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The "Help me identify this car" thread

Discussion in 'General Automotive Discussion' started by Samy, Feb 22, 2006.

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  1. agup48

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    #276 agup48, Sep 12, 2009
    Can we get a mod to merge JDZnates thread into this one.
     
  2. Michiel Mobiel

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    #277 Michiel Mobiel, Sep 12, 2009
  3. El Wayne

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    #278 El Wayne, Sep 12, 2009
    Done.
     
  4. agup48

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    #279 agup48, Sep 12, 2009
    Thank you! :)
     
  5. big.bryant

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    #280 big.bryant, Sep 13, 2009
    I saw this mentioned in Autoblog... after hearing about its drivetrain I'm a little upset.... 245 hp?! my truck makes more than that lol and its a 5 speed manual not a 5 speed automatic!
     
  6. Cozmic_Kid

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    #281 Cozmic_Kid, Sep 13, 2009
    It'll probably handle like an elephant in a china store.

    Anyway. Atleast the design is more striking than the new Mclaren.
     
  7. Webby

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    #282 Webby, Oct 18, 2009
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  8. El Wayne

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    #283 El Wayne, Oct 18, 2009
    It's a MkI.

    By the way, where did you get the picture? This exact same car (NAN 507D) is featured in the February 1989 issue of Classic Cars magazine.
     
  9. Webby

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    #284 Webby, Oct 18, 2009
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    Thanks! I took the picture, spotted in London on Haymarket on June 26. I wish I'd been able to get more than that one picture :( Especially now that I know it was in a magazine. I was busy taking pictures of a DBS when it drove by. Do you know what year it is, and what color interior?

    Here are three more. The 1st is again embarrassingly easy, I know it's a Bentley at least. The second I think is a Bentley as well? The 3rd I'm pretty sure is a Maserati 3500 GT but would just like to confirm it. Unfortunately these 4 cars were some of the very few vintage cars I saw during my 6 weeks in London this summer. I was disappointed in how everyone has brand new cars and nobody has any taste to buy any vintage ones :(
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  10. Isobel

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    #285 Isobel, Oct 18, 2009
    Nice photos and I'm impressed the owners actually take them beyond their estates. I defer to Wayne and Lee for true authentication, however the first photo seems to be an S2 Flying Spur. I'm terrible with identifying pre-war cars, the middle photo may be a Bentley but it looks too small. I have no idea what it is, I'll wait for the Kings to appear. You're correct on the last photo, it's a Mazzer 3500 Vignale Spider. Gorgeous in any colour but, wow, that is spectacular. Thanks for sharing.
     
  11. El Wayne

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    #286 El Wayne, Oct 18, 2009
    I concur on the SII Flying Spur and 3500 Spider, but I don't immediately recognize the third car. Not that I can't identify it, just that it will take a little time.
     
  12. dbw

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    #287 dbw, Oct 18, 2009
    i think it's a bentley...but who knows anymore...unless you look up the numberplate with the bently owners culb for [perhaps] actual specs..

    guesses...actual 4.5 swb with original coachwork..3.0, shortened with 4.5 engine...3.0/4.5 on standard chassis foreshortened by photo..blown/unblown..if it came through stanley mann...well, all bets are off...
     
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    #289 dbw, Oct 18, 2009
    that's nice.. but do we know what it really is??? these bentley guys play mix-n-match better than most...take your old 3.0 lwb saloon, add a 4.5 engine and throw a vandenplas fabric body on it and then add more lamps, badges, switches, straps, manhole size filler caps as the gods will allow... or it's a nicely restored original car. i dunno....
     
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    #290 dbw, Oct 18, 2009
    ok ok..so i read the ad..i believe every word of it....p&a wood could never stray from the truth.. that's the real deal..no foolin'..i'm wrong ...lord-a-mighty strike me dead!!!!


    [is the car in the ad XV 1471 ?]
     
  16. El Wayne

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    #291 El Wayne, Oct 18, 2009
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    I haven't been able to confirm that, but careful examination (what little can be done considering the original photo and the lack of a rear shot of the P&A Wood car) reveals that even the most minute of details are a perfect match. My guess is that the two are one and the same.
     
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    #292 dbw, Oct 18, 2009
    sweet-lord-a-jesus....if you look at EVERY open fabric bentley they all have cord bound springs, helmet lamps, headlamp screens, brookland AND regular windscreens, the asformentioned gaping oil-gas-champagne double lever-overcenter filler caps....it's almost as if they all were cloned from the same seed...nah..who would do that.
     
  18. Webby

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    #293 Webby, Oct 18, 2009
    You're welcome! The S2 Flying Spur I saw a few times in London, that one definitely gets out and about.
    Thank you all three! You guys always amaze me :)
     
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    #294 El Wayne, Oct 19, 2009
    I knew you'd say that.:)
     
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    #295 dbw, Oct 19, 2009
    hey..not that's anything wrong with that.
     
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    #298 big.bryant, Oct 19, 2009
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    First three are Aston Martin V8 Vantages... Built from 1977-1989 with a total of 534 being built. 192 of those were convertibles (Volante)

    4th one is an Alfa Romeo not sure of the model (Maybe GT Veloce from the late 60's and early 70s)

    5th I think is a Rolls-Royce Phantom VI with what seems like a shorter wheelbase than most others...
     
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    #299 big.bryant, Oct 19, 2009
    1. Rolls Royce Phantom II (?)

    2. Rolls Royce Phantom III (?)

    3. Rolls Royce Phantom I (?)

    I wanna say the 4th is a Bentley S1 or S2 but the front end looks a little off. Maybe custom coachwork?

    I'm not 100% on any of them and only had a chance to do a little research and try and figure it out... I love these car sleuth games but am terrible with the super old-school stuff ;)
     
  25. Webby

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    #300 Webby, Oct 20, 2009
    Thanks! Same here. Paging El Wayne...
     
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