neal Posted October 22, 2010 Share #501 Posted October 22, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here's one from a local cruise night; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1480028'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Hi neal, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
elansprint72 Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share #502 Posted October 23, 2010 TVR. S series. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal Posted October 23, 2010 Share #503 Posted October 23, 2010 That was quick. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1480516'>More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share #504 Posted October 23, 2010 Not as quick as the car sitting next to it. I'm going on holiday for a week and may not have interweb access, anyone else want to have a turn? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuxBob Posted October 23, 2010 Share #505 Posted October 23, 2010 Not as quick as the car sitting next to it. Elan perchance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted October 30, 2010 Share #506 Posted October 30, 2010 This auto seemed very unusual to me. Quite amazing, very impressed in fact, but Yank Tank experts may recognise it with ease. I have several more views if needed. Leica MP Tri-X Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1486792'>More sharing options...
250swb Posted October 31, 2010 Share #507 Posted October 31, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would guess at a '58 Buick? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted October 31, 2010 Share #508 Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) I would guess at a '58 Buick? Steve Definitely a Buick. The owner told me it was a special edition with only 1,026 made. Never seen such a big rear bumper area. As seen here. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited October 31, 2010 by Rolo Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1487724'>More sharing options...
250swb Posted October 31, 2010 Share #509 Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) It was called the 'Limited Riviera' hardtop coupe if it was a run of 1,026. $5002 in 1958 got you a car that was described as 'heroically overdecorated', even by the standards of the day. None of the Buicks from that year sold well, its not hard to see why Steve edit - just put the figures into a historical money calculator and $5002 comes out at about $37,000 Edited October 31, 2010 by 250swb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 2, 2010 Share #510 Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Car customizers referred to the spare and necessary bumper extension as a "continental wheel kit," and never really worked all that well due to the bumper extension. Well, there are two exceptions: the Lincoln Continental Mk1 of about 1957 and the 1956 Thunderbird. The Lincoln spare housing was integrated with the trunk lid giving smooth lines, and not seriously extending the car. The T-Bird was less integrated but still worked. In the regualr Buick (and Chey and Olds of the same year) the fuel tank cap is hidden just below the smooth tail fin and could be popped open by pressing the small, round reflector at its base, though I don't recall if it was on the left or right side. For this car, the filler was moved to the deck just aft of the continental wheel. Edited November 9, 2010 by stuny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 9, 2010 Share #511 Posted November 9, 2010 (edited) This thread has been sitting idle for far too long. Therefore, how about this one? Extra points for its location. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited November 9, 2010 by stuny Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1497237'>More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted November 9, 2010 Share #512 Posted November 9, 2010 The car looks to be a post-war Packard but as for the location, I have no idea. Interesting exhibit, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 9, 2010 Share #513 Posted November 9, 2010 (edited) Steve, Exactly although some sources speak of 152 cars. The first prototypes were ready in 1939 for testing in what is now Ethiopia but the production only followed in 1941 and 1942. Seen the situation in North Africa by then a lot of cars ended in Russia / Ukraine with the Italian forces fighting over there in a terrain where the cars were not suited for. This one I saw during the 2004 Mille Miglia and was beautifully restored up to the drivers running the car in the race as you can see form the following pictures. [ATTACH]226646[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]226647[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]226648[/ATTACH] Over to you Gerd --- late intromission... is funny to see 3 pictures taken in my town... moreover, in the first picture, the small street at the left is Via Giuseppe Bertolotti (and the car is of WWII era... and he died during WWI...earning a gold medal and a street with his name - things that hardly worth a life... : http://www.montesuello.it/90bertolotti.htm ) Edited November 9, 2010 by luigi bertolotti Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted November 9, 2010 Share #514 Posted November 9, 2010 Post-war Packard +1. Railroad museum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 9, 2010 Share #515 Posted November 9, 2010 John & Malcolm are both correct. It's probably too much to hope for more detail than that. The car is a 1946 Packard adapted for railroad use by Canadian Pacific and is housed in the railroad museum in Winnipeg. As the first to identify the car, over to you, John, while Malcolm harvests the extra credit for identifying that it's at a railroad museum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted November 9, 2010 Share #516 Posted November 9, 2010 Thanks, Stuart. Here's a shot of a grille. Not much to go on, but will post a 3/4 view later if nobody comes close. Good luck! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=1497641'>More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share #517 Posted November 9, 2010 Euro or Yank? Spanish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted November 9, 2010 Share #518 Posted November 9, 2010 European bodywork with running gear from somewhere else. Only seven produced in that model year. More from other years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share #519 Posted November 9, 2010 Could be Swiss coachwork, although theirs is normally "more restrained". I'm out of my depth but will say Pegaso. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 9, 2010 Share #520 Posted November 9, 2010 THis makes me think of the Dual Ghias from Dual Motors from the mid to late 1950s, and as driven by members of the Rat Pack. The engine and transmission are from Chrysler - The engine being the Hemi, and the automatic transmission shifting I believe was via pushbutton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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