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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,665
    Wow! Am I the first to note the iconic 60 Ford front and center in the seashore picture?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,302
    The front Honda may be an S90 like the one I rode in high school. Wish the picture was clearer, the other Honda looks like a bigger one, likely a twin, but can't tell what model.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    bhill2 said:

    Wow! Am I the first to note the iconic 60 Ford front and center in the seashore picture?

    60 Fords are so normal here, they blend into the background!
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,665
    fintail said:

    bhill2 said:

    Wow! Am I the first to note the iconic 60 Ford front and center in the seashore picture?

    60 Fords are so normal here, they blend into the background!
    Point taken. How about the 63 Ford slant back with rear wheel spats? That's, uh, imaginative.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    bhill2 said:

    fintail said:

    bhill2 said:

    Wow! Am I the first to note the iconic 60 Ford front and center in the seashore picture?

    60 Fords are so normal here, they blend into the background!
    Point taken. How about the 63 Ford slant back with rear wheel spats? That's, uh, imaginative.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Another German scrapyard, Karlsruhe, 1974, zooms fine - something unexpected



  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,849
    65-66 Pontiac coupe.

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,761
    BMW 1500 or 1800.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    I think the car on the left is a Peugeot 403 cabriolet w removable hardtop. Wreck on tyop of pile in center could be a Fiat 124 sedan.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,405
    I'm trying to figure out if the car in the backgound on the right, you can see the roof peeking out just beyond the BMW in the foreground.
    It has a domestic wagon look to me.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,006
    explorerx4 said:

    I'm trying to figure out if the car in the backgound on the right, you can see the roof peeking out just beyond the BMW in the foreground.
    It has a domestic wagon look to me.

    Good luck with that!

    I was going to say there was a Lada on top of the pile until I saw the date was 1974. That would make it a Fiat 124 sedan, which sounds about right. The Soviets bought the design and I believe a lot of the tooling from Fiat to go into the car business. Unfortunately they picked the wrong car.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    early 60s Aston Martin DB4. The best Bond car! Gorgeous.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 271,497

    DB5

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    that's what I meant.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    DB4 and DB5 look similar.

    Back in Germany I think I see the wagon explorer mentions - I almost can imagine there being a Rambler Cross Country in that, but there's so much low resolution clutter that it's hard to say. Doorless/frontless VW notchback beside that, There is a 4 cyl MB Ponton in front of the pile with the Fiat on top, in the pile with a luggage rack looks like a Volvo Duett and a DKW 3=6 type model beside it. Shame about the Peugeot, those are pretty cars.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    the nose is slightly different. that one is a 5.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,405
    @fintail,
    I agree, that kink in the roofline has me thinking the same thing.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,006
    Michaell said:

    DB5

    Imagine trying to insure one of those…

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Back again in Prince Rupert 1979, another one where the cars look small but zoom surprisingly well, many can be identified here:



  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    green Corolla followed by a bash bumper Maverick. The rams on that car did it no favors. And a 58 Chevy terrorizing a little red car.

    Black Ford Rancero.

    and in the alley, looks like a white Porsche 914 pulling in behind a green TR6 Triumph.

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,761
    stickguy said:

    green Corolla followed by a bash bumper Maverick. The rams on that car did it no favors. And a 58 Chevy terrorizing a little red car.

    Black Ford Rancero.

    and in the alley, looks like a white Porsche 914 pulling in behind a green TR6 Triumph.

    I remember when the Feds proposed the 5 mph bumper standard; Ford endorsed it. I was hoping that their engineers had a trick up their sleeve to make the bumpers look attractive. Boy was I wrong; Ford didn't even make a token attempt to integrate the bumpers- they just slapped a piece of guardrail on each end and called it a day.

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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 18,251
    hahaha; that's so true!
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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,849

    I believe those 5 mph were required not to have damage after controlled impact. That isn't the case today.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 21,006
    Yeah, they were all pretty bad but for whatever reason, Ford seemed to have the worst, most protruding ones. I remember our '74 Maverick had the license plate mount in the rear bumper and the factory bracket for it protruded a couple of inches below the bumper itself. Whenever you'd pull into a steep driveway the bottom of the bracket would make contact with the road surface and bend the license plate. Ooops.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    in Karlsruhe isn't this a VW type 3 Notchback?




  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Yep that's a Notchback.

    On the bumper subject, MB did it to the point where it seems like they were kind of making a parody.

    USDM bumper:



    Euro bumper:



    And it was like this for all models, "park bench bumpers" as some nickname them.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    stickguy said:

    green Corolla followed by a bash bumper Maverick. The rams on that car did it no favors. And a 58 Chevy terrorizing a little red car.

    Black Ford Rancero.

    and in the alley, looks like a white Porsche 914 pulling in behind a green TR6 Triumph.

    Pretty diverse assortment for the location. I believe I see another early Audi 5000, parked across the street from the 914.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,405
    In the alley where the 914 is presumably backing out, a Country Squire and a Fiat 124 convertible(?).
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,302

    1st gen silver Accord, great design.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Now to LAX, maybe just shy of 1970, zooms fine:


  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 271,497
    Do I count 5 Impalas?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    sharp looking early Cougar in the center lane.

    is the shred of a tail of a black car ahead of the cougar a Jag FHC?

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,405
    A Cadillac ambulance and a Lincoln Continental next to the curb at the terminal.
    Boeing 707 behind the treminal.
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,302

    Ghostbusters inspiration

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    edited January 2025

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Ferrari 365 GTB4 Daytona, one of the most iconic designs of the brand.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Seattle World's Fair, zooms fine, I see a blue one:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440

    54 Ford, Edsel, a pretty blue 60 Ford Sunliner. Chevy wagon.

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,690
    I think the Edsel is a '59. Chevy wagon is a '62.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    I think the Edsel is a 58 and the Chevy is a 61 B)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Now we go just a little north to Granville and W 12th in Vancouver, 1974 - zooms fine and a lot can be picked out, some a little obscure:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    MGB, barge Pontiac (Granville?) and a BMW Bavaria on the far curb. Hornet 2 door heading away from the camera. In front of what looks like an English Ford wagon.

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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 18,251
    I love that brick building. I didn't see any cars.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    xwesx said:

    I love that brick building. I didn't see any cars.

    The building has survived in fine form:


  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,440

    VW Window Van

  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 21,405
    The convertible behind the MGB is an Oldsmobile.
    A Hornet in front of the euro wagon and a Torino wagon in front of that.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 59,148
    Back to Prince Rupert maybe one last time for awhile, appears to be mid 60s, image might be from a postcard via the resolution but zooms enough to pick out several:


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,871
    green with white roof 64ish Falcon.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,242
    @fintail
    In Vancouver the car parked to the right of the Cortina Estate is a Humber - probably a Hawk - circa 1960-62
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