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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,160
    texases said:

    I couldn't find a Lagonda like it. But I have seen it before...

    Not sure why they would bring something like that back... not with all the pretty AMs available.. :(

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    texases said:

    1951-ish MB 300S cabrio?

    Nein!---but closer.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited May 2018
    @ fintail -- yes a 1952 Mercedes 300 Cabriolet B (I don't refer to these as Adenauers because I kind of think the closed cars are more appropriate to the term).

    And now for the surprise. Can you tell something about the engine that is in it? (engine was modified somewhat to get it into the car).


  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Is that a 300SL engine, tilted upright?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yep. It's a 1957 300SL engine, either from a long-gone coupe or GW. The intake manifold is missing, as is the dry-sump system, so the engine has lost value.

    Still, this is a rare case where the engine is worth as much as the car itself!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,641
    Wow, that's pretty crazy. I wonder who did that, and when.

    Adenauer rode in a cabrio, that's enough for me :)

    For reference, early Adenauers had dual carbs, and looked like this:

    image

    Later models gained FI:

    image

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Yep. It's a 1957 300SL engine, either from a long-gone coupe or GW. The intake manifold is missing, as is the dry-sump system, so the engine has lost value.

    Still, this is a rare case where the engine is worth as much as the car itself!

    I'm seeing the intake manifold down in the shadows...?
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    ab348 said:


    OK, time to sound the buzzer and give the answer.

    It is a Jensen S-V8, produced 1998-2001.

    https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/jensen-s-v8-what-might-have-been

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,799
    ab348 said:

    ab348 said:


    OK, time to sound the buzzer and give the answer.

    It is a Jensen S-V8, produced 1998-2001.

    https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/jensen-s-v8-what-might-have-been
    "remarkably attractive"

    wow. author has problems.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Good mystery car. At least I didn't go "Of course!" when I read the answer. Never would have gotten it...
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I had a Gullwing guy look at it and he said it wasn't the right one. Then I looked at a photo of a "real" one, and it's not a 300SL manifold. It's probably a manifold from a later fuel-injected 300S.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    qbrozen said:

    ab348 said:

    ab348 said:


    OK, time to sound the buzzer and give the answer.

    It is a Jensen S-V8, produced 1998-2001.

    https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/jensen-s-v8-what-might-have-been
    "remarkably attractive"

    wow. author has problems.
    Also remarkably out of shape on that turn.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I had a Gullwing guy look at it and he said it wasn't the right one. Then I looked at a photo of a "real" one, and it's not a 300SL manifold. It's probably a manifold from a later fuel-injected 300S.

    Oh, now I understand. Quite a mashup of valuable and not-so-valuable parts, it seems.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It's an odd duck. These are hard to price. I'm thinking the whole package is $50K for the car and $50K for the engine, so $100K on a good day. If that engine were totally correct and running, it would be $150K.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457

    I'm sure the collective will do better with an ID on this:



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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,139
    TVR?

    Couldn't tell you the model name.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,641
    Weismann MF5 - I saw a coupe variant in the wild in Germany.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It's trying too hard I think.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    The mini-Jag grill is kinda 'off'...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Me either, I thought Jensen went out of business after the Healey.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    The Jensen is an SV8 - they made about twenty in a new factory in Liverpool in the period 1999 - 2002 but the operation went out of business thereafter.

    Previous Jensens in the 50's/60s had been made by a different company in West Bromwich in the West Midlands - I think this was just a revival of the name not the company.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited May 2018
    1960 Chevy Impala.

    (I have new wheels and photo. Ok, Mystery Car Pix fans, what is it?)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    lostwrench1 said:

    1960 Chevy Impala.

    (I have new wheels and photo. Ok, Mystery Car Pix fans, what is it?)

    That's right, another example of fender skirts enhancing the look of a car. B)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Cheap gas!


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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Because of those wheel covers, I'll say that Mercury is a '54.
    I've seen gasoline prices displayed with .9 and .2 but never before with .5 and .4
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited May 2018
    And the Chevy, a '53.

    No one wants to take a shot at my new wheels in the new photo?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    lostwrench1 said:



    No one wants to take a shot at my new wheels in the new photo?

    If you mean the little Avatar shot in the right hand corner, no offense but that looks pretty generic, could be any number of current vehicles. I couldn't even tell ya if it's a sedan or an SUV.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,799
    is it a Mazda 6?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Mazda 3?
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,727
    andys120 said:

    lostwrench1 said:

    1960 Chevy Impala.

    (I have new wheels and photo. Ok, Mystery Car Pix fans, what is it?)

    That's right, another example of fender skirts enhancing the look of a car. B)
    Where is the continental kit?

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,727
    DeSoto 1957

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    texases said:

    Mazda 3?

    Bingo! A nimble little thing with a 13:1 compression ratio.
    In the near future the 3s will have the spark controlled compression ignition. That will be very interesting.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,799
    nice cars. Should be due for a redesign soon too. That and the 6 have been around for a while.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    I'd know those tailights even if the bumper didn't say "Lincoln", it's a '52 or '53>


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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    One piece rear window = '53.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    Looks like either a '78 or '79 Dodge Aspen wagon.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    ab348 said:

    Looks like either a '78 or '79 Dodge Aspen wagon.

    It's a '76 ;)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    lostwrench1 said:

    One piece rear window = '53.

    Yes, '53. It's been sitting in a barn for 42 years, and it's still there as far as I know. There are other cars in the barn, but they are all pre-war or too obvious for you guys.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,160
    I saw the Plymouth version with a floor-mounted stick-shift, once. ;)

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    I had a 77 Aspen with the floor shift. Was a very good car. Put over 100k plus before selling it. It had the slant six which was basically bullet proof.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    When I lived in Colorado, I had a '65 Valiant with a factory 4-speed and a Slant 6.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,799
    my 73 (might have been a 74 I guess) Duster slant 6 have a floor mounted 3 speed.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    A buddy of mine owned an Aspen wagon w a stick. I was surprised to learn there was such a thing. Like every other car he owned was bare-bones and a real lemon.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    andys120 said:

    ab348 said:

    Looks like either a '78 or '79 Dodge Aspen wagon.

    It's a '76 ;)
    Hmmm, but it doesn't have parking lights within the bumper under the headlights. Their absence plus the location of the side trim tells me to put 2 chips on 1978.
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,233
    Century looks like early 90s. :):)

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    lostwrench1 said:

    andys120 said:

    ab348 said:

    Looks like either a '78 or '79 Dodge Aspen wagon.

    It's a '76 ;)
    Hmmm, but it doesn't have parking lights within the bumper under the headlights. Their absence plus the location of the side trim tells me to put 2 chips on 1978.
    Along with a different grille header and signal lamps. 1976 and '77 were one design, '78 and '79 another design, and '80 different again. Check your source Andy, it's not a '76.

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