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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    Yep, I see it, maybe a couple other 63s in the lot, too. I was hoping to spot a fintail, but I guess those were never very common.
    bhill2 said:



    On the right, about 5 rows back in the photograph, just to the left of the '58 Ford and facing the camera is a '63 Plymouth.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    License plate prefix would be 1969, I think.
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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,675
    fintail said:

    License plate prefix would be 1969, I think.

    Probably - our '67 Squareback had plates that started with VVG...

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Yup, it's a 1969 _____

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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,717
    1602?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    edited November 2020
    texases said:

    1602?

    That's right, it's a '69 BMW 1600, now popularly known as the 1602. It was BMW's Austrian-born US importer, Max Hoffman who convinced them to offer the two-door sedan with the 2 liter engine from their four door, setting the stage for their success in the American market.

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Here are a couple of sequential pictures taken at the corner of Mandeville Canyon Rd. and Sunset Blvd in 1974 from the Ruscha collection at the Getty. A bit of an unusual thing to come on by chance.



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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Old cars in right lane appear to be Model A Fords from the late 20s/early1930s. probaly from an owners club cruise. First car in left lane is a 1969 Pontiac Firebird .

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    Looks like a 75 Chevelle Laguna S3 a few back from the As.

    Top pic, a big white Benz convertible next to a Jeep CJ.

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    omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Type 3 squareback at top left side.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    edited November 2020
    Model A in front is probably a 31 with the colored upper grille section.

    MB next to the Jeep is a W111 (could be a 112, but those are pretty rare).
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    Camaro IROC Z. Not sure how to tell what year on one of these, but will guess 88? to the left, the very tail end of a Firebird, about a 1973.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    stickguy said:

    Camaro IROC Z. Not sure how to tell what year on one of these, but will guess 88? to the left, the very tail end of a Firebird, about a 1973.

    AFAIK there isn't a good way to tell MY on that gen Camaro. FYI- it's a 1987 Chevy Camaro IROC Z28.

    IROC=International Race of Champions, a race series featuring top-level drives in identical Camaros which ran 1974-2006.

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,675
    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    Camaro IROC Z. Not sure how to tell what year on one of these, but will guess 88? to the left, the very tail end of a Firebird, about a 1973.

    AFAIK there isn't a good way to tell MY on that gen Camaro. FYI- it's a 1987 Chevy Camaro IROC Z28.

    IROC=International Race of Champions, a race series featuring top-level drives in identical Camaros which ran 1974-2006.
    Didn't IROC start with 911's as the spec car?

    Yep - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Race_of_Champions

    Turns out the Dodge Avenger (!) and Dodge Daytona were also used in select years.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    I remember watching the Iroc back then. Including the porsches.

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,675
    stickguy said:

    I remember watching the Iroc back then. Including the porsches.

    Me, too - I enjoyed the bright colors they used on the cars, but felt it advantaged the NASCAR folks a bit too much.

    Now there is a Race of Champions series, which is more international in flavor. And, uses different types of cars, to make the competition more, er, competitive.

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    omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    edited November 2020
    That wiki link for IROC states, "It was run with a small field of 12 invited drivers. It was created and developed in 1972 by David Lockton, the developer of the Ontario Motor Speedway, launched in 1973, with Mark Donohue being the first driver to win the championship in 1974. The cars used that year were Porsche Carrera RSRs. Donohue's win in the fourth and last race of that season was his last win, as he died in a Formula One crash at the Österreichring in practice for the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix."

    There was a race track marshal killed by the debris from Donohue's accident during a practice session for the '75 Austrian Grand Prix held on August 17. Donohue survived the crash and wasn't admitted to Graz hospital with a headache until the next day. He died after surgery on the following day Aug 19, 1975.

    That's what made Mark Donohue's death so shocking to me back then. I didn't even hear about his hospital admission until he died following surgery 2 days after the race. :open_mouth: Peter Revson died just the year before.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    edited November 2020


    Expandable,

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Newest cars visible are 1960 Plymouths parked on left in row closest to store. The black sports ragtop to their right is a Jaguar XK-120/140/150.

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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    British Ford 100E - a four door so a Prefect - parked directly under the letter O
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,717
    @andys120 - do you have your left and right rerversed?
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    Car under the "S", to the right of a 59 Ford, resembles a 4cyl MB Ponton - a bit of foreign content in this pic.
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    imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,161
    1958-1960 Lincoln, between the 57 and 59 Fords in back row under the "L."

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Garland, TX, early 1960s. Expands to a huge size. I don't see none of those funny little furrin cars here, Bubba. :laughing:

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    The 60 Ford and the falcon parked next to each other. Convenient. Late 50s rambler wagon next to them.

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    57 Ford County Sedan at far right. Another 57 Ford under the furniture sign. It’s head on so I can’t tell whether sedan, wagon, or convertible.
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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    andys120 said:



    Expandable,

    Three 59 Fords, a 57 Ford, and a 54 Ford.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    texases said:

    @andys120 - do you have your left and right rerversed?

    Doh! Yeah the Jag and the Plymouths are to the right!

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    imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,161
    edited November 2020
    Picture is from late 1961 or 1962 since there's 1962 Oldsmobile under the Atlantic & Pacific sign next to the Dodge.

    There are a surprising number of Falcons in this picture.

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,675
    ab348 said:

    Garland, TX, early 1960s. Expands to a huge size. I don't see none of those funny little furrin cars here, Bubba. :laughing:

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    We used to have a TG&Y in my hometown, when I was a kid.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Oldest car is either the '59-'51 GM(Chevy/Pontiac?) parked next to a '59 Poncho on right unless it's the old Nash with an outside spare on left.

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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Gotta be the Cheviac (Pontvy?). In that period Nash Ramblers didn't have chrome on the tail lights. I'm not pleased that I know that.

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Some interesting cars to spot here and an interesting pic of what was once a major national brewer, now long gone. Early 1960s, Dallas, TX, pic expands to a huge size.

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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 237,903
    Falstaff... ugh..

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Sole import in this mid-60s photo would be the black VW toward left on street. Oldest car might be the Willys wagon peeking out from wagons parked on left. Newest? '64 Ford Fairlane
    in middle of cars parked behind fence.

    I'm old enough to rember Falstaff Beer (originally made in Chi?).

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    kyfdx said:

    Falstaff... ugh..

    I remember their magazine ads, but never had a chance to try one.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    No 60 Fords? Sad. Guess I'll pick off the 59 Impala flat top sport sedan and the 58 Fairlane (real hardtop and not a faux hardtop?) to its left.
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    Nearest car in the yard looks like a Dodge Coronet and I am guessing a 1956

    I don't think we ever had Falstaff Beer here...
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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    54 Ford, 58 Ford, 59 Ford.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    edited November 2020
    Disneyland, 1955, I see my pick at left, middle-background (zooms in clearly):

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    51 Ford, 49/51 Ford, several 52/54 Fords, 55 Thunderbird, possibly two, 55 Ford
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    White nomad next to the 300SL gull wing.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    edited November 2020
    I'mstruck by how few pickups are visible. Can't find the Nomad or Gullwing.

    In the foreground are all Oldsmobiles, light-colored sedan w sunshade is a '49-'51. I think that's a '53 turning towards camera. The approaching ragtop looks like a '49-51 Ninety-Nine.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    edited November 2020
    Zooming helps for this one, Nomad with gullwing to its left are in the 7th row from right, left side.

    The Beetle at left was still a pretty exotic thing in 1955 USA, too.
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    imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,161
    edited November 2020
    fintail said:

    No 60 Fords? Sad. Guess I'll pick off the 59 Impala flat top sport sedan and the 58 Fairlane (real hardtop and not a faux hardtop?) to its left.

    I think it's a faux hardtop (club sedan). I had a 57 Fairlane fake hardtop. On the green hardtop,
    look at the right side window edgings through the car--the left side has the driver window rolled down.



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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,187
    Good spotting, you can definitely spot it better than me. Pretty good fake hardtops, gotta give them credit.
    imidazol97 said:


    I think it's a faux hardtop (club sedan). I had a 57 Fairlane fake hardtop. On the green hardtop,

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Love Field in Dallas. Pic is undated at the source but appears to be late 1950s. Expands greatly.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    Edsel coming down the center aisle.

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