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  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,409
    The little bit of grille that is visible looks like an early 60s Impala but I always thought that Chevys had the oil fill in the valve cover. Could that be a 409? I like those dual quads.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Could that be a 409?

    It is a 409, those valve covers are not stock. The car it's in is indeed an Impala "Bubbletop", one of a handful of '61 Chevys that got the early versions of the legendary
    409.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Saab 99...Turbo, I believe. Definitely Euro-spec.
  • jescuejescue Member Posts: 521
    I think those are called Aztec wheels.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Lookin' good, my wife wants to pick one of those new Foresters up when they arrive in dealers (probably March).

    Anyone else notice that pic is a 'chop? There's no way that car was actually in that background. The hoodline on the left is a bit off.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Yep, that's the original Saab 99 Turbo. Those wheels are referred to as Star Wars wheels in some circles. ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Saab 99...Turbo, I believe. Definitely Euro-spec

    Right on both counts.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    I think those are called Aztec wheels

    I think they were so named because of their resemblance to an Aztec or Mayan calendar. Popularly they were called Star Wars wheels from their resemblance to the Fortress Maze in the Death Star. ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Oooh, gen2 Legend coupe. Sveet. :shades:
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Yes, one of those rare FWD cars with a longitudinal engine (along with Audis, Subarus, old Saabs, early Toyota/Datsun front-drivers, and a handful of others).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Some antediluvian Volvo?
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,019
    IIRC, the 1987-91 Camry wagon wasn't a bad looking ride. That '92-96 style wagon bothered me on so many levels, but I think the biggest area was in the rear doors. They're different from the sedan model, and look to me like the '87-91 style door. So to me, that makes it look like Toyota just took a bunch of leftover parts and did what they could do to make them more or less fit, and threw that '92 era wagon together on the cheap.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Nope, not a Volvo.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,588
    Ah, a Morris Minor; probably mid '50s, but something about it looks even earlier.

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 264,538
    Right.. the '87-'91 Camry wagon.... and sedan.. was Toyota at its finest... Attractive, peppy, economical, with good utility..

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,379
    The Minor with the split windshield and old style grille dates from 1948-51 IIRC
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    a Morris Minor; probably mid '50s, but something about it looks even earlier.

    It's a '52.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    if you remember what TV show this is from and what Street, in which city this still is from>

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    It's a Packard...1940-something. Would it be a 1940 Packard 180 Darrin?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Yep, it's a pre-war Packard Darrin, how 'bout the other two identifiable cars in the picture?

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    how 'bout the other two identifiable cars in the picture?

    The Porsche (911 or 912) and the Country Squire?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    That's better. Does someone wanna guess the show, the city or the street?

    It's a big city that gets a lot of tourists. A TV that isn't the one from this shot was "based" just a few blocks down this same street. ;)

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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    W.A.G. here....

    Is this from the Mary Tyler Moore show?

    Minneapolis isn't a big tourist town (blowing my guess to pieces), but I see the passenger wearing a big beret-like hat with which to fling with glee (anyone familiar with the opening scenes will understand that part).

    This is a 70's TV show right? :confuse:
  • gussguss Member Posts: 1,167
    Movin on up to that deluxe apartment in the sky ....The Jeffersons?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    The TV show was a 1970's detective show called Banacek starring George Peppard. It was never a hit show but the scene was shot on Beacon Street on Boston
    near Boston Common, a few doors down from the State House and just a few blocks from the intersection of Arlington and Beacon Street where the exteriors of the hugely popular Cheers were shot a decade later.

    Anyone who's ever been to Beantown should recognize it.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,379
    Some kind of mid-late 60s Skoda...they have a following today
  • gussguss Member Posts: 1,167
    A color Gouldens would be proud of. :P
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Yep it's a Skoda 110L.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    A color Gouldens would be proud of.

    My Fiat Spider was Mustard Yellow, a great color for that car, I thought, still do. :shades:

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    Riley? :confuse: :confuse:

    That pic looks like it's USA (USDM Elantra & Corolla). Where is it?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,379
    ca. 1955 Daimler, I will guess a Century (that or a Conquest)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    You're a decade off, but then British cars usually are. :P

    It's a 1965 Daimler Majestic.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    It's from the TV Show Knight Rider :

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The car to the right is a Hyundai Elantra.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Foreground is a BMW 5-Series...early 1980s. Middle is an Oldsmobile Toronado, circa 1979-1985.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,379
    D'oh...the 'C' plate should have caught my eye
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Foreground is a BMW 5-Series...early 1980s. Middle is an Oldsmobile Toronado, circa 1979-1985.

    In 1981 the original 5 Series, the E12, was replaced by the similar looking but more comprehensively equipped E28, I suspect the gray fender belongs to the latter tho it's impossible to tell. The Toro is an '85.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    1972 Ford Maverick Grabber (with seats from a late 80's Mustang GT) :confuse:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    Good eye on those seats/headrests, they're certainly not stock and yeah, it's a Grabber.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    The cars in this still from Hollywoodland are listed as "unkown" on
    IMCDB.com but we know what they are, don't we?>

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    I'm going to say that the yellow car is a 1955 Hudson Hornet with a continental kit, while the blue and white truck is a 1957 Ford Ranchero.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
    I'm going to say that the yellow car is a 1955 Hudson Hornet with a continental kit, while the blue and white truck is a 1957 Ford Ranchero.

    I just scrolled thru a bunch of old '50s Hudsons and the '57s were the only ones that had big fins like that. It could be a Nash, since they were pretty close to Hudsons in that era (the swan song for both brands),

    No argument on the Ranchero.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,662
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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
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    This is a scale model of the 1955 Hudson Hornet, which shows all of the same features as the picture. I don't see those as tailfins in the original picture, but something else. Otherwise, this model is the same vehicle as in the picture.
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