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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Going!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Another guess - I'll say early Saab, because they're known for the kind of shapes that slope downward towards the rear.

    -juice
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    It's a c.50 Studebaker, unsure of the model
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Studebaker, either '49 or '50. Hard to tell without seeing the grille. I'll say 1950 Studebaker Land Cruiser, as it appears to say "Land Cruiser" near the tail light.

    Notice that the rear doors are suicide-type.

    Bob
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Good eye, Bob it is a Studebaker Land Cruiser(!?), 1949 MY.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    but there aren't too many of these around. No, it's not a customized Explorer.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    LaForza...a c.1989 predecessor to the upmarket SUV. It was way ahead of its time in market position. Ford V8, IIRC
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    You nailed it Fintail.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    you guys are slippin'. That one's pretty obscure but the brand spelled out on the nose
    "S-K-O-D-A" and the model is on the plate "1-2-0-0" :P .

    Not a bad looking car for an Iron Curtain country seven years after World War Two
    (1952).

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    even if it doesn't look it=>

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Morgan Aero 8. By all accounts, it seems to be a perfectly good car if you like that sort of thing.

    Something rather different:
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    You're right about the Aero 8, I'm sure it's a perfectly good car but they sure messed up the classic Mog styling fortunately the Plus 8 is still available.

    I'm stumped by the silver wagon, it looks vaguely Korean.

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  • forzaforza Member Posts: 36
    Nissan Stagea
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Correct. The Stagea is a Skyline AWD wagon with a different name and front clip. Nissan even built a handful with the full RB26DETT from the GT-R.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    about a '65?

    I always get confused what to call the various iterations of the II/Nova.

    Unless of course this is one of those odd Canadian pontiacs.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's a '63 Nova SS, not withstanding it's six-cylinder engine. Yep, in '62 and '63 the SS option was a "dress-up" package that gave you bucket seats, a console, extra gauges but nothing in the way of performance goodies.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ah one of my favorite cars!
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,655
    Audi Coupe.. '83?

    The turbo coupe was rare and is still extremely sought after... Not sure if this one is a turbo, or not...

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    the turbo quattro coupe is the hot ticket and you can get good money for one.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Mid 80s Audi Coupe, the FWD/non-turbo version of the awesome Audi Quattro coupe. The Quattro/Turbo version has a more aggressive look with "hogged out" fenders like an Impreza WRX.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    yes I think you're right. Also it would say "quattro" on the back I think. But even the n/a FWD version is a nice car to drive.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    check out the license plate before you put a name to this one=>

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Chrysler/Simca/Talbot Horizon, I am unsure which, as they sold under all those makers.

    French plates, more likely a Simca I guess
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's a Talbot Horizon.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Famous license plate in San Francisco was a Blue Horizon with the vanity plate "beyond". cute, hah?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    <img src="http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B23130.jpg

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Triiumph TR-2
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    This one has a little more heft=>image

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,655
    '77 New Yorker?

    gotta get this before Andre.... ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Exactly, I think easily mistaken for a contemporary Grand Marquis from that angle.

    Here's another mystery wagon=>image

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  • iamnotageekiamnotageek Member Posts: 5
    This car was originally designed as a race car, but later became street legal production car. They are not made anymore.

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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Opel Vectra. Be interesting to see if Saturn gets an Aura wagon or not.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Looks like a TVR Griffith! If I recall this is a car with the engine hooked directly to the differential. There was no room for a driveshaft!

    If I'm right about the car, it was once described as "the most dangerous production vehicle ever made".
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    This car was originally designed as a race car, but later became street legal production car. They are not made anymore.

    It's the Chevy-powered Cheetah from the mid 60's. I think Shifty's right about the Griffith lacking a driveshaft, I doubt the Cheetah had one either.

    Sorry Bumpy #2028 is an Opel but it's not a Vectra, it's the Signum and it makes a mighty handsome wagon, doesn't it?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    'night all.

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  • forzaforza Member Posts: 36
    1968 Ford Vedette
  • iamnotageekiamnotageek Member Posts: 5
    It is the Cheetah. It was produced to be the competetor to the Shelby Cobra, and later nicknamed the Cobra Killer.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    1968 Ford Vedette

    Sorry Forza, you're a little off on the year. By '68 Simca had absorbed Ford of France
    and was IIRC on the verge of being absorbed by Chrysler. That one's a 1954 model.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    Yup, a '64 Rambler Typhoon. It was a special model of the Classic brought out to highlight their new improved 6-cyl engine (Yeehah!!!)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    those were six angry cylinders! :mad:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, a '64 Rambler Typhoon. It was a special model of the Classic brought out to highlight their new improved 6-cyl engine (Yeehah!!!)

    Right on the Money bhill!

    Tonight's mystery=>

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Sunbeam Alpine MkI
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Sunbeam Alpine MkI

    Not exactly, the full name is Sunbeam Talbot Alpine (ca. 1953-55). It makes an appearance in Hitchcock's "To Catch A Theif".

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    I believe the British pronounce it "tallbutt", while the French say "talbow". Can anyone confirm that?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    I thought this was a German brand?

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