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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's a Fiat 1100 Spider with special coachwork and a '57 pricetag of 1,200,000 Lira (about $30 USD?:P).

    Maybe you know enough Italian to figure out what they were doing, the ad at the bottom of this web page references MG.

    You're right about the awful fake wire wheels but on the whole I'd rather have one of those than a Siata Spring.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    '49 Willys?

    -juice
  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,452
    Nope... Toyota. That horizontal grill screams Land Cruiser.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's an FJ25 Land Cruiser, MY ca. 1960.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Hey that was a pretty good guess, wasn't it? Anyway, it's painful to look at. I don't know what Fiat was thinking putting their name on this thing. I bet it's a glas car.
  • acura_el2000acura_el2000 Member Posts: 19
    I belive thats the new japanese honda civic hybrid. or just there normal 4 door hatch version.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I belive thats the new japanese honda civic hybrid. or just there normal 4 door hatch version.
    It's the 4-dr hatch, notice that there are only two door handles :confuse:

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  • steine13steine13 Member Posts: 2,828
    Yeah, two on each side... the rr handle is integrated into the C pillar... Nissan Pathfinder-like.

    VERY nice looking car. Of course, everybody knows Americans don't buy hatchbacks, so we don't get the darned thing.

    Of course, people seem to buy the ZX3 and -5, the Matrix/Vibe, and the Mazda 3 5-door....

    -Mathias
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • au94au94 Member Posts: 171
    early 50's Chrysler Town & Country. If I'm not mistaken a convert version went for a mint at Barrett-Jackson a few years ago.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Very early 50's, it's a 1948 :)

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  • au94au94 Member Posts: 171
    well, I'll take partial credit. Pinpointing exact model years is difficult for me for some reason. This one is WAY before my time!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    about this being before your time>>
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  • au94au94 Member Posts: 171
    Japanese version of the M45? Current model year.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Nissan Fuga I think.

    -juice
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    You're both right. In most markets the Infiniti M 35/45 is the Nissan Fuga.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I saw one of these in an old movie and tried to guess the year, I was off by two>>

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    60 or 61?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    1960 Caddy Eldo Biarritz.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ferrari 250 GT Pinanfarina Coupe. Hard to tell the year without looking at the brakes and suspension but I think I can see through the wire wheels, so that means disc brakes and at least a 1960 model.

    total production 350, not really a speed demon, more of a touring type of car, as a "GT" should be.

    Styling is regarded as a bit bland by Ferrari standards.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's a '59

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
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  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,452
    I beleive that's a Toyota emblem but I have no idea.
  • acura_el2000acura_el2000 Member Posts: 19
    I am pretty sure thats the current Japanese version of the corolla, not sure of the name, but the body from the windsheild back is exact.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    AFAIK the JDM version of the Corolla is called the "Corolla" :P

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,452
    With the sweet wireless wire baskets!! Guys used to run the wire basket rims without the wires because they thought they looked like Cragar SSTs. They didn't but you could even put the SST center cap on those.

    I'll say late 70s 260 Z. I think they were still Datsuns at that time.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Ugly bumpers, so... 260Z?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Fake out, it's a '77 280Z ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    good lesson in how to mess up a sports car! Thank god we didn't end up with a 4,000 lb. Miata!
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Buick - no idea on model name ... '68, perhaps?
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    Looks like 68 to me. Wildcat!!!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Bingo!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    <img src="http://www.eastohiocoolcars.com/Ford/1969ShelbyCobra/1969ShelbyCobra_A8.jpg

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  • jaserbjaserb Member Posts: 820
    There were two types of bumpers on 260Zs - early ones were nice thin ones similar to the 240Zs, and late ones were just like the 280Z. Late 260Zs and early 280Zs (75-76) are identical externally.

    -Jason (who has owned more 260Zs than he cares to admit)
  • jaserbjaserb Member Posts: 820
    The hood louvres are a tip off - these were only installed on '77s and '78s. I remember wanting a louvred hood on my 260Z 'cause I thought they were soooo cool....

    -Jason
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    Mustang GT500. I'm saying a 1970.

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

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Kind of an awkwardly big style for the Mustang. Not nearly as clean as the early ones.

    -juice
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's a '69, nearly identical to a '70. Juice is right, the late Shelby's were criticized for being to tank-like but they were based on Mustangs which put on a lot of weight in the late 60s and even more in the early 70s.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    350GTs way mo' betta. :P
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    GAZ Volga, still in production IIRC

    The stereotypical KGB agent car - and it features 1968 styling with 1978 mechanicals still built in the 21st century
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    The Volgas get mild styling refreshing every 10 years or so to keep ahead of the competition, and to be on the cutting edge of uber-luxury market. :P

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    According to Edmund's Volga production will soon come to an end.
    Customers seeking modern reliability in addition to dullness are switching to Toyota. :P

    There's somethiong about the Volga that reminds me of a late 60's Audi 100 but that's probably coincidence.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I'm not sure what that is Navi, perhaps a tuner version of the Ferrari F430?

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