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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    No, not an Aston Martin - very far from it... Funnily enough it is the same name as the most famous character to drive one, however...
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    so it is a Bond of some sort?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Yes - but due to its design you were more likely to be shaken than stirred if travelling in it...
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Not one of the three-wheel ones is it?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    edited May 2017
    Yes, its a Bond Minicar - probably a Mark E, like this one -




    This brochure is 1958 but they made it in various versions for quite a few years.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I guess I forgot that three wheelers were quite popular over there for a time.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited May 2017


    Hopefully this will show up.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    67 Plymouth. Belvedere?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    '66, I believe

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, that's a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere/273 4bbl.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,785
    Ferrari F430?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    kyfdx said:

    Ferrari F430?

    Nope, the 430's predecessor, a 2002 Ferrari 360 Modena.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    Mazda rotary. 1967 cosmos?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Cosmo. Export models weren't called that, but rather "110S".


  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    edited May 2017
    andys120 said:

    I guess I forgot that three wheelers were quite popular over there for a time.



    Yeah - austerity Britain. Probably be going back there on the way to the stone age in a few years - or it feels like it here at the moment.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Cosmo. Export models weren't called that, but rather "110S".


    Yes, JDM cars were called Mazda Cosmo Sports. and this year is it's 50 thanniversary.It was Mazda's first Wankel powered car

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Snap from an all-time American cinematic classic:

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    69 chevelle on Miami, and 73ish brown lemans hiding.

    And what appears to be fntails Fintail behind the Chevy!

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    And what movie is this from?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Smokey and the Bandit.

    The car in front of and those behind the fintail are spottable too.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    70 or so Caddy DeVille in the far back.

    the car behind the Fintail sorta makes me think of a Volvo 240.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,785
    Someone help this guy out, please:

    https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/45648/general/x/trying-to-find-this-model-car#latest

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Yep a Caddy from that era is way back there. Behind the fintail looks like a Toyota Corona to me, in front of it a BMW 2002. The truck at the gas station should be solvable to a sharp eye, too.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I always wondered if they painted the cop car poop brown to go with the dangling toilet paper scene B)
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    I can't tell for sure either car around the Fintail.

    I think the white PU is a Jeep.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    To me, the white truck looks like a 58-60 Ford, but it is pretty obscured. The other car in the gas station is maybe an earlier Falcon pickup?
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    fintail said:

    To me, the white truck looks like a 58-60 Ford, but it is pretty obscured. The other car in the gas station is maybe an earlier Falcon pickup?

    Very good!
    I found another still from the gas station scene and it is a Falcon.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    Well, per the jpg name, its a 1953 Olds Super 88. :b

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    At the start of this topic we agreed on certain rules, here they are from Post #1:


    Let's try to find some oddball or little known cars
    and see if we can stump our fellow THers with them.

    I propose adhereing to a few simple rules--

    1) No pix over 470 pixels wide per TH regulations

    2) No pre WWII cars (MY 1946 and newer only)

    3) No one-offs or customs.

    4)NO CHEATING by right clicking!

    How about it?

    Emphasis added.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    edited June 2017
    Hey, I did not right-click. I just (left-)clicked to get a full-sized pic and it was right there in the address bar staring me in the face. I'll try to put blinders on in the future and be a good boy. ;b

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Sometimes that happens in certain browsers I think. If I really want to give everyone a hard time with a photo, I will first download it to my computer and change the file name.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    Some sort of Lancia?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    What a beauty. Not a Lancia but it is a '48.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    edited June 2017
    I that an Alfa emblem I see? Yes, I believe so, which would make this a 6c. I know the name is longer but I don't have it memorized.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited June 2017
    It's a 6C 2500. Quite modern looking compared to 1948 U.S. domestics I think.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    Was Freccia d'Oro not part of the official name?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    It's a 6C 2500. Quite modern looking compared to 1948 U.S. domestics I think.

    Yep, it's a 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d'Este.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    There was the 2500SS, the 2500 cabriolet, the Freccia d'Oro and the Villa d'Este--so a total of 2,594 cars.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    There was the 2500SS, the 2500 cabriolet, the Freccia d'Oro and the Villa d'Este--so a total of 2,594 cars.

    That's more than I would have guessed. Any idea how many survivors?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Wow.
    1947/1948 Lincoln Continental.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    lostwrench1 said:

    Wow.
    1947/1948 Lincoln Continental.

    Yep.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    80s era Innocenti Mini. I think these were actually sold in Canada for a short time.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    andys120 said:

    Mr_Shiftright said:

    There was the 2500SS, the 2500 cabriolet, the Freccia d'Oro and the Villa d'Este--so a total of 2,594 cars.

    That's more than I would have guessed. Any idea how many survivors?
    They were very special cars, so I'd expect quite a large percentage of survivors.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited June 2017
    fintail said:

    80s era Innocenti Mini.

    With air brake deployed.

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