Mystery car pix - Page 1464 (2025)

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 21

  Dawson in that pic looks like a booming metropolis. Here is a more current day pic of the same spot with an interesting vehicle shown as well:

  

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 21

  Correct accent, I believe the mystery car is a Simca Aronde.

• andys120 Member Posts: 23,661

  May 22

  
  

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 22 edited May 22

  Facel Vega FV or HK, don't seem to recall seeing a convertible before.

• andys120 Member Posts: 23,661

  May 22

  fintail said:

  Facel Vega FV or HK, don't seem to recall seeing a convertible before.

  Yep it's a 1958 Facel Vega FV. The wraparound windshield is an American styling touch that was popular for high dollar Euro cars in the late 50s

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 22

  Not just the Silver Cloud, but the first gen pre-facelift Mopar minivan and what looks like maybe an M body 5th Avenue beside it also caught my eye.

  ab348 said:

  Dawson in that pic looks like a booming metropolis. Here is a more current day pic of the same spot with an interesting vehicle shown as well:

• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 22

  1969 I guess, zooms fine:

  

• bhill2 Member Posts: 2,584

  May 22

  I'll start with a Volvo brick (144, early I think). I am somewhat perplexed by the lack of badging on the side.

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• stickguy Member Posts: 53,170

  May 22

  Volvo 144. Like the one we had when I was a kid.

  I think the mustang is a 67

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 23

  I think the Mustang is a '69. Those wheel covers were available that year, and it has the faux-vent ahead of the rear wheel.

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• andys120 Member Posts: 23,661

  May 24

  

  Double points if can ID plane and car.

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• texases Member Posts: 11,082

  May 24

  The plane-a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, a derivative of the B-29, came out right after WWII, pressurized.

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• Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 811

  May 24 edited May 24

  Rhein-Main Airbase. Been there, done that. US troops in and out of there for 60 years.
  Opel Kapitan.

• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 24

  Kitsilano area of Vancouver maybe late 60s, zooms enough to ID several:

  

• stickguy Member Posts: 53,170

  May 24

  Early barracuda. 65? Is the whte sedan an Austin America?

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 25

  Not likely an America given it being the late '60s, more likely the Austin 1100 that it was derived from. We had one. Good car except for lack of power.

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• magnette Member Posts: 4,225

  May 25

  @fintail

  In Dawsons Creek the little white car is a Simca Aronde

• magnette Member Posts: 4,225

  May 26

  @fintail

  In front of the ADO 16 ia a Valiant coupe and I think the sedan is a mid sixties Polara perhaps?

• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 26

  I may be misremembering but I think the Austin America was 2 door only. I'd agree it is an 1100 as does not appear to be the MG variant that also made it to NA.

  I think the sedan on the road is a Plymouth of what looks like a relatively basic spec.

• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 26

  LA somewhere I'd guess around 1982-83, a fun smorgasbord here, zooms fine:

  

• Michaell Moderator Posts: 260,984

  May 26

  200SX in front of the Ford van in the upper right.

  That's the LA I remember from my youth - mostly foreign cars.

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• stickguy Member Posts: 53,170

  May 26

  Now this is in my formative years wheelhouse!

  Gen 1 RX7 in front of a gen 1 Prelude. Far curb a RWD Mazda 626 behind a hornet sportabout. Wedge celica. My favorite.

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• Michaell Moderator Posts: 260,984

  May 26

  Gen 1 Supra in front of the RX7

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 26

  fintail said:

  I may be misremembering but I think the Austin America was 2 door only. I'd agree it is an 1100 as does not appear to be the MG variant that also made it to NA.
  

  The MG version was never sold in Canada. You’re correct that the America was only available in a 2-door.

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 26

  These days the offspring of the owners of the Supra/Prelude/RX-7 gang would have their Lambo/Ferrari/McLaren convoy terrorizing DTLA.

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 26

  Only thing missing in the LA pic is a MB diesel.

  The old Supra/RX-7/Prelude gang look pretty put together, maybe also represented by the current Supra and sporty Germans today - the exotics going to those who found a little wealth (which could be had simply by investing in local real estate). I was also going to nominate the obnoxious half clapped out Infiniti/Mustang crowd, but I think that's something distinct.

• magnette Member Posts: 4,225

  May 28

  New over here

  

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 28

  Ah, the Lotus Emeya. Just what the world needs, a 900hp electric sedan.

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• magnette Member Posts: 4,225

  May 28

  @ab348

  I know - it's also somewhat expensive here

  Note the price
  

• magnette Member Posts: 4,225

  May 28

  And that's without tariffs

• kyfdx Moderator Posts: 263,586

  May 28

  magnette said:

  And that's without tariffs

  Oh, I thought we had a deal?

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• texases Member Posts: 11,082

  May 28

  And buyers pretend they're helping reduce CO2 with cars like that...

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 28

  magnette said:

  @ab348

  I know - it's also somewhat expensive here

  Note the price
  

  That must be the model for going round to the shops. When I did a search and clicked on the company's link, it presented a 900hp version with no price shown.

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• explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,590

  May 28

  The range ratings are kind of odd.

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 28

  Thanks but no thanks on the EV.

  Per the source, this is 138 W. Cordova in Vancouver BC in November 1968, zooms nice enough, some variety to be seen:

  

• tmart Member Posts: 2,390

  May 28

  56 Ford wagon, a Cougar

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• stickguy Member Posts: 53,170

  May 28

  Chevy II Nova next to a 66 GTO

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• bhill2 Member Posts: 2,584

  May 28 edited May 28

  I'm speculating, but from what little can be seen of the car behind the GTO on the passenger side I will say it's a 60 Ford four-door (not a Galaxie)

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• explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,590

  May 29

  A white Peugeot 404, a 60 Mercury Comet at the pump, furthest left in the picture a white 56 Ford.

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 29

  Is the car at the pump a 404 or a BMC (likely Austin) Farina?

  I agree on the 60 Ford, or maybe a same year Meteor.

• bhill2 Member Posts: 2,584

  May 29

  I'll double dip and id the 51 Chevy at the near curb.

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• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 30

  fintail said:

  Is the car at the pump a 404 or a BMC (likely Austin) Farina?
  

  I'll say an Austin, which in that era would be more plentiful in that part of Canada than a Peugeot. Very similar body design though.

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• fintail Member Posts: 58,346

  May 30

  Ward's, always one of my dad's favorite department stores, early 60s, zooms fine:

  

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• tmart Member Posts: 2,390

  May 30

  A Comet and a Mercury Turnpike Cruiser.

• Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 811

  May 30

  1955 Pontiac.
  1956 Pontiac.
  1958 Lincoln.

• ab348 Member Posts: 20,178

  May 31

  I'm not seeing a Turnpike Cruiser.

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• tmart Member Posts: 2,390

  May 31

  Beside the blue and white Pontiac on the right. I’m going by the drop down rear window. Thought it was only available on the Turnpike Cruiser. I could be mistaken.

• sda Member Posts: 7,506

  May 31

  tmart said:

  Beside the blue and white Pontiac on the right. I’m going by the drop down rear window. Thought it was only available on the Turnpike Cruiser. I could be mistaken.

  That’s a 60 Lincoln. They also had that type roll down rear backlight.

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• tmart Member Posts: 2,390

  May 31

  Thanks for the clarification.

• Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 811

  May 31

  The 1960 Lincoln had the diagonal ends of the fins extend downward to the elevation of the bottoms of the tail lights' lenses.
  I'll stick with its being a 1958.