Are you in the market for a new vehicle and considering rising gas prices during your shopping process?

A reporter from a national news publication would like to speak with you about your experience; please reach out to PR@Edmunds.com by Wednesday, 3/25 for details.

Mystery car pix

1…858859861863864…1484

Comments

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Hard as it is to believe, if that were a vintage Bugatti in that condition, it would be restored...well, it would be recreated around a VIN plate, or someone with a Bugatti frame would call up someone with a Bugatti engine who would buy Bugatti instruments from another guy in Europe, blah blah. Then an expert panel beater would remake the body off specs from an actual car.

    When does a car like that cease to be real and become a replica? Still a raging argument in the collector car world. Provenance is everything.

    I wonder if this old Pontiac will still be around in another 50 years? 100?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 270,511
    Corvair Greenbriar?

    Edmunds Price Checker
    Edmunds Lease Calculator
    Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and let us know! Post a pic of your new purchase or lease!


    MODERATOR

    2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Trivia: What famous comedian was killed in a Corvair wagon?
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 270,511
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Trivia: What famous comedian was killed in a Corvair wagon?

    Ernie Kovacs.

    Edmunds Price Checker
    Edmunds Lease Calculator
    Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and let us know! Post a pic of your new purchase or lease!


    MODERATOR

    2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 275,291
    I thought Corvair wagons were Lakewoods?

    (I'm going for broke here, since I got the Brazilian Willys thing right. B) )

    Edmunds Price Checker
    Edmunds Lease Calculator
    Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and share!

    Edmunds Moderator

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    Yup, that's a 1961 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood and yes Ernie Kovacs (a true comic genius) was killed when his crashed.

    The Greenbriar was a small van that used the Corvair drivetrain.

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

  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,657
    If I may add a small detail (OK I will anyway), it is a 1961 Corvair 700 Lakewood. You could also get a 500, which was the base trim. Those puppies were seriously plain.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,057
    Looks like a Subaru Justy, pretty unusual sitting on German plates from Berchtesgaden.
    andys120 said:


  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    Yup that's a Justy.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ah, one of my favorite cars.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,437
    Honda 2000
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,692
    S2000 to be exact.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes but is it an AP1 or AP2?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,692
    That an original early 60s stude avanti? I can't tell the later IIs or cobbled together imitations.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited June 2016
    '63 or '64.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,057
    Round lights make the car.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    It's a 1964 Studebaker Avanti. '64 being the second and last year they were made by Studebaker.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    GAZ Volga King Ranch Edition?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    Da, is 1958 GAZ Volga. is copy of 1954 Studebaker in 3/4 scale. ;)

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

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    So THAT'S where the Studebaker Brothers went that summer!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,057
    IIRC these were actually somewhat reverse-engineered 53-54 Fords.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited July 2016
    I dunno....what do you think?





  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,057
    Maybe they designed the C-pillar differently to not look like a copy. I know I read a story some time ago about how actual ~53 Fords were bought from Norway or Finland (as US cars were exported everywhere then) and studied for the GAZ 21.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Seems to have elements of both cars, doesn't it?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    edited July 2016
    I think this is a Toyota Mark II - this version was the MkII 2000 Grande G. Circa 1988-90.

    They may have sold it under other names in other markets but we didn't get this exact version as far as I can recall..
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    This car was sold in the USA as a 1990 Toyota Cressida, the JDM version shown was callled the Cressida MK.II.

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,437
    Mercury's version of the 54 Ford Starliner. It's a Meteor something. I think it may be Canadian, but not sure.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,057
    Yup it's a Canuck car, 54 Meteor Rideau Skyliner, known as a Ford Crestline Skyliner in the US. The Mercury version would have been a Monterey Sun Valley. I had a slight fixation on the glass top cars when I was a kid. I have to imagine a Canadian Skyliner is quite rare.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,838
    fintail said:

    Yup it's a Canuck car, 54 Meteor Rideau Skyliner, known as a Ford Crestline Skyliner in the US. The Mercury version would have been a Monterey Sun Valley. I had a slight fixation on the glass top cars when I was a kid. I have to imagine a Canadian Skyliner is quite rare.

    I would have to find my photos to check my memory, but I believe there were a couple of those at the CVA (Crown Victoria Association) annual gathering last summer in Dayton. Many of the cars there were Canadian which surprised me. Then I found the parking area where the closed trailers were parked that they used to haul them in rather than driving them.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,838
    edited July 2016
    imidazol97 said:

    I would have to find my photos

    I haven't found mine, but I found those by a local chap who lists upcoming shows and cruise-ins
    and posts pictures he took at many of those shows. He is thorough and gets at least one shot of
    each vehicle. He has 1 Rideau and one Mercury Montclair.

    His full group of 3 pages of shots are here: http://www.countrycruiser.com/2015/fords/index3.htm





    Now this was totally unexpected. I didn't realize they existed.







    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    edited July 2016
    I didn't know a glasstop Ranchero existed either and according to Wikipedia there were no Rancheros before '57. The pictured car is likely a custom conversion from a '56 Ford wagon--and I must add a very cool one!

    :)

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

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,838
    edited July 2016
    andys120 said:

    I didn't know a glasstop Ranchero existed either and according to Wikipedia there were no Rancheros before '57. The pictured car is likely a custom conversion from a '56 Ford wagon--and I must add a very cool one!

    :)

    Two CVA's. Does the sidestrip on the yellow one indicate 1955 while the chrome on the orange one '56?
    Also there is a difference in the type style for the word "Ranchero."


    My own picture from that day at CVA national.


    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,057
    I see those CV pickups have different rear windows, which to me points to them being one-off customs, Kind of cool though.

    When I was a kid in the late 80s, I remember a 55-56 CV glasstop would park at a Catholic school near my house, and I would ride my bike over to check it out. I think it was grey and white. I didn't realize it was so rare.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,437
    Those tail lights on the red and white are NOT from a 56 Ford. Maybe a Merc or Lincoln, but definitely not a Ford.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited July 2016
    tmart said:

    Those tail lights on the red and white are NOT from a 56 Ford. Maybe a Merc or Lincoln, but definitely not a Ford.

    1956 Mercury wagon.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,692
    just watched the latest fantom works, and they worked on a 52 Merc woody wagon. Was quite the unattractive beast the way it was done. No accounting for taste I guess!

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,692
    1970 dodge coronet super bee?

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    1970 dodge coronet super bee?
    R/T

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,657
    edited July 2016
    andys120 said:


    Bugatti Chiron. What is the hp up to now, about 1200 for the base model?

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

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,692
    Coupe isn't bad looking. Almost got bentlyish lines.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

Sign In or Register to comment.

Helpful Tools

Most popular vehicles

Your Privacy

By accessing this website, you acknowledge that Edmunds and its third party business partners may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information about you and your interactions with the website as described in our Privacy Statement, and you agree that your use of the website is subject to our Visitor Agreement.