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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Guy in high school had one, his 'friends' went out at lunch, picked it up and turned it sideways in the parking spot. Not only wasn't he able to get to work at his co-op job in the afternoon, the Honda was damaged in the prank.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I knew a guy that had one

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,590
    edited September 2023
    I think the S600 was the roadster version. I think there was also a coupe version of it.



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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053

    Ah, that makes sense. I thought they had the same name.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    edited September 2023
    [ENLARGEABLE]


    Two Mercurys parked together on the left. The aqua car is a '58, next to it is a '57.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Looks like a blue and white 57 Ford at left with a man standing behind it.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,590
    Picture is from 1959 given that was the Centennial for Presque Isle, ME. Cars identifiable are not particularly noteworthy, though the '56 Mercury 2-door on the right is nice enough.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Forgot to mention the 55 tutone blue Ford at right.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The red/white Chevy is a 1956 4-poster, my favorite MY of the Tri-Chevys. Anyone know
    what year Caddy that is?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited September 2023
    andys120 said:

    The red/white Chevy is a 1956 4-poster, my favorite MY of the Tri-Chevys. Anyone know
    what year Caddy that is?

    1952? DeVille Convertible?
    Edit - make that a 1955 Series 62:

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    At far left near the 56 Chevy looks like the tip of the fin of a 57 Mercury
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Seattle, August 1962 (zooms well):


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    Valiant coming, 54 Ford coming, Bullet Bird convertible going, several Beetles.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053

    Is the little wagon a corvair?

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    Oncoming, in the middle lane, a 61 Ford towing a boat.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,590
    explorerx4 said:

    Oncoming, in the middle lane, a 61 Ford towing a boat.

    I hope the owner installed helper springs in the rear. Those Fords were tail-draggers even without a trailer attached.

    I wonder if that long hill in the background has a bike lane. Here if such a thing existed the cycling activists would demand a t-bar lift be installed to get them up the hill.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    I remember when we first saw Japanese cars in Wales

    My mum & dad used to take me to a local redundant airfield which had a car race circuit round it, at Llandow about ten miles from Cardiff.

    The track was not much more than an oval although with a few kinks in it to make it interesting.

    We went in about November 1965 and between the races a local garage was demonstrating the new Honda S800 roadster and the Coupe.

    Everybody watched as these little cars went round and they were of course about the size of a Spridget so not that odd to us.

    We all thought we wouldn't see anything more of Japanese imports but of course that soon changed....

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    There was a TV show 'Sky King' in the 1950s, one episode had a point about Japanese cameras: 'Joe, take a look at these two cameras, tell me which one was made in Japan'. 'Oh, must be the cheap rattly one!' 'No Joe, that's the American one.' (or something to that effect). Very prescient!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    That '61 Ford is probably the newest car. I looked at some pix of Corvair wagons, and yeah, most likel;y that is a '60-'62 Corvair Lakewood wagon.



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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    texases said:

    There was a TV show 'Sky King' in the 1950s, one episode had a point about Japanese cameras: 'Joe, take a look at these two cameras, tell me which one was made in Japan'. 'Oh, must be the cheap rattly one!' 'No Joe, that's the American one.' (or something to that effect). Very prescient!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYjsZr1PwM

    I am of an age where Japanese cars were always known to be good quality - sometimes a little tinny or rust-prone in harsh areas, but reliable and generally well-assembled. And even when I was a kid, Japanese electronics and toys were the coolest.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    @andys120 said:
    That '61 Ford is probably the newest car. I looked at some pix of Corvair wagons, and yeah, most likel;y that is a '60-'62 Corvair Lakewood wagon.

    The Bullet Thunderbird would be a 61-63. From the rear it’s hard to tell which.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,590
    I’m old enough to remember when “Made in Japan” was used as a line by comedians in sketches to signify something that was cheaply made and shoddily built. By the mid-60s that had begun to change with high-quality cameras and electronics being introduced to markets here. Japanese cars in the ‘60s tended to have solid if unspectacular drivetrains for the most part but it took them another decade or so for them to get improvements in body integrity, rust resistance and interior trim quality

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,363
    ab348 said:

    I’m old enough to remember when “Made in Japan” was used as a line by comedians in sketches to signify something that was cheaply made and shoddily built. By the mid-60s that had begun to change with high-quality cameras and electronics being introduced to markets here. Japanese cars in the ‘60s tended to have solid if unspectacular drivetrains for the most part but it took them another decade or so for them to get improvements in body integrity, rust resistance and interior trim quality

    My folks owned a series of VW's in the 60's as the family vehicle - first an early 60's Beetle, then a '67 Type 3 (wagon) - my dad always drove a pickup truck.

    The engine on the Type 3 gave out in 1973, so they were on the hunt for a new car for mom. I was 9 at the time, and I remember my dad going to the Mazda lot to look at the RX-2, -3 and -4. Not sure what put him off of that, as we ended up getting a '73 Toyota Corona.

    For the next 30 years - with one exception - my mom drove a series of Toyotas. It was interrupted only by a '72 MB 220D, which my dad thought was a nicer car, even though it was almost 10 years old when we bought it. It immediately needed a full engine rebuild, and my mom hated driving it, so it got replaced after only a few years with an '83 Celica hatch (both my sister and I were driving by that time, so a sedan or wagon wasn't necessary).

    The Celica was traded in for a '91 Camry (still used) after my son was born, and a car seat was necessary, and the Camry lasted quite a while until mom demanded one last new car in 2003. That was when they picked up the Hyundai Sonata that my sister still drives, after 20 years and less than 60,000 miles on it.

    The Toyotas, as expected, were dull but reliable, though the Celica was a bit more fun to drive, even if it did have an automatic.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

    ZTHE '61



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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Good grief, no takers on the pretty red car?



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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,363
    andys120 said:

    Good grief, no takers on the pretty red car?



    Well, I know it's an Alfa.

    Beyond that, some sort of Veloce Barchetta somethingorother.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053
    I knew the Alfa part too. That was easy!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Blue (of course) Alpine A110 in the background
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Aberdeen WA, March 31, 1961:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053
    Corvair van next to the Corvair coupe. and to the left, nice comparison of a new Ford PU compared to a slightly older Chevy (Apache?)

    and top left behind the pumps, hard to make it out, but is that a Jeep wagon? Terry Thomas version?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    stickguy said:

    I knew the Alfa part too. That was easy!

    Yup the distinctive upright central grille indicates an Alfa-Romeo but that is one of the great Alfas of all
    time- a Giulietta Sprint GT, the first of the Alfa 2+2 Gran Turismos. This particular Bertone styled coupe was made from 1954 to '65 using various powertrains and name plates.

    Yup, that's a blue Alpine A110 in the background.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Well it’s a Lexus, guessing an LS 400.

  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,363
    tmart said:

    Well it’s a Lexus, guessing an LS 400.

    Probably an example with like 750,000 miles on the odometer.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Looks like the 1995-99 facelift.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Also looks like it had a driver's door respray.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053

    A Mr. C DeSoto?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It's a 1947 DeSoto

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053

    A Morgan. Who knows what decade!

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177

    @stickguy said:
    A Morgan. Who knows what **century **

    There, I fixed it

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    FYi,
    It's a 1963 Morgan Plus4.

    Some designs are timeless B)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    66 Galaxie 7 Litre, somewhat rare as a convertible.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    Somewhere in France -mid 60's


  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    64 or 65 Chevy Malibu. Red Opel Kadett.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Lowline Renault 4 without rear quarter windows, Renault Caravelle with hardtop between it and the Malibu
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,707
    edited September 2023
    White Renault 16 front and center. Dad had a 75 TL Automatic as a company car. It was a neat car in many of ways. One thing I found amusing, the wipers were not self parking. On the downward sweep you had to click the rocker type wiper switch to the off position. Also, the wipers and radio would operate independent of the ignition switch.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Green car between the Renault and Chevy is a second gen VW Karmann-Ghia.

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