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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,358
    tjc78 said:



    Spotted at work yesterday.

    Same color as the L300 sedan I owned.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    There's a woman who works in my office who has a first style L wagon similar to that. I've talked to her about it a couple times, as it is fairly immaculate. Original owner, and she loves it.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    texases said:

    andys120 said:


    Recent Alfa 4c Spider
    Correct, current MY, the Coupe has been dropped.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,663
    andys120 said:

    kyfdx said:

    One for @andys120

    Mid 60s Triumph TR-4 ('62-'65) very similar to the '66 TR-4A I owned. The wheels are aftermarket copies of Minilite mags probably a lot cheaper than the real things. ;)


    I’m a big fan of the fake mini lites

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    kyfdx said:






    I’m a big fan of the fake mini lites

    So am I, real Minilites are really expensive and the look-alike Panasports should be fine for street use. If you're going racing you should get the real Minilites.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    1960's Ferrari/ gorgeous car. When they had style instead of looking like caricatures

    I saw a TR4 in a driveway yesterday. Looked to be in some state of restoration..

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    1960's Ferrari/ gorgeous car. When they had style instead of looking like caricatures

    I saw a TR4 in a driveway yesterday. Looked to be in some state of restoration..

    Yes it is a 1960s Ferrari, anyone want to specify which model.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,663
    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    1960's Ferrari/ gorgeous car. When they had style instead of looking like caricatures

    I saw a TR4 in a driveway yesterday. Looked to be in some state of restoration..

    Yes it is a 1960s Ferrari, anyone want to specify which model.

    330 GT? (WAG)

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Looks like Rob Walker's 250 GT Lusso. But the Walker car was right hand drive and painted in the Walker racing colors Blue with White stripe. I remember reading "Rob's Cars" stories in R&T. Good times.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    I also would say it is a 250 Lusso. Pretty car.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited September 2019
    Yup, it's a Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta Lusso. According to lore it was commissioned by Enzo himself when he first saw the new Jaguar E-type ca. 1960. He told his friend and collaborator Battista Pininfarina that it was the most beautiful car he'd ever seen and challenged him to style a Ferrari that was equally beautiful. The result was the Lusso Berlinetta based on the chassis of the 250GT SWB but with a more luxurious interior
    and a slightly de-tuned Colombo 3 liter V12.

    Lusso is the Italian for Luxury and a Berlinetta is a close-coupled coupe.

    I'll never forget the first time I saw one. One day in '63 I was riding up NYS Rt. 17/The Quickway thru the Catskills and we get passed by this silver beauty wearing Italian Tourist plates (EE) sporting the 4 big tail pipes that were then unique to Ferrari V12s.

    If Pininfarina did not quite match the unique beauty that marks the early E-Types he came tantalizingly close IMHO. Of course the Lusso cost twice what the Jag did, 351 were made in 1962 and '63.

    -Steve McQueen's was a controversial metallic brown. Guitar god Eric Clapton had one

    -Chevrolet borrowed many of the styling elements for the 1970 Camaro and had a version called the Camaro Berlinetta.

    -Unlike most Ferraris of the day the Lusso was not designed with GT or sports car racing in mind and very few were ever raced.

    -European ideas of luxury in the early 60s did not include power locks, windows or steering
    or air conditioning and the 250GT Lusso had none of those.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    1965 Maserati 3500 Sebring Vignale Coupe
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Bingo! Well done.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Since that one was knocked off so quickly, let's try this. Can anyone ID the car in the front? I recognize the Peugeot behind it but I am stumped by #1. It is from Vienna circa 1964.

    image

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    1960-ish Skoda Octavia
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    texases said:

    1960-ish Skoda Octavia

    The car behind is a Puegeot 403 from the late 50s, note yellow headlights then required in France.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Lots of different model years in this photo, the newest cars I see are 1958s. Can you see'em?


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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346
    Pretty sure in the first row there is a 58 Olds 98.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    Is the Lincoln last in line a 58? And the Edsel 2 cars ahead.

    And dang, is the giant caddy turning in a taxi?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    edited September 2019
    58 Chevy wagon on the street at far left beside the Beetle. 2 cars ahead of the Olds looks like a 58 Ford, with a 58 Edsel in line at the row to the left, behind a 56 Chevy wagon. Another 58 Ford in the background of the lined up cars, in front of a 40s style truck. Oldest car is probably the car in the rightmost row near the people, looks like a 39-40 GM, probably a Chevy.

    Pic from Hawaii maybe?
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,706
    The black Caddy has a/c! Note the air intake near the back window.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    And a taxi sign on the roof toward the front?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    tjc78 said:

    Pretty sure in the first row there is a 58 Olds 98.

    Yup, the black car at the end of the row to the right of center is definitely a '58 Olds. That year Olds and Buick were having a contest to see who could put the most chrome striping
    on the car. :(

    I count at least three more '58s.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    There are a couple of Beetles up front (the older Cabrio would be worth something today I imagine) and a Fintail for @fintail, but what are the two vehicles front right and elsewhere beyond? Location is Berchtesgaden in the Bavaria region of Germany, 1964.

    image

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    looks like a red Messerchmidt on the far left, front.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The white car next to the Cabrio is a Ford Taunus ca. 1960-64. It might be one of the newest cars. Behind that cab we see the nose of a Fiat 500 or 600, another of which is parked next to the building at top.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Two different types of fintails no less, a W110 at left and a W111. The car to the right of the "Badewanne" Taunus is a prior gen Taunus, and what looks like a BMW 700 at left of the bubble car (which to me looks like an early Isetta).
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Not sure, but the car in front of the 58 Olds may be a 58 Plymouth and the one ahead of it a 58 Edsel?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    berri said:

    Not sure, but the car in front of the 58 Olds may be a 58 Plymouth and the one ahead of it a 58 Edsel?

    I think it is a '58 Plymouth and yes, in front of it is an Edsel. Can you see the other Edsel in the picture?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I see only one Edsel
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    left side of the right hand island, 2nd car back is the one I saw.

    is the other one the next row to the left, right behind the chevy wagon?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    left side of the right hand island, 2nd car back is the one I saw.

    is the other one the next row to the left, right behind the chevy wagon?

    Yup.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I saw the one behind the Chevy wagon, but the one to the right looks like a 58 Ford to me.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    I saw the one behind the Chevy wagon, but the one to the right looks like a 58 Ford to me.

    It could be a '58 Ford...or a Merc.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,663
    Land Rover Defender

    Is that coming here?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    Will sell like expensive hot cakes.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    kyfdx said:

    Land Rover Defender

    Is that coming here?

    Not sure but I think so. It looks like the end of the off-road for flat windshields.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Yes, here is the story from Automotive News (if it turns you back, try opening it in a private window):

    https://www.autonews.com/frankfurt-auto-show/land-rover-defender-returns-us-priced-50925

    Starting at $50K!

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    edited September 2019
    this is nice. But what exactly is it???



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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,663
    stickguy said:

    this is nice. But what exactly is it???



    Looks like a mid-70s 911 Carrera

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    well, no points for Carerra.

    but it is more special than that.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited September 2019
    That's a 1973-74 Porsche 911RS 2.7 Carrera, my favorite variant of the 911. It could be had without the silly lettering on the side, here's my scale model of it>


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    correct. it is a 73.

    auction estimate a cool $850,000-$950,000.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,048
    Early 60s Porsche 356. I can’t tell years apart or a B form a C.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    Early 60s Porsche 356. I can’t tell years apart or a B form a C.

    It's a Porsche 356A ca. 1955/56. If a 356 is wearing hubcaps you can tell it's model letter: round ones like that are a 356A. Flatter ones with raised center section are 356Bs, 356Cs
    have pretty flat hubcaps without a raised center.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    Early 60s Porsche 356. I can’t tell years apart or a B form a C.

    It's a Porsche 356A ca. 1955/56. If a 356 is wearing hubcaps you can tell it's model letter: round ones like that are a 356A. Flatter ones with raised center section are 356Bs, 356Cs
    have pretty flat hubcaps without a raised center.

    Would those be the original wheels those hubcaps are on? They look rather wide for a mid-50s car. Might make IDing the model year by the hubcap choice rather unreliable if the wheels are a later addition.

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