Mystery car pix

Michaell · March 30

White Pontiac Astre front and center.

stickguy · March 30

next to a brown Chevy II wagon. Behind a white small car. Thinking it is a Corolla, but the grill is a bit blurry so could be a Colt.

fintail · April 3

White car in Vancouver is a Mazda R100 I believe.

Westwood LA, 1986, credit to the indicated source, zooms fine:

bhill2 · April 3

I'd love to know the story behind the license plate. Just to the right rear of the Olds is a medium-dark blue Omnirizon.

ab348 · April 4

1985 Olds Delta 88. Last of the RWD coupes and sedans.

Michaell · April 4

Nissan Stanza to the left of the Olds.

fintail · April 4

I think the Nissan looking sedan is a Mitsubishi Tredia, something maybe seldom seen outside of the west coast.

ab348 · April 4

Is the pinstripe on the blue MitsuStanza to the left supposed to look like that or is it a bad repair job?

Michaell · April 4

fintail said:
I think the Nissan looking sedan is a Mitsubishi Tredia, something maybe seldom seen outside of the west coast.

And the Cordia was the two door version. I remember seeing them at a Mitsu dealer in Phoenix when I was in college.

fintail · April 4

ab348 said:
Is the pinstripe on the blue MitsuStanza to the left supposed to look like that or is it a bad repair job?

I suspect that is intentional, reminds me of the kind of spear head front fender style tape stripe I seem to recall being a thing in the malaise days.

fintail · April 5

1012 Nelson St, Vancouver, June 1969, zooms well enough to ID several:

stickguy · April 5

2nd row a Volvo 122 next to a Datsun 510. A few years apart but look like modern and antique.

ab348 · April 6

Looks like a drag race off the line between the pair of competing compacts, the Valiant and the Comet.

I cannot quite ID the red ragtop parked in front of the church. Was going to guess Porsche, but I'm far from certain.

Did all church designs from the era come out of the same pattern book?

texases · April 6

Red car: Austin Healy?

explorerx4 · April 6

Green MGB convertible parked 2 cars in front of the red convertible.
Austin Healey seems like a good call.
64 Ford Galaxie at the intersection facing the camera.

fintail · April 7

A few things to ID at Hollywood and Vine, 1967, zooms fine:

tmart · April 7

55 Ford Ranch Wagon

explorerx4 · April 7

with the fuel filler door open.

ab348 · April 8

And a '57 Ford pickup oncoming looking to take it out.

One non-car thing of interest: I see the sign for Lum's on one of the buildings proclaiming "Famous Steamed Hot Dogs". When I was a kid and taken on vacations to the US we would occasionally see a Lum's and never could get what their specialty was and as a result never visited one. If that was indeed their claim to fame perhaps that's why they are no longer around. But maybe they changed away from that. It would have been a good idea to give some idea of what they specialized in on their signage I would think.

kyfdx · April 8

ab348 said:
And a '57 Ford pickup oncoming looking to take it out.

One non-car thing of interest: I see the sign for Lum's on one of the buildings proclaiming "Famous Steamed Hot Dogs". When I was a kid and taken on vacations to the US we would occasionally see a Lum's and never could get what their specialty was and as a result never visited one. If that was indeed their claim to fame perhaps that's why they are no longer around. But maybe they changed away from that. It would have been a good idea to give some idea of what they specialized in on their signage I would think.

That's it.. the steamed hot dogs.

When the one closed in our area, in the mid-70s, it turned into my favorite bar in the late '70s, when I became 21.

stickguy · April 8

Red mustang behind a C2 corvette.

laurasdada · April 8

After graduating with honors from a fine northeastern university (both of who's basketball teams did not add to their trophy case of NCAA championships this year), I immediately got a job at Lum's as a dishwasher. Eventually promoted to the grill, I became the favorite chef of the mayor of the town in which it resided.

This was simply step one in my master plan to remain a Toys R Us kid, I never wanted to grow up. Step 2 was to move to Vermont for the winter and ski bum. Alas, the best laid plans of mice and men... Ma nature decided to spend the winter in Florida as it just did not snow. To save $, I had prepurchased a dozen universal ski passes, while used they may have been more aptly titled, "Universal Ride the Ski Lift and Hike down on Skis" passes (in essence, I broke Vermont).

Fast forward 43 years, and my plan finally came to fruition, as I retired. Alas, again, Lum's retired much earlier. I was never to professionally grill (or wash dishes) again.

But I did own a bunch of cool cars along the way!

fintail · April 8

At Hollywood and Vine I will pick off the pretty two tone blue 66 Galaxie, somewhat unusual paint scheme.

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