pippy Posted September 24, 2024 Share #22601 Posted September 24, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) 15 hours ago, Phil1066 said: 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! My Goodness! What a HORROR! And I thought the Aston Martin V8 Zagato was about as 'Ugly as Ugly Gets' in the Zagato Universe. How Wrong I Was!......😸...... Truly awful in every possible way and in every possible area. It is almost as if they took a selection of body-designs from a number of design-tables and created a collage... On the 'Upside'? I'm sure Tim Burton would be a fan of the grotesque nature of its aesthetics! Philip. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 24, 2024 Posted September 24, 2024 Hi pippy, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
NigelG Posted September 24, 2024 Share #22602 Posted September 24, 2024 1 hour ago, stuny said: And that's one of the reasons I almost always have at least one camera with me (most frequently the Q) Well I obviously had a camera with me….but it was an iPhone 🫢 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 25, 2024 Share #22603 Posted September 25, 2024 On 9/24/2024 at 10:39 PM, NigelG said: ...I should have taken an M with me today walking from my apartment to a meeting in Mayfair... Had you typed a full-stop after the word "me" you would have been correct in every detail......😸...... Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 27, 2024 Share #22604 Posted September 27, 2024 Nigel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted September 28, 2024 Share #22605 Posted September 28, 2024 Sorry - travelling till Monday. If anyone wants to jump in…? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted September 29, 2024 Share #22606 Posted September 29, 2024 Let's try to guess this gargoyle The usual data, please - maker, year, and model / name JZG 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=5635281'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 29, 2024 Share #22607 Posted September 29, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sealed beam headlights, it has to be American. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 29, 2024 Share #22608 Posted September 29, 2024 Maybe a 1959 Dodge Centenaire? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted September 29, 2024 Share #22609 Posted September 29, 2024 Wilson - yes, it is American, re your second guess, it's one year older than 1959, more importantly, it's not from one of the 'Big Three'. JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 29, 2024 Share #22610 Posted September 29, 2024 A 1958 Packard 58L Coupe? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted September 30, 2024 Share #22611 Posted September 30, 2024 You got it, Wilson. I am not able to verify the L designation, as the placard on the car ( I shot this image at the 2015 Carmel 'Cars-on-the-Avenue' free Concours d'Elegance) described it as a Hawk model, but it's a '58 Packard Coupe. A couple of small things - I don't recall ever seeing one of these in the flesh, even though I arrived on these shores in '59, so I'm unable to add any personal history or observations about this relatively rare vehicle, but a little further Wikepedia / Google 'research' revealed that only 588 Hawks were made before the whole merged Studebaker-Packard organization collapsed in bankruptcy. The other interesting thing about this ( in my humble opinion absolutely hideous) automobile are the particularly ugly quad headlights. Up to that point in time all Packard's and Studebakers had single headlights, as indeed did all other US cars manufactured up to '58. As a matter of fact, I found that there was a federal law in effect restricting passenger cars to two headlights, which was lifted sometimes in late '58, thus allowing quad headlights, something very quickly embraced by all the US manufacturers. Packard, being on extremely thin financial ice at the time did not posses the resources to restyle the cars, but hastily commissioned its styling department to come up with a four headlight kit, which was mailed to purchasers of the Hawk coupes. Your turn, Wilson. SL / 24-90 V.E. JZG 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! 4 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=5635927'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 30, 2024 Share #22612 Posted September 30, 2024 It probably has the Packard "boat anchor" 320 or 358 inch V8. This was rather heavy and made for endurance and not for speed. I assume there were two different designers for the front and rear of the car and they did not talk to each other. As usual with me, open to anyone who would like to post a new mystery image. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil1066 Posted September 30, 2024 Share #22613 Posted September 30, 2024 As I'm new here I will jump in with another quick one.... Usual Make/Model/Year please - taken on a Q2 Reporter earlier this 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=5636125'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 30, 2024 Share #22614 Posted September 30, 2024 It appears to be a European production car. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 1, 2024 Share #22615 Posted October 1, 2024 Phil - It looks like we need some help. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 1, 2024 Share #22616 Posted October 1, 2024 I presume that is vandalism on the bumper not a strange logo. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 1, 2024 Share #22617 Posted October 1, 2024 I was wondering if it wasn’t Japanese not European? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted October 1, 2024 Share #22618 Posted October 1, 2024 5 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: I presume that is vandalism on the bumper not a strange logo. Wilson I don't think it's vandalism, or scratches Wilson - I submit that what we're looking at are reflections off the rounded, inward-curving sculpted recess for the rear license plate.......which may be all well & good,m but I still have no inkling of what the damned thing is. JZG 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil1066 Posted October 2, 2024 Share #22619 Posted October 2, 2024 (edited) Yes lots of reflections on the highly polished paintwork 👍 ready for the next crop? Edited October 2, 2024 by Phil1066 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 2, 2024 Share #22620 Posted October 2, 2024 yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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