The Conquest was a rebadged Starion, so the title is fine. Just list it as a Conquest and maybe throw in something about it being a clone of the Starion if you think that will pull in more interest.
I'm going to agree with the above post, so bear with me:
The Conquest was produced by Mitsubishi for Chrysler Corporation and should read almost exactly that on the badging, just like the "Colt"/"Champ" and "Challenger"/"Sapporo" and "D50"/"Arrow Pickup" and "Arrow" did before it.
Depending on the year, the Conquest was sold in the US under three different brand names: Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth. There were no differences between them beyond the dealership who sold them and the badging on the rear. And, I believe, the VIN code should be slightly different depending on the brand name as well (Chryslers should start "JJ3", Dodges start "JB3" and Plymouths should start "JP3").
Hudson is right, it's a '62 Plymouth, the convertible it the background is a Chrysler from the same year. Back then the carmakers had deals with the TV producers and a given series would feature certain cars in return they'd get free use of the cars as props.
Ward Cleaver got a new Plymouth every year in much the same way that Todd Stiles of Route 66 would get a new Corvette. For some reason I recall Perry Mason driving new Fords.
Early 50s German Ford, with a Borgward Isabella beside it. In the background I spot a Porsche 356 and a Fiat 500. I think the white car in the far background is an Opel.
looks like an Opel Kadette rear. The only other car I recall shaped like that in the back is the late 60's/early 70's Benz (I don't do the numbers, but the one that replaced the fintail I think?)
It could be a Kadett, yes. A MB W108 (which replaced the fintail) or W114/115 did have a similar taillight shape and location as you mention, but the pictured car looks smaller and somehow more rounded.
It looks more like a German Studebaker with that weird nose but it is a German Ford Taunus 12M ca.1952-55. Acording to Wikipedia all German Fords from '52-'68 wore the Taunus name.
Can I get some credit for recognizing Beaver's little friend as Chuckie? IIRC Beaver was irritated about having to babysit him and managed to lose him. :-P
Oh, yes, what was that car in the background, anyway? :-D
Ay-yup, you are both right. I was at am impressionable age when the '61 Plymouth came out. The healing process was hard, and a picture like the one that andys120 displayed can still cause me to twitch.
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How are you supposed to reply to posts now ? The blank column on the right basically obliterates any reply buttons, and presumably also when I post this I won't be able to edit it... If they make the advert down the right hand margin wide enough to stop people posting replies, how do they think people are going to use a forum - or are we all just posting unanswered messages now - if the margin gets any wider there won't be anything to look at, so no one will read the advert either.
EDIT Weird - posting this answer reset the margins to the previous width and reinstated the reply/edit etc buttons. - This site is certainly less well supported technically since the last changes - it is more flaky, and less user friendly.
Second edit - Margin just expanded again so I can't reply t any posts on any previous page....
Is it just me - or are you all seeing this - the last word on every line of this message is being cut off....
Actually I think it isn't every page,but this one certainly hasn't got any reply buttons. All the messages just finish at the S of Save, et the next page they come back....
Can't post replies anymore due to these ridiculous new margins, but the funny looking estate car with more than a little rust is indeed German, it isn't a DKW, it is more common as a 2-door coupe ( the blue car to the left is actually one of those) and it does have a rear engine.
That problem happens when a picture is on the page that is wider than the text area. We really need to be careful about ensuring a picture fits for that reason. That means the first several posts on the page containing the picture will have a problem because they slide up under the right sidebar.
However, when something too wide is keeping you from getting to the Reply and your own post management links, you can usually use the Go To Msg # to manipulate the number of posts on the page which will change around the posts that the ads or whitespace cover up. Easier for you to experiment with it than for me to explain it. :-P
I don't think NSU production came back online until the late 50s...they were really into motorcycles.
I still can't place the mystery wagon, although I know I have seen it before. The coupe reminds me of a prewar Steyr, but those were of course Austrian.
Thanks for that, but I still think part of the problem is that we have such a huge margin now - I know the site is sponsored by adverts, but it really does intrude.
The car I posted is actually from the mid fifties, and it's not NSU... Interesting to see that 1934 car though - easy reference to the later KDF-Wagen, prototype for the VW ( my car isn't a VW either
Well, I think I'll leave the rusty old estate car for another day, to give you guys a chance to work it out, but the other car I posted is perhaps less interesting, and hasn't generated any feedback This blue retro-looking thing is a Royale Windsor, it's based on the Granada floorpan (1985/93) and is in current production. They also make a limo version which is extended, although that is more for wedding hire, I should think, and a couple of 2-door convertibles, including the one in the background. It is available as a kit, or built, and is made in Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Yep, the first Cressida...I remember the old lady who lives across from my grandmother had one. She just traded it a few years ago for a new Corolla. Brand loyalty...
I still can't figure it out. I was thinking Zündapp as they too made a Beetle-esque series of experiments in the 30s, and the logo even looks somewhat similar...but I don't think Zündapp had anything but a microcar after the war. I also want to say names like Hanomag or Goliath, but I know those aren't right. When you do reveal it...I'll feel senile.
Nice to see someone other than Americans dares to make a neo-classic. Well, there are those oddball Japanese ones, but they are kind of cool in a freakshow way.
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The Conquest was produced by Mitsubishi for Chrysler Corporation and should read almost exactly that on the badging, just like the "Colt"/"Champ" and "Challenger"/"Sapporo" and "D50"/"Arrow Pickup" and "Arrow" did before it.
Depending on the year, the Conquest was sold in the US under three different brand names: Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth. There were no differences between them beyond the dealership who sold them and the badging on the rear. And, I believe, the VIN code should be slightly different depending on the brand name as well (Chryslers should start "JJ3", Dodges start "JB3" and Plymouths should start "JP3").
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Ward Cleaver got a new Plymouth every year in much the same way that Todd Stiles of Route 66 would get a new Corvette. For some reason I recall
Perry Mason driving new Fords.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Some interesting cars visible in background but what a horror show up front.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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'52-'68 wore the Taunus name.
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Needa a bath too.
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We were just discussing it in the Crossover thread.
The profile reminds me of a downsized MDX.
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across the street from The Beaver and his friend?
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Oh, yes, what was that car in the background, anyway? :-D
I don't think so, it's hard to see but I think I can just make out the peculiar shapes of the hideous '61 Plymouth, like this one>
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Looks like a Mini Traveller that mated with the front end of a Beetle.
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If they make the advert down the right hand margin wide enough to stop people posting replies, how do they think people are going to use a forum - or are we all just posting unanswered messages now - if the margin gets any wider there won't be anything to look at, so no one will read the advert either.
EDIT Weird - posting this answer reset the margins to the previous width and reinstated the reply/edit etc buttons. - This site is certainly less well supported technically since the last changes - it is more flaky, and less user friendly.
Second edit - Margin just expanded again so I can't reply t any posts on any previous page....
Is it just me - or are you all seeing this - the last word on every line of this message is being cut off....
Actually I think it isn't every page,but this one certainly hasn't got any reply buttons. All the messages just finish at the S of Save, et the next page they come back....
However, when something too wide is keeping you from getting to the Reply and your own post management links, you can usually use the Go To Msg # to manipulate the number of posts on the page which will change around the posts that the ads or whitespace cover up. Easier for you to experiment with it than for me to explain it. :-P
Hope this helps.
I still can't place the mystery wagon, although I know I have seen it before. The coupe reminds me of a prewar Steyr, but those were of course Austrian.
Interesting to see that 1934 car though - easy reference to the later KDF-Wagen, prototype for the VW ( my car isn't a VW either
And that wagon just can't make it deep enough into my memory to bring up a name...yet it is somehow familiar.
This blue retro-looking thing is a Royale Windsor, it's based on the Granada floorpan (1985/93) and is in current production. They also make a limo version which is extended, although that is more for wedding hire, I should think, and a couple of 2-door convertibles, including the one in the background. It is available as a kit, or built, and is made in Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Nice to see someone other than Americans dares to make a neo-classic. Well, there are those oddball Japanese ones, but they are kind of cool in a freakshow way.