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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I'll just take the furriner, that Saab 93 must have seemed pretty alien there and then.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Absolutely. Look at quickly smart phones age. 3G? Old school now, you need 4G. By the time you get that they will be on 6G. :D
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    You can have the oil smoker 2 cycle Saab, I'll take the 58 Pontiac, or even the 56 Dodge.
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    edited October 2011
    Hey Berri, take a closer look at the '58 Pontiac - I think it looks more like a '58 Chevy!!! (see the quad signal lights rather than the dual Pontiac ones).

    BUT, what's that behind the Saab? Is it a '54-'55 Kaiser??????
  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    I think it's a Studebaker....
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,028
    The built in screens are pretty large now.
    I don't think I would like one of for 4 inch screens the portable units have.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited October 2011
    Good eye WGrafer, it is a Chevy, the Poncho did not have that dual signal lamp cluster>

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    I think I'm going to have to agree w Jwilliams, that looks a little like a Kaiser but more like a Stude to me.

    Doesn't that Saab 93 look cute with whitewalls? :shades:

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Got on my newer computer and blew the pic up and now see quad parking lamps making it a Chevy. The other car is still a hard call to me. It has a rather flat windshield like a Studebaker, but the headlight pod looks like a Kaiser?
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    I'll eliminate the Kaiser because of the lack of the widow's peak in the top center of the windshield.
    I'll go with a Studebaker police car with either a police light or siren bolted to the bumper below the headlight.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Makes sense to me. I forgot all about those add on siren things in the early 50's.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    What's funny is that some built-ins are still 6.1", while my portable is a full 7" size. :shades:

    Built-ins go as big as about 10" though, I believe. Pretty awesome, and those tend to be HD quality too. Just be ready to pay a small fortune for it.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Now, now---a two stroke Saab Monte Carlo is a very fun car and a former rally champion.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Bizzarrini something
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, it's a 1966 Bizzarrini Strada featuring Corvette power and aluminum bodywork. When Giotto Bizzarrini was at Ferrari he was the main designer of the 250 GTO, perhaps Ferrari's most legendary car.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    1967 Plymouth Barracuda. Back in the day a good friend had one - green convertible 318 V-8, 4-speed. Very fun car.....
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited October 2011
    1967 Plymouth Barracuda

    Yup!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited October 2011
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    BIGGER!

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  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    edited October 2011
    Looks like a Jeep, a late 40's Chevrolet Fleetmaster woody Station Wagon, and a Maverick?
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    I can tell you its a Jeep CJ5. Exact year would be impossible since the style hardly ever changed. Somewhere between '76 and '83.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The Chevy Fleetmaster is a '48 and the Maverick is a 1970. IMCDB agrees that the Jeep is a CJ5 but it looks to me more like a newer YJ (AKA Wrangler).

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Looks like a low-end 1961 Pontiac Tempest wearing wheelcovers from a 1970 Catalina or Bonneville.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Well, it's a Tempest but which year. If it had the Tempest badge on the front fender it would be a 61. The side windows indicate it could also be a 62. I wish we could see the grille.
    I'll put my chips on 61.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited October 2011
    Those cars, had a LOT of torque. That's 1/2 a Pontiac V8 in there, so a big 4 indeed.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    They had some kind of funky tranny and driveline IIRC. I seem to remember the greasers in school calling them something like rope drivers.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, it's a '61 Pontiac Tempest with the "rope drive" set up which IIRC was a flexible drive shaft attached at one end to the motor and at the other end to a rear-mounted trans-axle, in this case a three-speed on the floor.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Ferrari 308 GTB, I'll guess 1979.

    Next to it is a Honda Prelude of the same vintage, maybe early 80s.

    I see a Bettle Cabrio in the distance, too.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

    Ferrari 308 GTB, I'll guess 1979.

    Looks more like a 308 GTS to me.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,028
    From 'Against All Odds'?
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup,

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  • jwilliams2jwilliams2 Member Posts: 910
    Maybe a 308 GTS Quattrovalvole, early 80's.....
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Kvale Mangusta c. 2005

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Oqay!

    It's an '01 btw.

    Henry's 2001 Qvale Mangusta
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,348
    When that car first came out one of the car mags reviewed it. I sent a letter in saying how could they charge that much and have Ford Taurus switch gear (hvac knobs, etc) They published it with the heading "Qvale is job one"

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,028
    I liked that movie, had a couple of nice cars in it too.
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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,028
    Posted this before, Mangusta is an anagram for A Mustang.
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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Mangusta - sounds a bit like sellers of langosta trying to pass them off as lobsters, when they are really more of a crawdad.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,705
    Lotus Europa?

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Mangusta is an anagram for A Mustang

    My favorite is:

    I love my CR-V EX

    becomes

    Love my Cervix

    Imagine the toddler mom owner saying that. :D
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That's a Renault powered Lotus Breadvan (aka europa) with an interesting anti-theft device---no one over 5' 7" could possibly drive one.
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,766
    The Europa always struck me as one of those answers to the question nobody asked.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Well you could never count on Colin Chapman doing anything conventional.
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,766
    True. When it worked (Elan) it worked!! When it didn't...oh well.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, that;s a 1978Lotus bread...er Europa, Chapman's first mid-engine road car.

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