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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    I bet, they were doing that a lot. 
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Not what you think:

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,049
    so not a Lotus?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Nope. Related, of course.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    edited May 2019
    Another Isuzu badged by Lotus maybe?

    edit to ask for a hint. Was it sold in U.S.?
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    This one was sold in Canada, and it's not an Isuzu.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,363
    texases said:

    This one was sold in Canada, and it's not an Isuzu.

    It's Korean, but I can't remember the manufacturer

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,669
    GM -related, maybe? Daewoo?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited May 2019
    From the time when GM owned Lotus, but not a Daewoo. But is is Korean.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Last hint: Kia....
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Ok, it's a Kia Vigato, Kia sold about 1000 of them over several years.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,049
    1970ish dodge D100

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,049
    With a terrible paint job.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    1970 Dodge D100, land speed record edition?
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    I saw that Dodge Sweptline listing last week. I think it said it was a ‘68. Those trucks are interesting because they have become fairly rare, but every change that was made to this one needs undoing. Just very poor choices in all respects.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    …...and the gasoline tank in the cab behind the seat. No thanks, I'll pass.
  • thebeanthebean Member Posts: 1,300
    lostwrench1 said:

    …...and the gasoline tank in the cab behind the seat. No thanks, I'll pass.

    Yowwww!!!
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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    I think a lot of Ford and Chevy trucks has cab mounted fuel tanks even in the 70s.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    omarman said:

    I think a lot of Ford and Chevy trucks has cab mounted fuel tanks even in the 70s.

    Yes, that was how it was done then. Of course when Chevy took it out of there and mounted it outboard on the frame rails under the bed, that didn't work out so well either.

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  • transamsd73transamsd73 Member Posts: 38
    This little brownish car looks like a 70 ish Opel Kadett
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • thebeanthebean Member Posts: 1,300
    Ti-yodie Supra (new one)?
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Hillman Minx or Sunbeam Rapier ca. 1958-9?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I believe this is a Simca Aronde from ~1960
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    edited June 2019
    fintail said:

    I believe this is a Simca Aronde from ~1960

    Yes, more specifically a Simca Aronde P60 Monaco model. You are correct on the year. Nice looking car for the era, but apparently very underpowered. However the French girls seemed to like it, so that is a plus. ;)

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Is this thing on? Does no one know the little red sports car?

    I saw one nearly identical to it Sunday stuck in a huge traffic jam.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Just a guess. Early MG-T?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Looks like MGTC maybe with wider than usual tires.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,049
    I thought a later model. Either TD or TF. Though I think one of those came with steel wheels.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Looking at it closer, it is a TD. I think both could be had with steel wheels, but wires are an easy conversion.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    I thought a later model. Either TD or TF. Though I think one of those came with steel wheels.

    fintail said:

    Looking at it closer, it is a TD. I think both could be had with steel wheels, but wires are an easy conversion.

    At first I had only a short glimpse but I could see the wire wheels so I pegged it as a TF. The it caught up with us and I got a longer look and realized it was a TD with the rare (in US market trim) wire wheel option. The license plate frame said it was a 1952.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    That brownish 2-door car which has sort of dropped out of the list was one of ours - in 4-door you even got a version of it for a while from our then largest manufacturer although you didn't like it....

    Surely the mud brown (and I'm being polite) is a clue it originates with British Leyland...
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702

    Maybe a '71 Marina?
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Not sure of the model year, but yes, the generally-unloved Austin or Morris Marina.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Yes it's the Morris Marina - that one is a fairly basic early one so 1970/71 I imagine. They sold well enough in the beginning but had no hope against the Ford Cortina or the Vauxhall Cavalier which came later.

    The 2 door was not as popular here as the four door and was phased out to make room for the unloved Austin Allegro a few years later although as a four door the Marina lived on to get a new engine (much too late) and an update / facelift to make the Morris Ital - equally unlamented.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,669
    andys120 said:


    '63?

    My grandfather had a '62 Galaxie in that same color combination. Very similar looks.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    edited June 2019
    How about 1962 Impala sport coupe with the faux convertible roof. Most beautiful of the 61-64 series.

    Contrast with the Bel Air sport coupe version.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    imidazol97 said:

    How about 1962 with the faux convertible roof. Most beautiful of the 61-64 series.

    I agree. The '62s were some of the best looking Chevies ever.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    imidazol97 said:

    How about 1962 with the faux convertible roof. Most beautiful of the 61-64 series.

    On the outside, yes. Unfortunately they kept the '61 dash inside. The '63/'64 version of the dash was better IMO.

    I cannot tell you how many times I have seen a pic like that one of a restored black over red '62 Impala. I dunno if they are all of the same car, or if that combo is just very popular among aficionados of that model.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I remember looking at a 62 Galaxie 500XL when I was 15 (~1992), in that same color combo. It was immaculate to my eyes, but it was in low light, and my standards might not have been as high then. Seller wanted 2K for it, and for some reason it gave my dad a bad vibe, so he didn't bite. Soon after, we found a blue on blue 66 for half that, my dad gave the nod, and it was the first car I drove regularly.
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,347
    ab348 said:
    How about 1962 with the faux convertible roof. Most beautiful of the 61-64 series.
    On the outside, yes. Unfortunately they kept the '61 dash inside. The '63/'64 version of the dash was better IMO. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen a pic like that one of a restored black over red '62 Impala. I dunno if they are all of the same car, or if that combo is just very popular among aficionados of that model.
    Black over red is pretty desirable in most cars, no?

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,669
    fintail said:

    I remember looking at a 62 Galaxie 500XL when I was 15 (~1992), in that same color combo. It was immaculate to my eyes, but it was in low light, and my standards might not have been as high then. Seller wanted 2K for it, and for some reason it gave my dad a bad vibe, so he didn't bite. Soon after, we found a blue on blue 66 for half that, my dad gave the nod, and it was the first car I drove regularly.

    My grandfather bought the '62, because my grandmother wanted to learn to drive (at age 51). She never did learn, and the Galaxie remained in the garage, while my grandfather continued to drive his '49 (!) Ford. In 1968, they moved to the "big city", and he started driving the '62, daily. He passed away young in 1971, and my grandmother sold the car for $500. Around 35K miles, and looked like it had just come off the showroom floor.

    I begged my mother to buy it for me, and keep it in my grandmother's garage. But, alas I was only 13, and my mother said she didn't want to hear about it for the next three years from her mother. ;)

    So, that was the one that got away.. ;)

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Bubble top coupes are desirable today, but I remember a lot of people back in those days quickly gravitated to that more formal Chevy coupe roof line. Maybe not a surprise given the formal T-Bird like coupe greenhouse on the 59 Ford Galaxie was very popular when it came out.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    I don't think anyone mentioned that that '62 Chevy had a 409 in it.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited June 2019
    bhill2 said:

    I don't think anyone mentioned that that '62 Chevy had a 409 in it.

    That's right, it's a 1962 Chevy Impala SS/409 and she's real fine!

    IIRC 1962 was the first year GM offered the faux convertible roofline and it soon became more popular than the bubble tops.

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