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#520 of 23673 Re: . [fintail] by andys120 May 12, 2005 (3:44 pm)
Replying to: fintail (May 12, 2005 2:58 pm) Pretty good, Fin, it's a 1954 Bentley Type R, they're highly prized in the UK among the collector set. Some came with special body work but the standard Mulliner coachwork was very nice indeed=>
#521 of 23673 One box looks mighty like another.. by andys120 May 12, 2005 (3:55 pm)
but maybe someone can i.d. this one..   Replies to this message: rsholland (May 12, 2005 4:04 pm)
#522 of 23673 Re: One box looks mighty like another.. [andys120] by rsholland May 12, 2005 (4:04 pm)
Replying to: andys120 (May 12, 2005 3:55 pm) Easy; a Chevy Corvan, which was a van version of the rear-engine Corvair. They also made a pickup with a ramp side.   http://www.corvair.org/chapters/corvanatics/   http://www.mindspring.com/~corvair/fc1.html#models   Bob
#523 of 23673 Thas' right Bob..... by andys120 May 12, 2005 (7:04 pm)
Here's another
#524 of 23673 . by fintail May 12, 2005 (7:36 pm)
Looks like a Fiat 1100 with some kind of special trim Replies to this message: andys120 (May 13, 2005 3:49 am)
#525 of 23673 Re: . [fintail] by andys120 May 13, 2005 (3:49 am)
Replying to: fintail (May 12, 2005 7:36 pm) Yep, it's got bodywork by Touring.
#526 of 23673 . by fintail May 13, 2005 (5:25 am)
Cool   Speaking of car photos, Here's a really cool site devoted to the cars owned by a Swiss family over a period of about 70 years   Period shots are always interesting
#527 of 23673 How about this one... by andre1969 May 13, 2005 (8:01 am)
At a first glance, this should be blatantly easy considering its name is on the hood, but there's something "special" about this car. Fintail might get it pretty quickly. Replies to this message: rsholland (May 13, 2005 9:57 am)
#528 of 23673 Re: How about this one... [andre1969] by rsholland May 13, 2005 (9:57 am)
Replying to: andre1969 (May 13, 2005 8:01 am) '56 Canadian Dodge. It's sort of a cross between a Dodge and Plymouth. The front is clearly Dodge, but the side chrome trim is Plymouth. The tiny (again Plymouth) fins are a tip-off that it's a '56 model.   Bob
#529 of 23673 Yup, that's it... by andre1969 May 13, 2005 (10:07 am)
these cars were often known as "Plodges"...basically it WAS a Plymouth, with a Dodge front-end clip. This model was called a Mayfair. Chrysler also had an export model called the DeSoto Diplomat, which was a Plymouth with a DeSoto grille and some different trim put on. Main reason they did these rebadges is because big cars won't cut it in overseas markets, and back then a Plymouth body was smaller than a Dodge, and way smaller than a DeSoto.   Here's a pic of a '56 DeSoto Diplomat...     In looking at these pics, the Dodge and Plymouth must've been identical in '55-56 from the cowl forward, with the Dodge's extra length somewhere further back. Reason I'm thinking this is because for the Dodge version, they were actually able to fit a whole Dodge clip up there, fenders and all. On this DeSoto Diplomat, they just fitted a grille that resembled a '56 DeSoto's onto a Plymouth, using Plymouth fenders and everything, and just called it a day. And in that timeframe, a DeSoto/Chrysler was definitely longer than a Dodge or Plymouth, ahead of the cowl, so the whole front DeSoto clip never would've fit.   I've always liked the '55-56 Plymouth, but now, looking at the pic, I think the Diplomat front end actually looks a little better!   Still, it was on a 115" wheelbase, and probably around 200" long, if not more, so I doubt most foreign buyers considered these things "small" cars!   It really struck me as odd when we saw it at Carlisle. We were walking up the hill, and I probably said something like "oh cool, a '56 Plymouth". But then I got distracted by something else when we got up there, and then looked back, at the front of the car, and was like, "cool, a '56 Dodge...hey, WAIT a minute!" It took me a few seconds to realize I wasn't seeing things!

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