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  • dougb10dougb10 Member Posts: 185
    I had one of those babies...bought it new in 1958...three on the floor..I think it had 32 HP.
    Really cheap to run...had the worst Dunlop tires on any car I ever had...no seatbelts of course...a real plastic steering wheel and the car was prone to rust. It saved my bacon though financially...we were just married and had a baby on the way. When our first son was born, we took the top off the carriage and laid it across the back seat and away we went...stuffed as much as we could in the front trunk. Thankfully we never hit anything because I shudder to think about the consequences!
    More kids arrived and bigger cars took over.

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

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,172
    Last-gen Toyota Cressida, '92-ish?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,719
    I think it might be an 89 or 90 model - no belt buckle emblem
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Yup, it's a late (Gen IV) Cressida ('88-'92). It's mislabeled as an '89 Camry in an LAT
    article! (click on #4)

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

  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
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    Which brand & model, and where?

    Regards,
    Jose
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Fiat Panda 4x4, first-generation. Somewhere Italian is spoken.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    They made this old shape Panda for a long time- they were still selling it until about 2003, in Italy, and the van version was still being used by the Italian Post Office and telephone engineers etc when we last went there in 2007...

    This one has the grille for the Panda 45, so it isn't one of the earliest, but I think that grille was later standardised on the whole range.

    Commune di Viallanova is presumably the Villanova in Piedmont, although I suspect there are other Villanovas - it sounds like a fairly common name....
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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    Steering wheels and fuzzy dice are aftermarket. ;)

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

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    '64-65 Pontiac Tempest LeMans?
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    The red truck looks like a late '50s-early '70s IH.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Close but no cigar Stephen. Anyone else?

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

  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    edited July 2010
    To Stephen and Magnette,

    Fiat Panda 4x4, often in use even by the Police in Italy. You've got it right. This one in the picture was for multi use in a small village in Sardinia Island, Italy, as recently as five days ago during their 'La Festa de la Pecora'. Not one of the oldest Pandas, anyway.

    Regards,
    Jose
  • kodi24kodi24 Member Posts: 2
    Please help: http://forum.gram.pl/upl/forum/2010_27/20100709192513.jpg
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Looks to be a '76 or '77 Chrysler Cordoba which has been modified into a convertible. No convertibles were made for that car from the factory.
  • kodi24kodi24 Member Posts: 2
    It is probably a early Cordoba, but i was confused about the lack of the roof too, maybe it really is a special version, i wonder who made it
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    63-64 Pontiac Grand Prix.
    A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,172
    Found this when I googled it: "1 of 200 made in california by global coaches of orlando,fl "
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    edited July 2010
    1964 Pontiac Catalina 2+2! Verrry tricky!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Yep, it's from a 1964 Pontiac GP

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    You know how tricky Alfa nomenclature can be>

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

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Tricky indeed...that car, with the "stepped hood" must therefore be a "Giulia Sprint GT", a pre 1969 version of the more familiar GTV 1750.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Dang, I was hoping to trick someone into saying it was an Alfa GTV but you are correct; it's a 1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT

    Giulia Sprint GT>image

    GTV 1750>image

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

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited July 2010
    The tip off is the "stepped hood"--well the easiest thing to spot along with the lights.

    These are wonderful cars. Along with the Volvo 123GT, among my very favorite 60s foreign coupes that are a) fun to drive b) durable, c) attractive, and d) actually worth something so that you can spend $$$ on them. Not too many coupes of that era meet all 4 criteria.

    You can stump a lot of people with just photos of various Alfas. They can be quite confusing.

    Try a 1965 Type 101 Giulia Spider 1600 -- most people miss that one, too.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    edited July 2010
    The tip off is the "stepped hood"--well the easiest thing to spot along with the lights

    The angle of the photo of the blue Giulia coupe obscures the stepped hood which is why I thought it'd fool someone. :blush:

    The other cue is the turning signal on the front fender which got moved under the outer headlights on the GTV.

    We'll save the Giulia Spider for another time. ;)

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

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

  • haunted420haunted420 Member Posts: 1
    I found this at a garage sale, no idea where they picked it up. Pics posted up here..

    http://s740.photobucket.com/albums/xx41/haunted420/

    It's got a transmission temperature gauge :D
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,719
    Reminds me of a previous generation Escalade, definitely GM.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    1953 Panhard Dyna Junior Roadster
  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    … a nice Renault 4CV at the back of the scene.

    Regards,
    Jose
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Actually it's a 1954 Panhard Dyna Junior Roadster, not that it looks any different from a '53.

    I've never been able to figure out how the French went from building perhaps the most beautiful cars in the world from the mid 30s til 1950 to making cars as ugly as that.

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

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

  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    edited July 2010
    Fintail is right, it's from an older Escalade.

    I found a photo of the entire dash:

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    2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited July 2010
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Not that the transmission temperature gauge really helped :P
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Riley 1.5, early 1960s.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Riley 1.5, early 1960s

    Right Stephen987. I'm not sure but IIRC this was a badge-engineered version of the Hillman Minx/Sunbeam Rapier. The Rootes Group seems to have adopted this strategy even earlier that British Motors.

    The Riley 1.5s of a decade earlier were a lot classier looking than their 60s namesakes>

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

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    edited July 2010
    Nope. Riley wasn't a Rootes brand. The Riley 1.5 and Wolseley 1500 were based loosely on the Morris Minor. But the front end does bear a resemblance to a contemporary Rootes car--take a look at this Singer Gazelle.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,719
    That older one is essentially a 1930s car made well into the 50s. Aah the Brits.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    The Rileys of the late '50s through mid '60s were caught up in the mergers that led to the formation of BMC--hence Riley, Wolseley, Austin, Morris and MG all had variations of the same B-series engine, and eventually all had their own version of the BMC 1100. IIRC they all also wound up with versions of the Mini, except MG.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    It appears to be a 1946-48 Plymouth.
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Looks like a '46 or '47 Plymouth (I don't remember
    any difference between them).

    I do remember my parents talking - after WWII there
    was such a demand for new cars you had to go on a
    waiting list, so the manufacturers really didn't need to
    do a lot of re-designing right away!
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    After WW II, you could sell a wine barrel on roller skates as a new car---and it looks like some automakers did.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    Yup it's a '47 Plymouth Deluxe

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

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

  • jlbljlbl Member Posts: 1,333
    At first sight, looks like a Simca Ariane or Simca Ariane 8 (either 4 or 8 cyl, both in early Sixties). My guess is Simca Ariane just plain. Though the plates are not French, the back scene can be it.

    Regards,
    Jose
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Hmmm, I thought the "double" tail light feature didn't arrive until 1948. If we knew the tire size as being 15 inch, then that would be the clincher that it's a 48.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,678
    It's a Simca Vedette ca. '54 so it probably started on the design boards of Ford of France.

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

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