Re: Cars, cars, and more cars

OVERLORD Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:48 pm

@rsv1cox wrote:
@Oldenginerod wrote:Hey, how's the old dude sitting on the post with a flag. Looks Ready for Action

Or the guy hanging out on the Triumph TR3. A popular move from the earliest auto racers.

But Citroens rule. I love all of them.

That hanging out of the car on the Inside of the corner was a often used maneuvre before the war.

I scanned the pictures below from my book Motor Sport in the 20's:

An Aston Martin in the 1924 Shelsley Walsh hill climb

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A Vauxhall 30/98 in 1925, same event, same corner

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OVERLORD Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:14 am

@Oldenginerod wrote:Hey, how's the old dude sitting on the post with a flag. Looks Ready for Action

I wouldn't know what happened to that chap but the stone he's sitting on is still there today.

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OVERLORD Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:23 am

QUIZ!!

Do you recognize these side windows?

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https://www.zwischengas.com/de/quiz/bde7de.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Neues%20von%20Zwischengas%20am%2012%20Januar%202021%20-%20Jaguar%20Mk2%2024%20Strietzel%20Stuck%20GMC%20LUniverselle%20Cizeta%20V16T%20Ford%20Falcon%20Autokennerquiz&utm_content=Neues%20von%20Zwischengas%20am%2012%20Januar%202021%20-%20Jaguar%20Mk2%2024%20Strietzel%20Stuck%20GMC%20LUniverselle%20Cizeta%20V16T%20Ford%20Falcon%20Autokennerquiz+CID_b261ab82c2405b31fecc8cafe4b8bc07&utm_source=ZGCM&utm_term=Quiz%20fr%20Autokenner%20-%20Glashaus

rsv1cox Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:35 am

Toughie. But I'll bite. All my guesses are wrong except the Saab, but listed is what they remind me of. Give me any 1950's era American car though and I'll bat 100% The text gives some clues though, but I can't pick them out. Maybe the Jaguar.

#1 top row - Capri
2 - Mini
3 - Corvair
4 - Nissan 280Z
5 - Saab
6 - 1963 Ford
7 - Couldn't even venture
last three - Lancia's

OVERLORD Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:11 pm

Nr1: ford Capri Mk2

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Nr5 : Saab 96

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rsv1cox Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:45 pm

Ok, so I'm 2 out of 10. 20%.

Give me a minute....................no cheat looking them up. See if I can enlarge the pictures. 83 YO eyes............

OVERLORD Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:33 pm

Some pictures remain a mistery for me as well!

DrCox Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:35 pm

First car back in 1971. Changed the color from Bright Yellow to Gold in 1973 with all the accoutrements of the day:

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Car sat from 1974 to 2004. Underwent a four year concours restoration completed in 2008. Last ran at the 50th anniversary of the Mustang in North Carolina.

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**Cribbs74** Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:17 pm

Your taste was much better the second time around. Wink

dckrsn Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:16 pm

I like the wheel choices before and after.
My all time favorites have to be the Crager SS,
and Keystone Classic, in that order, depends
on the car. Those old chrome reverse wheels
looked good too. At least I'm not so old, that
I thought moon wheel covers looked cool. Rolling Eyes

Bob

rsv1cox Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:33 pm

My son's K code (very rare) bought for $450, original engine, missing right front fender, interior, broken this, broken that. We fixed it up.

Pictures taken from 35mm slides.

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A habit of ours

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37 years later, same kid different Mustang. Same thing bought as a parts car, restored.

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NEW222 Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:49 pm

Well, those cars are both beauties gents! Thanks for sharing the pics.

OVERLORD Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:35 am

Just to break the Mustang hegemony -I don't want you lot to become narrow minded lol!

- some more answers of the quiz above:

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Nr3: Panhard 24

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Nr6: Opel rekord

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Nr8: Maserati Ghibli

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Nr10: Iso Lele

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rsv1cox Wed Jan 13, 2021 6:53 am

What's this Lieven, not a Citroen in sight? I would have nailed a 2CV. Smile

OVERLORD Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:55 am

@rsv1cox wrote:What's this Lieven, not a Citroen in sight? I would have nailed a 2CV.

No not at all, the closest you can get is the Maserati. Citroën owned Maserati from 1967 till 1975. The Ghibli was made during this period.

rsv1cox Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:04 am

Hegemony? More like Blasphemy. We now have an electric Mustang, and heaven forbid, rumblings of an SUV Mustang. Rock bottom for Ford. Porsche went the same SUV route, but it saved the company.

OVERLORD Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:42 am

@rsv1cox wrote:Hegemony? More like Blasphemy. We now have an electric Mustang, and heaven forbid, rumblings of an SUV Mustang. Rock bottom for Ford. Porsche went the same SUV route, but it saved the company.

and Jaguar

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