There you go! Later on, Glasspar became a major manufacturer of glass boats in the U.S. Not all Glasspars were kits. There were production cars as well, but not too many. Bill Tritt was designer of the car and founder of the Glasspar company.
Wiki says he built the cars for Disney's Autopia in Disneyland.
Wiki also sez that the G2s were built on Willys Jeep chassis. I imagine power came from various V8s including GM's new hi-compression units and Flathead Fords.
Well you're sniffing around the identity but I'm afraid I have to shoot down your guesses. It's not 1940s, it's not Fiat, and it's not Ghia or Zagato.......other than THAT, you did pretty well
But it is Italian-built coachwork, and does resemble Fiats of the day---but wrong country of origin.
it is a Triumph but the next size up - a Triumph 1800 / 2000 / Renown. I think there is another one there too - just beyond the truck in front of the small van - that looks a similar model.
That looks like the earlier version of the Minor w the two-piece windshield. That might be a 4-door version pulling in behind it. There's a Minor Traveler version (woody wagon) parked next to the big flatbed truck.
The van parked in front of the Minor looks like a Bedford, I think those were ubiquitous in the UK of the 50s and 60s.
Yep, late model Morris Minor in front of the bicycles, Bedford van in front of that, maybe an Austin A40 (or A70? looks big) pickup behind the van. Behind the Minor on the street looks like a Morris Oxford, and maybe a Ford Zephyr behind that.
There's also a Morris Minor Traveler (woody) in the parking area. The soft top car might be a Singer? The small van nearer to the camera looks like a Ford Anglia/Prefect. At far left I think I see an Austin A40. This was a time when one could pick up prewar cars, even exotics, in the UK for little money.
Between you I think you are getting most of them now, and I would agree with most of it, and the Ford van, whilst based on the 100E Prefect / Anglia was sold as a Ford Thames - as were the larger Ford lorries in period. I can't decide whether the pick up os an A40 or A70 but the latter was very rare and I think the grille is for the later version of the A40, on balance...
I can see where you are getting the Singer convertible from but I think it may be a Standard Eight which would be prewar with that wheel.
Another pre-war model is the upright dark car behind the Morris Traveller. It's a make we haven't mentioned yet and they carried on making a version of this into 1947/8 (but so did most other British makers).
There is another A40 Somerset on the extreme right (the dark car.)
Anybody want to guess the white car to it's left, partially obscured by the truck?
Amazing how many of these were Dinky toys - even the trucks look straight out of a box..
Ford Thames, that's it. Funny, I know a lot of these via old toys, I even have the Matchbox version of the Thames, which looks just like the one in the pic.
Not sure about the dark prewar car, Lanchester? The flat rear end doesn't seem to be like a Rover or Standard that I can recall. But I forget the brands.
The white car, tough but the rear windshield shape is somehow familiar. I want to say Standard 8/10 or one of the similar models, but that might not be it.
That's it Fin - its a Standard - either an Eight or a Ten.
And the upright black car is a Vauxhall - either a 12 or 14 - from about 1938 -they did carry this model over to 1945 but built hardly any postwar and the rear end was slightly different I think...
Yeah well don't ever count on ME in a trivia contest.
If someone can't answer your question: "Who was your favorite cowboy?", then they are definitely not of your generation, and you'll have further communication difficulties.
Yeah well don't ever count on ME in a trivia contest.
If someone can't answer your question: "Who was your favorite cowboy?", then they are definitely not of your generation, and you'll have further communication difficulties.
I learned that when a lady with whom I was talking didn't know who Donna Reed was.
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Wiki says he built the cars for Disney's Autopia in Disneyland.
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But it is Italian-built coachwork, and does resemble Fiats of the day---but wrong country of origin.
I thought it might be a Simca but couldn't find one like that.
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I never promised that "mystery cars" would be easy.
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Interesting triple stripe whitewalls on that Buick.
Oops - got to pay more attention to the details, not just the picture
Still an Invicta for the 61 model though I believe
Being British at this time there are a couple of pre-war cars here but its late 50's so most are in our period.
St,Neots is a small market town in Cambridgeshire
sedan... er..saloon in the foreground w the razor-edge styling is a Triumph Mayflower.2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The van parked in front of the Minor looks like a Bedford, I think those were ubiquitous in the UK of the 50s and 60s.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
There's also a Morris Minor Traveler (woody) in the parking area. The soft top car might be a Singer? The small van nearer to the camera looks like a Ford Anglia/Prefect. At far left I think I see an Austin A40. This was a time when one could pick up prewar cars, even exotics, in the UK for little money.
I can see where you are getting the Singer convertible from but I think it may be a Standard Eight which would be prewar with that wheel.
Another pre-war model is the upright dark car behind the Morris Traveller. It's a make we haven't mentioned yet and they carried on making a version of this into 1947/8 (but so did most other British makers).
There is another A40 Somerset on the extreme right (the dark car.)
Anybody want to guess the white car to it's left, partially obscured by the truck?
Amazing how many of these were Dinky toys - even the trucks look straight out of a box..
Not sure about the dark prewar car, Lanchester? The flat rear end doesn't seem to be like a Rover or Standard that I can recall. But I forget the brands.
The white car, tough but the rear windshield shape is somehow familiar. I want to say Standard 8/10 or one of the similar models, but that might not be it.
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And the upright black car is a Vauxhall - either a 12 or 14 - from about 1938 -they did carry this model over to 1945 but built hardly any postwar and the rear end was slightly different I think...
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
These cars were made for a few years in the mid 50s, and you'll still see the name on a product today, but not a car.
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And I think it'd be Mike, not
If someone can't answer your question: "Who was your favorite cowboy?", then they are definitely not of your generation, and you'll have further communication difficulties.
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