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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I used to work for a Rolls/Bentley restoration shop, and did a little limo service work on the side. Of all the cars that came through our hands, I loved the 'big bore" R-types the best.

    In the late '80s I had the pleasure of driving a well-maintained but cosmetically imperfect '54 R-type, the last year of the line, from Hilton Head to the Savannah airport, about 50 miles over lowcountry back roads to pick up the car's new owner. I was working against a tight deadline, and that car didn't let me down, despite its retro-tech tires and brakes. It was torquey and surprisingly wieldy. This particular one was an automatic, but I particularly loved the ones that had the four-speed manual, one of the nicest gearboxes I've ever used.

    Even twenty years later, that car is still magical to me. I can't think of anything from the era that could've done the job better, not even one of the big Jags or the M-B "Adenauer."
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,687
    I think I know what shop that might be...did they used to have big adverts in Hemmings etc? The name escapes me.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,687
    The Gran Torino of course...I guess that's a 72. Looks really good for bloated muscle.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,111
    FWIW you could get that roll-down back window in the cheaper Mercurys, as well. My grandparents had a 1963 Mercury Monterrey with it. Still, I'd imagine that '64 posted above is a Park Lane or some other upscale model, judging from the extra trim on the rear-end.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    This was a good looking car, but the body style didn't stick around all that long. It was uglied up in 73 and then Ford began its journey down how many side windows can I stick on everything.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Yep, that's the '72 Ford Gran Torino featured in Eastwood's movie Gran Torino.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    2010 Taurus
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Yes, fintail, they did usually have full-page ads in Hemmings for the four years or so they were in operation. It was The Glynn Collection, and it was quite an interesting place to work, at least for the four or five months that I worked there.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    2010 Ford Taurus.

    The body looks so bulky. The beltline is so high.

    I'd like to see it in person before I pass off any judgements.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,166
    "The body looks so bulky. The beltline is so high."

    Yes, the earlier photos of it didn't look so chunky. Reminds me of the 300C. OK, but not great.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    2010 Taurus

    Yes, that supposedly is the new 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, note big wheels and trunklid spoiler. No word on how much power it gets.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    I'm not sure why a shopping center is worthy of a p/c but this is from Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA >

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Now this is a classic. I would have guessed mid 50's, but there is a 62 Chevy in front of the National. First row 58 Ford, can't make out the tail real well, so I'll guess 55 Plymouth, 57 Ford, 61 Olds F-85?, 57 or 58 Dodge, across from the Dodge an old Mini, maybe a 53 Olds, early 50's Mopar, 57 Plymouth, behind that a mid 50's Chevy Suburban and mid 50's Pontiac? Also a 57 or 58 Plymouth wagon and another 57/58 Mopar sedan.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Good job, Berri but you did miss one highly recognizable old car. There's a beige VW Type 1 (Beetle) visible just over the roof of the Olds F-85. The white car that you've I'd as a Mini looks more rounded to me, it's probably a Fiat 500 or 600.

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  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    I'm trying to figure out the blurred 58 For product on the left. it has the right shape on the trunk to be an Edsel, but it looks like it might have the rear window that opens and shuts which would make it a Mercury.

    My eyes are lousy so anyone else can take a shot.

    Good job, berri!
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    That one screams '58 Ford to me and I can't make out anything in the rear window that says otherwise.

    Edsels had high-mounted tail lights>
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    This is a '58 Ford>
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  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    I see it now. Right you are.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    "69-70 (not '70-1/2) Firebird. Base model, no scoops so not a "400."
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,734
    That looks like a 58 Ford Custom model.

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  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    Regarding the Cape Cod parking lot pic, I'm assuming this was taken in the early 60's?? Otherwise, you'd likely see a particular, infamous Oldsmobile Delmont 88.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,734
    Must have been late 1960 or early 1961. The newest car I can see is the 1961 Chevrolet that's above the 1957 Ford.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,734
    That was a white convertible? Do you know the year?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Sorry Karsick, Chappaquidick is not on Cape Cod, it's near Martha's Vineyard and the infamous incident took place in '69. IIRC the car in question was a dark sedan, not a white convertible.

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

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,734
    > car in question was a dark sedan, not a white convertible.

    Well at least I was close. :) It was a car. ;) It's not like I was there?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Lancia Delta, early-mid 1980s?
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    dang, you beat me to it :cry:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Nope, not a Delta.

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

  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Lanica Prisma, sedan version of the Delta.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,687
    That sounds right...the trunkback Delta was throwing me off.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    a Prisma, sedan version of the Delta

    Precisely!

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Lamborghini 350 GT, ca. 1963.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Lamborghini 350 GT, ca. 1963.

    Yep, it's Lambo's first production model.

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

  • lokkilokki Member Posts: 1,200
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Some sort of late-1960s Vauxhall. I'll say it's an FD Victor.
  • lokkilokki Member Posts: 1,200
    A Vauxhall, yes... so you're on track

    wrong decade, and wrong model, though...
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    OK, an early '70s Ventora, then. Basically a six-cylinder version of the Victor, IIRC.
  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
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    Regards,
    Jose
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Delahaye Type 135?
  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    No, itsn't.

    Regards,
    Jose
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,687
    MB 540K Autobahnkurier, this one dating from 1938 and technically outside of the bounds of this thread as it is prewar, but it's a car that I find fascinating, so I will allow it :P

    There were 2 of these built IIRC, one going to Iran, one going to Spain. I can see this thing speeding down a sparsely populated newly built Autobahn when it was new, must have been an amazing sight.

    There was a tinplate toy of this car made during the period that is very sought after today. Made by Tippco, I could see a good example of the toy bringing $10K today.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    That appears to be a one-off, possibly prewar. Could be anything, probably coachwork by Saoutchik.

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

  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    MB 540K Autobahnkurier, this one dating from 1938 and technically outside of the bounds of this thread as it is prewar, but it's a car that I find fascinating, so I will allow it

    Rightly so. ;)

    There were 2 of these built IIRC, one going to Iran, one going to Spain

    And is it which went to Spain.

    Regards,
    Jose
    PS: I was unaware this thread was only back to WWII. I should have put more attention when reading the heading. :sick:
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I was unaware this thread was only back to WWII.

    I got snagged by that too Jose when I switched over to hosting this board a year or so ago. :blush:

    It is a cool looking ride. :)
  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    Let me still post this upside pic of the 540K Autobanh Kourier just for the pleasure of watching it:

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    Regards,
    Jose
  • lokkilokki Member Posts: 1,200
    1971` Vauxhall Viscount...
    http://restored-classics.com/vauxhall/index.html

    Apparently a rare model, but hey! It's so hard to get anything past this crowd! :D
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