name this automobile

here's an other view (and added on aug. 2nd.: please disregard said picture in identifying the former pic.)

(this one is open to USA residents only)
please guess this Ford Model:

George, I used to race at Lyon's Drag Strip. I rember watching the little red wagon do wheelies. We were there when the top fuedragsters broke the 6 second mark. I had ploished Halibrand wheels on my corvette and they would turn blue when the salt air rolled in at night. Those were fun days.
Richard T.

quote:

Originally posted by RichardT:
...I used to race at Lyon's Drag Strip...

I grew up a few miles from Lyons, and not too far from Ascot Park. More or less in the middle between the two tracks. I could hear the racing at either track from my home every night. So I was a regular at both venues.

Dave Adler was the track reporter for Lyons.

George

Guess this one...

Jeff

quote:

Originally posted by JeffS:
Guess this one...

Jeff

DeTomaso XP-70. The joint project with Carrol Shelby. It is for sale now!!!!

quote:

Originally posted by Mic:
please identify:

Mic,

It's not really fair to post photos of two different cars (again) and call them the same. Differences? Wheels, rear 1/4 panel, mirrors, B-pillar, absence of opening on front fender (second car), shape of chin spoiler, door handles, rear fenders, side creases... I could go on, but I can't type that much.

Also, isn't it a bit misleading to call the next one a Ford?

Has anyone posted this one yet????

quote:

Originally posted by Mark Charlton:

quote:

Originally posted by Mic:
please identify:

Mic,

It's not really fair to post photos of two different cars (again) and call them the same. Differences? Wheels, rear 1/4 panel, mirrors, B-pillar, absence of opening on front fender (second car), shape of chin spoiler, door handles, rear fenders, side creases... I could go on, but I can't type that much.

Also, isn't it a bit misleading to call the next one a Ford?

Here is why i have posted two slightly different cars: one might give you a hard time, the second might help, i will post variances next time i send out a second pic to help the first. In this case the car has the same name. (I do not know the built year though). I wasn't trying to make it more complicated. Sorry.

About the misleading part of the Ford, this car was sold by Barrett-Jackson for $385,000 in 2006, and if Barrett-Jackson says it's a Ford, well, who am i to argue ... they go on to say:...'this Ford _ _ _ _ roadster was built some twenty years before a Chevrolet of the same name popped up'. The title of the car is an A1953 Gardner, What i am looking for is only the 4 letter word that comprises the name of the car.

Thanks Mark for clarifiing the situation.

quote:

"I grew up a few miles from Lyons, and not too far from Ascot Park. More or less in the middle between the two tracks. I could hear the racing at either track from my home every night. So I was a regular at both venues."

I lived next door to Dick Fletcher who was a regular at Ascot with his Triumph 650. I grew up riding the back roads on the back of his bike in Sunland.

Richard T.

quote:

Originally posted by DeTom:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffS:
Guess this one...

DeTomaso XP-70. The joint project with Carrol Shelby. It is for sale now!!!!

I wasn't going to steel this one from you for sure since you've been dreaming about it for ages :

Someone please buy this car for me!!

quote:

Originally posted by DeTom:
Has anyone posted this one yet????

DeTom, wouldn't it be great to get the P-70 along with the the DeTomaso company, your dream would come true,

BTW your post is of the 1994 Prototype Bizzarrini BZ-2001 Concept car

Tom, Yep, I saw the for sale ad and thought I would post it.
Jeff

quote:

Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
The Spyker is a Spyker (check the front plate...) I wish the other of Ron's was so easy, but I guess since I opened the door with my Moretti post, it's only fair to return the favour with the 1955 Moretti 1200 Spyder.

Here's one for you:

Marc, could you give us a little hint, please? looks like concept...a 61 pontiac?

quote:

Originally posted by Mic:

quote:

Originally posted by DeTom:
Has anyone posted this one yet????

DeTom, wouldn't it be great to get the P-70 along with the the DeTomaso company, your dream would come true,

BTW your post is of the 1994 Prototype Bizzarrini BZ-2001 Concept car

WOW!! I bow to the master. You know them all. Yeah I wanted to buy that P70, but to be honest, if I had enough money to buy it, I would just put it in the bank and live off the interest. I heard they want five million for it.

quote:

Originally posted by Mic:
Marc, could you give us a little hint, please? looks like concept...a 61 pontiac?

Not American, Not European.

Here's another view...

quote:

Originally posted by RichardT:
...I grew up ...in Sunland...

You're a long way from Sunland today my friend!

cowboy from hell

OK...I can't keep up with you guys any more! Mark - do you know all of these cars or do you have some super-duper car search engine to find them on the internet?

DeTom: I'd live off the interest also but i would content myself having a replica
Marc: 1-0 for you! coming back at me, rn't u? ... I knew i was putting myself in a mess (the resembling pics thing) when i asked for additional info. LOL the car looks much nicer with the trimming.
I still can't identify that Thunderbird 5 look-a-like car that John Tracy drove.
Sean, i firmly beleive Marc is the all time wizz

hints: the 1st silver cars on page 11 bio:
Weight:3306.9 lbs
Engine:V12
Engine Location:Front, longitudinally mounted
Displacement:366.1 cu in
Fuel feed: Fuel injection
Aspiration: Naturally Aspirated
Gearbox: 6 speed Sequential
Drive: Rear wheel drive
Power: 540 bhp
Torque: 553 ft lbs
Power to weight ratio: 0.36 bhp
Top Speed: 193 mph
0-60 mph Acceleration: 4.0 s

Well George just like all stories like this one there was a women involved.
Richard T.

Roland,
Yellow one looks a bit like a Chevron????
Or a Listair Dash?

My silver car is a Nissan 126-X.

quote:

Originally posted by sgarrett:
OK...I can't keep up with you guys any more! Mark - do you know all of these cars or do you have some super-duper car search engine to find them on the internet?

It's a combination of a very mis-spent youth and a mis-spent adult-hood (trying to figure out what some of these lumps are).

quote:

Originally posted by pantera874:
Totally wrong. A little help:
Made in Germany, 125 cars produced. Windshield stolen from a Porsche 904.

I would have guessed a Wartburg RS1000, but I've never seen a twin-headlight version.

I officially give up on this thread. I've got cars that need to be driven. It has been fun. Thanks!

this car, witch I originally posted last july 31st, is a 1953 Ford Vega Roadster “Gardner Special”
Barrett-Jackson

This one off prototype was commissioned by Ford Motor Company and financed by Henry Ford II. Willys Wagner, stylist for the International Division of Ford Motor Company and the legendary Indy racecar designer Frank Kurtis awarded the project to automotive designer Vince Gardner. Vince’s resume includes Studebaker, Ford, Budd car body manufacturer, and most notably, the Auburn Automobile Company design department under the direction of Gordon Buehrig, the design team responsible for the famed Cord 810. Vince’s influences from his days at the Auburn Automobile Company are clearly evident in the Vega’s (Cord like) disappearing headlights. Vince spent over 2 years building the lightweight aluminum bodied roadster. Henry Ford would check on the progress and sometimes bring his celebrity friends, Groucho Marx and Red Skelton.

here is the front view of the 2005 Laraki Borac (original pic posted 30 July 2007 12:30)

here is a new 1 to try and guess:
1st hint: brand name starts with an 'L'

It's the Lexus concept car used in The Minority Report.

r8t u r David, it's the Lexus 2054 that Tom Cruise drove.
Here's an other 1 2 guess:

Easy enough. You have the name allover it. It's the Pugeot 908 Le Mans entry.

Bet you can't guess this one...

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Originally posted by pantera874:

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Reply

Lotus Europa Typ 62 GTR.

Well OK, but it isn't made by Lotus anymore. But yeah you are right, that is what it is based on. I was shocked to find they still make these things brand new.

Hope this works, but anyway, guess this one:

TVR Campaberra???

Montecarlo do you a hint? i agree with DeTom as far as TVR goes but i can't find those mods, thanks

...while Montecarlo comes back to us, how about triing your luck at this european car:

Nope, not a TVR - much smaller, and rear engined! And Welsh!!!

...and is a MK6 variant owned by Graham Cashmore

quote:

Originally posted by montecarlo296:
Nope, not a TVR - much smaller, and rear engined! And Welsh!!!

Welsh?? Like a Corgi???

No, slightly less furry. - Welsh like this one - and yes, that is 2075 on the trailer.

quote:

Originally posted by montecarlo296:
No, slightly less furry. - Welsh like this one - and yes, that is 2075 on the trailer.

OK, that is not an Austin, it isn't a Cathrem and Lotus wouldn't allow it. Bruce McClaren would laugh his ass off and ProDrive hasn't made a car yet, so what the hell is that thing????