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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,847
    hey, Happy Birthday.

    No clue on the song.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    stickguy said:

    hey, Happy Birthday.

    No clue on the song.

    Thanks!

    It's pretty obscure, but from a member of the Eagles when he went solo.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,257
    In the Garden of Allah.  Don Henley.  Good hint, wouldn’t have remembered that song without it. 

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    '62 Austin Healey in a beautiful shade of red. Something Sammy Hagar, the Little Red Rocker, would love.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    andys120 said:


    iluvmysephia1 said:

    '62 Austin Healey in a beautiful shade of red. Something Sammy Hagar, the Little Red Rocker, would love.

    Nope, sorry that's not a Healey and you're almost a decade off on MY.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,847
    is that one of those models built on a TR2 Triumph chassis? A swallow or some such?

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    tjc78 said:

    In the Garden of Allah.  Don Henley.  Good hint, wouldn’t have remembered that song without it. 

    Exactly!

    "When good was good, and evil was evil. Before things got so ... fuzzy"

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    stickguy said:

    is that one of those models built on a TR2 Triumph chassis? A swallow or some such?

    Sorry Stick you're way off.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Cmon you guys! Do I have to intervene here? :p I think Magnette is the only one to save you. Think early 50s weirdo British makes. HINT: If you start with the alphabet you won't have to go far.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,665
    Looks like an Allard badge. but I have no clue about the models.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    BZZZT! Point for fintail.

    It looks to me to be a K3--but they did make this odd variation called a Palm Beach or something like that.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited December 2017
    Allard Palm Beach - I think an early one (it goes to Mk III but I think this might be one of the first ones)...

    EDIT - or a K3 as you say...

    Never saw one on the road only at car shows...

    When I was a kid I used to see one of the big saloons - probably a P2 - parked near a relative's house but didn't find out what it was for years ..
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    edited December 2017
    The red car is a 1953 Allard K3, it's mechanically similar to the more well known J2/J2X but not as competition oriented. It's similar in appearance to the Palm Beach but the PB was generally sold with a 4cyl Ford while the K3, like the J2/J2X were sold without motors.
    U.S. market examples usually ended up w Cadillac or Chrysler V8 power.

    AFAIK the Palm Beach featured a curved one piece windshield as opposed to the flat pane divided windscreen of the larger K3.

    Allard Palm Beach>

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    You could get a Palm Beach with a 6 cylinder as well, in the later models. There was a 21C (4 cyl Consul) a 21Z (6-2.2L Zephyr) and a 72Z (6-2.5L), made all the way to 1960. Apparently a Jaguar XK engine was used for the very last of the line.

    Allard stopped making their own cars in 1960 and produced specialized versions of the 105E Ford Anglia. They were marketed as the Allardette.

    Interesting history!
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    A month or so ago I posted the picture of the Maloo, the Aussie Ute, at the local cars and coffee. We couldn't figure out how it ended up here in the states.

    Turns out a company here in CO is responsible for them.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    A vehicle whose time has passed, I think. But good luck to those guys, anyway.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited December 2017
    Allard also made this beast in about 1954/5 but only about 10 of them and I saw this one - which is one of two survivors - in the Birmingham Classic car show a few weeks back.. This is someone else's photo some time earlier.

    It is known as an Allard Clipper and I guess Packard didn't think the name clash would affect their sales too much...


  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    By way of a contrast....



  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    Maybach 57s

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Cartoon headlights!
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Cartoon headlights!

    Surprised we haven't seen one of these in the "Cars" movies....

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Yes - Maybach 57S The number plate is Luxembourg - although the photo was taken in England
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,665
    The depreciation floor on those fancy W220s with a Daewoo-esque grille is awfully high.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    I can't find any in the auction reports. Guess most will just have to settle for an S class. ;)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,665
    The last one I saw at a local dealer was something like 79K, for a 2004 model. And that's just the first payment.

    I think one can get a mint low miles AMG W220 for 15K today.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    It's time for another installment of "mystery car lyrics"!

    Today's lyrics are from a duo who wrote songs independently for some time, then got together to record their one and only album in the mid 1980's.

    Ready?

    Ms. Cristina drives a nine four four
    Satisfaction oozes from her pores
    She keeps rings on her fingers
    Marble on her floor
    Cocaine on her dresser
    Bars on her doors
    She keeps her back against the wall
    She keeps her back against the wall

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,847
    I know what a 944 is. No clue on the song.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    @Michaell - now you're just making me feel old. Googled the song, never heard it (or heard of it), nor of the duo.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,847
    I feel old all the time. You get used to it.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Well you know, 80s music..... :(
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Was married for much of the 80s so missed it all really. Got better in 90s ....
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,348
    I was single for the entirety of the '80s, but all of the good music was made by 1980, so I quit listening to newer stuff. :p

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    The 70's and 80's were both all over the board musically, so personally I find some good stuff and some truly awful stuff as well in both. But in all fairness, music is a personal preference thing. But I like your line. What's next, I'd like to but the wife won't let me B)
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    I came of age in the 80’s, though I do like other eras as well. 

    It is all subjective and personal —- kinda like the cars we choose to drive. 

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,847
    so, what song, and band?

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    stickguy said:

    so, what song, and band?

    Welcome to the Boomtown, by David and David.

    Stay tuned for another installment, soon!

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Michaell said:

    I came of age in the 80’s, though I do like other eras as well. 

    It is all subjective and personal —- kinda like the cars we choose to drive. 

    Oh, a relativist. Yeah, Joe Montana or Jon Kitna---it's all the same :p
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,847
    Michaell said:

    stickguy said:

    so, what song, and band?

    Welcome to the Boomtown, by David and David.

    Stay tuned for another installment, soon!
    I know that song. I am just really lousy with remembering lyrics.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    edited December 2017
    andys120 said:
    DB11 Volante. Nose looks great but those rear flanks from this angle remind me of a last gen Eclipse.


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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,329
    Bonus points if you can name the TV show this is from....


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    It's from Mannix and that's the guy who played the title character but i can't recall the actor's name. As for cars, I can ID the small sports car on the left, it's a mid-60s Healey Sprite/MG Midget.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    qbrozen said:


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    DB11 Volante. Nose looks great but those rear flanks from this angle remind me of a last gen Eclipse.


    Can't say I agree but looking at it from another angle shows the fender bulges are very smoothly integrated>



    IMHO the DB11 Volante is a styling triumph. Most high dollar sports/GT cars now are characterized by what I'd call "aggressive aero" styling but the DB11 is a throwback to the gorgeously clean styling of the 1960s/70s. There's a coupe version but for my money the open version is the real looker.









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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    I think its just the lighting from that one angle. It is definitely an attractive car, as expected from AM.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,348
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Michaell said:

    I came of age in the 80’s, though I do like other eras as well. 

    It is all subjective and personal —- kinda like the cars we choose to drive. 

    Oh, a relativist. Yeah, Joe Montana or Jon Kitna---it's all the same :p
    Don't get me started on Jon Kitna.. :(

    Oh, and objectively.... all great music was recorded prior to 1980.
    You can look it up. (right here... where I stated it)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,665
    That AM reminds me of a large version my rental F-Type. Or from the front, a Fusion cabrio B)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    fintail said:

    That AM reminds me of a large version my rental F-Type. Or from the front, a Fusion cabrio B)

    It was Ford that stole A-M's grille, not the other way around.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,348
    It might look down-market in pictures. But, one of those drives by you, it'll give you goosebumps.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,665
    Yes I know that, but that doesn't change how it now screams Ford, I see 100x Fusion for every AM (and thanks to the tech boom and my area being a haven for the devilspawn of offshore money launderers, there are plenty of AMs here).
    andys120 said:




    It was Ford that stole A-M's grille, not the other way around.

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited December 2017
    A nice old assortment



    This is taken in a factory car park in Merthyr in the South Wales coalfield and therefore it is more than likely that there would be less modern cars but I don't know the date.

    What's the betting that bloke is standing there waiting to tell someone they can't park there....
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