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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    I adjusted quickly in Ireland (other than driving a car which on those roads should have been wearing a "wide load" sign). But I think it would have been unnerving driving a car on the right with the wheel on the right too. Unless I started delivering mail!

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,333
    stickguy said:

    I adjusted quickly in Ireland (other than driving a car which on those roads should have been wearing a "wide load" sign). But I think it would have been unnerving driving a car on the right with the wheel on the right too. Unless I started delivering mail!

    I'd guess that passing on a two lane road is ill-advised.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    It's years since I've been in Ireland but the roads there were so quiet even compared with rural areas of Britain... Had terrible road signs though- first one five miles to Galway,second one three miles, third one four miles etc... They do have some pretty narrow lanes though - that was like Wales but less hilly...
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    If you drive in a fair amount of traffic, RHD or LHD doesn't much matter.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    In NJ, lanes are merely suggestions anyway. ;b

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    So far no one has named the slick red sports car I posted.

    Here it is >

    Here is an ancestor which had the same name>



    Going...going...

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    edited October 2017
    I'd say a TVR Griffith.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That's a TVR Tuscan or something like that? They have weird names. Oh, wait...that's a Griffith, isn't it? -- a re-badged TVR with a Ford V8. I just noticed the fender vents. If it's not that, I give up! :'(
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    That's a TVR Tuscan or something like that? They have weird names. Oh, wait...that's a Griffith, isn't it? -- a re-badged TVR with a Ford V8. I just noticed the fender vents. If it's not that, I give up! :'(

    Yep, that's a TVR Griffith 400 which is, as you say a rebadged TVR Tuscan with a Ford small-block in place of the four-banger it came from TVR with. A Long Island TVR dealer named Jack Griffith came up with the idea of shoe-horning a 289 into the tiny coupe.

    TVR has changed hands at least half a dozen times since the 1964 TVR-Griffith 400 was created and the current owners' newest offering is the slick red coupe I posted which features power by a Ford Coyote 5 liter V8. TVR has probably offered more different models than any other sports car maker.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    I love the old model myself.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    andys120 said:
    So far no one has named the slick red sports car I posted. Here it is > Here is an ancestor which had the same name> Going...going...
    Oh, didn't know you were waiting on an answer. As was pointed out, the badges tell ya what it is. ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,333
    I'll take the Corvair heading towards us.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I'll pick off the ~55 Caddy behind the Corvair
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1956 Cadillac.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    What's the difference, it is in the bumper? I only remember the rear quarter panel is different.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    MGB headed away.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Over the MG's roof, maybe a Rambler American.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    And a '63 Olds 88 in the foreground
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    fintail said:

    What's the difference, it is in the bumper? I only remember the rear quarter panel is different.

    Parking lights locations.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Basic model 63 Chevy in the lower right corner
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    59 Pontiac. Looking at the teens, where's Wally and Eddie Haskell B)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    berri said:

    59 Pontiac. Looking at the teens, where's Wally and Eddie Haskell B)

    Yup, that's a 1959 Poncho, can't tell if it's a Catalina or Bonneville from that angle.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Yeah, the camera angle doesn't help on that Pontiac. Looking at the trim I'd guess Catalina, but I don't think Bonneville that year was over the top with chrome either, so I could well be wrong.

    No idea on that Rolls. Looks like it was carved out of a block of wood though ;)
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    andys120 said:


    With that color scheme I’m going to guess it’s a Ghost. Could be the new Phantom, though.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Yep, that's the new Phantom, a mild looking but probably significant update.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    berri said:

    Yeah, the camera angle doesn't help on that Pontiac. Looking at the trim I'd guess Catalina, but I don't think Bonneville that year was over the top with chrome either, so I could well be wrong.

    No idea on that Rolls. Looks like it was carved out of a block of wood though ;)

    If only we could read the lettering on the grille.
    Pontiac = Catalina
    Bonneville = Bonneville
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited October 2017
    Odd that the wiki picture of the Bonneville has 'Pontiac' on the other grill, along with 'Bonneville', while no other pics I've found have both.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Bonneville#/media/File:Goodwood_Breakfast_Club_-_1959_Pontiac_Bonneville_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    edited October 2017
    berri said:

    59 Pontiac. Looking at the teens, where's Wally and Eddie Haskell B)

    That pic was taken from a video called Moment of Decision! which you can find by scrolling down to the bottom of this page entitled, "Should we steal this car?" There's a pretty good look at the back of the car starting around 8:18 which might help ID what model it is.





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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    Yep, that's the new Phantom, a mild looking but probably significant update.

    Keerect, it's the 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom which they managed to make even uglier than the previous version. If I saw that coming toward me I'd think it was a Kenworth or Freightliner not a big-bucks luxury car. This has to be the ugliest car produced by the BMW Group.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    omarman said:

    berri said:

    59 Pontiac. Looking at the teens, where's Wally and Eddie Haskell B)

    That pic was taken from a video called Moment of Decision! which you can find by scrolling down to the bottom of this page entitled, "Should we steal this car?" There's a pretty good look at the back of the car starting around 8:18 which might help ID what model it is.


    The video wasn't very helpful. There was a script on the rear fin but I couldn't make out what it said. The interior shots looked pretty good so I'm guessing the convertible was in fact a Bonnie. I'd be tempted to joy ride that beautiful Wide-Tracker if I saw one someone was dumb enough to leave the keys in.

    True Confession, me and a buddy once "borrowed" a Healey Sprite for a "Joy Ride" back in the day :s

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    andys120 said:

    fintail said:

    Yep, that's the new Phantom, a mild looking but probably significant update.

    Keerect, it's the 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom which they managed to make even uglier than the previous version. If I saw that coming toward me I'd think it was a Kenworth or Freightliner not a big-bucks luxury car. This has to be the ugliest car produced by the BMW Group.
    It takes talent to make such an expensive automobile look like a kit car ordered from a catalog.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,648
    andys120 said:

    omarman said:

    berri said:

    59 Pontiac. Looking at the teens, where's Wally and Eddie Haskell B)

    That pic was taken from a video called Moment of Decision! which you can find by scrolling down to the bottom of this page entitled, "Should we steal this car?" There's a pretty good look at the back of the car starting around 8:18 which might help ID what model it is.


    The video wasn't very helpful. There was a script on the rear fin but I couldn't make out what it said. The interior shots looked pretty good so I'm guessing the convertible was in fact a Bonnie. I'd be tempted to joy ride that beautiful Wide-Tracker if I saw one someone was dumb enough to leave the keys in.

    True Confession, me and a buddy once "borrowed" a Healey Sprite for a "Joy Ride" back in the day :s
    You've been reported to the authorities. :D

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    omarman said:

    berri said:

    59 Pontiac. Looking at the teens, where's Wally and Eddie Haskell B)

    That pic was taken from a video called Moment of Decision! which you can find by scrolling down to the bottom of this page entitled, "Should we steal this car?" There's a pretty good look at the back of the car starting around 8:18 which might help ID what model it is.





    Ahaa! The video clinches it. It is a Catalina.
    The video doesn't show a '59 Bonneville's 4 rectangles on the side.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Good eye, Omarman. I never noticed those dopey rectangles.

    Who can tell me what the little import four-door was that pulled out and cut off the escape of the culprits? If I'm right it's a type rarely seen in the USA.

    That driver should've been cited for not looking to see if anyone was coming. ;):)

    BTW- that guy in the striped sweater looks like Wally to me.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I think the car that backs out in front of the Pontiac is a Fiat 1100.

    I also notice the police car is a 61 Ford, just like in American Graffiti.
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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,648
    "It's Incrediburgible, Burger Chef!"

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Center stage - 1968 Mercury Park Lane.
    Burger Chef! Haven't been to one in over 40 years.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,648
    lostwrench1 said:

    Center stage - 1968 Mercury Park Lane.
    Burger Chef! Haven't been to one in over 40 years.

    I think they are kaput.

    It was one of our main hangouts in high school ('70s). We called it the B.C. Lounge.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,333
    I found the pic in an article about defunct restaurant chains.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    behind the Mercury (which always makes me think of the original Hawaii 5-0) is an early Toyota Corona.

    Is the light green car by the building, off the LR flank of the Red Pancho, a Rambler?

    and the bike I assume is a 60's Honda. That is cool.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Behind the white Merc is a white '62 Chevy wagon and ahead of the Merc is a '64 Pontiac.

    That Merc is the newest car visible by several yrs.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    I think the car that backs out in front of the Pontiac is a Fiat 1100.

    I also notice the police car is a 61 Ford, just like in American Graffiti.

    Yup, it looks like a Millecento to me too. The 1100 may have been the best all round car ever made by Fiat but it wasn't exported to the US so I was surprised to see it in the video

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Michaell said:

    I found the pic in an article about defunct restaurant chains.

    I knew I'd seen that pic before somewhere. It was one of the pics taken on August 9, 1969 in Treasure Island, FL at the opening of the 1,000th Burger Chef restaurant.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    Burger chef must have been a southern thing. I never heard of it before today.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    64 Pontiac ahead of the Mercury. Second picture, maybe a 65 Chevelle.

    I recall Burger Chef had a few in the Chicago area, but I don't think they lasted there very long.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    stickguy said:
    Burger chef must have been a southern thing. I never heard of it before today.
    I remember the name. Not sure if that is because we had them in NJ or for some other reason.

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