Mystery car pix

andys120

texases said:

This shares a few styling cues:

Maserati Khamsin, ca. mid 70s. Both the Espada and Khamsin were styled by Marcello Gandini of Bertone. IIRC Gandini designed the Miura as well.

texases

Yep, a '74. Only car I know with the taillights surrounded by clear glass.

fintail

Maserati Khamsin, a 70s wedge that is now cool.

andys120

fintail

Looks like a fintail in motion on the street. Newest car appears to be 1963.

lostwrench1

I'll grab the 1953 Buick Super.

lostwrench1

And the 1962 Buick Wildcat.

texases

Checker cab driving?

stickguy

looks like a Checker.

Trying to decide if the first car at the top on the left side row is a Rambler station wagon. Though kinda looks like a Chevy II also.

fintail

The car at the top of the left row, nearest the fintail, also kind of resembles a mid 50s Ford Squire to me,

andys120

I think the cab is not a Checker but a MoPar, probably a 1960 Plymouth Belvedere/Savoy. I recall many of these doing taxi duty in DC during that era If you look carefully you can make out the beginnings of tailfins.

Trying to decide if the first car at the top on the left side row is a Rambler station wagon. Though kinda looks like a Chevy II also.

It doesn't look like either to me but rather like a '53-'54 Ford Country Squire. I can make out the woody sides. There is a blue Rambler American sedan on the right, just ahead of the green '63 Chevy (another '63 Chevy is ahead of the '62 Wildcat.)

We must'nt forget the white '59 Cadillac ahead of the white/green Buick on the right.

texases

You're right, I see the fin now on the cab. 

andys120

There's a couple of big finned MoPars ahead of the 50s Buick. Anybody wanna call those?

lostwrench1

A 1960 Dodge Matador and further up the road, one chip on a 1956 Dodge Coronet.

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

A 1960 Dodge Matador and further up the road, one chip on a 1956 Dodge Coronet.

I would've guessed they were Dodges but missed the years. Now who knows what's parked second in line behind the (Ford?) wagon on the right? '61 Mercury?

bhill2

lostwrench1 said:

A 1960 Dodge Matador and further up the road, one chip on a 1956 Dodge Coronet.

The Dodge up the road is a '57 or '58.

andys120

stickguy

1965? Mercury version of the falcon.

texases

Googled '64 Comet, that pic pops up 

andys120

Yup, it's a 1964 Mercury Comet. Those aren't factory orig.wheels.

texases

I wonder if that '64 was about the last year for that ornate side trim. And when did it start? 1955 or so?

andys120

stickguy

one of my favorites. The Mercury Capri II. I think these were mid-late 70s? So I will guess it is a 76.

stickguy

and that one looks to be a 2.8l V6

Michaell

stickguy said:

and that one looks to be a 2.8l V6

I knew two people who owned a Capri II.

The first was the older brother of a childhood friend; I think his was the V6.

The second was a college buddy of mine; he likely had the 4-cyl.

andys120

stickguy said:

one of my favorites. The Mercury Capri II. I think these were mid-late 70s? So I will guess it is a 76.

Good guess! Sales of the Capri II in the US were terminated at the end of the '77MY.

andys120

qbrozen

It certainly screams Studebaker. Champion Wagon of some sort, I presume.

stickguy

doesn't that beak indicate Packebaker?

texases

I don't think so, looks '55-ish. Studebaker went through lots of reworking to keep the bones fresh...

andys120

qbrozen said:

It certainly screams Studebaker. Champion Wagon of some sort, I presume.

Not a Champion, it's a 1955 Studebaker Conestoga wagon. I've heard that the name refers to Studebaker's history as a builder of the Conestoga wagons that settlers used on the Oregon Trail and other Western roads but according to Wikipedia they were built in Lancaster County PA and used mainly in the eastern US as they were too large for western trails.

stickguy

well, looks like a Carp to me.

qbrozen

It was part of the Champion family. Same everything except the trunk area.

andys120

kyfdx

Looks like a smaller GTI.

texases

Latest Polo?

andys120

texases said:

Latest Polo?

Yup, it's a 2017 Volkswagen Polo, VW's junior Golf, a very p[oular item in Europe but NSH unfortunately

qbrozen

Out of curiosity, did they ever offer a hot version of the Polo?

fintail

Definitely. More ROW fun. But hey, we get more beigeboxes, so it all evens out:

Michaell

fintail said:

Definitely. More ROW fun. But hey, we get more beigeboxes, so it all evens out:

Beat me to it!

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/polo-gp/which-model-compare/details/1913#!#overview

qbrozen

Looks pretty good. Impressive mileage, too. Weird that they say the manual and DSG in the 3-door and 5-door all have the same 6.7sec 0-60.

magnette

Wasn't there a Champion Regal - or was the wagon called Conestoga ?

lostwrench1

There was a Champion Regal and a Commander Regal.
Only the wagon was named the Conestoga.

andys120

Man want!

andys120

Some interesting iron in this shot, some obscure, some commonplace>

LINK

stickguy

I like the MGB GT and the Datsun 510. would love either one today.

stickguy

wish I could see the nose of that red sedan. Is that a Triumph Dolomite? Something like that? Wheels look like MG mags to me.

and that small black sedan on far right. First though it was a Volvo 144, but not quite right, unless it is the picture angle skewing. I think it is a Renault.

fintail

Rover P6 may only be tied for the most unusual thing there.

fintail

Red car is a Rover P6. I think the small black sedan is a Simca 1000.

stickguy

dang. I knew that was not a dolomite, and I knew that I had seen it before. Just did not think of Rover. explains the wheels too!