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Re: ? [andys120] by andre1969
Apr 13, 2008 (2:08 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 13, 2008 1:14 pm)

Dodge Sweptline pickup, about a 1959 I'd guess.
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Re: ? [andre1969] by andys120
Apr 13, 2008 (2:55 pm)
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It's a '57 or '58 Andre which I think makes it a Sweepside. I'm confused on the nomenclature?
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Seashore> by andys120
Apr 13, 2008 (6:57 pm)
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Re: Seashore> [andys120] by kyfdx HOST
Apr 13, 2008 (7:00 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 13, 2008 6:57 pm)

That's the new Passat CC (custom coupe?)
 
I saw it at the Detroit car show... very cool..
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Re: Contrasts... [fintail] by magnette
Apr 13, 2008 (11:33 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Apr 13, 2008 8:29 am)

Well done fin, it is indeed a Maybach 57, and the Bond Bug - or most of one - is next to the blue car in photo 2. That dream machine is an Eccles Executive, which was made in small numbers by the Eccles caravan company in the 50's - it is battery powered, and most of them would have been used in places like large factories, or maybe stations etc... I can't believe many were registered for the road...
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Re: Contrasts... [karsick] by magnette
Apr 13, 2008 (11:36 pm)
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Replying to: karsick (Apr 13, 2008 9:40 am)

I think the blue car behind the Maybach is a Fiat Ulysse rather than a Peugeot. The Fiat had a square grille cut-out after it's first facelift.
 
The picture is taken just off Baker Street, and I agree that in some parts of the West End this would be a typical sight. There are streets where every other car is a Bentley, Porsche or something similar - and as there is little in the way of off-street parking in that area, most of these cars spend their lives parked on the street..(It's not quite the same in my street....)
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Re: ? [andys120] by wgrafer
Apr 14, 2008 (4:02 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 13, 2008 1:14 pm)

After much consideration I'll say it's definitely a 1958 (Dodge Sweptline 150). '57 had single headlights; '59 also had duals, but I believe '59 had slightly different hubcaps (??).
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Re: ? [andys120] by andre1969
Apr 14, 2008 (6:55 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 13, 2008 2:55 pm)

Actually we're both a bit off on the name. That style with the Dodge station wagon style fins grafted on was called Sweptside. "Sweptline" was what they called the redesigned 1961-era pickups.
 
And yeah, it's a '58. '57 had single headlights and much lower fenders, giving the hood a much higher look. And the '59 had a grille setup with narrow slots in a 4x2 arrangement, versus the horizontal bars of the '58.
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Re: ? [andre1969] by andys120
Apr 14, 2008 (8:01 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Apr 14, 2008 6:55 am)

Thanks Andre, I got the impression that Sweptline was applied to 1961+ pickups but I couldn't quite recall the name they used for their El Camino thing.
 
While researching I discovered a couple of things I didn't know:
 
-The '57 Ford Ranchero beat the Chevy El Camino to the market by a couple of years.
 
-Unlike the El Camino and Ranchero the Dodge Sweeptside was based on a truck, at least that's what this photo of a 1957 suggests>
 
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Italian Beauty?> by andys120
Apr 14, 2008 (8:09 am)
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