Mystery car pix

andys120

berri said:

Yellow 59 Plymouth by brown and white 58 Chevy?

That's it Berri. The '59 Plymouths had an unbroken sweep to the fins but earlier and later years had a kink of some sort.

'58 Belvedere Sport>


I think the yellow car is probably a '59 Belvedere as the Furys seem to have all had a badge on the fin>

berri

...but the toilet seat on the trunk was optional

Mr_Shiftright

fintail

Riley BMC Farina, kind a British fintail that debuted the year before. It has a numeric name, which I don't recall.

Mr_Shiftright

Yep, It's a 1964 Riley 4-72 Farina

andys120

stickguy

late 70s Aston Martin. Think it was just called the V8?

andys120

Good guess but no, it's neither a late 70's car or an Aston.

andys120

Looks like the convertible GT I posted is a stumper. To be honest it's was taken from an odd angle that obscures the shape and features. Perhaps a photo of the coupe version will be a helpful hint>

texases

When I googled 'Jensen Interceptor' that pic came up. Very distinctive profile.

andys120

Yup, the convertible and the coupe are both Jensen Interceptors, British GT cars of the 1970s that featured Chrysler drivetrains and All-Wheel Drive. Styling was from Touring and some bodies were made by Vignale which is odd since Jensen was a body-builder for Volvo (P1800)

Mr_Shiftright

andys120

The grille says Simca and the shape says late 40s/early 50s (pre-Aronde) but
that's all I've got.

Mr_Shiftright

Nope. You should fold with that hand

stickguy

screams crosley to me. of course, anything that looks like 1950's HS sheet metal class pedal car does that.

Mr_Shiftright

They only made about 100 of these, but there were some very credible people involved. The family tree stems from Holden.

andys120

I think it's going to be a while before any gets Shifty's Aussie pedal car. In the meantime here's one that ruled the American road for a decade or so>

Mr_Shiftright

The Aussie car is a 1951 Harnett--I'm surprised nobody got it

If you're interested in the story about this car, then look here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartnett_(car)

andys120

So I was right about there being a resemblance to the Simcas of that era

Per wikipedia>

Plans were devised to build a small front wheel drive car based on a prototype two door sedan developed by French designer Jean Grégoire The design of the original Gregorie vehicle had been developed into three separate prototype vehicles using the same basic engineering, but with different body styling. The "Panhard" version and the "Simca" version were developed by French interests. .[1]

Mr_Shiftright

Well there you go--you were on it!

lostwrench1

andys120 said:

I think it's going to be a while before any gets Shifty's Aussie pedal car. In the meantime here's one that ruled the American road for a decade or so>

Connecticut "00" plates. Classic Vehicle.
As New Jersey has "QQ" plates. Historic Vehicle.

berri

Those Cutlass started a great run. But I always heard that some of the early ones could ride a bit hard? I owned a newer 76 Supreme and it was a highway cruiser.

andys120

berri

Somewhere around a 68 Barracuda? Different, but a bit interesting design.

Mr_Shiftright

Nope, rear window is all wrong. Must be a '67 then.

andys120

You're right Shifty, it's a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda notchback (most were fastbacks)

Mr_Shiftright

My brother had a '68, so that's how I knew something was off.

texases

And no side marker lights. 

berri

I always forget about dates and side marker lights. Maybe because I thought they were ugly and doubted their effectiveness???

andys120

stickguy

no clue about the car, but the driver should look where he is going because he seems to be heading straight into a lake.

berri

All I can tell is that it is a 49 or early 50's Mopar convertible

lostwrench1

The wheel covers on the Dodge shout 1951.
On the right, 1951 Frazer.

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

The wheel covers on the Dodge shout 1951.
On the right, 1951 Frazer.

Posters @ The Old Motor say the hubcaps make it a '51 or '52 Dodge. One of 'em thinks it might be a Wayfarer, the low end ragtop which had clear roadster-style side curtains rather than roll up windows (who knew anything not British had side curtains in the 50s?).

As for the car on the right, it could be a Frazer...or a Kaiser...or possibly a Studebaker.

andys120

Here's a vintage racing event featuring a number of production-based sports cars and a couple of Minis. Can you name the production cars?(we won't worry about the 3 or 4 pure race cars)>

Mr_Shiftright

What's that odd redduck with the Austin Healey Sprite grille but no bug-eyes? Oh, that must be a Sebring Sprite? so not a production car...

bhill2

I'll pick off the Jag XK(150?) fixed-head coupe in the front center. I always liked those.

andys120

bhill2 said:

I'll pick off the Jag XK(150?) fixed-head coupe in the front center. I always liked those.

Keerect but the 150s weren't very good race cars, they were completely outclassed by Crvette C1s.

Mr_Shiftright said:

What's that odd redduck with the Austin Healey Sprite grille but no bug-eyes? Oh, that must be a Sebring Sprite? so not a production car...

Mr_Shiftright said:

What's that odd redduck with the Austin Healey Sprite grille but no bug-eyes? Oh, that must be a Sebring Sprite? so not a production car...

Weren't there a couple of limited production coupe rebodies of the Bugeye by small bulders?

fintail

300SL Gullwing for me, please

andys120

fintail said:

300SL Gullwing for me, please

Yup, it's hard to believe somebody would risk a multi-million dollar car like that in any type of racing but more power to them--the 300SL was born as a race car.

Mr_Shiftright

There are people who race 30 million dollar cars, and quite aggressively (within the rules of course, of vintage racing). A few years back I remember a nearly priceless Ferrari burned to the ground--former 60s era Lemans winner. They just shoveled it up, took it away, and perfectly restored it again for its rebirth at Pebble Beach.

andys120

Just behind the red Sprite-thing is a blue and white Sports racer. It looks like one of Lance Reventlow's Scarabs. These usually had Chevy power and were some of the best sports race cars of the late 60s, just before the mid-engined cars made them obsolete

Mr_Shiftright

Yeah Lotus made just about everything obsolete on the race track.

andys120

I'm struck by how large those Minis look in that company. They seem huge compared to the two-seaters

magnette

I think there is a red Lotus Eleven behind the MB SL

qbrozen

I would think that Alfa is quite a pricey piece

tough to tell from the distance, but possibly one of these?

Mr_Shiftright

called a "monoposto".

andys120

magnette said:

I think there is a red Lotus Eleven behind the MB SL

magnette said:

I think there is a red Lotus Eleven behind the MB SL

Good eye, and behind the Lotus is a Morgan sports (blue w black fenders). To the right of the Lotus, a red MGA.

andys120

Before we let this one go I'll mention the pair of Porsche 356s. There's a silver one coming up behind the red Sprite "coupe" and a Speedster coming up behind the black MGB 9to the right of the Alfa.

Mr_Shiftright