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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,655
    edited November 2023
    imidazol97 said:

    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.


    Try that in a new car!
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414

    You do and it won’t be a new car anymore!

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,655
    1981 - the zenith of automotive history (zooms well):


  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Right hand steering wheel indicates that these are likely British cars. I think the gold car we knew as a Honda Civic was sold there as a Honda Ballade. Amazing how big it looks next to the red Mini behind it.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    edited November 2023
    Austin Allegro behind the Ballade Acclaim?
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,481
    The home-built Honda was the Triumph Acclaim.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,833
    Always makes me think of Mrs. Bou-quet

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    ab348 said:

    The home-built Honda was the Triumph Acclaim.

    Well, that would explain the big "Triumph Acclaim" sign next to it!
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,965
    A couple of XJ6's.
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    edited November 2023
    Oops, that's not an Allegro, it's a Princess. Any idea what the brown car next to it is?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,655
    edited November 2023
    I think it's an Allegro or late run Marina to the left of the Princess, Morris Ital to the right. Looks like a Rover SD1 between the Allegro and a Series III XJ6.

    BL cars are notorious for multiple reasons, but some are a guilty pleasure for me.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @fintail

    I couldn't get your last post to open which was apparently the one with the british cars
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    I was watching a tv cop show the other evening which was actually made in about 2003

    It was filmed in Edinburgh and I was surprised how many cars were in the category "Haven't seen one of those for years.."

    A whole generation the last gasps of BL but also the Ford Sierras and Vauxhalls - stuff we wouldn't have even noticed in the street at the time.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Following my comment above this picture was in paper in Glasgow, about a mechanised car park in Edinburgh which was built in 2005 or so but was so unreliable that thy abandoned it in about 2015..

    These cars are still there but I doubt the antique motor trade will be too excited.

    I think part of this car park was used for hire cars anyway - probably these were written off by Hertz or Avis as worthless, on their books..


  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    edited November 2023
    magnette said:

    I was watching a tv cop show the other evening which was actually made in about 2003

    It was filmed in Edinburgh and I was surprised how many cars were in the category "Haven't seen one of those for years.."

    A whole generation the last gasps of BL but also the Ford Sierras and Vauxhalls - stuff we wouldn't have even noticed in the street at the time.

    Which show? Wife and I took up watching British detective series during Covid, I'm enjoying all the cars I never see here. We're currently watching 'Taggart'.

    Here's another version of Fin's pic:

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,833

    Fiat 850 sport spider. My sister had a yellow one back in the 70s. It was tiny.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    Is that a European version? Did US ones get the headlight covers?
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,833

    It had open buckets

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    The same with the ones I remember. Friend had one, got stopped by the cops when we had a 3rd guy sit in between the seats on the tonneau, top down of course. Cop told us about the dead guy he dealt with having fallen out under similar circumstances...
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Thanks for finding the BL picture

    It really was a shame that BL was so woefully managed that they couldn't achieve anything with their main offerings in the family car market
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    I found a reference to this car with an unfamiliar model name that I hadn't heard before.




  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    1959 Studebaker Play Wagon.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,481
    Guess the state based on the license plate? Mid-'70s apparently. I can only see a single import infiltrating the meeting of Detroit iron here. Zooms very well.


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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited November 2023
    Beyond the Pontiac wagon I think that is a Chevy Nova but beyond that there is an AMC Matador - - The last series I think and they had that funny grille with a sort of patterned mosaic on it.

    AMC actually sold cars here up to the early 70s although mostly the Ambassador range
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    Is that '74-ish Buick Regal in the second row the newest vehicle?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    1955 Mercury wagon.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @Lostwrench3

    I had never heard of the Lark Play Wagon before
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,965
    I'm going to say picture is Las Vegas area based on KNXT and Flamingo billboards.
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,833

    Gen 1 firebird front row. Behind that is a VW 411 wagon, the lone import!

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,481
    texases said:

    Is that '74-ish Buick Regal in the second row the newest vehicle?

    It was the newest one I saw.

    I spotted a Mopar fuselage wagon peeking above the roof of the Pontiac wagon.

    Good eye by @magnette to pick out the Matador, maybe a ‘72 or so.

    I think there’s a ‘69 Buick next to the Matador, and parked at 90 degrees to it is what looks like a white Lincoln Mark IV.

    I think I sleuthed out the license plates - mid-70s Wisconsin plates, with the “America’s Dairyland” slogan at the top.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    explorerx4 said:

    I'm going to say picture is Las Vegas area based on KNXT and Flamingo billboards.

    I thought KNXT was in LA at that time.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    texases said:

    explorerx4 said:

    I'm going to say picture is Las Vegas area based on KNXT and Flamingo billboards.

    I thought KNXT was in LA at that time.
    KNXT were the call letters of TV channel 2, KCBS in LA.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,481
    The 1950s picture is Los Angeles, specifically the corner of Hollywood and Vine. The Taft Building still occupies that location.

    Here is another pic of it from a similar time period, zooms very well:





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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,677
    The Miller High Life sign makes me thirsty.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,655
    Seattle 1962, zooms well:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,833
    Is that shoebox Chevy a Nomad? Looks like a wagon. And already like an antique with all those low "modern" cars. T Bird behind it.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414

    57 Ford @ right, possible Falcon, Econoline van.

  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    Left border - 1953 or 1954 Chevy wagon.
    That gas cap location is a major hint.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited November 2023
    Given I'm allergic to cheese I don't think I'm allowed to visit Wisconsin..

    Its ok in Italy as I have one phrase -

    mi dispiace, sono allergico al formaggio

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Theres an Italian restaurant here and I tried that on when ordering and it turned out the staff were all from Latvia, Albania and Lithuania..



  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    In Seattle - this Chevy in the foreground - do you think someone told them Grandma has fallen off the roof seat
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited November 2023
    Thats about a 61 Dodge on the right - perhaps a Polara?

    Also there's a circa 51 DeSoto on left - EDIT - 50
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited November 2023
    Actually I think it's not a DeSoto - is it a 50 Buick ?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    magnette said:

    Thats about a 61 Dodge on the right - perhaps a Polara?

    Also there's a circa 51 DeSoto on left - EDIT - 50

    It's a '62, I think it's a Dart (my mom's car) because there's no indication of the added trim on the rear fender, but that's hard to see from this angle. Growing up with it, I didn't think it odd looking, but now I see...
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,292
    magnette said:

    Given I'm allergic to cheese I don't think I'm allowed to visit Wisconsin..

    Its ok in Italy as I have one phrase -

    mi dispiace, sono allergico al formaggio

    I am so sorry... :'(

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,161
    I thought the phrase was "Più vino per favore."
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,655
    Seattle, 1959 (zooms well):


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    52/54 Ford wagon and sedan, 56 Ford wagon, 56 Ford Fairlane, 57 Ford Fairlane 500
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