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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    Where, should be obvious.

    I won't give the when; perhaps you can figure it out from the cars in the photo.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    Renault (encore?) next to what looks like a Pontiac Starfire. Mazda B2000 going the other way.

    looks like about 1990 based on the Toyota Cressida in the front.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    That Cressida debuted for MY 1985, was current through 1988. Mazda pickup driving away above it is no older than 1986.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    fintail said:

    That Cressida debuted for MY 1985, was current through 1988. Mazda pickup driving away above it is no older than 1986.

    That Cressida is a dead ringer for the MY 88 that my wife and I bought new. Real loaded boat; power everything, adjustable suspension, adjustable transmission map, you name it. Drove it 150K miles. Nothing, and I mean nothing, went wrong with it. Finally we gave it to her son, who had young kids and needed the room (and the doors). They had it for a while and passed it on, so I lost track of it.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    My best friends aunt bought one of these, new. Great car.

    According to the pic, it was snapped in 1987.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I remember a co-worker of my dad had a Cressida of that style - I was taken aback by the button tufted leather interior, like this - channeling its inner domestic luxobarge:


  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Funny how the seat upholstery looks like a ‘60s domestic luxo-barge, but the dash (and even the door panels to some extent) still are generic ‘80s Toyota.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Camry wasn't remarkably different:


  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    Another Vegas shot - not sure if you can zoom, but there sure are a lot of cars to identify:


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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    Going back a few decades - I present to you the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado:


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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    52/53 Ford on bridge, 55 Ford at right.

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    On the right - What a great location for a 1956 DeSoto Adventurer.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    George Burns AND Charo? Sounds like a show.

    Must be at least 1987 by a few of the cars I can identify. Oddball might be in the oncoming lane, in front of a white VW van, a white VW Quantum wagon, virtually extinct today. Beside the VW van is a white 84-85 Mercury Topaz sedan.
    Michaell said:

    Another Vegas shot - not sure if you can zoom, but there sure are a lot of cars to identify:

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Michaell said:

    Going back a few decades - I present to you the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado:

    2nd car in at center looks like a two tone 54 Olds.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    fintail said:

    Michaell said:

    Going back a few decades - I present to you the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado:

    2nd car in at center looks like a two tone 54 Olds.
    I'll go with its being a 1956 Olds because of the length of the rear bumper's wrap around and the chrome at the fuel filler door.
    Next to it a 1956 Pontiac.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Is Adam reading this place? lol

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f167vitaxjs
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    @fintail,
    I saw that pic on YT and thought the pic posted here was copied from Adam. :)
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    fintail said:

    Is Adam reading this place? lol

    I had the same thought when I saw that video pop up yesterday. Perhaps he lurks... B)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    edited July 2023
    Not sure if I posted this before: Timberline Viewpoint, Mt. St. Helens, source claims 1974 - zooms nicely:



  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    Powder blue 67 Mustang coupe.
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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    '74 or '75 Civic. Had a HS friend who got an "exhibition of speed" ticket in one of them.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    73ish duster (or Dart, can't tell from that view) front left. down the line an early Land Cruiser, probably worth a bundle now. a few down from that a Volvo 164. Then a yellow with vinyl roof (ah, the old days) Corolla with what looks like finish pole holder pipes on the back bumper.

    Orange Mazda (could be a rotary) next to a yellow pinto.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    stickguy said:

    73ish duster (or Dart, can't tell from that view) front left. down the line an early Land Cruiser, probably worth a bundle now. a few down from that a Volvo 164. Then a yellow with vinyl roof (ah, the old days) Corolla with what looks like finish pole holder pipes on the back bumper.

    Orange Mazda (could be a rotary) next to a yellow pinto.

    Looks like an RX-4

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I believe the car beside the Pinto is a Corolla coupe/"fastback" (as opposed to 2 door sedan), contemporary to the image date.

    Scout II driving away at top.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Somewhere in Rhode Island, 1959. Interesting pic, could just as easily be in some warmer coastal area. Expands nicely.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    Studebaker hawk front and center. Bathtub Nash in the aisle. Kaiser middle right.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Not a single foreign car to be seen. I see a 59 Cadillac 6 window sedan in the top row just right of center.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The newest cars I see are 1958 MY (Studebaker Hawk and Ford near it. Lots of early 50s iron as well, including the black Nash Ambassador heading toward camera. The MoPar at bottom and a black Shoebox Ford could be 49s.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    Aren’t those Chevy wagons all 59s with the bat wings?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I see at least 3 59 Chevys in the pic, including a convertible.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    52/53 Ford, two 56 Ford wagons, 57 Ford, 58 Ford, 59 Ford

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    Galilee! I was very near that parking lot last week.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,657
    Porsche 928

    I can't tell the years apart

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    edited July 2023
    The front has a very Sharky look to it, especially in that color.
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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    Probably late 70's, with the wheels.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited July 2023
    Michaell said:

    Probably late 70's, with the wheels.

    Right, it's a 1977 Porsche 928 (1st MY).. I was quite taken by it back then, now not so much.



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  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,279
    Aston Martin Rapide behind the silver U-boat.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    looks like a Lotus back left in front of a Beetle with period luggage on the roof rack.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    stickguy said:

    looks like a Lotus back left in front of a Beetle with period luggage on the roof rack.

    I thought it was an Avanti...

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    And an MB SLC behind the AM?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    looks like a Hammer behind the AM

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    First USDM MY for the 928 was 1978, although production started in 1977.

    Car behind the A-M is maybe a Maserati Kyalami, not a MB for sure.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited July 2023
    Know you tailights and fins?




    I'll call the white 1961 Pontiac Catalina on right.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    59 Chevy wagon, beside it a Chevy Corvair.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    64 full sized Ford pulling away or in at left, looks like a more basic "Custom" series car.
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,706
    Interesting backlight on the 61 Catalina. No issue with outward visibility with that one.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346
    edited July 2023

    I love how they were able to kept the sedan styling pretty well intact on the 59 wagon.

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    Also in there, a 1960 Pontiac.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    Red 62 Impala convertible with white top.
    To the left, a Green Jeep, 59 Dodge Custom Royal, 62 Chevy wagon.
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