The "Help me identify this car" thread

Oh cool thanks! Man you're good. I had seen an older Datsun roadster parked at that same spot before and wasn't sure if there was some sort of a connection between the two cars.

 

The Datsun was either a 1600 or 2000... a close look reveals that they modeled the styling from the MGB, which itself was modeled from one of the Renaults. Fairly comon when new. Rusted quickly. I think 'Datsun' was only used in the US... were 'Nissan everywhere else.

Anyone our age would know the Sunbeam Alpine. Very popular, and fairly common. They put in Ford V8's to sort of compete with Shelby's Cobra... voila' the Sunbeam Tiger.

 

Datsun name was used in Europe too, and on other export markets as well.

And it's an urban myth that it was styled as a MGB lookalike, as it actually debuted a few months before MGB.

 

It was a 1600 Roadster of some sort : )

 

Didn't know about the 'Datsun' name... you are correct.


But, I think you are wrong about the MGB/1600 Roadster dates.

I remember the MGB being out several years before the Datsun 1600, at least in the US.

Wiki says MGB debuted in '62, the Datsun 1600 not until '65.


Also, the MGB looks suspiciously like the earlier Renault Caravelle... heard that for years... copied.

 

Indeed it came to market in USA much later - but it debuted at Tokyo salon back in 1961., before the MGB was launched. It took them some time to start exporting them and that's what created the confusion.

As for resemblance to Renault Floride/Caravelle, I don't see much of it (I'd go for Pinin Farina's 1959. Fiat 1200 Cabriolet as the more obvious source of the inspiration) but for sure neither of those cars was a real design breakthrough and I'd say that all were more or less in general styling mood of the times.

 

Does anyone know what this is? A friend of mine liked it, wants to identify it, and I don't know very much at all about this genre of car.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the front of it. The duck tail reminded me a little of a second generation Pontiac Firebird, but I don't know if that's right. Help?

All the best,
Andrew.
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Is this the Answer Your Own Question Game?

I should be good at this!

Matt

 

Give us a question and answer then.

Thanks Wayne! You are omniscient, as always.

I guess I wasn't too far off thinking of GM.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Can anyone identify this car?

Not even sure it's authentic. Taken about 2000, Infineon RW, Sonoma, CA

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Looks to be a genuine second generation Mazda RX7. I much preferred my first generation 1980 version.

I'd give a further account, but that red thing in front is cutting off some of the view.

 

A 512S replica?

 

Lmao!

 

Brilliant!

 

Lola t70 IIIb of Theo Bean

 

Yep, now that I remember the logo on the hood

and Mazda, lol, nice ones

 

Any help with this one ?
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Frog eye Sprite with a nose job.

 

Yes, Sebring hood and Brooklands..

 

Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin this morning on the upper west side but what is that car? Not my photo...

Some sort of superleggera or something?
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Siata 208.

 

Awesome, thanks!

 

I love the bumperets lifted off the 1400 daina .... And the lowly 750 as well

 

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