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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,324
    That's an Ontario plate, so something Canadian or allowed to be imported to Canada.

    Some sort of Nissan?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    Honestly, I'm a bit stumped. Could just be all the mods messing with me, but there are little details that say NOT a Volvo, such as the tilt of the grille and the rounded corners of the windshield. But all the hood and door creases are correct to the 850, I believe.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    Definitely not a Volvo.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,844
    Some angles resemble a Mitsubishi. Galant wagon?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    edited December 2017
    Right country, wrong brand (Mitsubishi).
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    I think the wagon is a Nissan Stagea. BC plates, because Canada has more logical private import laws than Murka.

    Shifty's car is a Skoda 110 coupe.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    edited December 2017
    ok, you win.

    1997 Nissan Stagea autech 260rs. And they certainly borrowed heavily from Volvo styling.



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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    Right about the Stagea, I think it's a '98. I'd never heard of it before, too bad they didn't sell it here.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    1955 Chrysler 300.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    "the legendary 1955 Chrysler C-300 coupe"
    A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    omarman said:

    "the legendary 1955 Chrysler C-300 coupe"

    lostwrench1 said:

    1955 Chrysler 300.

    Yup, the 1955 Chrysler C-300 is considered the original Muscle Car. It also is a case of tripping over its nomenclature. They start with the '55 C-300 then go to the 300B in '56 and then to the 1957 300C. Pretty confusing IMHO.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    Nice car.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I really like those cars. Well-made, nice clean styling for the time, and very capable.

    Not sure I'd agree about the "muscle car" business---this car is still a big boat. It wasn't a down-sized anything.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I really like those cars. Well-made, nice clean styling for the time, and very capable.

    Not sure I'd agree about the "muscle car" business---this car is still a big boat. It wasn't a down-sized anything.

    I guess we have different ideas of what a "Muscle Car" is. It's a term that came into prominence almost a decade after the introduction of the Letter 300s when the GTO was introduced so it came to mean a big engine in an intermediate car. The GTO and its many imitators worked on the "no substitute for cubic inches" theory embraced by the hot-rodders of the era.

    The C300 did have performance enhancements not seen in other big sedans of the era. Perhaps I should have said "first of the factory hot rods".

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited December 2017
    Well there was the 1955 Chevy "Power Pack" option, but it didn't put out 300 HP. It was a lighter car, though, with a short-stroke engine. I would venture to say that a drag race 0-60 would be neck and neck between the two. The "books" say 0-60 in 10.2 for the Chrysler and 10.3 for a stickshift Belair.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    Tesla Model X, the darling of every over-monied hardcore normcore wannabe techie in Seattle.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Or the non-SUV, SUV. Rear seats don't fold down to load anything, no place for a roof rack.

    However, you can show your passengers "Look Ma, no hands!" or stay up late and watch for updates.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    I don't get how Tesla made something so ugly compared to their previous designs. Oh well.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    fintail said:

    Tesla Model X, the darling of every over-monied hardcore normcore wannabe techie in Seattle.

    They might be numerous in Seattle but I can count fingers on one hand for every one I've seen and have a couple left over. How did they manage to make an SUV look like a Korean compact.?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,346
    andys120 said:


    I saw a whole truckload of those, on the way to the Tesla dealer, just last week.

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    edited December 2017

    For scale that's Audrey Hepburn stepping out of a red version of the mystery car. Same year?
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    The same car made a memorable appearance in 1963'sThe Pink Panther (it's a guy in a gorilla suit driving)>

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    Heck, there's a red one in my workplace garage, I see it every day :)

    I don't have the love for the design had by others. It's a big egg to me, and the S and 3 are different sized eggs. The way I see it, with a Tesla, you are buying a remarkable powertrain, and the rest is a free gift, sometimes the free shows. Dull pseudo-modern design perfect for being parked in front of a PNW mcmodern house, inconsistent build quality, interior suitable for a car of half the price.
    andys120 said:



    They might be numerous in Seattle but I can count fingers on one hand for every one I've seen and have a couple left over. How did they manage to make an SUV look like a Korean compact.?

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Man, I wish I had one of those....the gorilla suit I mean.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Thats an Autobianchi Bianchina - I have a 1/43rd model of one of those and its tiny...
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    fintail said:
    Heck, there's a red one in my workplace garage, I see it every day :) I don't have the love for the design had by others. It's a big egg to me, and the S and 3 are different sized eggs. The way I see it, with a Tesla, you are buying a remarkable powertrain, and the rest is a free gift, sometimes the free shows. Dull pseudo-modern design perfect for being parked in front of a PNW mcmodern house, inconsistent build quality, interior suitable for a car of half the price.
    They might be numerous in Seattle but I can count fingers on one hand for every one I've seen and have a couple left over. How did they manage to make an SUV look like a Korean compact.?
    I think the original S is a handsome car. Not so much since they did away with the grille.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    I agree about the grille. It reminds me of the girl without a mouth in "Twilight Zone The Movie".

    I am probably jaded both by dislikes for the tax break, and the local faithful drivers, who seem to combine the worst stereotypes of Prius and BMW drivers.
    qbrozen said:


    I think the original S is a handsome car. Not so much since they did away with the grille.

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The S has nice proportions. They did a good job on that one. The rest? Not so much. Interiors on Teslas need a definite upgrade as well, all across the board.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    magnette said:

    Thats an Autobianchi Bianchina - I have a 1/43rd model of one of those and its tiny...

    I'm pretty sure the Autobianchi Bianchina itself is a 1/43 model ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676


    I think the original S is a handsome car. Not so much since they did away with the grille.

    I think so too, the same is true of the Model 3; eliminating the grille leaves a car with no "face" which isn't attractive to most people. Designers know this so they put grilles on most cars even though they aren't functionally necessary any more (most cooling air is taken in from under the car).

    Every now and then someone comes up w a grille-less design that works (see Porsche 356/911, Chevrolet Corvair I/II)

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I don't understand Tesla doing away with the grille. I know it is electric, but I'd think electronics still benefit from airflow.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    If only the Tesla had looked like the Fisker Karma, much cooler design IMO.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ironic that they are now putting gas engines in the older Karma, as a retro-fit.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    When the original unit conks out, maybe time for a diesel swap, or AMG V12, or highest spec Corvette engine etc.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    What's a mystery is that no EV manufacturer can make any money.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,802
    Datsun Fairlady. '66?

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    '62-'72 Datsun 1600.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    qbrozen said:

    Datsun Fairlady. '66?

    iluvmysephia1 said:

    '62-'72 Datsun 1600.

    Youse are both off just a little, it's a 1964 Datsun Fairlady 1500.

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    That's right, the Fair Lady name preceded the 1600 name.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    It's dark out but I'll bet you recognize most of these>



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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I'll take the '61 T-Bird
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,661
    61 Starliner to the left of the T-Bird.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,324
    '56 Ford second from the right?

    Ubiquitous VW in the background.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Michaell said:

    '56 Ford second from the right?

    Ubiquitous VW in the background.

    Nosiree, the Ford is a 1957.

    '56 Ford>


    '57 Ford>

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Well, the Dodge on the right is a 1950. As to the Plymouth between the Fords, it's a '46, '47', or '48.
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