Mystery car pix

andys120

Yup, a '93

andys120

Extra credit if you know the make of the tank truck.

uplanderguy

I guess those cars didn't come out until '94, is that right? Going strictly from memory and I'm not a Mopar guy. I do remember liking the ubiquitous dark teal-green Intrepids. Still look sharp I think, although it's been a long time since I've seen one in the flesh.

tjc78

Intrepid, Concorde, and Eagle Vison came out for 93.  In 94 they offered the slightly larger New Yorker/LHS

They are all still good looking cars to me as well

andys120

andys120 said:

Extra credit if you know the make of the tank truck.

For some reason there are no takers on my Mobilgas pic, can you see it?

Curious that all the cars seen to be '53 or '54 MY except the cars partially obscured by the tanker truck.

kyfdx

I can see it.

tmart

I'll take the two 52 Fords. Admittedly, the one on the right could be a 52-54. Need to see more of it. A Stude under the canopy. I'm guessing early to mid 50's.

Mr_Shiftright

Truck might be a White, not sure.

fintail

Looks like maybe a Buick in front of the Stude.

Mr_Shiftright

andys120

tmart said:

I'll take the two 52 Fords. Admittedly, the one on the right could be a 52-54. Need to see more of it. A Stude under the canopy. I'm guessing early to mid 50's.

Yup, there re two Fords, both apper to be low end models. The one on the left is a '53 or '54
and you can see the tail of one behind the truck, could be anything from '52-'54. Can't tell what is past the Ford but it looks like a late 40s car, so probably the oldest in the picture.

On the extreme right behind the Grand Opening sign is a '53 or '54 Pontiac. By the pumps we see a Studebaker that's one of the Loewy designed '53-'54 models.



The Buick in front of it looks like a 1951-54 car.

Mr_Shiftright said:

Truck might be a White, not sure.

Yup.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

At first I thought it was some GM-made variation on the Chevy 3100 but then I looked at the badge on the nose which says "Nash". I'd forgotten they made those but there's a very strong similarity in the cab area to the Chevys and GMCs.

Mr_Shiftright

Yes, '46 Nash pickup...a rare sight.

andys120

NSH

stickguy

Audi A2?

Michaell

stickguy said:

Audi A2?

Close ... RS2

qbrozen

Looks like a modified Golf.
i mean, I know thats what it IS...just didn't have to look so much like it.

andys120

Michaell said:

stickguy said:

Audi A2?

Close ... RS2

Nope, it's an RS3 Sportback

uplanderguy

Time for manufacturers, all of them, to quit using "Sport" as a descriptive model or bodystyle name, LOL!

As ubiquitous as "Custom" used to be.

andys120

texases

uplanderguy said:

Time for manufacturers, all of them, to quit using "Sport" as a descriptive model or bodystyle name, LOL!

As ubiquitous as "Custom" used to be.

I agree, and I think it's hurting some of them: Mitsubishi and Hyundai use "Sport" to label their 2-row version of their 3-row SUV. Why not give it a separate name? It's different enough, shorter, smaller, etc.

andys120

stickguy

1969 Ford Torino GT?

qbrozen

tmart

Wow, a 428! Loved that car in Lime Gold.

fintail

Ford RS200, Group B legend

qbrozen said:

uplanderguy

I think that's a '68 Torino as I don't see any head restraints, required that year.

andys120

uplanderguy said:

I think that's a '68 Torino as I don't see any head restraints, required that year.

You're right Uplander, it's a 1968 Ford Torino GT/428 Cobra Jet and it does not have the head restraints.>

qbrozen

fintail said:

Ford RS200, Group B legend

RS200 is correct. And it could be yours:

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/unspecified/1918453.html

andys120

qbrozen

Fox body Capri

stickguy

1986 Mercury Capri 5.0. Not sure if they called that an LX too.

andys120

You guys have it, that's 1982 Mercury RS/5.0, essentially a badge-engineered Mustang GT/5.0

texases

No cheating:

uplanderguy

Sapporo?

Michaell

uplanderguy said:

Sapporo?

That's my thought - the Challenger wasn't so "luxurious" looking.

kyfdx

I'm going to say 1978.

texases

Yes, a '78 Sapporo.

andys120

texases said:

Yes, a '78 Sapporo.

A Mitsubishi IIRC?

andys120

texases

andys120 said:

texases said:

Yes, a '78 Sapporo.

A Mitsubishi IIRC?

Made by Mitsubishi, sold by Plymouth.

fintail

The captive import Sapporo/Challenger was a Mitsubishi Galant Lambda.

berri

Man, I'd forgotten all about that Plymouth Sapporo. That's why I like checking out the pictures on this forum!

texases

Kinda bizarre that Sapporo having a 'carriage light' on the C-pillar...

andys120

texases said:

Kinda bizarre that Sapporo having a 'carriage light' on the C-pillar...

Agreed, those are more appropriate on Dodge Diplomats and Buck Park Avenues but that
was Plymouth's way of trying to look "classy". It was a70s- 80s thing like half vinyl roofs.

fintail

Malaise ostentatious "luxury" was big in Japan, too.

andys120

Looks like nobody wants to ID the green split window roadster.>



C'mon guys the make on this is a gimmee (hint-it's an Allard). Surely someone can take a guess as to MY or model name.

Mr_Shiftright

Probably a K3?? They came with a variety of engines. They made a similar looking model just before the K3---it had a California name I think, but I can't remember it.

andys120

Yup, that's a 1953 Allard K3, most used MoPar 331 Hemis. You're probably thinking of the Allard Palm Beach, which was smaller and generally used 4 cyl. power

Mr_Shiftright

Allard was a Brit wasn't he?