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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    andys120 said:

    Chevy Vega (Kammback/wagon?)coming toward camera on left, late 60s Pontiac behind it.

    My dad bought a Vega wagon that color, but with plood on the side. He was close to 60 and not exactly flamboyant anyway, so I’m not sure why he wanted it. But he seemed to like it so whatever.

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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    Two relatively anonymous vehicles

    They only sold a few of these in UK - this one was in France...


    This one was sold in UK but haven't seen one for a long time - this time plates are Dutch.



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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,116
    You have me stumped on the white Renault, @magnette. Doesn't look like any model I can recall.

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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,355
    I had to look through a lot of Renault pictures, but how about a Safrane?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    texases said:

    andys120 said:

    Chevy Vega (Kammback/wagon?)coming toward camera on left, late 60s Pontiac behind it.

    I'm not seeing the Pontiac, looks more Ford/Mercury to me.
    You may be right,the white car following theVega has a divided grille which says "Pontiac" to me but it was copied by others/

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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    @explorerx4

    It is indeed a Renault Safrane - Renault sell many thousands of small cars in the UK but hardly bothered with the large car market here as they have seldom had any success

    The Safrane was marketed in Europe from abut 1991 to 2000 but only sold here to the mid nineties and they never caught on.
    I used to drive past a Renault dealers in east London and they only ever had about one or two in for service - usually a bottle green colour if I recall but I haven't seen one on the road for a long while.
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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,355
    The car behind the Vega is a 69 Ford LTD.
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,722
    Yep, that looks like it.
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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,116
    Now here's something you don't see every day:


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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    Toyota Sports 800. Produced in the '60s. I'm pretty sure it was never sold new in the US, but some may have come in from the gray market.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    Spokane, must be 1971-72 or so, good variety. Should zoom very well, large image. I believe the structures in the foreground are gone now, everything on this side of the bridge has changed, developed for Expo 74:



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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    60 Ford first row, several Pintos and Falcons, 57 Ford first row.
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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    1959~61 Lark in the furthest row (facing the street).

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,116
    Lots of Beetles. Is that a late '50s/early '60s Dodge Sweptside pickup parked at the curb in front of the motel lot? I also see what looks like a '58 Impala far right in the big lot across the street, 4 down from what appears to be a Pinto hatchback. Three to the left of that is an older Falcon wagon. Across the row below the Falcon is what I think is a Fiat 850 Spider with a real old-timer next to it, maybe a Dodge.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    First row center left is an open car. Looks to me like a Porsche 356 Cabriolet. Spokane is a sweet little town
    currently experiencing a real estate boom from Seattle-lites fleeing high priced real estate.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    I'll pick off the GM Clamshell wagon 4th row from bottom, right, between a Pinto and AMC Hornet.

    Not sure if I am looking in the right spot for the Porsche. First row beside what appears to be a Datsun 510 wagon looks like a Datsun Fairlady roadster (4 to the right of the 60 Ford).

    In-migration has given Spokane (between Spokane and Spokane Valley, which are adjacent and the only border is crossing a street) there are probably 350K people now) a bit of a housing crisis that doesn't seem to be leveling off much even with rates 80% higher than what I got at the end of last summer. Houses that were 250K in 2015 can be 600K today, and the roads are dotted with plates from CA, OR, TX, CO, and I seem to spot a lot of Carolinas too.
    andys120 said:

    First row center left is an open car. Looks to me like a Porsche 356 Cabriolet. Spokane is a sweet little town
    currently experiencing a real estate boom from Seattle-lites fleeing high priced real estate.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    A few things to zoom in on here - this location isn't too far from my house. Indeed a shame they didn't keep the cool sign, but I bet it looked pretty passe by the late 70s:

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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,995
    Cool signage. Looks like a 69 Olds 98 to the right of the sign, kind of blurry.

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    Thunderbird at left.
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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,355
    A 1970 Impala in lower left of picture.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398


    First car is missing its headlight covers.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    Pair of white 63 Impalas in the middle.
    andys120 said:



    First car is missing its headlight covers.

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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    andys120 said:



    First car is missing its headlight covers.

    I don't think they're missing, just retracted (like they are when the headlights are on). I had a '78 Thunderbird with retractable headlight covers. The covers were operated by vacuum and, probably for safety reasons, if the vacuum was lost they defaulted to open.

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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 746
    The "Archilles Heel" of the fine 1965 Riviera was the requirement to keep the headlights' Clam Shell mechanicals clean and lubricated. Dirt would stop their operation. Also, the electric motor to operate those clam shells, was behind the front bumper. It was known for rain water to enter the electric motor killing it.
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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,995
    Wasn’t there an override switch to allow the headlight covers to stay open for servicing, snow, etc? I know they tended to be problematic overall.

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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    When I was driving an Alfa Romeo Mito the two doors had frameless windows and if you opened the door it dropped the glass slightly so the glass was not slammed against the top of the door aperture when closing.

    If we had the slightest frost this didn't happen and instead you had just slam the door anyway though in fairness it was still working on more clement days for the four years I had that car.

    Any electric gizmos usually go at some stage and you wonder while waiting for the part or whatever if you really needed it replaced with a simpler solution..

    Never had a car with light covers but I remember being passed one evening by what I thought was a motorcycle on the motorway and it was a wedge shaped Lotus Elite with one headlight - the nearside one - shining on, and the other one was down but with the bulb on and leaving just a sliver of light.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    A lot of modern hardtop coupe or frameless door cars have the windows that retract a cm when the door handle is actuated. I've long worried how long such a feature will remain active.
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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,116
    Until my daily driver took up residence inside last year, I cannot tell you how many times in the winter my side windows were frozen to the seals. We get lots of freezing rain or rain followed by a flash freeze in winter here, so I wonder how that feature deals with such situations.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    fintail said:

    A lot of modern hardtop coupe or frameless door cars have the windows that retract a cm when the door handle is actuated. I've long worried how long such a feature will remain active.

    Still works on my 2008 BMW 335 convert @ 100,000m

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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 238,151
    fintail said:

    A lot of modern hardtop coupe or frameless door cars have the windows that retract a cm when the door handle is actuated. I've long worried how long such a feature will remain active.

    It was still working on my '06 when I sold it 2 years ago.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398

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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,355
    edited April 2022
    Nash Metropolitan. Cute.
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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    Always wanted one.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    Not many realize that the Nash/Hudson Metropolitans were all manufactured by Austin in Britain. There was an Austin-badged version but the great majority were exported to the USA. Pininfarina of Italy collaborated with Nash's in house styling in the design.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,607

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    Car nearest camera looks like a Fiat Millecento(1100), a Fiat X/9 next to it. Far row has a pair of Alfa Spiders surrounding a red MG-B.

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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,722
    edited April 2022

    Fourth and fifth from right middle row-Fiat Barchetta.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,607
    edited April 2022
    The cars were from this tour. All had gum balls on the door. I took the picture from the hotel in Tourmina.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    Don't know what you mean by "gumballs on the door".

    Middle of row on left are a pair of Alfa 75 sedans (sold here as the Alfa Milano (1980s).

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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,722
    Gumball = round white label with a number.
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,607
    Yes. Magnets I think. Had a number and tour logos.

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    From middle of the leftmost row, center, I see a BMW Z3, SLK beside it to the left, continuing left an Alfa 75 sedan and what looks like a Maserati Biturbo, in front of that looks like Peugeot 206CC.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    edited April 2022


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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    edited April 2022


    Sunset Strip in the 50's. There are few makes as identifiable as the car in the middle but I couldn't tell you the model yr on any of them. I'm sure you guys can. I think they're all 1948-52* but beyond that I dunno

    *The oldie on the left excepted (possibly pre WWII)

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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 746
    edited April 2022
    On the left border, a 1949 DeSoto.
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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,355
    Oldsmobile on the right in front of a 49 Ford.
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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    I find it interesting how similar the crowns are on the Stubbie and the Ford grilles.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,200
    Oldie at left appears to be a 39 Chevy.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,398
    I think the Oldsmobile on right is a 1950 MY, first year for one piece curved front glass.

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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,474
    The Studie is a '51. I think it's a Champion, because I believe the Commander had a call-out on the grille. The first car I remember was my parent's '51 Commander.

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