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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,673
    edited July 2024
    tmart said:

    Bug and twin Beemers


    I think you mean "Twin beavers." And, ANGRY beavers at that! :D

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,257

    Early McD’s, location n/a, should expand well.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,326
    65 chevelle hardtop?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    Green car in Germany is German, but not a Ford.

    At McDs I see a 61 Galaxie 4 door post and 2x 65 Galaxies.
  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,314
    fintail said:

    Another angle at the airport, I suppose this is a @roadburner special:


    A trifecta! I've owned a Bavaria, a 2002, and a 1974 Monte Carlo.

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,314
    fintail said:

    Herdecke Germany, ~1975, zooms well enough for a postcard:


    I'd love to have an '02 in one of those bright primary colors.

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,314
    A car I've always wanted...

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,326
    Jensen Interceptor with the 440 Chrysler beast under the hood.

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  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,181
    I think it is Elana Scheer in C&D who has recently written of her trials and tribulations in buying and restoring an Interceptor.
    And I just noted Leno and the MA plates. Wonder if that's Seinfeld shotgun?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    roadburner said:

    fintail said:

    Herdecke Germany, ~1975, zooms well enough for a postcard:

    I'd love to have an '02 in one of those bright primary colors.

    Germans loved those bright colors. I think this may have been posted, this is probably the Wolfsburg employee parking lot sometime in maybe the mid-late 70s (maybe with a little HDR help, but the point remains):




  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,326

    Somebody snuck an Alfa into the sea of VW group products.

    I would like that yellow scirocco up front.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,351
    stickguy said:

    Somebody snuck an Alfa into the sea of VW group products.

    I would like that yellow scirocco up front.

    I'll take either Scirocco

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    tmart said:

    Bug and twin Beemers

    The BMWs are both 2002 models as indicated by the black grillework. The more common 1500 or 1600 versions had silver grilles. Very few 1600s were sold in the USDM

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  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,181
    kyfdx said:

    stickguy said:

    Somebody snuck an Alfa into the sea of VW group products.

    I would like that yellow scirocco up front.

    I'll take either Scirocco
    My first love/car... '78 white over black Recaro seats, purchased in '82. Amber fogs below the front bumper. No AC (who needs AC, just lower the windows!); last car w/o AC.
    Sold it to a HS kid in '85, six months later I drove by a body shop and there it was, much worse the wear. Hope the kid was ok.

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,314
    andys120 said:

    tmart said:

    Bug and twin Beemers

    The BMWs are both 2002 models as indicated by the black grillework. The more common 1500 or 1600 versions had silver grilles. Very few 1600s were sold in the USDM
    I actually test drove a 1971 1600 around 1980 or so. The clutch was shot so I passed. It was still a sweet car.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,593
    laurasdada said:

    kyfdx said:

    stickguy said:

    Somebody snuck an Alfa into the sea of VW group products.

    I would like that yellow scirocco up front.

    I'll take either Scirocco
    My first love/car... '78 white over black Recaro seats, purchased in '82. Amber fogs below the front bumper. No AC (who needs AC, just lower the windows!); last car w/o AC.
    Sold it to a HS kid in '85, six months later I drove by a body shop and there it was, much worse the wear. Hope the kid was ok.
    Mine was a '79. Gold metallic color. This one had a dealer-added aftermarket A/C, which actually worked pretty well. I did a lot of driving on the interstates in Washington state and the Highway Patrol used radar, so I had a stealth CD radio in it. My handle was the "Golden Breeze" (since a scirocco is a desert wind.) When I moved to California for a better job and then went to graduate school I had to drive about 20 miles each way. I got the bright idea of trading it for a more economical car. A VW dealer who was getting out of the retail business offered to trade me straight across for an '81 diesel Rabbit (I'm sure he flipped the Scirocco in about a day since it was pristine.). Anyway, that little diesel bunny turned out to be one of my favorite cars. It was exactly what it claimed to be. It was reliable, got about 42 mpg, and couldn't pull the cork out of a champagne bottle. I ultimately sold it to a coworker who, with her husband, used to go to Baja California on vacation. They towed it behind their motor home and drove it all of the time they were down there, They finally retired to there, and last I heard were still driving it.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    The green coupe in Germany is an Opel Commodore (series b) circa 1972-6

    They were sold here in lower levels of tune although the hottest versions were generally restricted to LHD markets so we didn't get those.

    We also never got the Admiral nor the Diplomat...

  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,229
    The Wolfsburg parking lot does have mostly VW products but as well as the Alfasud (lovely car if a trifle prone to rust) but there is a maroon Renault 4 close to the nearest tree.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,257
    Cool shot looking at Yonge St in Toronto, late ‘70s/early ‘80s.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    Sliver Citroen-Maserati SM ca. 1970s, contemporary Chevy Monaco across street.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    SM with USDM/DOT headlights, these were official imports for a brief moment.

    I see a notchback G-body in the background, so not before 1980.
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,568
    Too bad the SMs sent to US and Canada had fixed headlights instead of the covered headlights that pivot in the direction the driver is turning for better visibility.

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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 819
    bhill2 said:

    laurasdada said:

    kyfdx said:

    stickguy said:

    Somebody snuck an Alfa into the sea of VW group products.

    I would like that yellow scirocco up front.

    I'll take either Scirocco
    My first love/car... '78 white over black Recaro seats, purchased in '82. Amber fogs below the front bumper. No AC (who needs AC, just lower the windows!); last car w/o AC.
    Sold it to a HS kid in '85, six months later I drove by a body shop and there it was, much worse the wear. Hope the kid was ok.
    Mine was a '79. Gold metallic color. This one had a dealer-added aftermarket A/C, which actually worked pretty well. I did a lot of driving on the interstates in Washington state and the Highway Patrol used radar, so I had a stealth CD radio in it. My handle was the "Golden Breeze" (since a scirocco is a desert wind.) When I moved to California for a better job and then went to graduate school I had to drive about 20 miles each way. I got the bright idea of trading it for a more economical car. A VW dealer who was getting out of the retail business offered to trade me straight across for an '81 diesel Rabbit (I'm sure he flipped the Scirocco in about a day since it was pristine.). Anyway, that little diesel bunny turned out to be one of my favorite cars. It was exactly what it claimed to be. It was reliable, got about 42 mpg, and couldn't pull the cork out of a champagne bottle. I ultimately sold it to a coworker who, with her husband, used to go to Baja California on vacation. They towed it behind their motor home and drove it all of the time they were down there, They finally retired to there, and last I heard were still driving it.
    I loved my bought new 1980 diesel rabbit too.
    I wish I had taken a photo of its waiting in line with the tractor trailers at the diesel fuel pumps on any of the Interstate Highways' fuel plazas.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,257
    fintail said:

    Another angle at the airport

    And just to complete the set, a portrait of The Queen:


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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,105
    Great shot of that 747.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    Late run prewar-based Fiat 500, early 50s.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    fintail said:

    Late run prewar-based Fiat 500, early 50s.

    That's right Fin, it's a '49 Fiat 500C "Topolino"

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669

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

  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,314
    MGTD

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,326

    A valiant across from it.

    Based on the cars that kid is about as old as me now.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    57 Sedan DeVille in front of the Valiant
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,396

    Can’t believe nobody mentioned the Chevy wagon in front of the MG.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    tmart said:

    Can’t believe nobody mentioned the Chevy wagon in front of the MG.

    It's a '62 (Kingswood?) IIRC.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669

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

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,326

    A Bentley.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,669
    stickguy said:

    A Bentley.

    1990-ish Continental R. An outstanding car by all accounts.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    Aberdeen, WA: June 26th 1975, zooms ok enough to pick out a few things:



    Same location May 2024:



  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,105

    Could be a Duster on the left edge of the photo.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,326

    68 charger back left by the building. Behind a Datsun PU a pair of Corolla coupes and a gen 1 celica. Maybe the pontiac dealer sold Toyotas too (certainly a better long term plan!)

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,257
    All I know about this pic is that it is 1960s California. It could be an airport but whether it is LAX, SFO or somewhere else I do not know. Expands very well.


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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,715
    Funny, I think the car on the left near the back of the Pontiac dealership is a Barracuda.
    In the airport pic, a 63 Ford Ranch Wagon. It doesn't seem to have the wood side trim.
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,105
    edited August 2024
    The fastback and no visible headlights has me agreeing it's a Charger.

    edit - hmmm...now I'm thinking Barracuda

    Just learned that if you hit 'ctrl ctrl' with your cursor positioned over the pic you can zoom in (using Edge).
  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,181
    stickguy said:

    68 charger back left by the building. Behind a Datsun PU a pair of Corolla coupes and a gen 1 celica. Maybe the pontiac dealer sold Toyotas too (certainly a better long term plan!)

    It is a Pontiac/Toyota shop, Toyota sign on right side of picture.
    Love the dichotomy of the size of the domestic vs Japanese cars!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    At the mystery CA spot, behind the 63 Ford wagon (also maybe a Country Sedan?) beside what looks like a white 64 Fairlane, appears to be a Datsun 510 wagon. Oldest car I see looks to be a red 55-56 Buick 2 door HT at center L, adjacent to a person's head.

    I see one of the Corollas in Aberdeen is a hardtop coupe, a quite rare model today.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,351
    texases said:

    The fastback and no visible headlights has me agreeing it's a Charger.

    edit - hmmm...now I'm thinking Barracuda

    Just learned that if you hit 'ctrl ctrl' with your cursor positioned over the pic you can zoom in (using Edge).

    You're a tech wizard. What's Edge? :D

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,396

    Edge was a Ford SUV. Haha. Also a part of Windows.

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,105

    Yeah, the current Microsoft browser.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,407
    First car for teens, Aberdeen WA, August 1966:



    Same location May 2024:



    Cars aged quickly.

  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,396

    Top: mid 50s Mercury and a Pontiac.
    Bottom: a Hyundai.

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