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Re: What's this ? [magnette] by stephen987
Sep 19, 2008 (11:31 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Sep 19, 2008 11:17 am)

Austin 3-Litre sedan, 1968-69?
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Re: What's this ? [stephen987] by magnette
Sep 19, 2008 (11:39 am)
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Yes - that was quick. Launched in 1967, but dropped in 71, the Austin 3 Litre was a flop - about 10000 were built, but it never caught on.
Based on the FWD Austin 1800 body shell, the 3 litre had a straight six engine, but was RWD, and too bulky and clumsy to sell - it was aimed at the Austin Westminster market, but apart from a few police forces nobody wanted it...
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Re: What's this ? [magnette] by stephen987
Sep 19, 2008 (12:14 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Sep 19, 2008 11:39 am)

It is sort of goofy-looking. But I can see it as a police car, very easily. Was it as expensive as the Rovers and Volvos of the day?
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Re: What's this ? [stephen987] by magnette
Sep 19, 2008 (1:41 pm)
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It would have been comparable to the basic Rover 2000, or the Volvo 144, I suppose, although the latter wouldn't have been a natural choice then as a police car - being foreign.
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I saw one of these for sale on the side of the road today. by bumpy
Sep 19, 2008 (4:36 pm)
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Re: I saw one of these for sale on the side of the road today. [bumpy] by stephen987
Sep 19, 2008 (6:06 pm)
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'63 Dodge Dart?
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Re: I saw one of these for sale on the side of the road today. [stephen987] by wgrafer
Sep 20, 2008 (4:56 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Sep 19, 2008 6:06 pm)

I agree - it's a 1963 Dodge Dart - I think it's a "270' model by the side ornament.
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Movie Still.... by andys120
Sep 20, 2008 (3:08 pm)
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Potpourri from Hoffa(1992)>
 
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Re: Movie Still.... [andys120] by wgrafer
Sep 21, 2008 (3:16 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Sep 20, 2008 3:08 pm)

Good movie! On the ramp going away looks like a '56 Chevrolet. Coming at us: green 1960 Chevrolet, red 1954 Hudson, blue 1955 Chevrolet, next visible is a 1957 Chevrolet followed by a dark shadow then a pink '55 Chevrolet and an aqua '55 Chevrolet bringing up the rear. I can't quite make out the smaller white one (maybe a '60 Corvette?) or the blue roof in front of it, and I'm no good with buses.
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Re: Movie Still.... [andys120] by wgrafer by andys120
Sep 21, 2008 (4:43 am)
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Nice job, wgrafer, I think you got all of them. The white Corvette is a late C1, could be anything from '58 to '62. That bus is the old GMC split window style that was common in the late 40s and 50s. IIRC it was around the mid '60s that it was replaced by the newer style with larger windows and unpainted corrugated metal siding.
 
 This photo must represent a date between 1960 (newest cars visible) and early 1964 when the sign for "IDLEWILD AIRPORT" would have been changed to "JFK AIRPORT."

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