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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Michaell said:

    My wife's stepfather had one of those, in the same color; you think it could be the same car?


    Maybe. They only made (just guessing here) around 18,000--20,000 of them, but Jeeps have a pretty good survival rate. That yellow is a very popular color for Jeepsters, for some reason. It really seems to show the car off the best. They don't look good in dark colors IMO.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Michaell said:

    My wife's stepfather had one of those, in the same color; you think it could be the same car?


    Maybe. They only made (just guessing here) around 18,000--20,000 of them, but Jeeps have a pretty good survival rate. That yellow is a very popular color for Jeepsters, for some reason. It really seems to show the car off the best. They don't look good in dark colors IMO.
    My MIL sold it after her husband passed; possible it was refreshed for the other pic.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I'm not sure I've ever laid eyes on a Jeepster that wasn't yellow/black.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,651
    andys120 said:


    Is that a Mitsubishi?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Nope,not a Mitsu.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Did a search on 'EPi Turbo', up popped a 1987 Suzuki Jimny.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    I knew it was a Suzuki. Looks like a samari hardtop.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Suzuki was kind of a strange perturbation in the US car market. For a short while Suzuki dealerships seemed to be springing up all over the place. Then within a few years they seemed to be dissolving all over the place.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    Well, so were the cars.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    texases said:

    Did a search on 'EPi Turbo', up popped a 1987 Suzuki Jimny.

    Yup, it's an '88 Suzuki Jimmy EPI Turbo. The EPI Turbo was a JDM model never officially exported to the USA. I'm a fan of the Jimmy and the Samauri because small size is an asset for off-road work. In general I wonder why the Asian makers haven't taken on the hot-selling Wrangler directly since the days of the FJ40 LC. Surely there's a market for a reliable off-roader of modern design.

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    I saw a post from a Suzuki Jimny owner who called his car "Chimney, for obvious reasons..."
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited October 2017
    The Samurai was a credible off-roader, although it didn't look like it. It was just horribly underpowered. A Toyota 22RE slips in pretty easily I'm told. It didn't get a lot of love because of the engine and looking like your little sister drives it. Rather mini in the macho. B)
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    I remember test driving one when first came out. don't remember much speed happening.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I think it was only 1.3L. No wonder the off-road folks mostly (but not all) hated it.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    I volvo in Vermont. Who ever would have guessed that?

    1959 PV544?

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Above the grill it says Volvo!
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    I saw it on Hemmings earlier today, so I'll refrain.

    stick got the model but not the year

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    they made these long enough that I have no idea how to tell the year apart. Didn't they go up to 1965 or something crazy like that?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    I volvo in Vermont. Who ever would have guessed that?

    1959 PV544?

    It's nearly impossible to tell an exact MY on those, it's a '61.


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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    Oh, I thought it was the '63 on Hemmings. I see now it is not. Same color though.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    One of my favorite cars. These cars are fun to drive and tough as nails and really easy to work on.

    The PV544 ran from 1958 to 1965 (some sold as 1966 models). Between the PV444 and PV544, Volvo made a boatload of these cars, well over 400,000 of them.
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Well, it's a Dodge pickup. I'll leave the year to y'all.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    tmart said:

    Well, it's a Dodge pickup. I'll leave the year to y'all.

    Wow, how'd you figure out it was a Dodge? :p

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,651
    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    Well, it's a Dodge pickup. I'll leave the year to y'all.

    Wow, how'd you figure out it was a Dodge? :p
    I'm going to go with a '77 D-100. Reminds me of a work truck I drove that year.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Front Row - '46 Cadillac, '47 Chevy, '56 Ford.
    Texting while crossing the street back then? Nah, no way.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    57 Ford behind the 46 Caddy on left.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    Well, it's a Dodge pickup. I'll leave the year to y'all.

    Wow, how'd you figure out it was a Dodge? :p
    It was a tuffy until I saw the grill!! And the 100 on the side.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The Dodge truck is a 1977 D-100. Those black spoker wheels aren't exactly period correct but look good to me.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Michaell said:


    Interesting shot. The Caddy on the right looks like a '47/'48 and directly behind it we can see a Ford, perhaps a '57 so there's a big spread of years represented. The Chevy in the middle looks about the same vintage as the Cadillac. Most of the other cars visible are nearly decade newer than the 2 oldies in the front row.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I think that might be a mid 50's Mercury 2nd behind the Chevy pickup on the right?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, with that bulge in the rear fender. And behind that a ....'56? Chevy and behind that maybe a '54 Ford F100.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Yeah, '56 Chevy has that drooping beltline
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Surprised to see one of these behind the shop doing my annual inspection. The one I saw was VERY rough:
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    Jensen Interceptor?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Yep, this one's a '71. How'd you know?
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    Process of elimination, basically. Key on the left narrows down the suspects quite a bit. Auto transmission, manual brakes, big flat hood. All narrowed it down to British, yet obviously not Jag, Triumph, etc. Then there is that steering wheel that looks aftermarket but is actually correct, not to mention the sloping square door opening.

    Wheeler dealers refurbed one of these once upon a time.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    No doubt worth a bit more in Limeyland than in Murka.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    fintail said:

    No doubt worth a bit more in Limeyland than in Murka.

    Median auction value about $10K
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    The one I saw was a 4 or so, so make it $10....
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    The car maker emblems say it all but there's something familiar about the front exit side pipes...
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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    good god i want that

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I think I could learn to live with it myself :p I'm a sucker for fast and "dedicated" coupes that aren't trying to be something else.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    I want mine with the steering wheel on the left.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    There is that....
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    I can adapt

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