Mystery car pix

stickguy · May 14

some of those cars are probably still trying to get onto the grand central.

Left side, Rambler wagon behind a 63ish Tempest.

tmart · May 14

Ford County Squire at left.

Lostwrench3 · May 15

Windshields blurred with rain. Those cars must have been sitting there for a long time.
Engines off, windshield wipers off.

explorerx4 · May 15

A 69 or 70 Cadillac in the 2nd row about half a dozen cars back.

stickguy · May 15

It’s still amazing to see no imports or trucks/SUVs. But many large Cadillacs.

magnette · May 15

Is this forum still active ?
I've had trouble getting on to it

kyfdx · May 15

magnette said:
Is this forum still active ?
I've had trouble getting on to it

We're still here

magnette · May 15

This one was the last of it's line in the late 50's

magnette · May 15

I tried to post a picture just now but the post has disappeared

magnette · May 15

I'm trying to post

magnette · May 15

for some reason my post there in 2025 is landing on a page in October 2024!

kyfdx · May 15

magnette said:
for some reason my post there in 2025 is landing on a page in October 2024!

Your post and picture are still there

magnette · May 15

I can see my post again now

Sorry I've been busy and not able to get to post much for ages.

magnette · May 15

by contrast this one is somewhat smaller than my first effort

magnette · May 15

@Michaell

I've just noticed your post of the London embassy .

that was a really smart building and I think it is listed for preservation

Your new one which was finished a few years back is very high tech with all sorts of security features and such like but it isn't in such a central location - next to the former Battersea Power Station - (now redeveloped into a huge development for shopping theatres etc.)

It is far more safe than the old site but less striking.

andys120 · May 15

Oh the BQE! Those cars are probably still there.

I think that's a '65 Cadillac nearest the camera and a '64 Plymouth behind it.

andys120 · May 15

Michaell · May 15

andys120 said:

Z8.

stickguy · May 15

Those are very cool

fintail · May 15

magnette said:
This one was the last of it's line in the late 50's

Armstrong-Siddelley - Star Sapphire or something

fintail · May 15

magnette said:
by contrast this one is somewhat smaller than my first effort

NSU Prinz, a handful made it to the USDM back in the day.

fintail · May 15

On the BQE a distinct lack of foreign cars, I see only an apparent few. Maybe most identifiable is a possible Volvo 122/Amazon about 3/4 of the way back at R.

fintail · May 15

Per the source the intersection of Georgia and Commercial in Vancouver BC, February 1976, zooms fine:

stickguy · May 15

far side, a 2 tone Mustang II behind a very early Corvair with the Buick looking roofline. Further up, one of those funky Mavericks with no bed.

ab348 · May 16

I think I'm seeing a '73 Cutlass beyond the skinny '70s gal with the bell-bottom jeans and long hair on the left.

All of those '73 - '75 A-bodies from GM disappointed me with their return to single 7" headlights and the overall styling themes. I have never read a convincing explanation of how they came to be, whether a desire by Mitchell for a neoclassical theme, or GM bean counters cutting costs.

Lostwrench3 · May 17

I give up.

andys120 · May 17

Lostwrench3 said:
I give up.

A Pontiac ca. mid 60s. Equivalent to a Bonneville but they used different names in CDN.

Lostwrench3 · May 17

Thanks!

A 1961 Pontiac Laurentian.

ab348 · May 17

As was noted, a ‘61 Laurentian, the Canadian equivalent to a Chevy Bel Air, one model above the Strato Chief (a Biscayne equivalent), and a level below the Impala-equivalent Parisienne. The narrow-track Cheviacs were mechanically identical to Canadian Chevy models but had Pontiac bodies and interiors.

andys120 · May 18

IIRC those Canadian Pontrolets were hugely popular up North.

andys120 · May 18

stickguy · May 18

1954 Kaiser Darrin with the doors that slide into the front fenders.

fintail · May 18

I suspect the black on yellow "W" prefix CA plate dates from 1961-62, zooms fine:

explorerx4 · May 18

Not real but new and throwback at the same time.

stickguy · May 18

I like it.

Lostwrench3 · May 18

1955 Cadillac.

magnette · May 19

@fintail yes the Armstrong Sidedly Star Sapphire was named after the jet engines that the Hawker Siddeley company made.

earlier Armstrong Siddeleys had a sphinx bonnet ornament but the Star Sapphire had two flanking jet engine nacelles

magnette · May 19

The NSU Prinz was sold here in reasonable numbers but the later ones - the Prinz 3 and 4 were more common

This one was registered in County Longford, Ireland

magnette · May 19

I took that A-S picture off eBay

texases · May 19

Love the combination of the Sphinx and jet engines.

fintail · May 19

magnette said:

The NSU Prinz was sold here in reasonable numbers but the later ones - the Prinz 3 and 4 were more common

This one was registered in County Longford, Ireland

I think we only got the early ones and the "Sport" - the ones that borrowed Corvair styling cues didn't make it here I think.

bhill2 · May 19

fintail said:
I suspect the black on yellow "W" prefix CA plate dates from 1961-62, zooms fine:

I will estimate that the MB is aan early 60s 220, and from the length of the badge I will guess that it is an SE. Close?

fintail · May 20

Looks right to me. By the registration year and trim it has to be a 220S or SE. Depending on how the image is toned maybe the same color as my car, or the shade darker.

bhill2 said:

I will estimate that the MB is aan early 60s 220, and from the length of the badge I will guess that it is an SE. Close?

fintail · May 20

Dawson Creek, 1963, zooms enough to make out several:

explorerx4 · May 20

I find the sign to be more interesting than any of the cars.

texases · May 20

Reminded me of our drives from Anchorage to Dawson City, a former gold mining town across the border in Canada. Beautiful but occasionally rough drive.

tmart · May 20

58 Ford wagon and a 58 Chevy . Renault Dauphine approaching?

bhill2 · May 20

That doesn't look like a Dauphine to me. Could it be a Panhard Dyna?

tmart · May 20

The Dauphine was a WAG.

bhill2 · May 21

So is the Panhard.

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