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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    ord Galxie 4-dr hardtop on right. In front of it a Chrysler of the same configuration and similar vintage.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,648
    texases said:

    On the way to the state fair, the other Syracuse:

    '69 Galaxie?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    magnette said:

    Sorry - I've been missing from this site for ages.

    This one is somewhere Italy but I have no idea where or when it was taken - I just thought the two cars depicted would be of interest...

    ps - neither of them is a Fiat

    I think the SR code on both plates is Syracuse in Sicily

    Car at right Simca 1000? At left (foreground) Innocenti Austin A40 ?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    edited August 2023
    @fintail

    Yes the white car is a Simca 1000 but you were half way there with the blue one

    Instead of an English Austin assembled by Innocenti, this was an English Ford assembled in Italy...

    It's a Ford Anglia Torino

    Ford assembled Anglia 105's in Italy from about 1960 but the model was redesigned locally to get rid of the fins and the rear slanting window from about 1964 to 67

    They sold about 10,000 in Italy, and also sold them Benelux countries for a couple more years, and eventually assembled the Torino in the Belgian Ford plant in 1965 -7

    These two Dutch examples were presumably from the latter...







  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Incidentally in Britain the Anglia design also got a bit dated quite quickly, but they found that one in ten customers by about the mid sixties were choosing the Estate version which was of course effectively a hatchback in all but name
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    andys120 said:

    ord Galxie 4-dr hardtop on right. In front of it a Chrysler of the same configuration and similar vintage.

    Amusingly, beside the Ford and Chrysler are two Beetles in a row, and further up the line are two VW buses side by side.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Seattle, March 1 1962 (zooms well):


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Two 56 Fords, 59 Chevy, 60 Ford, a Comet.

  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    2 tone 56 Chevy on the left and a 61 Dodge parked uphill from one of 56 Fords.
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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747

    I'll take a 1953 Mercury and a 1962 Mercury on the right curb.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747

    And a 1958 Buick convertible waiting at the stoplight.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    1960 Ford parked on right, two tones.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Like most French cars, this one is really obscure, at least to us>



    Vive la difference!

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    Renault R8 lower right.
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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,335
    Cactus?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    edited August 2023
    Matra Rancho, which I remember from when I was a kid:



  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    Matra Rancho, which I remember from when I was a kid:



    Y'up, it was essentially what we now call a CUV nowadays with it's high ground clearance ( tho it was FWD only-based on the Simca 1100). The Rancho was sold as a Simca, a Talbot-Matra, and a Matra-Simca as well as a Ranch in Italy. between 1977 and 1984.

    We learned a lot about Euro cars from Dinky and Matchbox Toys.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    kinda reminds me od a Daimler SP250.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    That car is a beauty, the SP250 was ugly, butt ugly!


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    it does not have the catfish nose, but the shape of the rear fenders is reminiscent.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Was initially thinking AC 428, but I can see just a sliver of the badge at front. Maserati Mistral, ~1968.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Probably Germany, 1963:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    What’s that big Chevy doing among the Bugs?

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited August 2023
    tmart said:

    What’s that big Chevy doing among the Bugs?

    I was wondering. That's a '63 Impala Sport Coupe in a very odd place, possibly owned by a US serviceman.

    Nice Fintail Benz 220 in foreground but what's that little weirdo across the street? Note its door has hinges in rear.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Car behind the Beetle on the far side of the street is a Goggomobil
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    Car behind the Beetle on the far side of the street is a Goggomobil

    i couldn't find any pix of one that looked quite like that one but they all had rear hinge doors.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    tmart said:

    What’s that big Chevy doing among the Bugs?

    Probably someone in the US Military.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    edited August 2023
    The earlier Goggo T250 had rear hinged doors:





  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Brochure art>


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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346

    58 Lincoln Premiere

  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    AFAIK the only American passenger car that (in some jurisdictions) required a truck license.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177

    Just saw one of those last night on “North by Northwest”. Great flick.

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 836
    The 1958 Lincoln Continentals had rear windows which lowered, as shown.
    The 1958 Premieres' could not.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    A few years later (1963?) Mercury picked up the retractable rear window and called the feature “Breezeway”.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    bhill2 said:

    A few years later (1963?) Mercury picked up the retractable rear window and called the feature “Breezeway”.

    Fomoco back then seemed to think the reverse-slant rear window concept would take off. It never really did, though they still sold a remarkable number of vehicles over the few years they offered it.


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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,346

    @Lostwrench3 said:
    The 1958 Lincoln Continentals had rear windows which lowered, as shown.
    The 1958 Premieres' could not.

    You are correct. I looked too quickly at the picture. So in fact this is a 58 Continental which was the top line model.

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177

    At least that lady’s cigarette smoke didn’t stick around to bother the others.

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    edited August 2023

    Back then her smoke wouldn’t necessarily bother the other passengers. Ahh good times.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Ford even had one with a window that didn't open::

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Ford also had what they called “Flow thru ventilation “.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    This should keep people busy for awhile (zooms well):



    Latest I can conclusively ID are 1960 models.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    ‘60 Ford 2-door sedan on the left about 1/3 of the down from the top.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    MGA FHC representing the imports. Don’t think that’s a hardtop, but no clue if it came with a fixed roof. Next to an Edsel.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,046
    And a couple of beetles. One next to a Studebaker. lark?

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Couple of 55 Fords, 56 Ford, 57 Ford, 57 Thunderbird, couple of 59 Fords, couple of Square Birds, at least two 60 Fords, two Edsels, 59 Chevy. Believe there’s an older than 60 Ford left of the first Square Bird.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Center of the pic, 3/4 up near a few people is a 60 Starliner. Edsel at lower R looks like a wagon.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,625
    On the right, a bit more than half-way up, is a white Rambler wagon next to a 59 Ford. There appears to be another Rambler on its left; this one dark-colored.

    To play my favorite game, I see nothing newer that 1960 here. Anyone else?

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,747
    The 1957 convertible in the center next to the black Cadillac is a Meteor, Canadian Ford.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    A 60 Mercury on the right near the top, 60 Chevy 2nd row from the bottom, another 60 ford on the left a couple of rows behind the 2 tone ford wagon.
    Another Edsel of the far right next to the MGA(?).
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