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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    I'm surprised that no one has called the blocky station wagon>
    andys120 said:


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,827
    I did already!

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    Checker Marathon.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    stickguy said:

    I did already!

    Lostwrench3 said:

    Checker Marathon.

    Yup, that is the rarely seen Checker Marathon wagon mostly seen as an airport shuttle but once eligible for private carship. My guess is hardly anybody could put up with the sheer ugliness of the thing.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,654
    I see a W204 C-class and the sought-after hubcapless 03-07 Corolla in the background. Oldie has an early 80s issue CA plate.
  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,275
    Murano, Q7 and Element across the street.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    The Dodge convertible front and center. The headlights remind me of the Turbine Car.
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,792
    andys120 said:

    stickguy said:

    I did already!

    Lostwrench3 said:

    Checker Marathon.

    Yup, that is the rarely seen Checker Marathon wagon mostly seen as an airport shuttle but once eligible for private carship. My guess is hardly anybody could put up with the sheer ugliness of the thing.

    I used to see one of those out front of a local auto shop, except that it had four sets of doors, and was about as long as a tennis court!
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161

    ‘64 Polara?

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    texases said:

    ‘64 Polara?

    Yup, 1964 Dodge Polara convertible it is. IMO it's pretty close between '63 and '64 for best looking Dodges ever. The Old Westbury NY police used to run Dodges back then and according to local legend they ran Hemis in'em. Probably not true but LI towns and counties tended to spend lavishly on police, still do.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,275
    andys120 said:

    texases said:

    ‘64 Polara?

    Yup, 1964 Dodge Polara convertible it is. IMO it's pretty close between '63 and '64 for best looking Dodges ever. The Old Westbury NY police used to run Dodges back then and according to local legend they ran Hemis in'em. Probably not true but LI towns and counties tended to spend lavishly on police, still do.
    My cousins grandmother had a '65 Fury convertible; my oldest male cousin was lucky enough to ferry it from NY to CA when she moved west back in the 80's.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    I actually recognised the Honda Element in the distance on that Polara shot as there is one around here occaisionally which drove past last week - it wasn't sold in the UK as far as I know but somebody local has a Grey Import one, and I have seen a couple of others from time to time
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,827
    Humber super snipe?

    No clue if it really is, but I love the name!

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    This is a Brazilian Simca - probably a Chambord I think
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @stickguy Humber super snipe? No clue if it really is, but I love the name!

    I knew someone who had a Humber Super Snipe. His was LHD and had been bought from a US serviceman somewhere in East Anglia - probably one of the big air bases like Mildenhall or Lakenheath I think.

    Humber made a car called the Snipe before the war - they named it after the game bird. They also had Hawks at that time

    It was a car for the "County" set in the Manor Houses that turn bodies in every Agatha Christie...

    When they improved the Snipe they made it the Super Snipe - it is strange name .

    Riley did the same sort of thing - they had Kestrels and Plovers in the thirties but the best was a Gamecock....

  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,792
    I can essentially do nothing to add to this thread. However, I sure enjoy reading about all of these relatively obscure details of automotive trivia! You folks have my respect for your dedication to the craft. B)
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @xwesx -

    Everybody here brings something to this thread - sometimes we are off on side issues but it's great to be able to connect to like minded people Fifteen years ago I didn't know anyone who would discuss the obscurities of the automotive world like this, and long may it continue.

    I like the way this forum brings us together although I am (I think) one of the few regular contributors not in North America. The time difference does make me sign off just as your side of the planet is on, but never mind.

    I find new things about cars every day through the posts I think as much of what is routine in the US is totally different from what we have in the streets....

    Having said the above I'm off to bed now
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited June 2021
    This one is in Ann Arbor, Michigan - I would start us off with the Rambler wagon, but what is that truncated Jeep next to it ?


  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    Magnette, wait!
    I need a 7 letter word for "London neighborhood".
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,827
    that is a really early looking Jeep. CJ or military? Looks like just a half top so the back must be an open bed. Would not want to take that one out on the highway!

    and up front an Impala Super Sport ('67?) back left an Econoline work van.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,275
    Lostwrench3 said:

    Magnette, wait!
    I need a 7 letter word for "London neighborhood".

    Mayfair

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,275
    Michaell said:

    Lostwrench3 said:

    Magnette, wait!
    I need a 7 letter word for "London neighborhood".

    Mayfair
    Chelsea

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    Michaell said:

    Michaell said:

    Lostwrench3 said:

    Magnette, wait!
    I need a 7 letter word for "London neighborhood".

    Mayfair
    Chelsea
    Chelsea works.
    Thank you!
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,478
    The Impala Super Sport the lady is driving is a '66. 1960 Dodge 4-door (I believe a Phoenix, since it has the longer of the 2 fin styles that year) in behind it.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,654
    I think that style Jeep might have even been a factory option, that or a popular aftermarket item, a "half cab", I have seen a few before.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited June 2021
    San Francisco, 1960s


    Blows up nicely

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,827
    I live the gas station designed to look like a tug boat.

    I think the yellow truck is an early GMC step van. When I was little my dad had a round design one like that before they went square and boxy in the 70s.

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    On the left border, a 1955 Packard.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @Lostwrench3

    Sorry about that I just closed as I posted the Ann Arbor pic
    I can try answers to puzzles but I needed my beauty sleep last night
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    At gas station in San Francisco - Rambler wagon under lubrication bay sign
    Mercury Comet under "INC."

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited June 2021
    I think the black/yellow coupe is a 1958 Edsel

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,654
    Black and yellow at lower left is a 57 Fairlane.

    Parked next to the Packard looks like a 62 Galaxie, and beside that, 62 Impala.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    The yellow/black is a 57 Ford Fairlane 500.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    magnette said:

    @Lostwrench3

    Sorry about that I just closed as I posted the Ann Arbor pic
    I can try answers to puzzles but I needed my beauty sleep last night

    I understand.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    tmart said:

    The yellow/black is a 57 Ford Fairlane 500.

    Look again, there's something in the middle of that grille that looks like an Edsel grille


    to me.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    edited June 2021
    A little something, but not enough for the full Edsel effect. And no Edsels had single headlights, right?
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,728
    texases said:

    A little something, but not enough for the full Edsel effect. And no Edsels had single headlights, right?

    1957 Ford Grill Guard option.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Guess you guys are right. Edsel was introduced in 1958 and everyone ran quads that year.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Look at this beauty !


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,654
    I wouldn't mind finding one of those, in the right (blue on blue) color combo. 60 Galaxie "Town Victoria" 4 door HT, on full wheelcovers no less. Not sure about that whitewall width, maybe replacement tires.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,827
    edited June 2021
    Idiot kid with his foot in the bucket!

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,478
    Beachwood Brown on that '60 Ford, one of the few not painted white.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    White wall width strikes me as about right for 1960. I keep expecting wws to make a comeback but it's not happening. I'd love to put a set of red stripe tires on my BMW

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,654
    60 Ford wide whites were a little wider. Here's promo shot in apparently the same color as that vintage color:

    image

    And yeah, many of the cars seem to be white:

    image
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,478
    Not sure exactly where this was taken, but Super Duper was a chain operating in NY, PA and OH back then. Pic is unusual in that at first glance I see neither Chevys nor Fords.


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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    1962 Pontiac.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,654
    I see the roof of an early Bronco.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    That's it?
    Everyone must be out doing their Saturday chores.
    '65 Cadillac.
    '64 Plymouth.
    '60 Valiant.
    '62 Valiant.
    '63 Rambler.
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