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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,820
    nice MGB. This the thruway heading to Woodstock?

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,245

    My Taurus had completely different wheels than any of those.

    I had these:

    In 95 they changed the finish and put them on the SE model

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,245

    This discussion would have non car people thinking we’ve lost our minds (I certainly have… lol)

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    tjc78 said:

    This discussion would have non car people thinking we’ve lost our minds (I certainly have… lol)

    I remember those machined finished wheels - IIRC the 95 LX or SE also had a different (more clear) headlight style.

    Are you saying the normies don't discuss minuscule details of 30 year old family sedans? :)

    I can get going about Ford Tempo details, little differences in MBs as the 80s progressed etc

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    Looks like the greenhouse of a Dart/Valiant sedan just above/behind the MG at right,
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,245

    @fintail said:
    I remember those machined finished wheels - IIRC the 95 LX or SE also had a different (more clear) headlight style.

    Are you saying the normies don't discuss minuscule details of 30 year old family sedans? :)

    I can get going about Ford Tempo details, little differences in MBs as the 80s progressed etc

    I’m like that with the Panthers. Woodgrain pattern differences, climate fonts, etc.

    It’s in our blood!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Taurus SHO models like my '92 wore various different wheels. Mine wore these good-looking five spokers>

    The SHO, BTW was a great engine in search of a good car. :o

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,254

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,820
    54 Chevy?

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,254
    stickguy said:

    54 Chevy?

    It's a Chevy..

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,159

    ‘51?

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,254
    The accompanying front plate stated it was 1952

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,616
    I think the plate is wrong. I don't see the 'teeth' what characterize the '52 grille. I'll go with texases' answer of '51.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414

    Where is the front plate? Don’t see it on my screen!

  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,254
    tmart said:

    Where is the front plate? Don’t see it on my screen!

    That's why I left it out.

    It's on display at Kruse auctions in Auburn, IN. I'll guess they know their stuff. ;)

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,159
    kyfdx said:

    tmart said:

    Where is the front plate? Don’t see it on my screen!

    That's why I left it out.

    It's on display at Kruse auctions in Auburn, IN. I'll guess they know their stuff. ;)
    They need a new plate. This is a '52:

  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,676

    Those look frumpy compared to the 55 and newer Chevys. And no V8! 6, Torque or Powerglide. YeeHaw!

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,616
    When I was in high school and my sister was attending college (and commuting to and from home) my father bought himself an old beater to drive to work so that my sister could have the family car. It was a '51 Chevy with Powerglide. For those who are not familiar with the original Powerglide, in Drive it didn't shift. 115 hp straight six with a single-speed automatic. FWIW it did have a 'Low' position for those occasions when you wanted to, you know, actually accelerate, but you had to manually shift into and out of it. It was the first car I learned to drive. That transmission did provide me valuable performance expectations for driving the family car ('60 Falcon with Ford-O-Matic.)

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    This car was in it's time the smallest offered here for sale and was even Road Tested by Motor magazine...


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    Maybe a mid 50s Vauxhall Velox beside it?
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Hi Fin

    Yes, its a Vauxhall Velox (or its sister the Wyvern) and an Austin A30 in the distance.

    The slightly smaller car is a Brutsch Mopetta which was marketed here in 1957/8 in the wake of the Suez oil crisis when we last had petrol rationing but despite not needing a reverse gear as there was handle to turn it round it never caught on.. It had a 50cc moped engine

    I have seen one at a car show and they look like a fairground ride that has escaped...


  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,792
    That is an apt description! That's just a bumper car with the rubber removed. LOL
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    The driver's attire suits the car - his MG-TC must be in the shop.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    I think he's on his day off from Santa's Grotto
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,254
    BMW 503.. I don't know my years. Mid-'50s

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    edited November 2023
    kyfdx said:

    BMW 503.. I don't know my years. Mid-'50s


    Like a lot of Euro cars of the 50-s it shows a lot of influence from Detroit styling (wide windshield two-tone
    paint).

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,728
    edited November 2023
    This one may have been posted before. I don't recall it. Please excuse if it's a repeat.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414

    58 Ford wagon, Chevys…couple of 57s, a 58 and 59. Porsche at left.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Porsche 356A bringing up the rear in left lane. Nearby in middle lane is a 1959 Mercury and to it's right a '59 Buick.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,159
    What's the convertible with the exposed spare, second row from right? Thought it might be a Metropolitan, but tail lights and top are wrong (and it looks too big).
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,820

    A Kaiser?

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    Early 50's Rambler?
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,676
    edited November 2023
    The 59 Buick looks huge next to the others. Of the GM siblings, what automatic in 59 would you prefer, Dynaflow, Powerglide, or Hydramatic?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,159
    This is the car:

  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,960
    edited November 2023
    There' a white convertible with the top down in the 2nd lane from the left not quite parallel with the back of the commuter train.
    I think it's a 58 Cadillac.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,474
    sda said:

    The 59 Buick looks huge next to the others. Of the GM siblings, what automatic in 59 would you prefer, Dynaflow, Powerglide, or Hydramatic?

    Hydramatic.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,728
    1954 Hudson convertible? 2nd from right lane with continental spare on rear?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    texases said:

    This is the car:

    Looks like a mid-50s T--bird to me.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    Car on the shoulder at right 48-49 Cadillac. Kaiser between it and a 58 Impala
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,159
    Could be the '54 Hudson. Seems too blocky to be a T-Bird.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    I agree it might not be a T-Bird, proportions don't look right, not sure if it is distortion in the pic or another car like the Hudson.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414

    I can kinda see a Tbird resemblance BUT the taillights appear square not round! At some point the Falcon had square taillights. Granted I’ve never seen one with a Conti kit though.

  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,616
    Anyone see anything later than 1959? I don't see any, but if it was taken that year, a lot of people were driving new cars.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,159

    ‘59 is the newest I see. So no Falcons.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,474
    Came across this picture today of Custer, SD from what appears to be the late 1960s. I had never heard of that community before. This one expands quite well.


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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,960
    edited November 2023
    Blue Ford Torino, on the right, behind the 58 Buick with the huge rear bumper.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,649
    "6 window" Chrysler Newport, next to the Torino. Oldie in the middle is probably a just-prewar or just-postwar Chevy.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Chevys- Gold 1962 on left next to a white over blue '60. Both are low end (Biscayne or 110/210/)

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,728
    edited November 2023
    fintail said:

    Car on the shoulder at right 48-49 Cadillac. Kaiser between it and a 58 Impala

    The Kaiser-Frazer is a Manhattan model.


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