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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I think this one was raced by Dan Spiegel.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    'Tis the season>


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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    On the starting line a '51 Dodge and '49 Chrysler.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Brown (?) and white tutone 55 Ford
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    edited December 2016
    56 and 57 Chevy.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    '55 Buick
    '53 Ford
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited December 2016
    Ahaa. Found it.
    Top left - 1956 Pontiac.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The manufacturer has announced plans to make a"continuation series" of these oldies but goodies>


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    DB4? Aston Martin of course. 65?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    andys120 said:

    Oh yes the Trans-Am Series was a blast to watch with Alfas and Minis duking it out with Camaros, Mustangs and the like. The Nova would've been heavy compared to a Camaro or any of the other Pony cars in the over 2L class.

    Nova and Camaro weighed about the same. Friend had one of those model Novas, had it jacked up with HUGE rear tires. More 'show' than 'go', I think...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    DB4? Aston Martin of course. 65?

    Close, it's the lighter, faster version, a 1963 Aston-Martin DB-4GT. The GT was designed primarily for the race track but like many racers of that era it could be used for street driving.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,392
    andys120 said:


    I'll take the red Toyota Celica, circa 1984. My mom had one of a similar vintage, only hers was light blue.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    Pop up lights. Like them. Probs a GT.

    Yellow 74 gremlin next to the dodge van. I had one just like it.

    Damn, finally a picture in my wheelhouse! Fish in a barrel time.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited December 2016
    Might that be an '84-'85 T-Bird on the far left? Maybe a Turbo Coupe?
    Edit - @stickguy is right, it's a Mustang.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    Next to the celica is a black mustang notchback

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    How can you overlook the K car B)
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,357
    edited December 2016
    Early 80s Caddy Brougham, 86-88 Taurus (2 actually, one in front of pic and the white one further back). There is an Escort far back left, an OJ white Bronco as well.

    Edit: two Escorts on the picture, one behind the K-car.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Ah the late 80s. I see 2 1st gen Taurus, what I think is a white pop up lights Accord in the far background center, and what looks like a BMW E21 or E23 in the background right.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    All I know about the blue Bug is that is the color of the one I drove up the Alcan in '74. The hood was speckled blue when I got home, and the windshield was shot.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    57 Olds
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    berri said:

    57 Olds

    Yup, a 1957 Oldsmobile 98/J-2. I'm not familiar w the "J-2", anyone know what the story is?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It was a performance option--in 1957 it was presented as 3X2 carburetors, with the one in the center doing most of the work and the other two operated by progressive linkages at full throttle. You could even order a station wagon with the J2.

    Olds raced the J2 in NASCAR until multi-carbs were banned there in 1958.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    early 2000s Buick skylark?

    a guy I know had a 4 door version of this. Not attractive styling, and the dashboard lines mimicked the outside swoops.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I think George Castanza drove on of those during his Yankees stint B)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    92-95 Skylark, they received a needed but not-enough facelift for 96. Really odd with that beak, very much 90s GM design aesthetic. I can just imagine the corporate switchgear and display fonts inside.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    George had one at some point. I remember the episode where his car died in his parking spot at the stadium, and the brass thought he was always there working, and that was a Contour.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    IIRC George had both a Skylark and a Regal, along with the Contour (Mystique).
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,357
    I remember looking at those when they first came out. The one my stepdad drove was some version of "90s Teal". It was decent for the day, but he ended up getting a Neon instead.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    George liked the oddball cars. Can't forget the Jon Voight K car convertible either B)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, that's the fugly 1990s version of the Buick Skylark, a car which made a greater than average contribution to GM's eventual bankruptcy.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,392
    andys120 said:


    Early 90's twin-turbo RX-7

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    drool

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Michaell said:

    andys120 said:


    Early 90's twin-turbo RX-7
    qbrozen said:

    drool

    Yup and yup.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    andys120 said:


    Man like car.....man want......
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    I'll pick off the Peugeot 604.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    Not one domestic car in the group. Of course, it may not be a domestic city, but the VW and the Civic have US headlights.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,057
    2 Golfs surrounding the Pug, and a VW van behind that.

    Don't see a Civic. Might need a bigger monitor for that far back.

    I assume this is Germany someplace?

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    You're right, Stick. The headlight surround on the white Golf behind the Pug looked like a contemporary Civic to me. But on closer inspection I see it is indeed a Golf.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited December 2016
    bhill2 said:

    You're right, Stick. The headlight surround on the white Golf behind the Pug looked like a contemporary Civic to me. But on closer inspection I see it is indeed a Golf.

    I disagree, the white car behind the maroon Peugeot is noticebly smaller than the yellow Golf.
    I'm sure it's a VW Polo, mkI or mk2. To this day Polos look like 3/4 scale Golfs.

    Polo mk 1>



    FWIW the photo is from Vienna (Wien) Austri.a

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I don't remember when IH when the vertical dual headlights. I'm going to guess early 60's. Don't think those wide whitewalls are from the same era?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    berri said:

    I don't remember when IH when the vertical dual headlights. I'm going to guess early 60's. Don't think those wide whitewalls are from the same era?

    Early 60s is right, it's a 1961 International Harvester B100 and I think you're right about those WWs, they're more appropriate for a pre-1958 vehicle and wouldn't often be seen on any truck of that era. I'd have skipped the chromed wheels and gone for red painted ones too.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Aston Martin DB6, IIRC Paul McCartney had one.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, that is a DB-6

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