marauder, too. Got a nice, clean flow to it's lines.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,871
    edited October 2016
    I am not a big car fan, or old American cars in general. But I will say, there was a huge improvement in styling by they mid-60s vs. the late 50s/early 60s.

    I really like the 65-66 Fords (Fairlanes I guess) too.

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    I don't usually, but for some reason I started liking even the 1962 Dodge Dart design!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    stickguy said:

    BMW Z4 coupe. pretty recent vintage. I like it.

    Actually it's the peformance version, sold as a 2007 BMW Z4M Coupe/E86.
    There's no doubt BMW's nomenclature has gotten awkward and inconsistent.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,544
    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    BMW Z4 coupe. pretty recent vintage. I like it.

    Actually it's the peformance version, sold as a 2007 BMW Z4M Coupe/E86.
    There's no doubt BMW's nomenclature has gotten awkward and inconsistent.
    I keep trying to rationalize the purchase of one of these. I might have missed my turn. The newest one is a 2008, I think.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    but for some reason I started liking even the 1962 Dodge Dart design!

    The 62 design is a little out there, perhaps partially due to a sudden, unexpected fast downsizing order from above, but the size and long hood, shorter deck kind of came to define subsequent mid-sizers for quite awhile (maybe the 65 Coronet had something to do with that success).
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,618
    iluvmysephia1 said:

    I don't usually, but for some reason I started liking even the 1962 Dodge Dart design!

    Tastes differ, but that's not a problem. If you start liking the 1961 Plymouth, though, get help.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    I've never seen one of these...





  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    kyfdx said:

    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    BMW Z4 coupe. pretty recent vintage. I like it.

    Actually it's the peformance version, sold as a 2007 BMW Z4M Coupe/E86.
    There's no doubt BMW's nomenclature has gotten awkward and inconsistent.
    I keep trying to rationalize the purchase of one of these. I might have missed my turn. The newest one is a 2008, I think.
    Well the M is pricey but "normal" Z4s are cheap right now. AND you get improvements over the Z3, like a glass rear window and more deluxe appointments.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    kyfdx said:

    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    BMW Z4 coupe. pretty recent vintage. I like it.

    Actually it's the peformance version, sold as a 2007 BMW Z4M Coupe/E86.
    There's no doubt BMW's nomenclature has gotten awkward and inconsistent.
    I keep trying to rationalize the purchase of one of these. I might have missed my turn. The newest one is a 2008, I think.
    Well the M is pricey but "normal" Z4s are cheap right now. AND you get improvements over the Z3, like a glass rear window and more deluxe appointments.
    And, I assume, no more rear suspension pulling out its mounting bolts from the chassis?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Oh I think that was welds breaking IIRC.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    That's a big part of the problem, here's a description from a (much) longer post on a BMW forum:

    "The Z3 chassis was originally designed for the 1.9 M44 four cylinder engine developing 138 horsepower. From 1997 to 2002 BMW introduced progressively larger displacement/horsepower engines, from the 2.5 M52 six developing 170 horsepower through the final 3.2 S54 ///M version in 01' and 02' developing 315 horsepower. However, BMW did not re-engineer the chassis to handle the additional horsepower. There was also a problem of undetermined origin at the Spartanburg plant that effected the spot welding of the trunk floor and frame crossmember. These two issues combined have led to many failed trunk floors, differential mounts, and the frame cross member that joins them to the trunk floor. This issue has led to a catastrophic failure of the system on several Z3's, and can potentially destroy your car, leading to cost prohibitive repairs into the many thousands of dollars. "

    http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1979601-Subframe-trunk-floor-differential-mount-failure
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It's repairable but you'd be nuts not to take an old Z3 through a PPI.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    edited October 2016
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    It's repairable but you'd be nuts not to take an old Z3 through a PPI.

    Oops, my reply went to the wrong thread!
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,544
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    kyfdx said:

    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    BMW Z4 coupe. pretty recent vintage. I like it.

    Actually it's the peformance version, sold as a 2007 BMW Z4M Coupe/E86.
    There's no doubt BMW's nomenclature has gotten awkward and inconsistent.
    I keep trying to rationalize the purchase of one of these. I might have missed my turn. The newest one is a 2008, I think.
    Well the M is pricey but "normal" Z4s are cheap right now. AND you get improvements over the Z3, like a glass rear window and more deluxe appointments.
    I'm only interested in coupes, though.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Can you guess where this was taken?>


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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    Lake Erie?
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited October 2016
    Is the beached tree trunk a clue for Lake Erie? There were way more than that piled up on Superior. :)

    How about Daytona?
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    No picture here.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    stever said:

    Is the beached tree trunk a clue for Lake Erie? There were way more than that piled up on Superior. :)

    How about Daytona?

    The 1957 Ohio plate is a prominent visual clue but no that is not Lake Erie, that's a lot of surf for the Great Lakes on a warm sunny day. The consensus at HMN is that is most likely Daytona Beach. Note the collection of dead bugs on the front from the ride down.

    Who wants to nail year and model?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,164
    You might be surprised, pretty good waves on the Great Lakes at times (this near Cleveland):
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    We got big waves on Da Lake during our UP sojourn, but I never saw much sand that I wanted to try to drive on. When it was firm enough, it was frozen. :D
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    2009 on up I believe offers a retractable hardtop in the Z4.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,618
    magnette said:

    I've never seen one of these...





    Did anyone guess what this is? The front end has a pretty good load of ugly on it. I think the Buick is a '56 Century.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Yep, the Buick is indeed a 1956 Century. The '57 had longer and slightly taller fins.>



    I've never seen your '58 either but here's WAG, it resembles some Pinifarina designs a bit so perhaps a top of the line Fiat?

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,618
    andys120 said:

    Yep, the Buick is indeed a 1956 Century. The '57 had longer and slightly taller fins.>



    I've never seen your '58 either but here's WAG, it resembles some Pinifarina designs a bit so perhaps a top of the line Fiat?

    The portholes on the '56 were rounder too. I could believe the Fiat WAG but I kinda expect more from Fiat.

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  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    bhill2 said:

    magnette said:

    I've never seen one of these...





    Did anyone guess what this is? The front end has a pretty good load of ugly on it. I think the Buick is a '56 Century.
    G'day

    This one has been bugging me. It looks almost Soviet era Russian, but I don't think so. Body stance to wheel placement makes me wonder if it is a foreign built body on a US chassis. The only place I can really think of that was doing this in the 1960s (suggested by ponton styling and remnants of fins) was South America.

    I will be interested

    Cheers

    Graham
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,544
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    2009 on up I believe offers a retractable hardtop in the Z4.

    We had one of those (for a month). Not the same car, and no M version.

    Neat car. Not for me.

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