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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,849
    The tail lights on the 60 Meteor are plain ugly.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,853
    sda said:

    The tail lights on the 60 Meteor are plain ugly.

    They remind me of the substitute taillights folks often insert into the openings where there used to be
    a red lense. The replacement contains round, chrome outlined lights for stop, run, backup...

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    ab348 said:

    The name "Ford" does not appear anywhere on that car.

    True, but a rose by any name smells just as sweet.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    The Meteor - crazy to think that there was so much surplus money that making a barely-differentiated model to pander to a niche audience actually seemed sensible.

    At far left is something even less common - above the leather case on the back of the boy's bike, a (British) Ford Thames, appears to be a "Trader" van.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    edited July 2020
    Car at far right at Continental Motor Sales appears to be an Austin A40 Somerset.

    And appropriate for the setting, beside the Italian restaurant appears to be a Fiat 600.

    ab348 said:



    I miss seeing this style of neon sign that I recall as a kid. This one is in the same group of pics and although the cars are not worthy of mention, take a close look at the Italian restaurant sign on the left. Creative!

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    My dad's first car was an Austin A40 Somerset
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    In the photo with the Meteor is the station wagon on the extreme right just past the chap with the hat a DeSoto Villager ? I note also the car turing right un front of the Shell sign is a 56 DeSoto convertible
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    The wagon is a 1958 Plymouth Sport Suburban.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    Today's look at 1961 Montreal and Decarie Blvd is of Ben Cummings Buick-Vauxhall. A bit odd in that the facility looks decidedly downmarket for a Buick dealer. Two shots of their new-car facility plus a look at their used car lot, all of which expand greatly. Looks like the back row of the used lot was employed for storage of new Vauxhall inventory. More of the large neon signs in this set too.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,879
    A 60 Ford (or meteor) hiding behind the rambler wagon. And a couple more bedfords.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    Lostwrench3 said:

    The wagon is a 1958 Plymouth Sport Suburban.

    Thanks
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    First pic, Rambler doesn't appear to be a wagon, 60 Ford behind it appears to be a normal Ford.

    Second pic, PA Cresta/Velox pulling out of the garage.

    Third pic, far right, appears to be a couple more PA Cresta/Velox, very collectible cars back in Blighty.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    First pic: 56 Ford Fairlane
    Second pic: 59 Ford
    Third pic: 58 Ford wagon
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    In the 3rd pic there is what must have been pretty uncommon even for the times, a '56 Ford Sedan Delivery at the curb on the right of the pic.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,879
    fintail said:

    First pic, Rambler doesn't appear to be a wagon, 60 Ford behind it appears to be a normal Ford.

    Second pic, PA Cresta/Velox pulling out of the garage.

    Third pic, far right, appears to be a couple more PA Cresta/Velox, very collectible cars back in Blighty.

    Yeah, it’s z 4 door. Saying wagon just force of habit with one of these!

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,665
    The third picture is fronted by three '58s; Mercury, Ford, and Olds.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    Today we are looking at 2 shots of the same intersection, Decarie at Vezina, looking in different directions. Finally another French car! A few other interesting things if you look closely. Expands greatly.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,879
    Jag in bottom picture stands out

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    First pic in the parked cars at right, small car next to a dark pickup with a metal canopy an early Hillman Minx.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    The Jag is a MKII sed...er.. saloon. The pickup is a Dodge, behind it a two-tone Ford Zephyr, rrarly seen in the US but apparently popular in CDN.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    andys120 said:

    The Jag is a MKII sed...er.. saloon. The pickup is a Dodge, behind it a two-tone Ford Zephyr, rrarly seen in the US but apparently popular in CDN.

    The pickup isn’t a Dodge, but it isn’t a Ford either (in name at least). I was hoping someone would pickup (ahem) on that - note the Mercury lettering across the grille. Mercury branded pickups were sold up here until 1968.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    ab348 said:

    Today we are looking at 2 shots of the same intersection, Decarie at Vezina, looking in different directions. Finally another French car! A few other interesting things if you look closely. Expands greatly.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,665
    ab348 said:

    andys120 said:

    The Jag is a MKII sed...er.. saloon. The pickup is a Dodge, behind it a two-tone Ford Zephyr, rrarly seen in the US but apparently popular in CDN.

    The pickup isn’t a Dodge, but it isn’t a Ford either (in name at least). I was hoping someone would pickup (ahem) on that - note the Mercury lettering across the grille. Mercury branded pickups were sold up here until 1968.
    Also, I think the Jag is a MKI. Note the thicker B pillar.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690



    Also, I think the Jag is a MKI. Note the thicker B pillar.

    The Jag looked newer than anything else but I looked at a bunch of pics and it looks like the Mk2s all had chromed B-posts and the pictured car clearly does not...yup it's a Mk1.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    Today's shot of 1961 Montreal ends the week with a good look at Norvik Motors, a used car lot on Decarie Blvd that had a large percentage of imports on the lot, with a bit of Garland Motor Sales visible on the left. As usual, rt-click/view image will expand this greatly.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    Nice point of comparison between the original 57 Cresta / Velox and the later 59 facelift (the one on the left is the later one)
    Also a Fiat 600 Multipla with side door open in the area behind the overhead sign
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    2nd from left - 1957 Pontiac.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    Car two to the left of the leftmost Cresta/Velox maybe a Hillman Californian? And a Dauphine between them.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    fintail said:

    Car two to the left of the leftmost Cresta/Velox maybe a Hillman Californian? And a Dauphine between them.

    I was wondering what that little convertible was.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    Far left, 52/53 Meteor. Several Bugs, Karmin Giha, Renault Dauphine.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    A Citroen Mehari - they made these for a good while, and I think there was a facelift with square headlights somewhere along the road but we never got the Mehari in Britain so I have only seen them abroad really.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    I remember reading a road test of the Mehari in one of the car magazines around 1970 or 71. The reviewer described driving it on the freeway and how the top (fastened with bungee cords) went "fwap-fwap-fwap" at highway speeds. From what I gather it was basically a Dyane (which was based off the 2CV) with a plastic dune buggy body. They were popular as beach cars in the South of France.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    Yup, basically it had the same relationship to the 2CV as the Thing had to the Beetle.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    edited July 2020
    It looks like a VW Thing got a makeover. I think it looks good!
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    Today's Montreal 1961 pic is nothing too special except for the period street scene with the businesses along this section, and something you now usually find only in a museum.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,849
    edited July 2020
    ab348 said:

    Today's Montreal 1961 pic is nothing too special except for the period street scene with the businesses along this section, and something you now usually find only in a museum.

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    Business ground or basement level and owner’s residence upstairs? Kind of like work from home today. We’ve gone full circle!

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    That '58 Buick really does look Special. :sunglasses:
    The museum piece may also be a '58.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,879
    In front of the Beauty salon (with a 58 Chevy behind it), is that a messerschmidt? Or an Isseta?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    stickguy said:

    In front of the Beauty salon (with a 58 Chevy behind it), is that a messerschmidt? Or an Isseta?

    Probably a BMW 250 (their version of the Isetta which was more common in NA
    than those w an Iso badge).

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    I think that BMW/Isetta variant was the "600".
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    fintail said:

    I think that BMW/Isetta variant was the "600".

    The BMW Isetta was made in several variants including 250,300 and 600 cc versions

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    I spy a 55 Ford wagon hiding behind the utility pole.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    tmart said:

    I spy a 55 Ford wagon hiding behind the utility pole.

    A 2-door version, no less!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,149
    Yes, but the one in the pic is the long variant, which I think was only a 600:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_600
    andys120 said:


    The BMW Isetta was made in several variants including 250,300 and 600 cc versions

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440
    ab348 said:

    tmart said:

    I spy a 55 Ford wagon hiding behind the utility pole.

    A 2-door version, no less!
    Yep, the lowly Ranch Wagon.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,008
    Obligated to post this pic:

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,879
    interesting place. 60 ford 4 door and a 58 Impala up by the building.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    Can't be 77 Sunset Strip Where are the T-Birds?


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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    Oncoming is a 59 Edsel
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