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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    60 Ford looks like a lowline car. Couple of wraparound side window Mopar wagons behind it.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Houston, TX, around 1980 or ‘81. Bonus points if you can ID the car of the poor guy broken down on the shoulder.


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    2nd row from R, 3rd car back, a 77-79 Cougar (I saw one on the road today). To the R of that and a little + ahead, an 81+ formal Granada. Car with hood up maybe a 71-73 Mustang or similar year Javelin?
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    I see a Bug going away.
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346

    Two Grand Prix and a Cutlass up front. Those must have been pretty new. Going the other way pretty sure that’s a Mustang II next to the small (Datsun??) pickup.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    In front of the big white semi a few imports,an early Datsun 240/260Z and a Toyota (Starlet).

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Here's an odd pic with some interesting iron>

    i'll call the blue Pontiacs. On left a 1964 Tempest LeMans or GTO. Down street, a 65 Catalina or Bonneville.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    I’ll take the 55 Thunderbird and the 60 Ford.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    55 or 57 T bird that seems to have had its wheels stolen.

    Blue falcon, early 60s, across the street. In front of a gold Lincoln I think.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    tmart said:

    I’ll take the 55 Thunderbird and the 60 Ford.

    The ‘60 Ford in the rare white paint finish. I would estimate only about 90% were produced in that color. :p

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    On my screen the 60 Ford’s color appears pale blue and not white, but I could be wrong.
    Maybe the fishergirl used the Bird’s wheel as a float or sinker.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I think the white Ford is a '61.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    To me the fins appear horizontal (60) and not slanted (61).

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    There are two Fords in the pic, a ‘60 and a ‘61. On my laptop screen both appeared to be white. When I look at the pic on my tablet, the ‘60 could well be Ford’s famous pale pastel blue.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,706
    63 Cadillac, 65 Pontiac

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    edited July 2023
    More or less across the street from the 65 Pontiac is a white Corvair that looks exactly like one I drove in college. Unusual combination of a four-door with a four-speed. Tried to kill me a couple of times, but man was it fun to drive.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Both the 60 and 61 Fords are white on my screen too. 61 looks like a Galaxie 2 door HT (non-Starliner), 60 looks like a Fairlane. Behind the 60 Ford looks like a neat blue 63 Falcon hardtop.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682


    Here we go again . At The OLd Motor They say this is a 1954 Ford Crestliner Skyliner, The "Skyliner" name was later given to a retractable hardtop and Mercurys w the plexiglass r oof section were called "Sun Valleys."

    Confusing! :/

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    The Ford Crestliners existed from 1952 to 1954.
    During those years, Crestliners had different models, the Victoria, Sunliner, Fordor, Skyliner, etc.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    On old Cape Cod in 1962 in Provincetown.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    White falcon wagon about halfway up the row

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    54 Ford behind the Falcon.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    The bonus points this round are attached to the ID of the wagon parked at the curb ahead of the Beetle.

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,706
    A Renault of some sort? Renault logo on tail gate 1959-


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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Too bad they dropped the tank logo!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Mystery wagon is a Borgward Isabella I believe.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Car behind the Beetle looks like a full size 62 Ford on dog dish caps.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    The side strip is wrong for a '62. I'll go with its being a 1961 Ford.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I think the wagon is a Borgward Isabella Combi



    The VW is post-59 but pre-64 IIRC.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited July 2023

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    Looks like an early Mercury Marauder.
    I'll go with its being a 1963.5
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    1964 Mercury Park Lane Marauder

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    too large for my taste, but a pretty sharp looking car.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    stickguy said:

    too large for my taste, but a pretty sharp looking car.

    I agree! I always liked those.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    tmart said:

    1964 Mercury Park Lane Marauder

    Yup, 427 c.i.d. under the hood.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    50’s Studebaker convertible. Nice looking car.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    To go with the 51 above

    https://journal.classiccars.com/media/2019/09/18004940-1983-gmc-caballero-std.jpg
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    andys120 said:


    Lots of people thought so at the time but I recall thinking the earlier ones lacking the ":jet intake" were prettier. . The "jet fighteer: look was really big in the early 50s. (Korean War Sabrejets vs. MiGs)

    1949 version>






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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    edited July 2023
    tmart said:

    To go with the 51 above

    https://journal.classiccars.com/media/2019/09/18004940-1983-gmc-caballero-std.jpg

    Perfect addition for someone who has one of these boomery Birds and Vettes:







  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Well, it’s a Nash. I’ll leave it at that.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    When I see one of those bathtubs I always think of the old 1950’s Superman series with George Reeves.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    I will add that it is an Ambassador.

    Oh, ab348, you really showed your age with the remark about the Superman series (I know, because I used to watch it too.)

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Me too! Believe the show is on MeTV or H&I TV.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    It was actually before my time. It was in reruns here when I was a little guy in the ‘60s and I was fascinated by the funny-looking cars.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Lois Lane's Nash Ranbler convertible featured framed windows that did not retract


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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    ab348 said:

    It was actually before my time. It was in reruns here when I was a little guy in the ‘60s and I was fascinated by the funny-looking cars.

    Well, it was sponsored by Nash. What can I say?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited August 2023
    A big trunk was a feature taken for granted in the 50s>


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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,338
    andys120 said:

    A big trunk was a feature taken for granted in the 50s>


    I think the issue is that the trunk size shrunk over the years, yet women continued to pack the same amount of clothes for vacation.

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