Mystery car pix

bhill2 · June 11

stickguy said:
60 ford fairlane front and center.

And a second one just left of center about 4 rows up (direct sightline over the roof of the 57 Olds wagon.

explorerx4 · June 12

A 61 Ford paerked behind the Cadillac. 2 more 60 Fords, one light, one dark, near the building in the background.
A 59 Ford a couple of rows further away from the 61 Ford.

ab348 · June 12

Your friendly L.A. Area Ford dealer seemed to be doing very well back then!

imidazol97 · June 12

Another 1960 Ford under the middle of the up-in-the-air thing. Low line model.

fintail · June 12

Being at an airport, I wonder if the lowline cars are rentals. The 61 Galaxie beside the Olds wagon might be an exception, but I notice it is on blackwalls.

ab348 · June 12

explorerx4 said:
A 61 Ford paerked behind the Cadillac. 2 more 60 Fords, one light, one dark, near the building in the background.
A 59 Ford a couple of rows further away from the 61 Ford.

I cannot make out anything near the building in the background. The picture resolution just isn’t there.

ab348 · June 12

Found what seems to be a better-resolution photo of the same Theme Building shot. Let’s see what we can see off in the distance:

fintail · June 12

I wonder what's in front of the nearmost 60 Ford. Karmann-Ghia?

In the background near the building, at right beside/behind a squarebird, is a 60 Ford wagon. By the proportions it may be a 2 door Ranch Wagon.

ab348 · June 12

Might be. My first inclination was an early Falcon b/c of the white steering wheel but it looks too small. Could be as you say.

bhill2 · June 12

I'll note the Corsair flat top (probably a 60) next to the early 50's Plymouth.

andys120 · June 14

sda · June 14

59 62 convertible. I dislike when the wipers are not parked all the way down. The wiper transmission on the 59 and 60s was prone to wear and became slack.

fintail · June 15

Maybe a rerun? Apparently Netherlands, I suspect 1968 or very close, zooms fine, a bit of diversity here:

stickguy · June 15

front left an Opel Kadette. black Corvair in the center 1 back on it's right a Bedford van.

tmart · June 15

Several VW Bugs and Vans.

bhill2 · June 15

The blue Mercedes in the right lane is a Universal. Almost unknown in the US, may be more common in Europe.

fintail · June 15

bhill2 said:
The blue Mercedes in the right lane is a Universal. Almost unknown in the US, may be more common in Europe.

Yes, looks like a Universal based on a first series (190 badged) W110. Around 2500 units total were built for 190 badged cars, diesel and gasoline cars combined. A handful made it to the US, but they were rare even in Europe and are probably the most sought after fintail.

fintail · June 15

stickguy said:
front left an Opel Kadette. black Corvair in the center 1 back on it's right a Bedford van.

Van diagonal behind the Corvair may be a Ford Transit.

Car in front of it is unexpected.

ab348 · June 16

A couple of BMC Austin/Morris 1100 ADO16 models close to each other.

fintail · June 16

I notice the white ADO16 appears to be on a UK plate with an E or F suffix, denoting 1967-68.

magnette · June 18

There is a Trabant ahead of a Ford uk Transit van

magnette · June 18

Mix of ADO 16 's

Brit one is an Austin Mk 2 and is a 2-door while the dark green one is a Morris and is an early 4 door

In some countries in Europe the ADO 16 was locally badged as a Morris or Austin Glider

certainly in Denmark but probably in Benelux too.

magnette · June 18

The car in the gap behind the Continental Tyres VW van is a Citroen AMI

explorerx4 · June 18

@magnette,
Thanks for filling in some of the gaps.

magnette · June 18

Ami...

ab348 · June 18

Good job, mon ami...

tmart · June 18

Hope this works

tmart · June 18

I’ll take the 55 Thunderbird and Fairlane and the 53 Ford.

explorerx4 · June 18

Christine 3rd from the right!
Guessing an Oldsmobile dealer.

ab348 · June 18

explorerx4 said:
Christine 3rd from the right!
Guessing an Oldsmobile dealer.

That's the New Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, opened in 1955.

fintail · June 18

Looks like a red and white 57 Plymouth sedan towards the R at New Frontier.

fintail · June 19

Skytrain under construction in Vancouver - I think this is Commercial Dr, early 80s I suppose, zooms enough to pick out several:

roadburner · June 19

Saab 99, Pontiac Ventura, Toyota Tercel, Mustang II and Maverick POS Edition (weren't they all?).

bhill2 · June 19

Looks like a Mustang POS Edition behind the Maverick.

Lostwrench3 · June 20

Electric bus overhead lines.

fintail · June 20

roadburner said:
Saab 99, Pontiac Ventura, Toyota Tercel, Mustang II and Maverick POS Edition (weren't they all?).

You just about got em all!

Looks like a white bullnose Ford pickup facing away near the stairs, with quite older model with a canopy beside it.

fintail · 2:09PM

Looks pretty warm here, should be able to zoom enough to ID them all:

xwesx · 2:28PM

A Willys Wagon in the middle there, though I'm not sure how to zero in on the exact year. I'm really not too certain that I would have wanted to be that close to an enormous geyser of lava, though!

sda · 2:29PM

62 Ford Country Sedan

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