Mystery car pix

andys120

stickguy said:

looks like a good shot at it. what exactly is it so I can look up more pics?

That's a '57 Packard Clipper. The '58 won the Finny Championship, it had no less than four!

1958 Packard>



What a sad end for a once great marque.

stickguy

could be a 57 clipper town sedan. I haven't found a good profile shot yet, but very close.

uplanderguy

Well, it kind of has that Honda Odyssey body shop add on look to its rear end

RE.: That Caddy wagon--

Before I read your statement, berri, I immediately thought of those first Accord wagons when I saw the Cadillac. The wagons look like they have the same rear doors as the sedans; looks like just a roof extension over the sedan's decklid, LOL.

Mr_Shiftright

Please wear eye protection before viewing this photo:

andys120

Ouch, I guess that's an Aston-Martin Lagonda Estate/Shooting Brake from the late 80s. I found one on Wikipedia but it doesn't have the same D post.>




Wiki says only one was made, hopefully that's true of yours as well.

uplanderguy

That '58 Packard looks OK to me in most ways...except those dreadful double fins. I like the low beltline and trim proportions (not a plus in the market then though, admittedly).

My observation is that, condition-for-condition, those "Packardbakers" seem to bring more on eBay than the '56 and earlier fifties Packards, excluding the very top-line Packards like Four Hundred, Patrician, and of course, Caribbean.

I could like a '57 Packard Country Sedan (wagon)--supercharger with 3-speed and overdrive.

uplanderguy

That black '57 Packard Clipper sedan with the Vermont plates a few posts above--I am nearly certain that I saw that very car at a meet probably twenty years ago. The scuttlebutt at that particular meet, unconfirmed, was that at a recent Packard national, the car was so authentically restored that there was discussion among judges that it should receive the 'Best of Show' award but Packard traditionalists there vetoed that. I would only say that the car does say "Packard" on title and registration.

Mr_Shiftright

The one I posted is a 1980 model.

andys120

Beinvenue au Montreal>

stickguy

59 chevy bel air at the light heading away?

uplanderguy

'60

andys120

uplanderguy said:

'60

Yup, that's a 1960 Chevrolet making a left turn, I think it's a taxi and it's most definitely a lower line car (2 t/ls each side) so a Biscayne or 210.

It may be the newest car in the pic.

berri

Maybe a 58 Mercury convertible between the two Mopars? Don't see many of those 60 Chrysler 4 dr HT's. I don't think it is the last of the Desoto's because I think they had heavier trim at the top of the grill?

tmart

53 Ford beside the bus. 57 Chevy on right.

andys120

berri said:

Maybe a 58 Mercury convertible between the two Mopars? Don't see many of those 60 Chrysler 4 dr HT's. I don't think it is the last of the Desoto's because I think they had heavier trim at the top of the grill?

Sure looks like a '58 Merc but don't forget this was Canada back when there were lots of oddball Canada-only models. It could be a Meteor Rideau or a Monarch Montcalm. They even had Mercury branded pickups.

Little help any Canadians out there?

uplanderguy

Biscayne or 210.

No Two-Ten after '57; either a Biscayne or Bel Air.

In hindsight, I chuckle at Chevy's marketing/design/planning back then. You knew you were behind a cheaper model as soon as you pulled up behind it, due to the two light/three light hierarchy, LOL.

andys120

uplanderguy said:

Biscayne or 210.

No Two-Ten after '57; either a Biscayne or Bel Air.

In hindsight, I chuckle at Chevy's marketing/design/planning back then. You knew you were behind a cheaper model as soon as you pulled up behind it, due to the two light/three light hierarchy, LOL.

I recall when the Bel Air was introduced (in '53?) as the new Top-of-the line Chevrolet. it seemed as if they demoted it every other year and by the late 50s it was the low end stripper Chevy.

uplanderguy

Through '72, it was one above the Biscayne, but to me eyes, the Biscayne and Bel Air were pretty close and there was a BIG difference between the Bel Air and moving one level up to Impala!

Of course, from '50 to '52, "Bel Air" just meant the two-door hardtop body style.

berri

Then there was the Del Ray. I think that started as an upgrade interior option but became a stripper model for a few years starting around 58.

uplanderguy

Yep, the Delray was an interior upgrade for the Two-Ten two-door sedan from '55 to '57, but was the bottom-line series for '58 only.

lostwrench1

Another Chevy, 1958 only, was the Yeoman.

uplanderguy

That was a bottom-line two-door station wagon IIRC.

texases

"Yeoman" has to rank with the oddest names for US cars.

uplanderguy

I see that the Yeoman was also available as a four-door wagon.

First car of my grandparents' I can remember was a two-tone green '58 Brookwood wagon--one level up from the Yeoman. I can remember when they traded for a new '63 Bel Air wagon.

Mr_Shiftright

texases said:

"Yeoman" has to rank with the oddest names for US cars.

Studebaker "Scotsman" was pretty weird. Or their "Dictator" in the 1930s.

texases

Yep. When I think Yeoman, I think:

andys120

uplanderguy

They were popular cars, but I always wondered where the name "Duster" came from.

Of course the meaning has changed in the interim, but Ford "Mainline" makes me cringe a bit.

tmart

52 Ford Customline. Never heard of them being called Duster, just Mainline, Customline, and Crestline.

andys120

YUp, a 1952 Ford Customline. I've never heard of any Ford being called a "Duster."

andys120

Somebody bought a new Convert>

berri

61 or 62 Buick Special or Skylark? I like those!

andys120

berri said:

61 or 62 Buick Special or Skylark? I like those!

Well I haven't figured out how to tell a '61 from a '62 but you can tell it's a Special, it sez so right on the fender. The boys @HMN seem to think this is a 1961 MY.

berri

I probably should magnify the pictures, but I like to just take a swag at them. Makes it more fun for me! Hope my informal approach is OK. Also appreciate the time and effort you put into posting these pictures for us. I always kind of liked the 61/62 compact Buick and Olds station wagons too.

Mr_Shiftright

Can you guess what this used to be?

uplanderguy

The "Duster" comment had absolutely nothing to do with the pic of the '52 Ford, but the general comments two posts earlier in the thread about names of cars.

uplanderguy

Oldsmobile; I'm guessing about '51.

Mr_Shiftright

Not bad, UP. It's a '50 Olds 98 Fastback.

berri

That Studebaker guy knows his GM - no wonder he bought the Studebaker with the GM 283

uplanderguy

LOL, berri!

andys120

stickguy

is that a 1964 chevy II Nova (I forget when they switched names or used both)?

andys120

It's a 1965 Chevy II Nova wagon. IIRC they dropped the Chevy II name fairly soon (after '65?)

lostwrench1

1968 was the last year for Chevy II.

andys120

Michaell

'67 or '68 Mercury Cougar

stickguy

looks like a 68

texases

Side lights = '68 (or later)

Mr_Shiftright

The car is a one-off so I won't ask you to name it, but can you remember what famous film this car appeared in?

stickguy

a clockwork orange? Being as it is orange of course.