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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    BIG good-looking car. Seeing it in person really brings the size of it into focus. Most people could stretch out on the seats and go to sleep.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    about 5 inches longer than my Coronet.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The one I saw recently had a nice body and interior but the engine sounded really tired. Smoked a bunch, too.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    The one I saw recently had a nice body and interior but the engine sounded really tired. Smoked a bunch, too.

    Probably cheaper to fix a bad motor than body/interior. Yup, those were ginormous but good looking. Notice how tiny the wheels look. They're aftermarket (Torque-Thrust?) and probably bigger than OEM.

    Never a big fan of Mercs but I wouldn't kick a '63 Marauder out of my garage (it might not fit in though. ;)

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    I was thinking the wheel size looked right even if they're bigger than stock. Maybe they look "tiny" on a 55 y/o car because we're living in the dub era now.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682


    What could be better than a tank of Hi-octane and a free Ford?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Facing away from us at the far right is it a 56 Chevrolet - perhaps a Bel Air?
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    edited January 2018
    60 Square Bird in the background. I had use of a 60 Starliner for the weekend. It had a NASCAR Engine, 390 with a huge 4 barrel carb, and 3 speed with overdrive and a suspension to match. The steering was way to sensitive for me to keep it going straight, but it was rock steady in curves. Without a doubt it was the most powerful car I've driven.

    Update: this was in 1960 in high school.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    I'll grab the 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,757
    Dark colored sedan in the background looks like a sturdy Briggs-bodied Mopar, hood looks a little lower than the first ones, I'll guess ~52 Plymouth or Dodge.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The Jeep in the foreground has the tall grille that indicates the Willys CJ-3B unless it's a military surplus M-606. They raised the hood to accomodate the new Hurricane 4cyl.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    The jeep appears to be active Army with its stenciling on the side of the hood and the driver's being in Army uniform with the exposed white T-shirt and an officer's insignia on the cap.
    He appears to be lost and stopped for directions and is being shown an unfolded road map.
    There's the old Army joke of "Who else would be lost, must be an officer". But I can't say that, I served with some very fine Army officers.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Dang, how did I miss that stenciling? There's a guy wearing a baseball cap that could be military issue too. Oddly the tire seems to have white lettering on it.

    In the back behind the T-Bird is a four post 1957 Chevy, looks like a BelAir.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Same station, different car. IIRC the tells for MY on these have to do w the taillights



    If you've ever had a ragtop w a plastic rear window you're probably cringing. :o

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    It's a 1960 Tbird. Yes, the three taillights on each side and the three chrome strips on the rear fender. Also a sun roof was an option on the hardtop. IIRC it was $212.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    andys120 said:


    In the back behind the T-Bird is a four post 1957 Chevy, looks like a BelAir.

    I can’t see it really clearly on my monitor, but, with the dog dish hubcaps and no obvious beauty panel between the chrome strips on the back fender, it just doesn’t seem like a BelAir to me. Anyone else have a better monitor or can see something I don’t?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    I asked if that car was a Bel Air when the photo was first posted but based purely on the visible pattern of the colours etc. We only get (over restored) Bel Airs over here as no-one brings in the lesser models so its those I see at car shows.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    andys120 said:

    Same station, different car. IIRC the tells for MY on these have to do w the taillights



    If you've ever had a ragtop w a plastic rear window you're probably cringing. :o

    My very first thought when I saw the photo----"HEY! DON'T DO THAT!"
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Must be a marketing photo, 3 guys busy around one car? Never happened at my gas station!
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Ok, Pop Quiz.....
    Motor oil Brands' cans left to right.........
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Dunno/Quaker State/Kendall/Pennzoil/Quaker State?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I'm squinting here..... VEEDOL?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited January 2018
    Which one? The one in the middle I'm pretty sure is Kendall:


    The one on the far left is a mystery, doesn't look like the old Veedol cans I found, like:

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I told you I was squinting :p
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited January 2018
    lostwrench1 said:

    Ok, Pop Quiz.....
    Motor oil Brands' cans left to right.........

    Well, I'm familiar with them all including the top left Havoline except those cans on the bottom row. The closest I can match to those stripes is Cities Service but the bottom half of the can doesn't match.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    The Ford and Dodge were both kind of polarizing, like it or not, designs. That's Ok in my book though because it shows designers taking a creative chance. Gas for 23.9 plus stable pricing an no shortages. Well, that was before Wall Street and London got involved in oil and gas futures.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    Last gen mr2, of course

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,375
    qbrozen said:

    Last gen mr2, of course

    Wasn't that called the MR-Spyder?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    Yes, I think they had Spyder added, but I'm pretty sure it still had a 2 in the name

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yup, it's a 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder. The best looking rendition of the Mister Twos IMO

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,734
    Too bad you couldn't get it in a coupe..

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053
    Austin marina? Around 1970, whatever it is

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,757
    I think that's a Zastava, a predecessor to the Yugo.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    kyfdx said:

    Too bad you couldn't get it in a coupe..

    It's a car for smaller people. I can barely even enter the car with the top up, much less drive it, which is impossible for me. If you thought a Miata was a little tight.....
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    edited January 2018
    This one is a Zastava 1100 but was sold in UK as a Zastava 55 I think




    it's 1/43rd scale so about three inches long
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    I think that's a Zastava, a predecessor to the Yugo.

    Yup, that's a 1972 Zastava 101, essentially a license built Fiat 128 (unlike 128s exported to the US it's a 5-dr Hatch) and a mechanical near twin of the (Zastava)
    Yugo, a car that fell apart almost as quickly as Yugoslavia.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    '52 DeSoto Firedome?
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    That side V would be 1953.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    edited January 2018
    andys120 said:


    I haven't seen anything like this at carshows ever. Great! Beautiful.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    imidazol97 said:

    andys120 said:


    I haven't seen anything like this at carshows ever. Great! Beautiful.

    That's not surprising. They only made 1,100 Firedome Estate Wagons in 1953, so chances are there are less than 100 left, and of those probably less than half running, and of those, just a handful presented at car shows.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    texases said:

    '52 DeSoto Firedome?

    You're only off by a model year, it's a 1952 DeSoto Firedome, I love this car!! It's one of the nicest '50s wagons I've seen and what great colors.

    MoPars didn't get one piece front glass until '53 when everybody else did 'cept Hudson.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    How long is that thing?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,804
    edited January 2018
    Found it. 208.4". Shorter than my F150 but about half a foot longer than our T&C

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    andys120 said:

    texases said:

    '52 DeSoto Firedome?

    You're only off by a model year, it's a 1952 DeSoto Firedome, I love this car!! It's one of the nicest '50s wagons I've seen and what great colors.

    MoPars didn't get one piece front glass until '53 when everybody else did 'cept Hudson.
    OK----even MORE rare as a 1952 Firedome Estate---only 550 made. There can't be more than two dozen running at this point, I would guess.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    It's a '53.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    Did Dodge and Chrysler have equivalent models of this wagon?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    imidazol97 said:

    Did Dodge and Chrysler have equivalent models of this wagon?

    You rang?>

    Dodge Coronet Sierra



    Chrysler T &C



    Like everyone else Plymouth had wagons but I couldn't find a really jazzy one

    Plymouth Suburban




    (All are 1953 MY).

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