stuny Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22481 Posted August 30, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) We appear to be stuck and in need of some help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 30, 2024 Posted August 30, 2024 Hi stuny, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pedaes Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22482 Posted August 30, 2024 1 hour ago, stuny said: We appear to be stuck and in need of some help. OK. I am not experienced at this so please be gentle with me! This is a fairly new model and it is not a Chinese manufacturer. 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=5517469'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22483 Posted August 30, 2024 Could the mystery car be a Buick Reatta from around 1990? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22484 Posted August 30, 2024 38 minutes ago, pedaes said: OK. I am not experienced at this so please be gentle with me! This is a fairly new model and it is not a Chinese manufacturer. 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! Keith -The way these "challenge" threads work is that whoever solves the mystery gets to post the next mystery. Andy Piper's mystery car is still in play, though perhaps Wilson's guess is on target, in which case he would have the right to post the next mystery car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22485 Posted August 30, 2024 19 minutes ago, stuny said: Keith -The way these "challenge" threads work is that whoever solves the mystery gets to post the next mystery. Andy Piper's mystery car is still in play, though perhaps Wilson's guess is on target, in which case he would have the right to post the next mystery car. Sorry - totally misread your Post. I thought you were stuck for a new challenge! Apologies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22486 Posted August 30, 2024 vor 43 Minuten schrieb pedaes: Sorry - totally misread your Post. I thought you were stuck for a new challenge! Apologies. Np. Just post it again once you solved a riddle or it’s a free for all round. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22487 Posted August 30, 2024 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 5 hours ago, stuny said: We appear to be stuck and in need of some help. OK! And a verbal hint - A model produced for about 30 years, with highly-varying external details over that period. Total production about 500,000 in that time; 900-70,000 per model year. This particular grille only use for one year. Thus signature for identifying the exact time frame - if desired. The hexagonal embossment could hold an emblem (missing on this particular sample). 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 August 30, 2024 by adan 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=5518182'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22488 Posted August 30, 2024 It has a Chevy look to the grill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22489 Posted August 30, 2024 Ford Thunderbird? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 30, 2024 Share #22490 Posted August 30, 2024 (edited) 2 hours ago, stuny said: It has a Chevy look to the grill. That would be a good hint! 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: Ford Thunderbird? Wilson No. But Ford had a competing product, and that had a little Thunderbird design influence (or so they say). As well as sharing a T-Bird engine as an option. Edited August 30, 2024 by adan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 31, 2024 Share #22491 Posted August 31, 2024 20 hours ago, stuny said: It has a Chevy look to the grill. I could, of course, be mistaken but I'm almost certain that you are on the right Path and that this is The Way to go......😸...... I'll sit this one out as - if my guess is correct (the rear-side and rearmost window rang a bell) - I posted an earlier version of this very vehicle some time ago and through researching background info on the model for that post used Wiki for background information therefore saw this type as well. Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 31, 2024 Share #22492 Posted August 31, 2024 It finally struck me that this might not be a coupe, but an El Camino/El Torino body style. Let's guess GM El Camino variant from the late 70s to early 80s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkin Posted August 31, 2024 Share #22493 Posted August 31, 2024 On 4/30/2010 at 8:03 AM, elansprint72 said: OK, this one is less obvious unless, like me, you parked next to it this evening at the VSCC pub meeting. 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! Taken with the Digilux 2 in 2006, when I was still learning what digi-cams could/could not do. btw, how about making this thread a long-runner? If you guess the car, you have to post the next subject? Pete, could we gave a full photograph please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22494 Posted September 1, 2024 2 hours ago, Perkin said: Pete, could we gave a full photograph please. It might be possible Perkin, I suppose, but as the image in the link was posted 14 years ago and the poster last visited the forum nigh-on 2 years ago I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a reply... Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkin Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22495 Posted September 1, 2024 Thank-you Philip, I think I know the car, but having not taken a photograph of the 1938 D8, I believe it is against the Rules of this Forum to post photographs not taken ones self. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22496 Posted September 1, 2024 8 hours ago, stuny said: It finally struck me that this might not be a coupe, but an El Camino/El Torino body style. Let's guess GM El Camino variant from the late 70s to early 80s. Um, what? Can you clean up that hot mess a little? 😁 Torino (sometime Gran Torino, but never El ) is a Ford model comprising several body styles - but not this type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Torino Ford (first) made a similar competing product called the Ranchero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranchero Chevrolet sold an El Camino and GMC marketed a similar Sprint or Caballero Pick one. 🤪 Name the year for extra credit (grille type only used for one year). 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! 1 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=5524139'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22497 Posted September 1, 2024 Let's go with Caballero and 1986 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22498 Posted September 1, 2024 (edited) OK, then! Definitely a Caballero or El Camino car-based light pickup truck from 1978-1986. You clearly qualify as our winner and next poster. 👍 I think it is a 1979 model, considering the single (rather than dual) headlights and the grille details. But given the penchant of Americans (and American car companies) to hot-rod, customize, swap parts, and sheet-metal-engineer effectively-identical cars (the raised hood or bonnet scoop is available as aftermarket), plus the fact this example has all the emblems removed, I doubt we can get any closer than that. BTW, Chevrolet is reviving the El Camino name for - something - to be introduced in late 2025. "Guesswork" by car pundits seems to indicate it will be less light and delicate and car-like than the original, and more of "just another crew-cab crossover" design. 😰 We shall see. Edited September 1, 2024 by adan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22499 Posted September 1, 2024 I think we can be certain it's GMC and not Chevy based on the portion at the top center of the grill that would not hold a chevy bowtie logo, but could hold a GMC logo. Let's try this one - All the usuals: 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=5525538'>More sharing options...
adan Posted September 1, 2024 Share #22500 Posted September 1, 2024 5 hours ago, stuny said: I think we can be certain it's GMC and not Chevy based on the portion at the top center of the grill that would not hold a chevy bowtie logo, but could hold a GMC logo. Ahh - but Chevy (and others) provided "hexagonalized" bow-ties (for hood ornaments or grille) for use on the El Camino and Malibu on which it was based. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115604953740?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=115604953740&targetid=2512152189032&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9028801&poi=&campaignid=21214286338&mkgroupid=161030074701&rlsatarget=pla-2512152189032&abcId=9407521&merchantid=101716937&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh-iYmrQ7kMnLuZP0xT2xf_vu&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4eXoxcmiiAMVqMzCBB3YyzFCEAQYAiABEgIhrPD_BwE "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet. But carry on, regardless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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