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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Lancia Beta, no doubt a fun ownership experience.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Lostwrench, I was thinking Chevy but thought too much chrome. Yet didn't look Pontiac. You know your stuff and don't let assumptions mess you up!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    fintail said:

    Lancia Beta, no doubt a fun ownership experience.

    Yep, the late unlamented Lancia Beta Coupe/2.0 liter, 1981 MY

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited March 2017
    andys120 said:

    fintail said:

    Lancia Beta, no doubt a fun ownership experience.

    Yep, the late unlamented Lancia Beta Coupe/2.0 liter, 1981 MY
    Fiat's notorious humiliation of the glorious name of Lancia.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Here's a fun photo. For those of you who are extra sharp-eyed today, you'll find an interesting story within the license plate as well.


  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Ah, 47+35=82.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Early 50s Opel Kapitan with German American Zone plates.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Very good you guys. Not only did Lostwrench observe something I didn't even notice (and perhaps no one else in the world would notice( :p But Fin got the "A-H" notation in the license plate, which stands for: "Amerikanisch Hessen" or American occupation zone Hesse.

    I'd guess the shot is around 1951, and it sure looks like Nice to me. The scenery there in 1951 would sure have looked a lot different from the scenery in Berlin in 1951.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, yes, but what year and special model Mustang?
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    2005? 40th anniversary?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    You're in the ballpark but off a few years. It is an anniversary model but in addition to the year-name, it also has a person-name.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    2007 Eleanor

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,762
    edited March 2017
    45th anniversary. Iacocca somehow tied to it.

    Wonder if anyone cares enough to pay extra for one.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, gold star for Q -- it's the "Iacocca 45th anniversary edition".
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,527
    andys120 said:


    What about this one?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Looks like a CJ3a? (one-piece windshield, two seats).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    edited March 2017
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Looks like a CJ3a? (one-piece windshield, two seats).

    Nope, it's a Willys Jeep CJ3B. According to this web site most of the difference between the -3A and the -3B was under the hood. The CJ-3B was produced for a decade between 1953-64.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,930
    '56 Ford Parklane. The '56 is my very favorite Ford.
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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    A "One Year Only" vehicle.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    Very nice Ford. Are those wire wheels? Kind of out of place...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    edited March 2017
    texases said:

    Very nice Ford. Are those wire wheels? Kind of out of place...

    Yes, it is a '56 Ford Parklane, a vehicle I'd forgotten about. I assume it was above the Two-dr Ranch Wagon but perhaps on a par w the Country Squire, in effect a 2-dr Country Squire(?). Wikipedia sez it was intended to compete w the Chevy Nomad :o

    Yes those Kelsey-Hayes wires were expensive (and heavy) as well as rust-prone and pretty rare back in the day but show up a lot on restored cars. They usually show up on things like Chysler 300s, T-Birds and Skylarks.

    The "Park Lane" name went to the top-line Mercury from '58 to '68.

    FWIW the Ford wagons were one word "Parklanes" but the big Mercs were two words "Park Lanes."

    The geniuses of automobile marketing know no limits! :)







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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    CTS-V wagon? One of very few?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    Seems like Cadillac has been trying too hard to create a 'performance' image. That wagon wasn't very 'wagon-y', but the sporty car fans were supposed to want that type of thing. Don't think they sold many...
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,527
    I'd love that.. especially if it came with a stick!

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It would make a nice grocery-getter.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,762
    edited March 2017
    andys120 said:

    Is that the one on BAT that is fetching absurd money? And it is a stick, kyfdx.

    GM could not give them away when new and now they are some kind of modern collectible. Go figure.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Well, it kind of has that Honda Odyssey body shop add on look to its rear end B)
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,073
    @stickguy and @qbrozen
    It's local, we could test drive it. Lol

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    sold today. Big $$ too. wow.

    missed our chance! And I really need to stay off of that site, at least until I become independently wealthy. A whole bunch of stuff I like there.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    67 Alfa. I can never keep the names straight, but some sort of Guilia?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    OK, do this backwards. I saw a car, someone needs to find it. At a little lot where they also had classics (a rusty 58 Chevy was parked there), they had a black 4 door. Not stock wheels or rear springs. But I can't figure out what it was. Front end I swear looked like a late 50s chevy, and almost positive it had a chevy logo. But the rear end and back doors looked like a early 60s Studebaker. Big fins and kinda narrow butt. Bugging me. I should have tried for a picture through the rain.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    stickguy said:

    67 Alfa. I can never keep the names straight, but some sort of Guilia?

    Well you stumbled right into it, that's an original 1967 Giulia Super Berlina, a particular favorite of mine from its days as the favored ride of Carbinieri and Polizia in the movies>






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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited April 2017
    1958 Studebaker Scotsman?
    Which year "late 50s Chevy"? 4 headlights?
    The front ends of the '57, '58, and '59 Chevrolets are so different.
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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,073
    edited April 2017
    80-88 AMC Eagle Wagon.   

    Jennifer's dad in Back to the Future drove one.  

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    tjc78 said:

    80-88 AMC Eagle Wagon.   

    Jennifer's dad in Back to the Future drove one.  

    That's correct tjc78. There may be a limited continuation series of Eagle wagons.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    tjc78 said:

    80-88 AMC Eagle Wagon.   

    Jennifer's dad in Back to the Future drove one.  

    AH, the car everyone likes but me. B)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    edited April 2017
    I remember back around 1986 or so, my dad wanted an Eagle. If I remember right, my mom's response: Nope.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Smart woman.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Around the same time, my dad also wanted to pick up a Pinto "Cruisin Wagon". I think the "no" was more emphatic. She wasn't thrilled when we pushed home that 60 Ford wagon either B)
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    that 58 Stude looks kinda like it. But seemed to have much taller fins. Bugging me. I suppose if I really want to I can call Monday.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Check out the '56 and '57 Studebaker Champions. They had lower fins.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    Did some poking. Kinda looks like a 58 President, but the fins I think were much bigger. Like a 58 Silver Hawk. Very pronounced.

    I really should have taken a picture of it!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,672
    stickguy said:

    that 58 Stude looks kinda like it. But seemed to have much taller fins. Bugging me. I suppose if I really want to I can call Monday.

    This it?>

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,530
    looks like a good shot at it. what exactly is it so I can look up more pics?

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    58 Packard was very similar in the rear, but had an extra set of small fins on top of the main ones making it look taller. When you speak of high fins, could it have been a Packard instead of a Studebaker?
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