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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,040
    @qbrozen Yep that's it. I don't remember this one at all. They didn't make many.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 263,321
    Maserati of some sort. No idea on the model.

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    While we're waiting on the model, this one is for sale for $16k.


  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    It's the Buick Sedanette. 1949.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Michaell said:

    Maserati of some sort. No idea on the model.

    Nope, it's not a Maserati, in fact it's not even Italian. Hint: Power by Chevrolet 327.

    Here's another one>



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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited January 2017
    lostwrench1 said:

    It's the Buick Sedanette. 1949.

    Very good. The ad on Craigslist says it's a 49 Buick Super Sedanette. Yours for only $16,000.


  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited January 2017
    stever said:

    lostwrench1 said:

    It's the Buick Sedanette. 1949.

    Very good. The ad on Craigslist says it's a 49 Buick Super Sedanette. Yours for only $16,000.


    That's a bit of a bargain if the car is straight...got a link to the actual ad?

    Didn't one Buick model of that general era have a rear windshield wiper?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    Gordon-Keeble, don't think they had a model name.
    andys120 said:



    Nope, it's not a Maserati, in fact it's not even Italian. Hint: Power by Chevrolet 327.

    Here's another one

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Oops, sorry Joe, pooched that one. Try it now.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    looks nice. I don't want one, but seems like a lot of car for the money.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited January 2017
    stever said:

    Oops, sorry Joe, pooched that one. Try it now.

    Seems like a very good buy there but can't see underside or check for shovelfuls of bondo. (or is that shovelsful?)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    A milestone car that never gets any credit:


  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Kaiser Manhattan ca. late 40s. I know it's a Kaiser cuz we used to own a Frazer and it sez "Manhattan" right on the flank. ;)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I consulted with the judges and they said "not good enough". It's not 1940s, even though you got the marque and the trim right----and you haven't identified the "milestone feature" yet.

    But I"m counting on you to pull this out.... :p
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited January 2017
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I consulted with the judges and they said "not good enough". It's not 1940s, even though you got the marque and the trim right----and you haven't identified the "milestone feature" yet.

    But I"m counting on you to pull this out.... :p

    I forgot to say I wouldn't have a clue as to what could be milestone about it unless it's a Traveler w the big hatch in the back, making it one of the first hatchback designs.




    Oddly K-F used the Manhattan and Traveler names for both the Kaiser and Frazer lines.

    Here is a Frazer that looks like our first family car in 1947 >


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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    If you stare at it long enough, you might get it.... B)
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Didn't Kaiser start putting some vinyl or canvass roofs over a steel top and call it a Virginian toward the decade change, similar to Ford and the Crestline, to make up for not having a hardtop model?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    edited January 2017
    That 51 Frazer Manhattan is important as it is a 4 door hardtop - the unusual B-pillars can be removed. The first production (albeit small numbers) 4 door HT, I think.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,686
    Is the Manhattan the car that was shown going down a concrete stairway in an advertisement?

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    IIRC that car wasn't a big seller and more than a few got renumbered for the next model year, and few possibly another year forward yet.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, the world's first production 4-door hardtop---a title often claimed, erroneously by, I believe, the '55 Oldsmobile.
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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 263,321
    Hardtop version of the Sunbeam Tiger, I do believe.

    No idea what that model is called.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I like that blue
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Sorry no gold star if you can't name the model of the Sunbeam. Bonus points if you remember that it is a double-name.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,467
    Something on the Alpine I assume. I think all the tigers were convertibles.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,602
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Sorry no gold star if you can't name the model of the Sunbeam. Bonus points if you remember that it is a double-name.

    Ok, i think i have the gold star. I can't claim the bonus though. Half of the model name was Harrington.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,077
    Still says Tiger on the side.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    kyfdx said:

    Still says Tiger on the side.

    Odd that it sez "Tiger" on it but otherwise it's a Sunbeam Harrington LeMans c.1965, based as, the Tiger was, on the Sunbeam Alpine.

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited January 2017
    Someone back in the day imagined that a bunch of Yanks would spend hours trying to identify photos of old cars so they put some funky badges on their rides to confuse everyone. :)

    More fun than trainspotting though.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited January 2017
    I don't know as I've ever seen a V8 Sunbeam Harrington LeMans (geez, that's a mouthful) --so this car might be a "[non-permissible content removed]" of some sort. Have to check that out! Team---get on it! B)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    A rare bird----


  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Buick Estate Wagon, 50-51ish.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Nope, and nope. You're 0-2. Be careful on your next guess... :p
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,602
    The front fender says Oldsmobile to me. If it's not 50-51 I'll say 49.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yep, '49 Olds wagon...not sure of the actual model designation.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited January 2017
    We never identified the GT coupe that Michaell thought might be a Maserati. Here it is again



    It's not Italian but the styling is by Giugiaro of Bertone and this picture will give you a clue as to it's nationality>



    One last clue, power came from a Chevy 327CID V8.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That's a Gordon-Keeble. Very few were made, probably less than 100 of them. Mid 60s.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    I ID'd the Gordon-Keeble 2 days ago B)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Sorry Fin, I must have missed it. You and Mr. S are right, it's a 1965 Gordon-Keeble GT

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    There was also Bristol and Sunbeam and even....this one!


  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    Happy New Year everyone.

    This is a Simca Vedette Chambord but the convertible is a special I think. About 1958. They did make a huge four door cabriolet as well which was the Presidence and was their parade car for the then head of state - DeGaulle - but he hated it and stuck to the Citroen DS mainly due to its ability to avoid assassination attempts by being able to run on three wheels etc - there is a scene at the beginning of "Day of the Jackel" where they try to shoot him but the DS gets away...
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    edited January 2017
    This one was taken in Pollok, Glasgow, in the early fifties I would guess - very atmospheric.


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    An atmosphere of austerity, better than the late 40s I guess.

    My eye is caught by the radiator blind on the car in the foreground, but I will pick off the Standard Vanguard in the background.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    That bustle back 6 window looks kind of neat to the left
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,477
    The big bustleback is an Austin A125 Sheerline. Now just for the lead car, the easiest one there - someone pick it off :D
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    edited January 2017
    fintail said:

    The big bustleback is an Austin A125 Sheerline. Now just for the lead car, the easiest one there - someone pick it off :D

    Easy for you maybe but I find pre-1960 Brit sedans the hardest, there were a lot of makers
    and they all sported similar 1930s styling.

    That one is probably a Woolsley or some other obscurity... oh wait, I found it on WikiPedia, it's a Sunbeam-Talbot 90



    Wikipedia sez a S-T 90 won the Monte Carlo Rallye in 1955!

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    Well done chaps you got all three - The Austin A125 Sheerline is actually the Limousine version which was probably rarer than the saloon.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,233
    This car is completely outside our period because it is prewar - but it is funny.


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