howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
that top one on the front page looks like a 1950's british one to me.
can any of our car spotters identify them?
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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#2
Yes Howard great couple of pictures of the vintage cars, captured by the Boss himself lightened up a very murky morning with their arrival, i,m sure there must be a forumite out there with the knowledge of of what makes they are.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#3
Ooooh love the fins and chrome.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
thought peter would have named them by now.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#5
The pink one is a 1958 Cadillac Sixty Special 4door hardtop. The red one is a customised American Ford of mid fifties vintage. The two pickups and the deuce coupe are so highly customised they could have started life as just about anything.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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#6
Howard, you must be thinking of the British made Ford Zephyr 4, of which there used to be many in the late 60s.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#7
Yes the body shape of the mk2 Consul/zephyr/Zodiac range was similar to its American cousins only smaller. Bear in mind that the Caddy is almost 19ft long......
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 718- Registered: 28 Jun 2011
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#8
I agree with Peter's view on all the cars. As to the red one, I feel sure it's not British because of the moulded spats over the rear wheel arches and "bullet" rear lamp.
In May of last year the Guild of Motoring Writers had a rally in France and some of theirs were quite something. I was expecting monstrosities favoured by the likes of Clarkson et al - but no, they were lovely!
Here is a 1963 Ford Consul 375 convertible, of the style Peter describes. Below that is a Jaguar XK 150 and a (very rare) 1950 MG YT. Finally there's a Rolls Royce Phantom 2.
#9
OMG, it takes me back to when I had a Morris Oxford and an Austin Cambridge. I loved those cars. And I couldn't even drive back then......
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#10
After a little research, the top one is a 1954 Ford Customline 2 door sedan.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 718- Registered: 28 Jun 2011
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#11
Thanks Peter, that answers my question - I was even thinking it could have been an Australian Holden, part of GM.
I'm also wondering if the hot rod in Paul's second picture was ever a production car. There are plenty of firms, espeially in the States, that produce bodies like this. One cetain thing is - that if it is an original - that big V8 didn't come as standard!
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#12
That hot rod is a 'little deuce coupe' as made famous by the Beach Boys. It's based on the 1932 Ford Model B 3-window Coupe DeLuxe, as they all are, but most nowadays are entirely build from aftermarket parts.
I had to search a bit for the Customline but I knew it was a US ford so didnt take too long.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#13
Beautiful cars and lovingly restored.
I've always loved (most of) the old cars of the 40s, 50s and early 60s. The fear of them breaking down and me not knowing anything about car mechanics, stops me from even thinking about buying one.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#14
not forgetting finding the spare parts.
people in cyprus and malta used to buy up a lot of old cars in the 80's that were in scrap yards.
they are mechanically minded people and when an old banger is finally finished they dismantle it totally and store the parts that are still working.
there will always be someone else that is looking for them.
