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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    ab348 said:

    What a disappointment the Fox-based T-birds must have been to those who liked the disco version.

    I once saw a line something like "they couldn't build the 77-79s fast enough, and couldn't sell the 80-82s fast enough". Maybe the weak economy was part of it along with the polarizing styling, but to be fair, there seems to be plenty of Fox Birds out there, so either they held up well or sold ok enough or both.
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,707

    @fintail said:
    I once saw a line something like "they couldn't build the 77-79s fast enough, and couldn't sell the 80-82s fast enough". Maybe the weak economy was part of it along with the polarizing styling, but to be fair, there seems to be plenty of Fox Birds out there, so either they held up well or sold ok enough or both.

    I didn't find the upper trim levels so bad and those with the handling package and TRX tires had some appeal. The 83 version was certainly better.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    My first turbo vehicle was an 83 TBird.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    fintail said:

    ab348 said:

    What a disappointment the Fox-based T-birds must have been to those who liked the disco version.

    I once saw a line something like "they couldn't build the 77-79s fast enough, and couldn't sell the 80-82s fast enough". Maybe the weak economy was part of it along with the polarizing styling, but to be fair, there seems to be plenty of Fox Birds out there, so either they held up well or sold ok enough or both.
    Wiki says the ‘77-79 sold 955,000 over 3 years, and the ‘80-‘82 sold 288,000.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053
    It has to be French.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    sda said:

    @fintail said:

    I once saw a line something like "they couldn't build the 77-79s fast enough, and couldn't sell the 80-82s fast enough". Maybe the weak economy was part of it along with the polarizing styling, but to be fair, there seems to be plenty of Fox Birds out there, so either they held up well or sold ok enough or both.

    I didn't find the upper trim levels so bad and those with the handling package and TRX tires had some appeal. The 83 version was certainly better.


    I saw one on a low mileage or malaise car site that had the wheels, definite improvement over wire caps. Did all of these have a digital dash standard?

    So many I see are a little bland with half vinyl tops and weak engines, but I suppose on that platform, something can be done to help.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    ab348 said:

    fintail said:

    ab348 said:

    What a disappointment the Fox-based T-birds must have been to those who liked the disco version.

    I once saw a line something like "they couldn't build the 77-79s fast enough, and couldn't sell the 80-82s fast enough". Maybe the weak economy was part of it along with the polarizing styling, but to be fair, there seems to be plenty of Fox Birds out there, so either they held up well or sold ok enough or both.
    Wiki says the ‘77-79 sold 955,000 over 3 years, and the ‘80-‘82 sold 288,000.
    Amazing to think about, 300K+ units per year average for a moderately priced coupe.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    It's definitely a Citroen.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Citroen Ami 6.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited February 2024

    The car of choice for Sam Spade in “Monsieur Spade”. He’s trying to retire in rural France in the ‘50s, it things get very complicated. Lots of good French cars.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Munich, claimed to be 70s but from what I can see 1983 at the oldest, color and variety, zooms well:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Couple of Bugs and a BMW.

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited February 2024

    Late gen 1 GTI with the “P” for Pirelli wheels front right.

  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    Black sedan to the left of the pedestrians looks like an Accord.
    Maybe a next Gen tan Golf parked just beyond the tree?
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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,707
    texases said:

    Late gen 1 GTI with the “P” for Pirelli wheels front right.

    I remember those wheels but didn't make the association with Pirelli. My 89 Jetta Wolfsburg, similar to this one, had the previous year's GLI wheels.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I see the apparent Accord at lower L too - must have been a rare sight there, that style was MY 1982 launch in the USDM anyway. Further up that row I see a C3 Audi 100, which launched in late 1982, several beyond that a dark colored apparent BMW E28 which launched late 1981, and just beyond that in the next row a few cars back, maybe a BMW E30, which was a late 1982 launch. I see no MBs newer than W123.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited February 2024
    Later GTI Pirelli special edition came with (much bigger) Pirelli wheels (not in the US, though):

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    What is the silver 4-door hatch/fastback parked next to the red Lancia (at least I think its a Lancia)?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    ab348 said:

    What is the silver 4-door hatch/fastback parked next to the red Lancia (at least I think its a Lancia)?

    Red car (hood stripe) - Citroen GS. Silver 4 door fastback - Lancia Gamma.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    fintail said:

    ab348 said:

    What is the silver 4-door hatch/fastback parked next to the red Lancia (at least I think its a Lancia)?

    Red car (hood stripe) - Citroen GS. Silver 4 door fastback - Lancia Gamma.
    Well, I knew one of them was a Lancia. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😄

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Woodward Ave, must be very early 70s, zooms OK:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053
    looks cold out. and the Jag XKE looks really out of place.

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  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,279
    Does a Jag E -Type ever really look out of place?!

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Chevy Malibu next to the Jag and a newer one behind it.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    Plymouth Fury on the far right.
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    In Munich there are a few more Italians -


    Yellow Fiat 131Mirafiori



    Black Alfa Romeo Sprint (and above it a yellow Fiat 128)




    Blue Fiat Regatta (with a Citroen 2CV Charleston directly beyond it)



  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,239
    There's another 2cv further back




  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,588
    Jonny Smith a.k.a. The Late Brake Show on YT recently did a segment on something I had never heard of before, the Citroen Safari which was a 4WD 2CV they built in small quantities in the early ‘60s. It carried its spare tire on top of the hood like an old Army Jeep.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    '46-ish Packard behind that little thing.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Early 50s Fiat 500, appears to be on a Swedish plate
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    magnette said:

    In Munich there are a few more Italians -

    Blue Fiat Regatta (with a Citroen 2CV Charleston directly beyond it)




    "Don't go near the Fiat"


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Construction of Rainier Tower, Seattle, 1974 - zooms well enough:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,053
    1970ish Mercedes, Monte Carlo and a bug. And a crane.

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  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,452
    stickguy said:

    1970ish Mercedes, Monte Carlo and a bug. And a crane.

    Ford Econoline and a GMC work truck
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    fintail said:

    Early 50s Fiat 500, appears to be on a Swedish plate

    Yes 1954 Fiat 500 "Topolino".

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    I see four cars that aren't Fords or Chevys. Do you see 'em?


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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,025
    I see a couple of Mercury's.
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    At least four 55 Fords, a 49/50 Ford, a 57 Chevy

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    I'll take a discounted price on that red 56 Nomad, blue and white 56 Mercury convertible at far L, the 56 Fairlane HT pulling out, and maybe even the black 57 Chevy HT or the red and white 54 Mercury HT at front. Nice lineup of cars, the kind of material that made so many 53-54s look old fast.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Don’t see a 56 Ford. If you meant the white and yellow Ford Fairlane, it’s a 55 not a 56.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Oops I meant 56, round pods vs oval.
    tmart said:

    Don’t see a 56 Ford. If you meant the white and yellow Ford Fairlane, it’s a 55 not a 56.

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419

    Fintail, you meant 55, not 56, right.

  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,917
    tmart said:

    Fintail, you meant 55, not 56, right.

    Correct. 56. :D
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Yes, the other right :)_
    tmart said:

    Fintail, you meant 55, not 56, right.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,756
    Seattle/Ballard, 1979. zooms fine:


  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,363
    ‘75 or ‘76 Corona.

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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,917
    I love the look of that library. Looks early 1900s design. The city hall (originally school) in my home town looks similar... without all the pomp.
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177

    ‘67 Valiant (Dart?) on the right, really base.

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