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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Probably everyone like me clicked on the pic for a better look and got the wiki info year, make, model...
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I think it's a Pegaso (well I know it's a Pegaso) but a ....Z103?

    These are curious cars. Complicated, built by a truck manufacturer, unreliable, cranky, ornery, a devil to work on-----and today, quite valuable!

    Go figure. The rich must have their toys I guess.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    Looks like maybe Spanish plates, I will guess Pegaso
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,797
    is that a gogomobile?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I think it's a Pegaso (well I know it's a Pegaso) but a ....Z103?

    These are curious cars. Complicated, built by a truck manufacturer, unreliable, cranky, ornery, a devil to work on-----and today, quite valuable!

    Go figure. The rich must have their toys I guess.

    fintail said:

    Looks like maybe Spanish plates, I will guess Pegaso

    It's a 1955 Pegaso Z-102B with a Touring body.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    It's not hard to find the oldest car, the newest one(s) will be a little harder>


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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,158
    Might that be a Model A? I saw one today driving in traffic. 
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    stickguy said:

    is that a gogomobile?

    (In my best Ed McMahon voice) You are CORRECT sir!!!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    The old timer car looks like a late run Model T.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    I see a 56 Chevy in the pic, that might be the newest.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    fintail said:

    I see a 56 Chevy in the pic, that might be the newest.

    Yeah, there's a parked Chevy convertible hiding behind the blue "shoebox" Ford but I'm not sure if it's '55 or '56... Wait, the door trim is definitely '56 Bel Air, it's behind the doors on '55s.

    Is the white over blue Buick parked on the same side a '55 or '56?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    On the left just under the restaurant sign, there's a two tone rear section of a 56 Chevy, yellow over brown or green maybe, hard to tell. Way back on the left side of the Model T looks like a 56 Chevy sedan, too, with an off-white upper section. I can't determine the Buick, I would have to look it up.
    andys120 said:

    fintail said:

    I see a 56 Chevy in the pic, that might be the newest.

    Yeah, there's a parked Chevy convertible hiding behind the blue "shoebox" Ford but I'm not sure if it's '55 or '56... Wait, the door trim is definitely '56 Bel Air, it's behind the doors on '55s.

    Is the white over blue Buick parked on the same side a '55 or '56?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    fintail said:

    On the left just under the restaurant sign, there's a two tone rear section of a 56 Chevy, yellow over brown or green maybe, hard to tell. Way back on the left side of the Model T looks like a 56 Chevy sedan, too, with an off-white upper section. I can't determine the Buick, I would have to look it up.


    Good eye on the '56 Chevys. I'm fairly sure the Buick is a '56 as well>




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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    Lots of vehicles but I'm more interested in the face shown on the neon sign for the Sequoyah restaurant. Is that someone's grandma smoking a cigar? :D

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Boy, add a pillar to that Buick 2 dr and I'd be looking for Broderick Crawford and Highway Patrol. I like the snapshot of that town and actually remember Cites Service gas stations from way back. Is that a 56 Pontiac and a 56 Mercury on either side of that baby blue Caddy by the gas station sign?

    Is that someone's grandma smoking a cigar? nah, I'm thinkin' bad hillbilly teeth!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    berri said:

    Boy, add a pillar to that Buick 2 dr and I'd be looking for Broderick Crawford and Highway Patrol. I like the snapshot of that town and actually remember Cites Service gas stations from way back. Is that a 56 Pontiac and a 56 Mercury on either side of that baby blue Caddy by the gas station sign?

    Not sure about that Merc, could be a '55 or a '56. The Poncho however is very likely a '56.

    Wikipedia sez Cities Service became Citgo in 1982.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    ab348 said:

    Lots of vehicles but I'm more interested in the face shown on the neon sign for the Sequoyah restaurant. Is that someone's grandma smoking a cigar? :D

    That is Sequoyah, a Cherokee.
    He is also on a 19 cent US postage stamp.
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,797
    definitely a VW. But not one I have ever seen before.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,159
    Me either.... cool, though.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,799
    i really like it

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Maybe a 1500 Type 3 notchback?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2018
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Maybe a 1500 Type 3 notchback?

    Yup, sold in markets outside the US as the 1965 Volkswagen 1500 Sedan, it's the notchback version of the cars sold here as the VW Squareback/Fastback (AKA Type 3)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I think I saw one some years ago at a show, but never before or since.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    edited May 2018
    I have this old image of a shopping center in the city where I live, and right in front is a red Type 3 Notchback:




    Maybe some others can pick off the rest.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,139
    andys120 said:
    Maybe a 1500 Type 3 notchback?
    Yup, sold in markets outside the US as the 1965 Volkswagen 1500 Sedan, it's the notchback version of the cars sold here as the VW Squareback/Fastback (AKA Type 3)
    Didn’t Dustin Hoffman advertise for these by popping out of both the front and rear trunks?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    fintail said:

    I have this old image of a shopping center in the city where I live, and right in front is a red Type 3 Notchback:




    Maybe some others can pick off the rest.

    Interesting given that it must be what they call a gray market car (not imported thru official channels). Way off in the farthest row back is a blue 1959 Chevy wagon. It would have been old by the time this was taken (early 70s based on the Cougar in the foreground).

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    I'm pretty sure the notchback was sold here in Canada. It looks somewhat familiar.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Maybe a second gen Cougar next to the VW and then around a 67 Olds? Wasn't F&N where Frango mints were developed? Everyone associates them with Marshall Fields, but I think they got them when they bought F&N. Now its all Macy's.

    I like the canvas sunroof and outside windshield shade on the old VW shot, along with the whitewalls. What year is it?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited May 2018
    berri said:

    Maybe a second gen Cougar next to the VW and then around a 67 Olds? Wasn't F&N where Frango mints were developed? Everyone associates them with Marshall Fields, but I think they got them when they bought F&N. Now its all Macy's.

    I like the canvas sunroof and outside windshield shade on the old VW shot, along with the whitewalls. What year is it?

    The Veedub is a '65, the sunroof a factory option (my '65 Bug had a steel Golde sunroof) and the sunshade was an aftermarket touch. Whitewalls were pretty rare on any VW of that era but not unheard of.

    Here's the same Type 3 sans accessories>


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    Yep, Frangos were a F&N thing, yet another item to hail from Seattle.

    With the climate here, I think older cars were more common here than most areas back in the day.
  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    Oh, loved those Frango mints!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    That's a '66 Dodge Monaco 500, beautiful car. These not only had the great twin-pod instrument cluster but a really posh interior with unusual rattan trim panels used throughout.

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    I found a link to a '65 Monaco ad which showed some interior options including: 6 different color options depending on either vinyl or cloth and vinyl interior choices. And the rattan wicker pattern trim too.

    By 1978 when my dad bought his Dodge Monaco dealer demo, the interior was no way near that level of comfort or style.
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I can still hear those gear-reduction starter motors....
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I can still hear those gear-reduction starter motors....

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited May 2018
    Note MONACO on the trunk lid between the tail lights rather than DODGE.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    ab348 said:

    Mr_Shiftright said:

    I can still hear those gear-reduction starter motors....

    Colloquially known as the "Hamtramck Hummingbird".
    Oh I love that!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    Wartburg 353, I think.
    ab348 said:


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    It'd be fun to take that to the actual Monaco (just like taking an old Monte Carlo to Monte Carlo).

    Actually, you'd probably be a hit in the old Dodge - while modern American cars are mostly poorly regarded in Europe (save for Mustangs, Corvettes, etc), vintage ones enjoy a big fanbase.
    lostwrench1 said:

    Note MONACO on the trunk lid between the tail lights rather than DODGE.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,457
    fintail said:

    Wartburg 353, I think.

    ab348 said:


    YES SIR! (apologies to Verne Lundquist).

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    '87 Nissan Stanza SW.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,640
    Nissan Maxima wagon, I suspect with those wheels 87-88.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,797
    was that still the 810/Maxima days?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    fintail said:

    Nissan Maxima wagon, I suspect with those wheels 87-88.

    Yup, an '88.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,159
    stickguy said:

    was that still the 810/Maxima days?

    Not an 810.

    The 810/Maxima was the old RWD version

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