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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yeah. 'tis a '62 Silver Cloud II DHC. The plain wheel is a contrast to the well-instrumented
    dash.

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  • oregonboyoregonboy Member Posts: 1,650
    Whoa, mama. Trick or Treat. :P

    james
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Mid-50s Hudson Hornet, built off the Nash platform.

    Bob
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Looks like they glued everything they could find on there except the handles from the door to the men's room. Yikes!
  • themoon77themoon77 Member Posts: 102
    Wow, kinda looks like a Checker on Halloween night!

    No clue as to what it really is.

    Edge
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    The Halloween car is indeed one of the last Hudsons, likely a 57 model
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    That's exactly what it is and what a sad end for Hudson which made some of the coolest cars of the early 50s.[click]

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    That old Hudson has a tri-tone color combo (white black & orange). Tri-tones were popular during th mid '50's. A number of cars offered that kind of paint treatment back then. Thank god the popularity didn't last long.

    Bob
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    I see the Opel badge...I'll guess an Astra, sport model
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    You're hot today, Fintail, it's an Astra GTC 1.9.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'm pathetic at anything before the 80s, but I think that's a Mercury Capri?

    -juice
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,779
    Wow.... that is pathetic... ;)

    Some Buick or Oldsmobile variation on the Chevelle.... Or possibly, a Canadian version....

    Year? I'd say about '70-'71....

    regards,
    kyfdx

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    74 Buick Skylark GS

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,779
    Well.. sure.. if you want to be specific.... lol..

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You think that's bad imagine what my next guess would have been. ;)

    -juice
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,779
    No thanks.... but, that Capri guess (and I can see a little resemblance in the front end) got me thinking I had the whole thing wrong.... I started thinking..."Is this a Ford?"

    shewwwwww

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    74 Buick Skylark GS

    Close but it's a '72 and it's not a Gran Sport.

    Here's a Post 1980 car for Juice (don't blow it ;)

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  • steine13steine13 Member Posts: 2,828
    Not to get confusing...
    .. but my first thought was "1970s Ford Capri".
    Which was a German-market-only rear driver that I swear looks sorta like it....

    See for yourself: http://www.autowallpaper.de/Wallpaper/Ford/Ford_Capri_1/Bilder/Ford_Capri_2.jpg

    -Mathias
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Capris were sold here under the Mercury name in the '70s, V6 cars were sourced from Koln (sorry, I can't do that oomlat thing) while four-bangers wre from Dagenham, England.

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  • steine13steine13 Member Posts: 2,828
    Dude, you're scaring me.
    I'm late to the party; where do you get all this stuff!!!!????
    -Mathias
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    Boy, you missed a lot of AMerican history growing up in the old country.

    Not too long ago someone posted a link to Capri website. Way more info than you ever wanted.

    The gen 1 capris were another of my favorites when I was young.

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    A Pontiac Firebird, perhaps?
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Andy, are you sure the '72's not a GS? I see the badge on the grille...
    The Firebird looks like it might be an '84, '85 or so? It looks like it's some kind of aftermarket/tuner package...are those Camaro rims on it?
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Yeah looks like it has the IROC/Z28 rims on it.

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  • themoon77themoon77 Member Posts: 102
    Cool paint job. Reminds me of the old AE86 Trueno/Corollas. The wing, however, is hideous. MSE.....Motor Sports Engineering?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Andy, are you sure the '72's not a GS? I see the badge on the grille...
    The Firebird looks like it might be an '84, '85 or so? It looks like it's some kind of aftermarket/tuner package...are those Camaro rims on it?

    Actually I'm not sure but the dealer's ad makes no mention that's it's a GS. You'd think a dealer would want buyers to know that and tell them which motor it has. :confuse: .

    Oh, those are definitely Camaro rims on the '83 Pontiac Tran-AM MSE. Yes that's a tuner package from Mecom Racing, Here's the ad.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Shelby's recent fiasco. YUK!

    Bob
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Easy, Shelby Series 1.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,779
    Yeah... I really liked the Capri...

    When I was a teenager, a skycap at the airport had one.... With a bodykit.. the kind that looked like it was bolted on.. Yellow, with black stripes... very cool..

    I did see the front end resemblance... even before you posted the picture..

    Really, if Mercury had called the Merkur XR4Ti a Mercury Capri, it might have been successful...

    regards,
    kyfdx

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's not what you think.

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Don't really know what it is, but is sure looks great.

    I'm guessing it's from a British manufacturer, possibly Jaguar, from the 50s.
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    ...but I have no idea what the model is.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    Is this the same as #2644?

    andys120, "Mystery car pix...." #2482, 9 Sep 2005 2:08 pm

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    that looks like the Jag?

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    The red one doesn't have the hood ornament, the silver one has a hood ornament. The wheels, the front bumper shapes match. But the silver has those awful extra lights on the front.

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  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Missed the hood ornament.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Jag Mk I, which was made from 56-59 IIRC
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
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  • w9cww9cw Member Posts: 888
    2006 Kia Rio
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yep, it's the Mark One Jag which debuted in 1955 and along with the Alfa 1900TI was the prototype of modern sport sedans as we know them.

    The Mk. I can be visually distinguished from the more numerous and better -
    known Mk. II by the thicker C-pillar and heavier door surrounds. Unlike the pictured car, Mk.I Jags are generally seen with disc wheels and dog-dish hubcaps.

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    No it's not a Kia Rio, it's not a Kia at all.

    Read the First Drive of the Kia Rio to see what it looks like.

    http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=107123
  • alman08alman08 Member Posts: 282
    ">new here, how about this one

    <img src="http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/BEIJING2020ST_WEB-2.JPG
  • nedc2nedc2 Member Posts: 192
    It's a Ford Ikon, which is a sedan, obviously, based on the previous generation Fiesta platform. IIRC they were originally designed in India for their home market, but are now built several places including the Cuautitlan Mexico plant.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Is that the Rumanian SUV they're trying to bring to the US? I can't remember the name of the thing.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Gaack!

    Worst. Vehicle. Ever.

    /Comic Book Guy

    :lemon:
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