Mystery car pix

gagrice · July 2005

All I know is he made it to the Arctic Ocean with this car.

andys120 · July 2005

Well it's obviously a Renault but it's too small to be an Espace.

fintail · July 2005

I'm gonna guess the oldster is a Whippet or a Willys or an Essex or something like that

The Renault reminds me of a Scenic but I don't recall a 4x4 version

gagrice · July 2005

Here is the same car a Graham Paige earlier in the adventure at Hershey PA.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/77361307/77361307JpCCeD

ateixeira · July 2005

37 looks like a Renault Megane Scenic, also sold in Brazil.

I believe Daihatsu was Korean, not Japanese?

-juice

cxvargas · July 2005

Daihatsu is from Japan and is partly owned by Toyota.

ateixeira · July 2005

I'm confusing them with the old Daewoo.

-juice

andys120 · July 2005

I had forgotten about until it popped into my head recently. Thanks to the miracle of Google we have this old-timer.

Extra credit if you can ID the four-door in the background.

fintail · July 2005

I dunno what the car in the foreground is, but that's a Hillman Minx in the background

andys120 · July 2005

that's a Hillman Minx in the background

Prolly, unless it's the Minx's badge-engineered brother, the Singer Gazelle. :P

The Brits of the 50s and 60s were heavy into "badge-engineering.

stickguy · July 2005

don't recognize the body shape, but the grill/front end looks like a Maserati

Mr_Shiftright · July 2005

But whatever it is I love the wheels. Actually it does ring a bell that car, but I just can't pull it out. The headlights...the clue is in the headlights....

gagrice · July 2005

Where do you find these cars? I have never heard of many of them including this one.

cxvargas · July 2005

This one is a tough one. Not a Peugeot, Daimler or Jensen??? Give us a hint.

andys120 · July 2005

This one is a tough one. Not a Peugeot, Daimler or Jensen??? Give us a hint.

OK, I'll give you a couple. The car is British, the body is Italian and the motor is American.

Mr_Shiftright · July 2005

Ah so we know it has a wooden dashboard, will rust, and consume huge quantities of gas anyway, that's good for starters.

andys120 · July 2005

It's a Corvette-powered Gordon Keeble GT of which only 99 were ever made.
Here's a 1965=>

They used 283,327 and 350 Chevies, they styling was done by Bertone/Giugiaro

I guess they didn't rust too badly, apparently 91 survive.

gagrice · July 2005

Gordon-Keeble, I thought they made crackers and cookies. That was an obscure one. With a fairly active users group. I think they were ahead of their time.

andys120 · July 2005

Or what?

Mr_Shiftright · July 2005

Oh yeah plenty ugly.

Keeble -- probably didn't rust because it was aluminum, right?

Actually I have read about this car, albeit not recently, and some people like 'em enough to collect them, especially in Yrup. Kinda in the Jensen mode I guess.

gagrice · July 2005

You know those cars with the big ol fins were kind of ugly. But our society was much better then. I remember cruisin' through Oscar's in my 55' Studebaker coupe. No one took a shot at you or wanted to gang bang. Maybe we should bring those ol' boats back and try again. A bit of nostalgia.

andys120 · July 2005

Nobody knows what that ugly thing is?

wgrafer · July 2005

My memory's kind of fuzzy, but they sure look like 1961 Plymouths to me. The shape of the front vent window and steering wheel were pretty unique. (unless they were a Canadian version called something else...). BigW

andys120 · July 2005

Bingo, '61 Plymouth Furys

andys120 · July 2005

If I showed you the whole car you'd get it right away.

fintail · July 2005

Miura

The color seems to be a clue in itself as well, esp with the lower panel as it is.

gagrice · July 2005

andys120 · July 2005

Miura it is, very astute of you to notice the color, therere aren't many cars that can look good in Neon Green as does the Miura.

The wheel is a Campagnolo from a '71 Miura SV.

Believe it or not 2005 is the 40th anniversary of the Miura, still IMO the best-looking mid-engined road car ever built.

andys120 · July 2005

The only thing harder than ID-ing an SUV is doing it from behind. Can you give us larger picture from a differen angle?

andys120 · July 2005

the model might be harder=>

fintail · July 2005

The Miura is the best looking Lambo ever, that's for sure. It's a classic...where the Countach will be a curiosity.

The SUV looks based on the old Isuzu Rodeo (I had a friend who bought one new back in the day...the rear hatch would always pop open at speeds over 60 mph...he had A LOT of trouble with that car)...but I don't know about a "Landwind"...horrible name though. Probably some company in China or India or Malaysia or something that bought the tooling.

The little cars are Citroen C1 and C2...I suspected they were Citroens, but you can also see the emblem and model on the plates.

cxvargas · July 2005

These are Chinese built Landwind. They look suspiciously similar to the Isuzu Rodeo. They sell for about 20,287.8 USD in Europe.

andys120 · July 2005

I realized you could see the Citroen emblems easily enough but didn't noticed the number plates. In any case AFAIk they're both C1s.

andys120 · July 2005

Mr_Shiftright · July 2005

That looks like a special bodied AstonM isn't it? I don't remember that rear fender bumping up like that behind the door.

I want it, and I want it NOW.

cxvargas · July 2005

Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato from the early 60's.

fintail · July 2005

Exactly. I believe I saw one at the Imperial Palace museum in Vegas.

I googled that Landwind...it is an exact clone of a Rodeo.

Mr_Shiftright · July 2005

Ah Zagato, yeah.

Chinese names are getting less interesting. I really liked the "Long March Six" they came out with 25 years ago.

andys120 · July 2005

Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato from the early 60's.

Precisely.

andys120 · July 2005

gagrice · July 2005

You read the report I read. The Chinese are exporting SUVs to the rest of the World. They will probably be in America before too long.

lancerfixer · July 2005

Keonigsegg (sp?)

stickguy · July 2005

pretty good try on the spelling. I was going to go with either "the swiss supercar" or "the swedish supercar"

boomchek · July 2005

didn't the original version (or concept) have six seperate headlamp holes (3 on each side) instead of the flush mounted headlight housings?

andys120 · July 2005

didn't the original version (or concept) have six seperate headlamp holes (3 on each side) instead of the flush mounted headlight housings?

You are thinking of the Koenigsegg CC

The yellow car was a CCD. Considering how rare and obscure these are there are a number of different versions and models of this Swedish supercar.

andys120 · July 2005

but great fun=>

fintail · July 2005

Austin Healey Sprite

lancerfixer · July 2005

Oh, please, please let the model name be "Kermit..."

Mr_Shiftright · July 2005

BUGEYE sprite, please, or at least Mk 1 (which isn't a real name for it because you can't have a Mark I unless you have a Mark II, which wasn't born yet).

WAYYYYY fun car, would love to have one.

andys120 · July 2005

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