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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,456
    I know nothing about the CT24 but it looks like a mating of a Citroen front end with a 1st-gen Corvair back end. Surprisingly, I rather like it. Not sure about the "clap-hands" wiper design that meets in the middle of the windshield though.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    Like the old saying - the French copy nobody, and nobody copies the French B)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    A Renault Dauphine next to the Panhard and then a nice light green Pug 404. Past the Puegeot we have what could be an old Simca Aronde

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    I would say the car next to the CT24 looks like a Renault Dauphine but the badge on the wing makes me think it may be the slightly upmarket version - the Ondine.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    edited May 2018
    1948-ish Studebaker pickup? Looks like the heavy duty version.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2018
    texases said:

    1948-ish Studebaker pickup? Looks like the heavy duty version.

    Yup, '48 Studebaker M51/1 Ton.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,794
    SAAB. 96?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Saab 93?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Saab 93
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Saab 93?

    Yup.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Two-stroke, 3 cylinder. The 850 "Monte Carlo" is really a fun car to drive.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,456
    magnette said:





    But he might drive a boring Vauxhall.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    You really shouldn't smoke while racing at Lemans.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    With a Rover P5 beside it.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Yes its a Vauxhall Viceroy. This is a forgotten car really - they made them for several years from 1978 but seem to have been little known even when new.

    The larger Vauxhalls were by then re- badged Opels and the ones everybody knew were the Carlton - an Opel Rekord - and to a lesser degree the Royale which was the Opel Senator, but between these was the Viceroy based on the Opel Commodore.

    Earliest version had slightly more 'chrome' - plastic... but this is one of the facelifted ones from 1981/2.

    Rear view of the same car.




  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,233
    magnette said:
    Maybe it’s just me but I see a lot of Ford Tempo in that car. 


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    Now here's something a Tempo look:

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,150
    I get more of a Chrysler K-Car vibe...

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    kyfdx said:

    I get more of a Chrysler K-Car vibe...

    That's what I was going to say - from the A pillar back it looks a lot Plymouth Caravelle/whatever:
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,456
    fintail said:

    Now here's something a Tempo look:

    image

    I find it hard to notice the car in that pic.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    British/German Ford Sierra, an even uglier variant was sold here as the Mercury Merkur mid 90s IIRC.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    edited May 2018
    Yep, with Ms. 80s Chic is an early Sierra 4 door. We got the 2 door as the Merkur XR4Ti. This car started the Ford worn bar of soap styling theme that influenced the aero T-Bird, Tempo, Mark VII, and Taurus, and pushed US design into a modern age.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    I saw that on BaT. I can't imagine what it could cost to be sorted, but great color combo anyway.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,456
    edited May 2018
    As one of the commenters there noted, I am struggling to understand the thinking of the original purchaser of one of these ordering it in metallic red over cream leather.

    But it was 1969, and drugs were becoming more popular. Maybe a record company exec.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2018
    fintail said:

    I saw that on BaT. I can't imagine what it could cost to be sorted, but great color combo anyway.

    Pick a large number.

    Then double it. Maybe with 3D printing some parts have come down in price, but an OEM distributor cap used to cost hundred, and a water pump something like $1,500. This car has hydraulic seats and windows with high pressure lines running throughout the car. If a line breaks, it could actually be dangerous if you were a technician working up close to it. When I worked at Benz, we used to break pencils with those windows (yes, just for fun). They worked like the entry doors to the starship Enterprise bridge deck. ;)

    That tank could haul ____ though. It wasn't poofy like a Rolls. It "handled" pretty well for its size.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2018
    Slowly I opened the overhead door to the storage shed. I shined my light into the darkness, looking for a light switch, as I inhaled the thick odor of dust and old cardboard.

    And suddenly, in the glow of the overhead florescent light, I saw......


  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,799
    ab348 said:
    As one of the commenters there noted, I am struggling to understand the thinking of the original purchaser of one of these ordering it in metallic red over cream leather. But it was 1969, and drugs were becoming more popular. Maybe a record company exec.
    I must be missing something. What is wrong with metallic red over cream?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2018
    Well this was a very formal car, built for heads of state and for exclusive livery service. Red's a bit pimpy for this class of vehicle (ahem...in my opinion).

    But then, I remember one of the playboy siblings of a wealthy American family driving one of these into a ditch. Allegedly, we heard at Benz that he was naked and his hair was dyed green.

    But we mustn't judge.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,799
    edited May 2018
    ab348 said:
    This one has me stumped. In more ways than one. 

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,139
    qbrozen said:


    ab348 said:



    This one has me stumped. In more ways than one. 

    That looks like an Aston Martin badge on the bonnet.

    But .... but .... those headlights scream anything but.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    I'm stumped too and I'm very much into Brit roadsters. It's too small for an Aston. I'm thinking perhaps a TVR. :s

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Slowly I opened the overhead door to the storage shed. I shined my light into the darkness, looking for a light switch, as I inhaled the thick odor of dust and old cardboard.

    And suddenly, in the glow of the overhead florescent light, I saw......


    Mercedes 220S, late 50s/early 60s.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,139
    andys120 said:

    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Slowly I opened the overhead door to the storage shed. I shined my light into the darkness, looking for a light switch, as I inhaled the thick odor of dust and old cardboard.

    And suddenly, in the glow of the overhead florescent light, I saw......


    Mercedes 220S, late 50s/early 60s.

    Is that a vinyl roof, or just a lot of dust?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2018
    Well this was a very formal car, built for heads of state and for exclusive livery service. Red's a bit pimpy for this class of vehicle (ahem...in my opinion).
    andys120 said:

    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Slowly I opened the overhead door to the storage shed. I shined my light into the darkness, looking for a light switch, as I inhaled the thick odor of dust and old cardboard.

    And suddenly, in the glow of the overhead florescent light, I saw......


    Mercedes 220S, late 50s/early 60s.

    Nein! Not a 220S and not late50s/early 60s.

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    @ Michaell -- it's a convertible.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2018
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    andys120 said:

    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Slowly I opened the overhead door to the storage shed. I shined my light into the darkness, looking for a light switch, as I inhaled the thick odor of dust and old cardboard.

    And suddenly, in the glow of the overhead florescent light, I saw......


    Mercedes 220S, late 50s/early 60s.

    Nein! Not a 220S and not late50s/early 60s.

    If you say so but it sure looks like this '57 220S Cabrio>

    Okay the bumper is a little different.


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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I have a VIN plate and trunk badge on my side, so I'm sitting pretty here. B)

    OK, OK....more hints:



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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    1951-ish MB 300S cabrio?
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,799
    andys120 said:
    I'm stumped too and I'm very much into Brit roadsters. It's too small for an Aston. I'm thinking perhaps a TVR. :s
    TVR was my gut reaction but I can't find any TVR that matches.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    edited May 2018
    I am thinking 100K, maybe a little more, to get it how I might want it, anyway. The W100 cult doesn't like patina.

    It'd be cool when finished though, maybe a 1 of 1 in that color combo. You'll run in the red to match the color of the car, but it'll be a hit at your local MBCA gatherings.
    Mr_Shiftright said:



    Pick a large number.

    Then double it. Maybe with 3D printing some parts have come down in price, but an OEM distributor cap used to cost hundred, and a water pump something like $1,500. This car has hydraulic seats and windows with high pressure lines running throughout the car. If a line breaks, it could actually be dangerous if you were a technician working up close to it. When I worked at Benz, we used to break pencils with those windows (yes, just for fun). They worked like the entry doors to the starship Enterprise bridge deck. ;)

    That tank could haul ____ though. It wasn't poofy like a Rolls. It "handled" pretty well for its size.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,639
    I could have got this by the pic, but the data plate helps a lot. It's W186.014, a 300 / Adenauer cabrio. 1952 is quite early for one of these. Lovely car.
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I have a VIN plate and trunk badge on my side, so I'm sitting pretty here. B)

    OK, OK....more hints:



    Keep trying. Even after one of you get it, there's a surprise at the end for everyone!

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    The British roadster is a revival of an older make which had been more prolific in the 50s- 70s.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,456
    magnette said:

    The British roadster is a revival of an older make which had been more prolific in the 50s- 70s.

    Yes, that's correct. I'm surprised this has stumped the panel so far.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,799
    edited May 2018
    hmmm... I suppose that could be a Lagonda badge ...??
    But I'd be surprised if they could make anything that ugly while under Aston Martin.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    I couldn't find a Lagonda like it. But I have seen it before...
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