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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    While the guys are watching a 1975 movie called Mitchell, this car comes on screen and Tom Servo says, "The new Chrysler Fury...the car that thinks it's a house!"

    The side of the car does look like an early-mid 70's Chrysler--but which one? I don't know but I doubt it's a Plymouth Fury or Satellite.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,169
    Fiat 124 Spider?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,700
    I'm guessing it's a 69-71 Chrysler Newport, but it could also be a 300.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Yup that's a Fiat 124 Sport Spider, UKDM. There aren't any bumps visible on hood so it's either a '66-70 Spider 1400 or a '71 Spider 1600. Hiood bumps didn't appear until '72 (on US models at least).

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    I'm guessing it's a 69-71 Chrysler Newport, but it could also be a 300.

    Correct. Went looking for another car on the Movie Cars data base and found the MST3K car instead: 1970 Chrysler Newport according to IMCDb.

    It must have only been in one scene of the movie because the data base pic was almost the exact same frame that I copied from a youtube video.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    The son of the lady who emailed those family pictures to me thinks the earlier of the two cars could be a Studebaker Light Six, based on photos he's found>>

    1924 Studebaker Light Six>
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    1922 Studebaker Light Six>
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    IMO the nose is too short in relation to the body, the nose on the family photo car is quite long>

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    1922 Buick 45>

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    :confuse:

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  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    I sure don't know the movie, but the car looks like 1971 Chrysler Newport to me.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,169
    I also vote for the Buick. In addition to your comment on the hood length, the number of hood louvers is a much better match, along with how the door line meets the cowl area.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,700
    The Stude just seems proportioned differently. Also, the part on the hood where the vertical side starts to curve seems much more abrupt on the Stude than the Buick or the old photo.

    Maybe I will post it on the AACA forum if nobody else does.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,700
    Looks like another 69-71 Newport.

    Gotta love a car where the trunk is about as long as the hood ;)
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Correct, the car is a 1971 Chrysler Newport.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,922
    Elan? The early 90s FWD version (isuzu engine, right?)

    in the background, and early SAAB 900 (or 99?) convertible.

    looks like a BMW badge on the green one infront of the yellow, but hard to make out what it is (fuzzy picture).

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Elan? The early 90s FWD version (isuzu engine, right?)

    Wrong make/model, correct decade/drive config.

    in the background, and early SAAB 900 (or 99?) convertible.

    Couldn't be anything but a 900 Convertible (I don't recall any 99 'verts)

    looks like a BMW badge on the green one infront of the yellow, but hard to make out what it is (fuzzy picture)

    It looks like a Bimmer badge to me as well but I don't recall any BMW that had the full width taillights across the rear that one appears to have. :confuse:

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,700
    Alfa Spider ca. 1995. I am guessing Aussie or NZ plates.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    That's it Fin, it's a '95 Alfa-Romeo Spider 2.0/Twin Spark. The still is from an Aussie TV series.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,787
    The car in front looks like something from the Ford Contour family...

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    The car in front looks like something from the Ford Contour family.

    It could be, the Aussies must've gotten a version of the Mondeo.

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Yes...I agree with the Alfa and the Saab. But the other car isn't a BMW...I don't think. My guess is that it's a Mitsubishi, which is relatively popular in Australia/New Zealand. It seems to be a 1993-1994 Galant, possibly with an aftermarket reflector tail.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    What's with all of the Saab 900 convertibles in the back of each of these pictures? If Saab was really this popular, you know GM wouldn't be trying to get rid of it.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That's when a Saab had a personality and a turbo---at a time when many others did not. GM turned Saab into something that was probably more reliable, but also much more mundane and uninteresting to the Saab cult. Basically, GM fired all of Saab's customers.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Well, they redesigned it once, and then let it go stale.

    That first year Saab actually had record sales, IIRC.

    But then 10 years later it was still the same car. Even other cars on that platform (Malibu for instance) got more updates.

    Saab became the 2nd best car company from Sweden, i.e. a shadow of its former self.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I don't think it was ever a 'good' car, but it certainly had personality and excellent driving characteristics. I had 3---all were very troublesome.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    A friend of mine ran a Saab club and he said after GM took over and re-did it the club just fell apart. As members sold their cars they didn't buy new Saabs.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,169
    What was GM thinking? The cult of the Saab was built around the 3-door, so what did GM do? The dropped it! Even if it sold poorly, it needed to be on the showroom floor to certify the 'Saabness' of the place.

    Same kind of thing with Harley-Davidson buying, then quickly selling, MV Augusta. What common ground did the two share? Zero! :sick:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yeah, you can't just built an Epsilon sedan and put the ignition key on the left.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Back in the 80s, a Saab turbo was really an item. It would slap a BMW 320i silly, blew the doors off American and Japanese sedans, and in 5-door hatch form, was more utilitarian and way more fun than a Volvo wagon. AND got great gas mileage AND was very good in snow AND had good heaters AND handled very well except for the vicious torque steer.

    So "in context" it is easy to see the cause of its popularity, but in retrospect, most people wonder what the fuss was about.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I think the car in front of the Alfa is a Holden of some sorts.

    The Holden badge is a not a solid filled in design but rather a see through type so you can see the vehicle's color that it's mounted on through parts of the badge. On a blue car such as the one in the picture, it reminds us of the blue BMW propellers when in fact it's just the car's blue colors.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Sounds like the kind of folks that buy Subaru turbo wagons today.

    And the funny thing is that friend with the defunct Saab club ended up in a Legacy and founded the Subaru Club of America.

    Now that Subaru is more mainstream you have to wonder if there are any quirky cars left? Besides the French, that is:

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  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Forgetting about the Saab in the background for a moment, the blue beast is a 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu. I remember seeing an ad for this when it came it out comparing the size of the Chevelle to the size of the 1955 regular Chevrolet-they were the exact same length and wheelbase!

    Now someone really shrp will probably ID the green one in front...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Back in the 80s, a Saab turbo was really an item. It would slap a BMW 320i silly, blew the doors off American and Japanese sedans, and in 5-door hatch form, was more utilitarian and way more fun than a Volvo wagon. AND got great gas mileage AND was very good in snow AND had good heaters AND handled very well except for the vicious torque steer.

    Thanks for reminding me why I bought three of the damn things. :sick:

    GM was the best thing, and the worst that happened to Saab. My GM-built Saab was an order of magnitude more reliable than the Saab/Scania-built ones I had, in fact it was so reliable I sold it to friends of ours but GM really did suck all the uniqueness out of Saab and they were criminally lax in letting Audi ans Subaru steal Saab's reputation as the car to drive in snow..

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    '64 Chevelle.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    We had many long term SAAB customers who left to buy something else just because you couldn't get a hatchback anymore.

    Some bought A3s some bought Golfs or other hatchback like cars but none of them were really happy with those cars because they were too small.

    This is one medium sized SAAB dealership and I can think of a dozen plus people who left because they couldn't get a hatchback. Think about how many lost customers that is over the entire brand.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,787
    A friend of mine got married in the late '80s... He had an '84 Supra stick at the time, and his new wife drove a slushbox Saab Turbo..

    I loved his Supra... but, when I asked him about his wife's car, he said it would leave him in the dust...

    The wife was gone in a few years... but, he still had the Supra... ;)

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    The power in a SAAB, especially in Third gear with the turbo already spooled up some, is just ridiculous. Back in the 80s through mid 90s there wasn't much else equal to a turbo SAAB for passing power.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Back in the 80s through mid 90s there wasn't much else equal to a turbo SAAB for passing power.

    Oh yeah, they weren't much coming off the line but if it was already moving and you slapped that pedal to the floor, it was like the Hand of God pushing you against the seatback.

    Speaking of seats, Saab (and Volvo-same supplier) had the best seats in the industry.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    They were comfy until the leather started coming off in sheets.

    Here's an odd duck:

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Reliant Scimitar GTE, probably a series five.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Lada Niva.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    This guys' got a very good PR firm. Our politicians should hire them. Of course we'll substitute a Hummer for the Lada :P

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2WTG1NKSy4

    Speaking of Russian cars, I have no idea what this is:

    http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/MechanixIllustrated/6-1959/air_car.jpg
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,700
    That car is a GAZ M-20 Pobeda, the most popular postwar Russian car.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ah, thanks! The subtle modifications threw me! :P

    Just for fun, since you all know what this is:

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Nash Metropolitan? This one maybe a Mountainpolitan? :P

    When I was in my early teens, there was an old guy in our neighbourhood that had a run down house with about 10 of these Nashes parked there. Most were in pretty bad shape but they were packed on his small lot.

    I moved away and a few years later the house was torn down. I wonder what happened to all his cars.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,700
    I suspect that didn't really harm the handling characteristics compared to the stock model :shades:
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    LOL! Possibly improved them. I never drove a car so small that handled worse than a bread truck on bald tires. MG motor, 3-speed column shift, built by a refrigerator maker. It doesn't get much better than that.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    These were sold in Poland under the Warszawa name. When I was a kid I remember taking one as a taxi in the 80s when we lived in Poland They were still around even in the 80s.

    Here's a sedan version:
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