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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    It's interesting how closely the Mazda Luce resembles its German contemporary:

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Not much to go on there but that distinctive C pillar belonged to the Triumph 2.5 PI saloon ca. 1969-75>

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

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Right you are, andys120.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    At last - something more familiar... Looks like a 1951 Ford Victoria. Sweet.
  • lokkilokki Member Posts: 1,200
    Like everyone else, I'm going to try to distract attention away from the fact that I have absolutely no idea what Fintail's red coupe is.... by posting something obscure myself!

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  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Very nice looking 1951 Ford Victoria hard top. Would like to see more '50s and '60s cars posted.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    MItsubishi Debonair - mid/late 60's
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    1951 Ford Victoria. Sweet.

    'Zactly, apparently '51 was the first rear for a Ford Hard-top.

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

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    If it's any help, the red car is registered in Luxembourg (which probably rules out most weird East European cars).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Would like to see more '50s and '60s cars posted.

    You asked for it, here's a nice '63>

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

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    shot in the dark: is the red car a Deutsch-Bonnet?
  • lokkilokki Member Posts: 1,200
    Right Magnette -

    1964 Mitsubishi Debonair... it was a warm-up though... since it was in production almost unchanged until 1987.

    Here's your next -

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  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Not exactly what I had in mind, but a clever response on your part. :)
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,669
    Here's another 50s and 60s car:

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    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    1959 Meteor?

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

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    I have to guess that car is some kind of special modified by a small manufacturer or maybe an individual. The shape of it just doesn't ring a bell. I do notice it has some kind of odd air vent on the roof - seems like an Italian cue to me, kind of Abarth-esque.
  • zaken1zaken1 Member Posts: 556
    1958 Ford, with a few non stock custom touches added.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,669
    It's a 59 Ford Tudor. Base model.

    I think it was this forum where the addition of the continental kits on cars that didn't have them originally was discussed. It really detracts from the value of the car in my mind.

    I can't believe anyone bought a continental kit on the base Ford in 1959.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,396
    Actually, it is a Custom 300.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,669
    Yes. The base model is the Custom 300 (but there is a spartan business sedan) and it's a Tudor per the brochures.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    That car would look exponentially better without that super-stupid Continental kit! I don't recall seeing ANY 1950s cars with them when I was a kid. Why do these DORKS insist on ruining a perfectly nice piece of machinery with such self-destructive add-on junk. Their idea of the 1950s must be like later episodes of Happy Days where Potsie has a 1970s hairstyle and Chachi doesn't get beat-up for looking like a girl.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    The 1953 Dodge Club Coupe had the factory option of a Continental Kit.
    The 1955 and 1956 Hudson Hollywood hard top had a Continental Kit but I don't know if it was standard or a factory option.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    It has eyebrows and a backward-sloping A-pillar. So it was probably made between 1957 and 1961. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and suggest that it was once a '59 Edsel.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    The 1963 b-w boxy saloon is a Sabra Carmel made in Haifa, Israel. It was established there by Reliant (who also set up car manufacturers in Turkey, Greece etc..) Styling appears to have been by a brick or furniture manufacturer.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Right year, wrong make.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Sabra Carmel is correct.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    That particular shape of A-pillar was specific to full-size GMs from '61-'62, beyond that I couldn't say.

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

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    The A pillar and flat fender tops are definite 1959 GM DNA. I see a slight angle to a trim piece on the passenger side, so I will guess 1959 Buick.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,593
    I'm guessing '59 Chevy.

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

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Correct! Here's an intact picture of a similar car:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I'd say the red one is a '52-53 Plymouth Cranbrook.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,669
    Is anyone else having trouble seeing the picture of the intact Chev that Lemko put up?

    Sometimes it's there and sometimes it's not as I'm reading this thread.

    Click on this link if it doesn't show up:

    http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classics/photos/394000/394082.1959.Chevrolet.Bisca- yne.jpg

    You may have to copy this URL into a new page to get the host site to let it open. It seems to have blocked linking from Edmunds.

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    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Yep.
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    I was going to say 1953 until I saw the '1954' sign on the wall!!! And I sure don't remember seeing Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels on a '54 Plymouth before! I think 1954 was the first year for a 'Belvedere' top-line model. My parents had a '53 Cambridge (not top-line, that was a Cranbrook).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Good eye Wgrafer, I didn't notice the 1954 on the sign. I reckon all the cars in that photo are '54s, the red one being a Belvedere.

    The Kelsey-Hayes wires were an option on some cars of the '50s (e.g.T-Birds, Skylarks) and could be obtained on the aftermarket for many other cars of that era. They were not often seen as they were pretty expensive, it's not likely that many Plymouth 4-door buyers went for them.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    1982-83 Toyota Corolla DX two-door sedan.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    1982-83 Toyota Corolla DX two-door sedan

    Yep, an '83

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
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    Movie?

    Star?

    Make/model/year?

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

  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    1958 Cadillac. Moving fast.....
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,396
    Hud
    Paul Newman
    1958 Cadillac Series 62
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Tmart has all the answers!

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    Jensen CV-8 1962/65.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Jensen CV-8 1962/65

    Yep, powered by Chrysler.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

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