Mystery car pix

magnette · September 23

here we regret that Woolworths left UK during the financial crisis in 2008/09

fintail · September 23

I think Woolworths was gone here before I was born. I have no memory of visiting one.

tmart · September 23

I remember going to Woolworths 5&10 in a time long long ago.

bhill2 · September 23

tmart said:
Flair Bird approaching.

My father was not a fan; referred them as "Blunderturds". I tend to agree.

andres3 · September 24

For @fintail - You can't have enough "low" in San Diego.

roadburner · September 24

As I've said repeatedly, stupidity is contagious.

fintail · September 24

andres3 said:
For @fintail - You can't have enough "low" in San Diego.

As long as a pristine preservation piece wasn't sacrificed, no problem for me - keeps it out of the scrapyard. These cars are not feasible to restore without becoming substantially upside down, at least someone is having fun with it.

explorerx4 · September 24

@fintail,
I feel the same way. It lives on which is a good thing.

xwesx · September 24

fintail said:
I think Woolworths was gone here before I was born. I have no memory of visiting one.

I have a rototiller from Montgomery Ward. My grandparents bought it from their store in Anchorage back in the 1970s, IIRC.

fintail · September 24

xwesx said:

fintail said:
I think Woolworths was gone here before I was born. I have no memory of visiting one.
I have a rototiller from Montgomery Ward. My grandparents bought it from their store in Anchorage back in the 1970s, IIRC.

I remember Ward's clearly - when I was a kid my dad liked to shop there when we visited Yakima (which was going to a real "city", they had malls!). I think he might have bought a stereo there once, and I recall clothes shopping.

xwesx · September 24

Interesting. I was looking up some local history, and apparently the Ward's store didn't close until 2000 in Anchorage. Woolsworth was there until 1997! I don't remember going into either of them. I know the Wards location was in the Mountain View neighborhood, which was where my grandparents lived in the early 1960s, but it had gone waaaay downhill by the early 1980s (and really hasn't gotten any better since then), so it wouldn't surprise me if they had just drifted away from shopping there by the time I have any memories of it.

I'm pretty certain that the tiller is older than I am. I have a photo, somewhere, of it sitting in the garden behind me while I was playing in the yard, and I was a wee tike (maybe two or three?) in that image!

fintail · September 24

I recall there was Montgomery Ward Plaza or something similar in Yakima, torn down some time ago. I guess Woolworth was out of the inland PNW by that time, I have to believe it was in the larger towns/cities way back in the day.

kyfdx · September 25

xwesx said:

fintail said:
I think Woolworths was gone here before I was born. I have no memory of visiting one.
I have a rototiller from Montgomery Ward. My grandparents bought it from their store in Anchorage back in the 1970s, IIRC.

But, is it all original?

tjc78 · September 25

It is amazing how long some tools and such last from the 60s and 70s. I have a Black and Decker drill that was my Grandfathers. It has to be from the 60s and it is insanely powerful. Sounds brand new and dims the lights when first turned on.

stickguy · September 25

I somehow got a YouTube feed of a guy from the Netherlands (I think) who found a 1970s push mower still new in the box. Never touched. He pulled it out, put oil and gas in it, and it started on about 3 pulls. A little tweak to the mixture screw and ran just fine and mowed normally.

explorerx4 · September 25

@tjc78,
A tool that old may not be double insulated.

tjc78 · September 25

explorerx4 said:
@tjc78,
A tool that old may not be double insulated.

It most certainly is not.

fintail · September 25

That lawnmower video was suggested for me too, funny thing. I wonder if current models would age similarly.

Thinking back, the lawnmowers we had when I was a kid aged in dog years - no doubt to being cheaper models and being treated roughly. I don't recall the engines being huge issues (although I want to say one would emit smoke) but the chassis and handle decayed. I remember at some point we got a deluxe model that was self-propelled and had some kind of start assist, and it was like living in the future.

texases · September 25

tjc78 said:

explorerx4 said:
@tjc78,
A tool that old may not be double insulated.
It most certainly is not.

I'd worry about decayed wires contacting the housing.

ab348 · September 25

Ah, the old Monkey Ward. I remember walking through their Electric Avenue section not long before they shut down entirely. The wheel of retailing never stops turning…

ab348 · September 25

stickguy said:
I somehow got a YouTube feed of a guy from the Netherlands (I think) who found a 1970s push mower still new in the box. Never touched. He pulled it out, put oil and gas in it, and it started on about 3 pulls. A little tweak to the mixture screw and ran just fine and mowed normally.

When you said push mower I assumed no motor at all.

That was on my mind because earlier this week I saw something I had not seen in a very long time. The house across the street that the young couple who suddenly split up moved away from was empty until the last couple of weeks, when a father and 20-something son moved in. They are almost never there except on weekends, so it’s been fine so far. On the weekend they were out front to mow the lawn for the first time. Somehow they found a reel mower, human powered. It was fun to watch for the entertainment value only. Tons of effort. Luckily, neither keeled over.

I remember when I was a kid seeing those with a gas engine on top to spin the reel. Seems safe.

magnette · September 25

in the sixties my dad had a patrol lawn mower - made by Atco who were the best brand

Evry year the Atco would be carted out to the (rare) VW pickup and after its service it sat in the shed

it inevitably failed to start (rope pull system)

Eventually it caught fire while cutting the rear lawn and we had a couple of scorched wooden fence panels that summer

When I got old enough I used to push it along and it always got away from me as the hand throttle / clutch stuck

The petrol tank was over the engine and the exhaust was close so the fire was predictable

We went over to electric mowers and then spent years having frayed cables

and they weren't great in Welsh rain

happy days

kyfdx · September 25

magnette said:
in the sixties my dad had a patrol lawn mower - made by Atco who were the best brand

Evry year the Atco would be carted out to the (rare) VW pickup and after its service it sat in the shed

it inevitably failed to start (rope pull system)

Eventually it caught fire while cutting the rear lawn and we had a couple of scorched wooden fence panels that summer

When I got old enough I used to push it along and it always got away from me as the hand throttle / clutch stuck

The petrol tank was over the engine and the exhaust was close so the fire was predictable

We went over to electric mowers and then spent years having frayed cables

and they weren't great in Welsh rain

happy days

Lucas electric?

xwesx · September 25

kyfdx said:

xwesx said:

fintail said:
I think Woolworths was gone here before I was born. I have no memory of visiting one.
I have a rototiller from Montgomery Ward. My grandparents bought it from their store in Anchorage back in the 1970s, IIRC.
But, is it all original?

No. I replaced the drive belt, spark plug, and muffler about ten years ago.

kyfdx · September 25

xwesx said:

kyfdx said:

xwesx said:

fintail said:
I think Woolworths was gone here before I was born. I have no memory of visiting one.
I have a rototiller from Montgomery Ward. My grandparents bought it from their store in Anchorage back in the 1970s, IIRC.
But, is it all original?
No. I replaced the drive belt, spark plug, and muffler about ten years ago.

Take 45% off the value..

fintail · September 25

Granville St, Vancouver, September 1970 - a bit of diversity here, zooms fine:

Lostwrench3 · September 26

Cars - 1962 Chevy - 1955 Chevy.

magnette · September 26

At Granville street

The red car with white flash in mid distance is an Austin Cambridge A60

I think the blue car in foreground is a Simca Aronde?

fintail · September 26

I agree the foreground car is an Aronde from around 1960. Has to be very rare as a hardtop, would have been uncommon new and much more so by 1970.

Driving away from camera near people in crosswalk looks like a 69-70 Ford wagon.

fintail · September 28

Hopefully not a rerun - I've had this saved for awhile and not sure if I neglected to remove it. Somewhere in Seattle some time ago, zooms well:

Michaell · September 28

Mid to late 70’s Corona wagon

explorerx4 · September 28

A Plymouth Duster and an AMC Javelin nose to nose.

texases · September 28

Honda N600 on the left

stickguy · September 28

tmart · September 28

A Hyundai with a Tesla behind it and a Volvo wagon beside it.

stickguy · September 28

I should have gotten more of a side angle to eliminate the grill, for the easy part.

Lostwrench3 · September 29

Which model Hyundai is that?

explorerx4 · September 29

That SUV looks a lot like a 2 door Mitsubishi Pajero.

Michaell · September 29

I’m gonna guess that the Hyundai suv has Canadian plates.

sda · September 29

The Duster and Javelin look rough..life in the street.

ab348 · September 29

I don't recall ever seeing a Hyundai of that style in Canada. The car parked behind it has NY plates. Perhaps a Mexican or S.A. private import?

explorerx4 · September 29

That Hyundai is LHD.

Michaell · September 29

Not sure if this has been posted before; San Fernando Valley, looks to be 90's era:

explorerx4 · September 30

I see a white 94 Mustang.

stickguy · September 30

I was hoping someone would recognize the Ute. Seems like a rebadges other brand (Mitsu was my guess). Picture was taken in upstate NY but it had a NC license plate on it. Only name badge I saw was on the side. I think it said S/Exceep maybe? Nothing on the back that I saw.

texases · September 30

stickguy said:
I was hoping someone would recognize the Ute. Seems like a rebadges other brand (Mitsu was my guess). Picture was taken in upstate NY but it had a NC license plate on it. Only name badge I saw was on the side. I think it said S/Exceep maybe? Nothing on the back that I saw.

It's a 2000-ish Galloper II, with the hood scoop it's an Exceed. Based on the Mitsu Pajero/Montero.

stickguy · September 30

I made a typo. It said Exceed, and it looked like a baby Mitsu to me. Script on the hood said intercooled turbo (diesel?) LHD. I assume it was never sold in the US, so maybe up from Mexico or down from Canada?

very cool though. Assuming you can get parts for it, I would not mind having one.

fintail · September 30

Hyundai SUV is definitely Mitsu-based.

The Broadway pic must be mid 90s. I think I see a white Contour and an 83-86 Cougar near the middle of the pic.

ab348 · October 1

stickguy said:
I made a typo. It said Exceed, and it looked like a baby Mitsu to me. Script on the hood said intercooled turbo (diesel?) LHD. I assume it was never sold in the US, so maybe up from Mexico or down from Canada?

very cool though. Assuming you can get parts for it, I would not mind having one.

Never sold in Canada.

Trust me, you don't want one.

fintail · October 1

Time and place are listed on the photo, zooms nicely, fun varied lineup here:

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