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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    ???????

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited August 2017
    Here's the same scene from another angle. You can see our mystery car(s) inboard of the red K-G. It's not much help, is it?

    Still no cars any newer than '62 are there?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I think the blue car behind the red KG is a Lloyd. No doubt a Volvo dealer would have other oddballs. Car beside the KG might be a Simca (?), and maybe a MB ponton beside that.

    Can't tell if the cool flat top Caddy at far left is a 59 or 60, I think a 60. Interesting domestic back lot too, nice color combo on the 58 Ford.

  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    That 58 Ford Fairlane 4dr sedan was not a real common car. Next to that 56 or so Nash, is that a fairly uncommon 55 or 56 Hudson? Picture is kind of blurry on my computer screen. Some kind of interesting used cars on a Volvo lot, which leads me to wonder if the place is selling Volvo's wouldn't that lead you to thinking the picture was taken later than 62? Don't see any newer than 62 domestics, but not real knowledgeable on differentiating imports.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    I think the blue car behind the red KG is a Lloyd. No doubt a Volvo dealer would have other oddballs. Car beside the KG might be a Simca (?), and maybe a MB ponton beside that.

    Can't tell if the cool flat top Caddy at far left is a 59 or 60, I think a 60. Interesting domestic back lot too, nice color combo on the 58 Ford.

    My first thought on that light blue car was Renault Dauphine but after enlarging the pic I think it could be a Borgward Isabella (related the Lloyd IIRC).
    berri said:

    That 58 Ford Fairlane 4dr sedan was not a real common car.

    It's true that Ford had a down year in '58 after outselling Chevy in '57 but '58 Fairlane sedans weren't exactly unusual. The family across our street had one.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    You must have grown up in a wealthier neighborhood than me. Ours was almost all the lower line 6 window models sprinkled with a few Ranch Wagons and Country Sedan Wagons. Guess I'd better call you "sir" ;)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    A 58 Ford 4 door HT would be the real rarity, not sure if I have ever seen one in person before.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    edited August 2017
    fintail said:

    A 58 Ford 4 door HT would be the real rarity, not sure if I have ever seen one in person before.

    I don't think I've ever seen a 1958 Town Victoria on the cruise-in or car show circuit in these parts. The 4-door hardtop Chevrolets for 58 are out there, but not the Ford.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    edited August 2017
    Come to think of it, the oldest 57-64 Ford 4 door HT I can recall seeing would be a 63 - and even those are pretty rare. I have seen a few of the semi-fastback 64 models.

    The Town Victoria design, with the little notch at the C-pillar, is odd to be, but not unattractive. Of course, for me, the ultimate would be a 1960 model - I have never seen one of those either.
    imidazol97 said:



    I don't think I've ever seen a 1958 Town Victoria on the cruise-in or car show circuit in these parts. The 4-door hardtop Chevrolets for 58 are out there, but not the Ford.

  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    edited August 2017
    When my kids were in high school they had a classmate who drove a 64 Ford Galaxie 4dr HT. It had that kind of sloping, inverted and slanted C pillar and back door glass treatment. I thought it looked rather cool for the times. Some of the millennials do seem interested in older Detroit iron and design.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Good Ole boys drinking' whiskey and rye....


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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    berri said:

    When my kids were in high school they had a classmate who drove a 64 Ford Galaxie 4dr HT. It had that kind of sloping, inverted and slanted C pillar and back door glass treatment. I thought it looked rather cool for the times. Some of the millennials do seem interested in older Detroit iron and design.

    The one that most tempts me is a '63 Galaxie 500XL 4-door HT. They offered them in '63 and '64 but they are unicorns. One of the few domestic 4-doors with buckets up front, including a console with floor shift for the Cruise-O-Matic. I thought it was major cool.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Obviously Chevy boys.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    edited August 2017
    That's a very plain 1954, but it has whitewall tires.

    What is the young man holding in his hands?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited August 2017
    imidazol97 said:

    That's a very plain 1954, but it has whitewall tires.


    Not so much plain as stripped of chrome and insignia as was the fashion when I was in HS.
    imidazol97 said:

    What is the young man holding in his hands?

    He's holding a flask of booze, hence my caption.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,654
    Seagrams 7

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Kyfdx: Ah, the old favorite 7+7 B)

    So Andys 120, were you a greaser back in those HS days? I remember my uncle telling me about a friend who got a 63 Impala SS coupe for his HS graduation. One of the first things he did was replace the SS 409 Badge with a 6 cylinder emblem. Too much!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    berri said:

    Kyfdx: Ah, the old favorite 7+7 B)

    So Andys 120, were you a greaser back in those HS days? I remember my uncle telling me about a friend who got a 63 Impala SS coupe for his HS graduation. One of the first things he did was replace the SS 409 Badge with a 6 cylinder emblem. Too much!

    Not exactly, my folks wouldn't let me get a DA or a leather jacket but I had some friends who were greasers and very much into souping up old cars, mostly to make them look faster rather than to actually be faster. ;)

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    berri said:

    Kyfdx: Ah, the old favorite 7+7 B)

    So Andys 120, were you a greaser back in those HS days? I remember my uncle telling me about a friend who got a 63 Impala SS coupe for his HS graduation. One of the first things he did was replace the SS 409 Badge with a 6 cylinder emblem. Too much!

    My dad used to drink 7&7

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    A friend of mine had a Corrado. I always admired it.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,654
    I really like the Corrado.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,654
    Michaell said:

    berri said:

    Kyfdx: Ah, the old favorite 7+7 B)

    So Andys 120, were you a greaser back in those HS days? I remember my uncle telling me about a friend who got a 63 Impala SS coupe for his HS graduation. One of the first things he did was replace the SS 409 Badge with a 6 cylinder emblem. Too much!

    My dad used to drink 7&7
    Every hillbilly that comes to the big city for the first time drinks 7&7. It's all they know. ;)

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    kyfdx said:

    Seagrams 7

    I could tell when I looked at the picture on my phone. ON my old XP laptop, the picture wasn't clear enough to be sure. LOL

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    kyfdx said:

    I really like the Corrado.

    Yup, it's a 1993 Volkswagen Corrado.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419


    Every hillbilly that comes to the big city for the first time drinks 7&7. It's all they know.

    A true hillbilly only knows moonshine! Seagrams was store bought liquor!

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited August 2017
    These cars all have something in common, besides the obvious (4 wheels, gasoline power etc.). Do you know what?












    Photos by Spanish Coches.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    1973?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Tom Tjaarda?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited August 2017
    fintail said:

    Tom Tjaarda?

    Yup, those cars were all styled by Tom Tjaarda, an American ex-pat who worked at Ghia and Pininfarina. He's best known for the Fiat 124 Sport Spider and the Pantera but had a hand in designing dozens of cars. Tjaarda died this year at 82.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    The Fiesta and Pantera gave me the clue. I remember reading about him when I was a kid - some iconic stuff from him, definitely.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    andys120 said:


    80's Renault R5. Wickedly fast and scary machine to drive, since they relocated the engine behind the front seats.

    Think French 911 Turbo.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346
    Mystery wheel.... (amazing that it had the same lug pattern)


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I assume the T-Bird is a 63, with the landau option.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    And the wheel is off an LH series Chrysler ... early to mid 90's.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Staying with Rusty relics



    This was in Delta Colorado according to the person who took it.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    edited August 2017
    I'll grab the 56 Ford and Mercury.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1946-1948 Chrysler
    1945 DeSoto
    A small something.
    1954 Pontiac
    1953 Chrysler
    1954 Plymouth
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I think the little car in the middle is an early 50s Aero Willys



    Wrench how can you tell the Poncho is a '54 (it looks just like the '53 we had)?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    edited August 2017
    I don't think that the small car is Willys - I think instead its a German Ford Taunus



    Actually more like this one


  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346
    Michaell said:
    And the wheel is off an LH series Chrysler ... early to mid 90's.
    Yes 

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Definitely a Taunus. Background looks obviously American to me, I wonder how that came over, I was not aware the small run of German Fords sold on this side of the pond in that era were here that early. Maybe brought over by a serviceman.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Never mind the Willy's - love that old Eastern Lockheed Constellation piston engine propliner :p
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    andys120 said:

    I think the little car in the middle is an early 50s Aero Willys



    Wrench how can you tell the Poncho is a '54 (it looks just like the '53 we had)?

    The '54 had that winged circular nose badge.

    (And if there are any other old airliner enthusiasts, the registration number of that magnificent Lockheed Constellation is now assigned to a single engine, 2 seat aircraft! I had the good fortune of flying in a "Connie" and it was one of Eastern Airlines. If only I knew its registration number. Ok, back to cars..............).

  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    edited August 2017
    At the Constellation's end it ran on the Eastern east coast shuttle (DCA-LGA-BOS). Speaking of the Willy's Aero, when I was a kid the guy who delivered the newspaper drove one of those (not sure of the year though). He then replaced it with a 55 (I believe) Willy's Bermuda. Both were pretty uncommon sights in the Chicago suburbs I grew up in. I had forgotten about those Willy's in my neighborhood. Also had an engineer who owned several Hudson's and another neighbor who liked Kaiser's. Probably because they were relatively cheap used cars back then. Thanks Andys and Lostwrench for the memories! I really enjoy these pictures.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    There's something about Connies, everyone seems to love those.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Never flew one, but understand they could sometimes be a bit touchy and tricky. The subsequent Lockheed Electra 4 engine jet prop was considered a pilot's plane (once they resolved the wing attachment problem that is).
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    "(once they resolved the wing attachment problem that is). "

    YIKES!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    texases said:

    "(once they resolved the wing attachment problem that is). "

    YIKES!

    Oh yeah the Electras had some real problems. I don't think there are many left in airline service but the P-3 Orions are essentially militarized Electras and lots of 'em are still in service.

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