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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,690
    Is that Ponch and Jon?

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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,347
    Good one Michaell! Rover P6 near upper left.
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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,690
    explorerx4 said:

    Good one Michaell! Rover P6 near upper left.

    Which makes the road in question the unopened portion of the 210. I've got a book on the history of the freeways in LA, and a couple of pages were dedicated to the filming of CHiPS - they couldn't complete the highway due to legal delays, so the production company made arrangements to film on the stretches that were done.

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    Red and black Karmann Ghia.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    Two Chevy Vegas, Tan in middle lane and a white one behind the K-G.

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,595
    75ish Corolla wagon front right. and looks like a 2 tone Rambler wagon next to the bikes.

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    I think the Chippies are about to pull over that Corolla with the balloons.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    ab348 said:

    I think the Chippies are about to pull over that Corolla with the balloons.

    Those aren't balloons they're kayaks or canoes on top of the car following the white Corolla :D

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Optical illusion!

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    On CHiPs in the middle, MB W114/115, behind it to the left W116.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    Beach racin' @ Daytona?


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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    First row 56 Ford, 55 Thunderbird, 56 Thunderbird. A bug in the third row center.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Mad Dog - Buford Tannen?

    Not sure if that car in the middle is a Beetle, could be a 40s American car as it appears to have a split windshield. I do see something foreign looking peeking in at far left, rear fender - maybe MGA.
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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    54 Ford Sunliner at left. The bug was a WAG.
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    tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 15,946

    @fintail said:
    Mad Dog - Buford Tannen?

    Not sure if that car in the middle is a Beetle, could be a 40s American car as it appears to have a split windshield. I do see something foreign looking peeking in at far left, rear fender - maybe MGA.

    I hate that name ….

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    tmart said:

    54 Ford Sunliner at left. The bug was a WAG.

    IIRC the Sunliner was a convertible, that one is a four-post coupe and it's a '56. The one that looks like a VW appears to have divided front glass; possibly it's a Volvo PV544.

    I have to tell you that this picture really threw me. At first I thought the front row and many of the other cars we 1955MY but then I noticed the turn signals on the Ford which make it a 1956 model. I can't tell a '55 Thunderbird from a '56 unless it has the outside spare which you wouldn't expect on a race car.

    Speaking of racing what are they doing? I thought racing on the Daytona sand would have been over by the mid 1950s. Another mystery, the white something on the right front of the black T-Bird and the pink one on the left.

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    MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 241,690
    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    54 Ford Sunliner at left. The bug was a WAG.

    IIRC the Sunliner was a convertible, that one is a four-post coupe and it's a '56. The one that looks like a VW appears to have divided front glass; possibly it's a Volvo PV544.

    I have to tell you that this picture really threw me. At first I thought the front row and many of the other cars we 1955MY but then I noticed the turn signals on the Ford which make it a 1956 model. I can't tell a '55 Thunderbird from a '56 unless it has the outside spare which you wouldn't expect on a race car.

    Speaking of racing what are they doing? I thought racing on the Daytona sand would have been over by the mid 1950s. Another mystery, the white something on the right front of the black T-Bird and the pink one on the left.

    The Daytona Speedway opened in 1959; prior to that, they raced on the beach in one direction, and an asphalt access road in the other.

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    54 Ford Sunliner at left. The bug was a WAG.

    IIRC the Sunliner was a convertible, that one is a four-post coupe and it's a '56. The one that looks like a VW appears to have divided front glass; possibly it's a Volvo PV544.

    I have to tell you that this picture really threw me. At first I thought the front row and many of the other cars we 1955MY but then I noticed the turn signals on the Ford which make it a 1956 model. I can't tell a '55 Thunderbird from a '56 unless it has the outside spare which you wouldn't expect on a race car.

    Speaking of racing what are they doing? I thought racing on the Daytona sand would have been over by the mid 1950s. Another mystery, the white something on the right front of the black T-Bird and the pink one on the left.

    The Sunliner is a convertible. It’s black at the left edge, in front of a tutone green with white top car. You must have thought I meant the red and white 56 on the front row. The continental kit was standard on the 56, but available on the 55 and 57 Thunderbirds. From the front, above the grill, the 55 has crossed flags while the 56 has the Tbird emblem.
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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Not sure where this was taken but appears to be from the mid-'70s.


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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,994
    73 Olds Delta Royale behind the nice 73 Fury III coupe. 70 Cadillac to the left of the red Challenger

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Looks like a Newport 4 door post at right, I'll guess 1972.
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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
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    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    54 Ford Sunliner at left. The bug was a WAG.

    IIRC the Sunliner was a convertible, that one is a four-post coupe and it's a '56. The one that looks like a VW appears to have divided front glass; possibly it's a Volvo PV544.

    I have to tell you that this picture really threw me. At first I thought the front row and many of the other cars we 1955MY but then I noticed the turn signals on the Ford which make it a 1956 model. I can't tell a '55 Thunderbird from a '56 unless it has the outside spare which you wouldn't expect on a race car.

    Speaking of racing what are they doing? I thought racing on the Daytona sand would have been over by the mid 1950s. Another mystery, the white something on the right front of the black T-Bird and the pink one on the left.

    There existed and still exists a performance air intake system for those T-Birds which consists of dual "pipes" which extend from the air filter housing forward to the front grille area. The driver taped on some type of material to act as a filter to keep sand from getting into the dual air inlets.
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
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    On the beach there is a green car in the left rear margin driving away - above a red Mopar (De Soto?) convertible

    Is the departing green car a Henry J ? (or an Allstate even)
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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
    I was thinking Henry J.
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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    It looks like the '73 Fury wants to park next to the fuselage Chrysler. It looks like it would be a snug fit.

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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,347
    67 gold Impala coupe on the left.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    edited May 2022
    No fins!


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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
    1961 Plymouth.
    Pop Quiz - Chrysler Corporation made a major change under the hoods beginning with 1961 Chrysler Corporation cars, that is...........
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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,994
    Slant six?

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Early styling mule for the spindle grille Lexus?
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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
    sda said:

    Slant six?

    I should have been more precise.
    .....major change under all the hoods beginning with 1961......
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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,994
    Generator to Alternator?

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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
    sda said:

    Generator to Alternator?

    Bingo!
    Very good.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    edited May 2022
    It looks like the honchos at Chrysler Corp told the stylists responsible for Plymouth to cool it on the fins and maybe they over-reacted. The result was perhaps the ugliest American car ever made, a styling disaster from every angle

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Seattle 1974 apparently, a little grainy but should zoom well:

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,595
    Volvo 142 of the vintage we had (though ours was a 144). On the right a light colored AMC Hornet. I had one of them too. Next to a cross-eyed Econoline.

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    tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,243
    68 Ford Galaxie and Ford Econoline van.
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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,994
    edited May 2022
    72 Toyota Corona Mark II to the left of the Ford and right of the Volvo.

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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,347
    A Pinto wagon on the far right. Maybe an Austin America to the left of the van in the picture.
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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    Interesting pic from San Diego, I believe from 1974:


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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,595

    Is the el Camino a 1965?

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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,717
    Two cars (model and year) that were in my family at the same time, '65 Mustang and '69 Cutlass.
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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    It's not every day you see "Velvet Oil Paintings" touted on a business. :D

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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
    1968 Toronado.
    Park under that stuff? Not me.
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    sdasda Member Posts: 6,994
    73 Vista Cruiser far left

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    ab348ab348 Member Posts: 19,110
    stickguy said:

    Is the el Camino a 1965?

    I think it is.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397


    At the same time Plymouths were being shorn of their fins, other brands were still flashing theirs.

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    Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 744
    The last year of DeSoto. 1961.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,397
    Lostwrench3 said:

    The last year of DeSoto. 1961.

    Correct but De Soto wasn't the only Chrysler offering to sport fins in '61>


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