wlaidlaw Posted February 2, 2013 Share #4521 Posted February 2, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Bel Air? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 Hi wlaidlaw, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted February 3, 2013 Share #4522 Posted February 3, 2013 It is a Chevy Bel Air. Care to try for the year before I post the full photos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 3, 2013 Share #4523 Posted February 3, 2013 Stuart, It is certainly before the big fin era, so I would put it at 53-55 but closer than that, I could not guess. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 3, 2013 Share #4524 Posted February 3, 2013 Wilson - As you can see, you had the right range. General Motors had a three to four year cycle on most of their products at that time. The '55, as shown below was in its secnd year of the cycle, and was the first year in which General Motors hid the fuel filler door someplace on the rear of most of their cars. In the case of the Chevrolet, if one pushed the small, round reflector in teh center of the tail light, the entire tail light assembly would swing up revealing the fuel filler cap. Your turn again. 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=2232199'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 3, 2013 Share #4525 Posted February 3, 2013 Stuart, Your comment on the fuel filler cap reminds me of when on a family skiing holiday (2 adults + 3 teenage children), we had booked and had fax agreement to supply a Taurus Wagon or larger from Dollar Rental at Los Angeles Airport. We were a little surprised to be taken a long way off airport and things went downhill from then. The vehicle offered was a 900cc Mitsubishi microvan, which had no space in it and was definitely not a star. We could not all physically fit in it, let alone any luggage (we had been in Florida earlier so had warm weather clothes as well as ski gear). After about 20 minutes of argument and while I was calling up my company's lawyer in San Francisco, the manager arrived in his brand new Caprice. I immediately pounced on it and said right - talk to the lawyer or give me this car - your choice. After a one minute conversation with the lawyer we got the Caprice, with a lot a bad language. We drove off right away before he changed his mind, so had no idea how anything worked. Later that day, up in the mountains, I wanted to fill up, so we would be up at Mammoth Lakes with a full tank. The problem was I had no idea where the filler was, neither did the elderly lady at the gas station. There was no manual in the car and we looked behind lights, all over the outside, in the trunk, etc. It was only when a biker came in to fill up, that he pointed out to us, that if you pulled back the spring loaded licence plate, you would reveal the filler cap. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 4, 2013 Share #4526 Posted February 4, 2013 I am putting a link to a photo I posted on another tread, showing how the Tilt-Shift Blur tool works on PS CS6. Can anyone ID the car and no, I don't know what it is either. I took the photo at Spa 18 months ago. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/260186-options-shift-lenses-m-240-merged-6.html#post2305563 Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4527 Posted February 5, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I cheated and poked around online. It looks like a 1952 RGS Atlanta with 3.4 Jaguar engine under the bonnet. And I've never seen one before either, Wilson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4528 Posted February 5, 2013 I cheated and poked around online. It looks like a 1952 RGS Atlanta with 3.4 Jaguar engine under the bonnet. And I've never seen one before either, Wilson. John, Well done. That looks like it. The nearest I could come was an HWM Jaguar. I suspect the RGS may have started life as an HWM but the fins threw me. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4529 Posted February 5, 2013 John - Since you got it, how about continuing the thread with a car photo of your own? I know you have more automotive photos than all the rest of us combined. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4530 Posted February 5, 2013 John,Well done. That looks like it. The nearest I could come was an HWM Jaguar. I suspect the RGS may have started life as an HWM but the fins threw me. Wilson Wilson, I think the fins would throw anybody! My first thought upon seeing your image was that this was a frogeye Sprite with an aftermarket fiberglass front end, but then this car had door handles so that was out. As far as I can recall, the only other car with double fins in that configuration was one expirimental model of a Porsche RSK in the late fifties. Stuart, will see what I can dig up, but will probably not quite so esoteric / obscure as Wilson's riddle car. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4531 Posted February 5, 2013 Not very exotic but probably obscure to most. 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=2234453'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4532 Posted February 5, 2013 Goggomobil? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 5, 2013 Share #4533 Posted February 5, 2013 Goggomobil? Wilson Correct era but wrong marque, Wilson. Good guess, though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4534 Posted February 6, 2013 The body color within the cockpit suggests pre mid 1970s, and padded dash, non-protruding buttons and shished steering wheel suggest late 1960s. Beyond that I couldn't guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ksmart Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4535 Posted February 6, 2013 Some special 'Goliath'??? L. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4536 Posted February 6, 2013 It's not a Goliath. This particular model was produced only as a convertable from 1959-1964 by a European company. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ksmart Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4537 Posted February 6, 2013 Austin somehow? L. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4538 Posted February 6, 2013 No, not English. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4539 Posted February 6, 2013 Trabant Cabriolet for all those frivolous moments in the DDR? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted February 6, 2013 Share #4540 Posted February 6, 2013 So far we have had three guesses of Goggomobil, Goliath and Trabant - all incorrect as it is not German. Think European and a bit larger (five? seater) and more upscale than those other cars. It appears to have been a somewhat special model, only built as a convertible, based on a more mundane and common platform - probably to garner a little prestige for the maker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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