They’ve gone out of fashion since aero headlights became legal in the U.S. in 1983, but retractable headlights used to be all the business for trendy, image-conscious cars. How many winky, blinky cars can you name?
After a couple of more mind-bending entries in our Encyclopedia, this one should be almost too easy. So I’m adding an additional challenge — can you name all five cars shown above? EDIT: See ZomBee Racer’s and Tonyola’s comments for the correct answers.
As usual, please read the comments first and avoid duplicate posts.
DIFFICULTY: Like shooting candy in a barrel of babies. Or something like that.
By Peter Tanshanomi
Tanshanomi is Japanese [単車のみ] for "motorcycle(s) only." Though primarily tasked with creating two-wheel oriented content for Hooniverse, Pete is a lover of all sorts of motorized vehicles.
Kamil Kaluski
First, Second, and Third generation RX-7!
<img src="http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f152/57223d1183671268-cheap-fun-mazda-rx7-1st-generation01.jpg" width="500/">
<img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/335/4841/25837420001_large.jpg" width=500>
<img src="http://www.driftsession.com/drifting_cars/fd3s_mazda_rx7/fd3s_mazda_rx7_05.jpg" width=500>
Actually that's 1st, 4th and 6th.
I guess you guys missed out on the second and third gens.
If you are going to be a pedant, that is Series 3 (14" wheels only available with fuel injected 13b in '84 and '85), a Series 5, and a Series 8 (revised front fascia).
Late 70's Thunderbirds. and a few early 80's.
<img src="http://www.nimicron.com/78tbird/dj_ad.jpg" width= "500" />
1967-1969 T-birds too.
<img src="http://www.mautofied.com/AdPhotos/10133988_201035123521.jpg">
1980s Nissan Z cars
Geo Storm, Opal GT, Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Pulsar, Mercury Cougar
Geo Storm
Opel GT
Mitsubishi Starion (or Chrysler/Dodge Conquest)
Nissan Pulsar NX
'67 Cougar
Here's a hidden-headlight special that was fairly rare even when new – '68 Chevy Caprice with hidden-light option.
<img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5dUvXhBj1v_gAFkLp-Sw822NJml-ulb-3-WHwWImR6-qjgw4&t=1&usg=__3qwj7PQ0KwUvzGhTXHvVjgY2kcE=">
The image sucks, but the Opel GT had roll-away headlights:
<img src="http://www.wods.dk/opelgt/mo/mini18-05s.jpg">
So much rolling along the longitudinal axis, I thought I was watching Top Gun.
and they were actuated mechanically (Small lever in front of the gear shifter). Old joke in Germany was that you could spot a GT driver by the big right forearm …
<img src="http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/PostviaEmail/images/1972_Opel_1900_GT_Blue_Yellow_Plate_California_Barn_Garage_Find_For_Sale_Interior_resize.jpg" width="600">
Wasn't it possible to snap the headlights in place with enough force to break one or both filaments? I was told that once and never forgot it…
First Gen Camaro of course, technically called "hideaways". And to rant, I am really, really sick of taking my '69 to shows and having people tell me I should put hideaways in. Then they get really pissy when I tell them it originally was a RS car with hideaways but I went with a Standard grille.
Yes, car shows and cruise nights are wonderful. Sitting behind your car, listening to everyone tell you what is wrong with it, what they would do different, why your color choice isn't original. Which is why I rarely stay near my car when I go to shows or cruise nights.
The '69 Camaro's hidden headlights were kind of busy and messy compared to the '67-'68 cars.
Agreed. I have a friend with a '68 and it is such a better system. I don't regret taking what was left of my hideaways out when I built the car. Pricing for the pieces I needed made me gag.
The Great One.. (RIP friend)
<img src="http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Pontiac/1969_Pontiac_Gto_The_Judge-July25h.jpg">
This is one of the very best hidden-headlight treatments ever – '65 Riviera.
<img src="http://www.hobbycar.com/DaveSchmidtRiv1.jpg" width="500/">
+ several hundred thousands. The Riviera peaked early, although it was still pretty sweet through '72 (I also dig the '95-'99 models).
Wow! That is one clean Buick! I love it! 🙂
Both generations of Ford Probe had them, along with first-generation DSMs. So did the Nissan 240SX. As did the Pontiac Fiero (lucky they put the crank on it so you didn't have the winking eye when some component inevitably failed).
240sx!
<img src="http://members.bellatlantic.net/~rdsweb/240sx/Pics/240sx800.jpg"width=200>
I was about to say that one.
A friend of mine (and occasional Hooniverse commenter) drives one which he has christened Fugly Gold (after the paint job).
Yup, the Silvia's crappy sister.
"lucky they put the crank on it so you didn't have the winking eye"
"put the crank on the winking eye"
"crank the winking eye"
/dirtyminded today
Toyota MR2, MKI and MK2.
Fiero
Ferrari Daytona
Ferrari 308/328
Porsche 924/944
Porsche 928
Oldsmobile Toronado!
<img src="http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2009/08/05/16/03/1970-oldsmobile-toronado-pic-53536.jpeg" width= "500" />
Riviera!
<img src="http://image.automotive.com/f/featuredvehicles/9905076+pheader/0612_rodp_01_z+1965_buick_riviera+side_view.jpg" width= "500" />
That. Is. Pimping.
Corvette
C2
<img src="http://www.proteam-corvette.com/cars/photos/1064A.jpg">
C3
<img src="http://mikeytherhino.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/800px-1977_chevrolet_corvette_stingray.jpg" width="600/">
and C4
<img src="http://image.automotive.com/f/buyersguide/9812520%2Bpheader/vemp_0407_01_z%2Bc4_chevy_corvette%2Bopen_headlights.jpg">
AND I forgot the C5 had them too
<img src="http://www.motorera.com/corvette/2000/2000/00pewter1.jpg"width=600>
One of the first, the Cord 810
<img src="http://www.theavanti.com/topten/1936_cord.jpg">
One of its contemporaries is the Buick Y-Job.
<img width=600 src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1930-1939/1938-Buick-Y-Job-fa-track-1024×768.jpg">
No one dropped this little guy in yet? <img src=http://greywulf.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/1969corvette-300×225.jpg>
The 1967 and 1968 Pontiac Grand Prix
<img src="http://www.pontiacpower.net/pictures/67gp1.jpg: a;t="" />
<img src="http://www.pontiacuk.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/1968GP__YMO965F_a.jpg" alt="" />
Oh god I'm in love….
Buick Riviera.
1968
<img src="http://www.musclepricecars.com/images/1968-buick-riviera.JPG" width="600">
1966
<img src="http://www.dymee.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/200909/ace58_1966_buick_riviera_2363_im.jpg" width="600">
1965
<img src="http://image.automotive.com/f/featuredvehicles/9905076+pheader/0612_rodp_01_z+1965_buick_riviera+side_view.jpg" width="600">
Another great one – '68 Chrysler 300.
<img src="http://www.musclecarhaven.com/images/68622/622fnt1.jpg" width=500>
Nice!
Ferrari 308GT4
<img src="http://www.rpmvt.com/uploaded_images/Ferrari-308-GT:4-723345.jpg"width=600>
Ferrari 308-348
<img src="http://circleofwizards.com/Ferrari348Spider/Ferrari348SpiderFrontLights.PNG"width=600>
Ferrari Testarossa
<img src="http://www.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/20000828/20000315/std_1984_Ferrari_Testarossa-mwb-.jpg">
<img src="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/03/82_LN7.jpg">
I'VE HAD TOO MUCH COFFEE! I CAN'T CLOSE MY EYES!
(The EXP & LN7 were originally designed with retractables, but that was later nixed for fixed beams)
Same with the original Austin Healey Sprite. Retractable lights were originally intended, but fixed eyes were called for because of costs. Results – the legendary "frog-eye".
<img src="http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/austin_healey/50562.jpg">
I've had too much coffee…and I like it!
Happy car is happy!
The 1990 to 1993 Imperial. Ghastly!
<img src="http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1990/Alan/1990Imperial09.jpg" alt="" />
I kind of like it, but I've recently decided to come out of the closet and let my Mopar fandom be known. (God help me, I was even pointing out the few good features of the 2.7L V6 on [redacted] the other day…)
1942 DeSoto
<img src="http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2005-3-2_42_DeSotoCoupeWeb-Large.jpg" width=500>
Are these a different category?
<img src="http://www.ukcar.com/road_tests/porsche/928/928-popups.jpg"width=600>
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Lamborghini_Miura_P400SV.jpg"width=600>
I love the Miura, yet for some reason it always reminds me of these guys…
[youtube wY6insZjCfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY6insZjCfU youtube]
It took me until recently to figure out that the 928's headlights, when popped up, are in fact part of the original design and not tacked on by an owner fed up with repeated headlight-motor failure. They just look so tacked-on when raised, yet somehow natural; if I was silly enough to buy one, I'd add a row of matching driving lights between the headlights.
The Last Isuzu Impulse. Well, they are partially covered…. Sleepy Eyes
<img src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/autoreview/400×266/1990-92-Isuzu-Impulse-91805021990003.jpg" alt="" />
We could do a whole article on the half-covered eyes.
<img src="http://memorylaneappraisals.com/Images/72IsoGrifoM.jpg" width=400>
The Geo Storm in the lead photo, too.
The car that always looked stoned. Duuuuude…
I always thought these looked stoned.
bedroom eyes.
Third Gen Firebird:
<img src="http://www.pontiacpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kitt.jpg"width=600>
4th Gen too:
<img src="http://www.motorera.com/firebird/1996/96transam4.jpg"width=600>
Goddammit, now I can't get the f***ing theme song outta my head.
/glares
Don't forget about Lamborghini
Diablo
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Diablo_Roadster_copy.jpg/800px-Diablo_Roadster_copy.jpg"width=200>
Countach
<img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNAEw5o5ndyuxDXxKwbkntbgIwNmv7ULYq4ARr43CKRvGL7M8&t=1&usg=__Ei9RXYjaww1jAv3r_szzjBx6OdE="width=200>
Jalpa
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Lamborghini_Jalpa_front.jpg/800px-Lamborghini_Jalpa_front.jpg"width=200>
Always liked the Jalpa. I'd never be able to afford maintenance on it, so I'll always have to admire from afar.
<img src="http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/pop-up-miata1-500×332.jpg">
I always liked the "leave them up" switch on the dashboard.
That is good for winter, they get frozen up instead of down. That is one of the reasons corvetts and firebirds always have messed up headlights.
C3 Corvettes had a little pull-out knob to leave the headlights up too. It was hidden under the dash and most people probably didn't even know it was there. C3s usually have messed up lights because they use a vacuum system to operate the lights. I don't remember my 94 Corvette having this feature though.
After Mercury's problems with the headlight covers on the '67 Cougar, most makers still using vacuum systems used vacuum to keep the doors closed instead of open, so the lights would be automatically exposed if the vacuum failed. Also, there was commonly a bypass valve under the hood or dash so you could leave the doors open to, say, wash the headlights or replace a light.
The C3 used vacuum to raise them. You could go out a manually pull them up if the vacuum system failed and some springs kept them up. The C4 Vettes required you to turn on the lights and then just the parking lights to leave them up for replacement, or just play with the headlight switch and ignition switch until they stayed up.
How many cars have you seen with double sets of hidden lights? Twice the number of Italian-electric doors to fail! Cizeta Moroder.
<img src="http://www.autofiends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cizetamoroder-6.jpg" width=500>
Damn, and I'm fresh out of eye bleach.
come on dude, it's got a v16 (really two v8 blocks) and it was partially designed by an italian disco producer. so full of win.
That, and the sound was vicious.
BMW M1
Porsche 914
Porsche Slantnose Turbo
<img src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa267/SRT936/893_742_FieroViki2005.jpg">
Shenanigans, both are working.
LOL, no kidding. And the picture reminds of the scene with Austin Powers wedging the electric vehicle in the hallway of Dr. Evil's lair.
Porsche 935/911 Slant Nose, a few of these were actually done by the factory.
<img src="http://www.qv500.com/Porsche%20911%20SC%20P6%201.jpg">
SIATA 208CS
<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4434787833_dd71546987_z.jpg?zz=1">
That's the most beautiful bug-eyed shark I've ever seen.
The late '70s Dodge Magnum's headlight covers were the automotive equivalent of sheer lingerie: covered, but showing everything underneath.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/%2779_Dodge_Magnum_%28Centropolis_Laval_%2710%29.jpg/800px-%2779_Dodge_Magnum_%28Centropolis_Laval_%2710%29.jpg" width="640">
The Dodge St. Regis also had clear covers.
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/3001872549_05fefc8c30.jpg" width=400>
I always liked these for being ahead of their time in the US market (though Europe was using flush headlights around this time).
Lancia Stratos
<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4752745834_551078da71_z.jpg">
Triumph TR7
<img src="http://ploader.net/files/e0eb8a4a79d99e643481441ed649f5f9.jpg">
and TR-8
<img src="http://www.carlustblog.com/images/2008/02/06/tr81.jpg">
add
Toyota 2000gt
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/TOYOTA_2000GT.jpg" width="300/">
Acura NSX
<img src="http://www.dragtimes.com/images/11783-1991-Acura-NSX.jpg" width="300/">
first gen Laser/Eclipse/Talon
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/1st-Eagle-Talon.jpg" width="300/">
Honorary mention:
Saturn SC2
hmmm I had an NSX photo but it apparently got eated
No, it was just shy. It's out now.
It was the hax0rz
I always found the 2000GT's bumper mounted lights AND retractable lights a bit odd looking.
That is quite a motley crew of vehicles.
MOPAR's NASCAR twins:
Plymouth Superbird:
<img src="http://damox.com/cars/thumbs/Plymouth/1970_Plymouth_Superbird_440_Six_Pack.jpg"width=600>
and Dodge Charger Daytona:
<img src="http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/dodge-daytona/images/dodge-daytona-1969a.jpg"width=600>
I was wondering when these were going to show. I was working on these right as this published. Same images too!
DOUH!I can't believe these never crossed my mind! To repent, I will now go out and work on my old Dodge for 4.26 hours.
Dorifto!
<img src="http://ploader.net/files/2b067da51a0eeebbaad6e067eff0b676.jpg" width="520px">
Truenooooooooooooooo!
<img src="http://www.harikaarabalar.com/data/media/23/1972-Dodge-Charger-NASCAR-Race-Car-posterler-kaliteli-Turn-1024×768-arabalar-resimleri-duvar-kagitlari.jpg"end>
1972 Dodge Charger
<img src="http://image.motortrend.com/f/24773350+w750/2002-lotus-espirit-front-three-quarters-view.jpg">
<img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1970-1979/1971-Lotus-Elan-S4-red-fa-lr.jpg">
A quick look shows the Esprit as final car to be made with retractable headlights when it went out of production in 2005, outlasting the C5 by one year and the NSX and RX7 by three.
Another great bit of trivia from Skitter.
Mercury Cyclone GT
<img src="http://www.greene-shipman.org/70MecuryCycloneGTF.jpg"width=600>
Seeing Cyclones always makes me just giddy. In a good way.
The Angstmobile Cometh:
<img src="http://goingincirclez.com/FGImages/2009_Somernites/IMG_1117c.jpg" width=700>
Oooo….want me some 3/4 acre love-boat hood!
Screams for something long, like a V-16 or a flat 12, don't it?
It does… loudly… unfortunately the sad, sad truth defines the term "Malaise" to a T. At least it *sounds* exciting (*ahem* exhaust leak *ahem*)!
Beat me to it by a mile – one could park small aircraft on that beast.
The Durango-95 purred away real horrorshow – a nice, warm, vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts.
<img src="http://ploader.net/files/1c967954cf14cfcca13b45a31d1900da.jpg" width=80%>
Durango-95 a.k.a. Adams Probe 16
Mercury
CrappyCapri:<img src="http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/joest_jo_ouaknine/1990_94_Mercury_Capri.jpg">
<a href="http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/joest_jo_ouaknine/1990_94_Mercury_Capri.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/joest_jo_ouaknine/1990_94_Mercury_Capri.jpg
Volvo 480
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Volvo480_TwoTone.JPG"width=600>
That's kinda sexy, in a leg-warmers and big hair kinda way.
I was in Europe toward the end of the big hair and leg warmer era. I really wanted to bring one back with me.
I'm finding myself wanting to troll Kijiji/Craigslist for one, knowing that there won't ever be one for sale here.
I has a sad.
This wasn't the only Volvo without a traditional Volvo grille…
<img src="http://static.rp-online.de/layout/showbilder/23868-gms_2volvo_480.jpg">
…because it had a traditional Volvo grille.
WAT
<img src="http://www.volvoadventures.com/480_2.jpg">
What has been seen cannot be unseen.
Don't get me wrong – I like it, but…really? They were so married to their badging/design language that they HAD to have a grill'n'badge combo?
/wibbles off to the bar
Lotus Elan:
<img src="http://www.lotus-addict.co.uk/acatalog/lotus-elan-s2-1-1-s.jpg">
http://www.lotus-addict.co.uk/acatalog/lotus-elan…
And Lotus Elan:
<img src="http://www.vehicletrader.co.uk/upload/cars/50466al.jpg">
<a href="http://www.vehicletrader.co.uk/upload/cars/50466al.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.vehicletrader.co.uk/upload/cars/50466al.jpg
Mazda 323F had them… I have no idea if this thing was ever even sold in the States, loads of them in Europe though.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Mazda323FBG_KlappscheinwerferAni.gif">
Actually, I believe something like 4 of them were sold in Canada. I have seen 2-3 on the road here.
I don't think that you needed to get so specific with your TVR. Any of the Tasmins would work.
First Fox Body Thunderbirds
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ford_Thunderbird_1980.jpg/800px-Ford_Thunderbird_1980.jpg" width=400>
Lagonda, with truly hidden headlamps that worked perfectly once, and never again:
<img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt237/jskitter/hooniverse/Lagonda.jpg">
The XJR-15,quasi-parroting the Cizeta arrangement:
<img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt237/jskitter/hooniverse/xjr15-1.jpg">
The XJ220 with its odd crocodile eyelid covers:
<img src="http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt237/jskitter/XJ220.jpg" width="600">
Subaru XT
<img src="http://www.subarusvadlenka.cz/History/xt01.jpg">
1987-1991 Dodge Daytona:
<img src="http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/08/06/23/05/1991_dodge_daytona_2_dr_iroc_turbo_hatchback-pic-30538.jpeg">
Olds Trofeo
<img src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vehicle-pictures/1992/oldsmobile/toronado-trofeo/90128201990108-480.jpg">
I have always had a semi-serious thing for the Trofeo. Weird, huh.
Miata!
<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/tpod/miata1.jpg">
NACA Duct!!!
Holden Calais
<img src="http://www.modifiedstreetcars.com/car_images/holden/holden-Calais-Turbo-174.jpg">
Okay I gotta work now.
Ford XL
<img src="http://image04.webshots.com/4/7/3/61/72970361dVkkeh_ph.jpg" width= "500">
Ford Torino
<img src="http://image.popularhotrodding.com/f/9082806/0603phr_02_z+1971_ford_torino_gt+.jpg" width= "500" />
And the Ranchero derivative
<img src="http://www.allcarcentral.com/Ford/Ford_Ranchero_1971_F_Rick_Feibusch-2009.jpg" width= "500" />
I think the Ranchero might be the ONLY truck that qualifies. I can't think of any others.
Who cares that the hood is londer that the bed?
WANT.
Perhaps my favorite – so clean, so simple.
<img src="http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/01/30/288.jpg"width=600>
Sunbird GT
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/3rd-Pontiac-Sunbird-GT.jpg" width=500>
Another set of sleepy eyes!
The '86-'88 Buick Skyhawk also had hidden lights as an option.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/'87_Buick_Shyhawk_Sedan.jpg/800px-'87_Buick_Shyhawk_Sedan.jpg" width=500>
That's the ugliest Fiat X1/9 I've ever seen.
Argggh, my eyes! Ok, I'll try this then.
<img src="http://data.motor-talk.de/data/galleries/0/65/1156/14404607/fiat-x1-9-59486.jpg">
Imperial 1969-1973
<img src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1969-1973-imperial-1.jpg">
1974-1978
<img src="http://americandreamcars.com/1975imperial4drht030408.jpg"width=600>
1981-1983
<img src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1981-83-imperial.jpg"width=600>
1986-1989 Honda Accord – also the 2nd and 3rd-gen Preludes had hidden lights. I think it's criminal that we didn't get the Accord Aerodeck in the US.
<img src="http://veteran.auto.cz/wp-content/gallery/auta_honda_1/1985_Honda_Accord_Aerodeck_2.jpg" width=500>
You could probably import one today.
The Bitter SC is still way hot.
As a working man's Ferrari 400i, it should be.
Pantera!
<img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-def/DeTomaso-Pantera-Red-Front-Angle-st.jpg"width=600>
BMW M1 image, prototype and production
<img src="http://bmweasternclub.com/forum/imageUpload/2010-02-25-7191621-bmw_m1hommage2.jpg"end>
I sure don't know why my images are so large today! Sorry Hoons.
<img src="http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200602/1982-porsche-944-2_460x0w.jpg" />
I don't care if someone already mentioned the 944 series. It's my damn car (and my icon)!
Buick Reatta.
Lambo Jarama.
<img src="http://www.historiasdelmotor.com/images/2007/02/lamborghini-jarama.jpg"/>
Lotus Eclat
<img src="http://www.ssip.net/upload/lotus-eclat-front-3_208.jpg"/>
163 comments! Yeah Hoons. How did we get this far without a 914?
<img src="http://www.pictures-of-cars.com/Porsche-914-%5Bcar-club%5D.jpg"end>
Alfa Romeo Montreal – If Dodge Magnum wore headlamp lingerie, then these are more like an automotive version of those silly sunglasses with the shutters.
<img src="http://www.alfaromeo-club.com/graphics/gallery/full/169_alfa_romeo_montreal.jpg">
Monica
<img src="http://www.classicdriver.com/upload/images/cweek/week_20_01/car_pop01.jpg">
My [deity] that is a pretty car. What is that?
Monica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_%28car%29
Late 3rd-gen, 4th gen, and 5th-gen Celicas, along with their Mark II and III Supra cousins:
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Toyota_Celica_A60_Liftback_Cambridge.jpg" width= 350>
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/ST165_1988_black_mchoi.jpg" width= 350>
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/CelicaST185GT4AFresnoF.jpg" width= 350>
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/82ltype.jpg" width= 350>
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/3rd_Toyota_Supra.jpg/800px-3rd_Toyota_Supra.jpg" width= 350>
As far as I'm concerned, the second-gen Supra is Japan's E24. Love that car so much…
There is a clean one parked with a for sale sign, down the street from me right now.
Matra Bagheera
<img src="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7968/img42pk7.jpg" width="490" height="332">
Pontiac Banshee
<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/QAfC9zReEon7ictqPlzaaeIdo1_500.jpg" width="495" height="346" />
[youtube PBT43BnnHNA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBT43BnnHNA youtube]
Although I really want to know, Ford Probe's what???
Miura X11
<img src="http://www.miuraclubers.com/modelos/MIURA%20X11/miura_X11_01.jpg">
Miura X-11 looks like the unfortunate offspring of a Superbird, Supra G2 and a Mitsubishi Starion.
Probably a hoot to drive though. Most of the pages I've seen from Googling ore in Portuguese, I haven't a clue about it.
Not quite sure I understood the question posed after reading all the comments.
But I think the answer is, from left to right,
Pontiac Sunbird…
a fine example of automotive failure from the General Motors Corporation of lovely Dearborn Michigan.
Opel Manta…
quite an automobile in it's day, yet again another offer from lovely Dearborne Michigan.
Acura RSX…
still a reliable pice of transportation today, hot among the youth of today. (Cheap loud exhaust available.)
Toyota Celica…
dated a lovely young lady that owned one of these back in the day…nice legg room in the back…eh,eh,eh…
Mercury XR-7…
WOW…a classic American Muscle car that to this day still stirs the blood among those of us that remember it….
Dark Blue, 4 speed with a clutch that a elephant would have trouble using as a daily driver…evaded the local constables on several occasions in this beast…..what I'd give to have one today…..or at least that is what my 17 year old tells me….
We post a few examples of the topic (in this case Retractable Headlights) and then everyone else tries to name another example without repeating something someone else has said.
Correct answers: Geo Storm, Opel GT, Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Pulsar NX, Mercury Cougar XR-7. They're in like the fourth or fifth comment.
Guess I'm too much of a rookie to offer future comments……
Missed by a mile…or as my brothers would say…..Hey dumbass, read the instructions….
My apologies to the masses..
Dude, no worries. Do please stick around.
Don't sweat it bro', we all hang out here because we are the masses!
as Bartles @ James were known to say…
Thank You for your Support…..
Let's go for something less obvious, the Dankar Squalo
<img src="http://www.autocarsite.hpg.com.br/Squalo/squalo82.jpg">
The 1978 WMV
<img src="http://djjaragua.vilabol.uol.com.br/wmv.jpg">
Would that be a pair of testes?
/facepalm
Maserati Bora
<img src="http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/1564/1974maseratiboraeo9.jpg">
The Ghibli and Indy too.
<img src="http://www.fastestlaps.com/photos/_Maserati_Ghibli_SS49a13ce025392.jpg">
Maserati Merak
<img src="http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5209/maseratimerak748330wa1.jpg">
Maserati Khamsin
<img src="http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5805/maseratikhamsin1gb8.jpg">
Matra Murena
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/6/6a/20081026120255!Talbot_Matra_Murena_S_001.JPG" width=600>
Clan
<img src="http://www.imps4ever.info/specials/clan/tij3405.jpg">
Monteverdi Hai
<img src="http://www.carphoto.ch/diverses/monteverdi/DSCN1369.jpg" width=600>
Other people listed some of the later Chargers, but no first generation ones yet.
<img src="http://www.mopar.de/member_66Charg.jpg">
Lotus Eclat:
<img src="http://www.ssip.net/upload/lotus-eclat-front-3_208.jpg">
<a href="http://www.ssip.net/upload/lotus-eclat-front-3_208.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.ssip.net/upload/lotus-eclat-front-3_208.jpg
Lamborghini Uracco:
<img src="http://www.sportsandclassiccars.net/USERIMAGES/lamborghini%20Urraco%20p250.jpg">
<a href="http://www.sportsandclassiccars.net/USERIMAGES/lamborghini%20Urraco%20p250.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.sportsandclassiccars.net/USERIMAGES/lamborghini%20Urraco%20p250.jpg
Lamborghini Silhouette:
<img src="http://www.timpelen.com/images/cars/silhouette_img05.jpg">
<a href="http://www.timpelen.com/images/cars/silhouette_img05.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.timpelen.com/images/cars/silhouette_img05.jpg
Now I know where Lego got the styling of the "Model Team wheel".
<img src="http://www.ebricks.nl/webshop/images/Wheel_2695-2696_white.jpg" width="500"/>
Fiat X1/9:
<img src="http://media.nextautos.com/images/39-fiat-x19.jpg">
<a href="http://media.nextautos.com/images/39-fiat-x19.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://media.nextautos.com/images/39-fiat-x19.jpg
Toyota MR2:
<img src="http://www.challoner.com/mr2/pix/2001-05-23_dscf0006.jpg">
http://www.challoner.com/mr2/pix/2001-05-23_dscf0…
Toyota MR2:
<img src="http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2007/01/18/18toyotaM_m.jpg">
<a href="http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2007/01/18/18toyotaM_m.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2007/01/18/18toyotaM_m.jpg
1947 Davis:
<img src="http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/50447443.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A142B32D9F26EAE104FEBE53331C7CE4CB872E0C560D2B364DAB01E70F2B3269972">
<a href="http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/50447443.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A142B32D9F26EAE104FEBE53331C7CE4CB872E0C560D2B364DAB01E70F2B3269972” target=”_blank”>http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/50447443.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A142B32D9F26EAE104FEBE53331C7CE4CB872E0C560D2B364DAB01E70F2B3269972
<img src="http://www.jetsetmodern.com/images/davis1.jpg">
I would have posted this sooner but Googling "Davis Playboy" returns some fantastic images of Patti Davis. I had forgotten all about her, the pictures and her presidential connection.
1962 Mustang concept
<img src="http://www.themustangsource.com/concept/1962/Mustang1bw3.jpg" width="500">
http://www.themustangsource.com/concept/1962/Must…
AC 3000 ME:
<img src="http://www.classic-auctions.co.uk/report/102C/42757.jpg">
<a href="http://www.classic-auctions.co.uk/report/102C/42757.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.classic-auctions.co.uk/report/102C/42757.jpg
Bricklin SV-1:
<img src="http://www.chooseyouritem.com/autos/photos/108500/108796.1975.Bricklin.SV1.jpg">
<a href="http://www.chooseyouritem.com/autos/photos/108500/108796.1975.Bricklin.SV1.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.chooseyouritem.com/autos/photos/108500/108796.1975.Bricklin.SV1.jpg
Panther Solo:
<img src="http://www.blenheimgang.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/panther_solo_01.jpg">
<a href="http://www.blenheimgang.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/panther_solo_01.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://www.blenheimgang.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/panther_solo_01.jpg
Wow – An Opel GT with Ford Probe and Trans Am DNA.
PHwah.
Reliant Scimitar SS1:
<img src="http://is.gumtree.com/image/big/7847621.jpg">
<a href="http://is.gumtree.com/image/big/7847621.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://is.gumtree.com/image/big/7847621.jpg
Owosso Litestar with a single retractable headlight.
<img src="http://www.autocycles.org/images/206c.jpg">
There's no possible way I could come up with something here that nobody else has already posted. You guys must have covered everything. The last few posts are mostly cars I have no clue about. The Hoon outdid itself here today, that's my call. This post has got to break the 'site's record for comments, and they are all relevant. Good show. Makes me proud to be a Hoon, is all I can say.
I was about to say that apparently every vehicle had retractable headlamps, and then confessing that I had never owned one that did. That one just above takes the cake though.
The closest I ever came was the '69 Toronado we had when I was a kid. Yeah, the thing above looks like a flaming one eyed winged suppository. There's probably a forum devoted to FOEWS's. I wish them all the best.
Now you're just making things up.
You should see the ass on that thing.
Seriously though, the renders (and they are all just renders) are kinda nice.
Still, it's the bastard offspring of a FD RX7 and a Lamborghini.
In honor of two wheel Tuesday I present the Honda Elite.
<img src="http://www.motorera.com/honda/h0150/deluxe/ch150d-85.jpg" alt="popup light on a scooter!">
My wife has a red one of these! 150cc. Some dummy used the built-in prop to hold the headlight up permanently but didn't disconnect the motor, so now the motor is burned out. Oh well.
God damn Tanshanomi you have changed the Hooniverse with this Encyclopaedia series. Most successful thing ever in any category.
Also, I like +1ing comments a lot. It is fun. Once in a while I will -1 as well and it feels good too.
Wow where were the FoMoCo guys on this one just about every Lincoln with glass head lamps , the big bad Merc Marauder , every Galaxie XL and some of the LTD’s to name a couple.
How about the 1970's Mercury Grand Marquis and Ford LTD's ?
[IMG ]http://i33.tinypic.com/2m61lhh.jpg[/IMG]
http://i33.tinypic.com/2m61lhh.jpg
Maserati Ghibli__<img src="http://www.ssip.net/upload/maserati-ghibli-front-2_162.jpg">
Ferrari 412
<img src="http://www.carlustblog.com/images/2008/02/13/412.jpg">
Well, all the easy ones were gone. So, I have chosen a few that weren't already covered:
Vector W8
<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4850633185_e8b0acd9af.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="1992 Vector Aeromotive W8 Twin Turbo" />
Di Dia 150
<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4829326430_04b7f2bf91.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="1960 Di Dia 150" />
Rolls Royce Phantom III
<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4846501683_b9c0537f7e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="1939 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vutotal Cabriolet by Labourdette" />
OK, the Vector (back in the day, mind you) I had a thing for, but the vaporware-ness turned me off. Sure, I'll never be able to afford to buy a W8 or a Cizeta-Moroder much less maintain one, But at least the Cizeta could offer something more than a glorified engineering buck.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom III?
HUMINAHUMINAHUMINA
Sorry to be late to the party.
A quick thread search (you may bayonet me in the throat if I'm wrong) revealed the absence of the Honda (Acura) Integra 1st Gen
<img src="http://home.iprimus.com.au/suban/dxs/tegpage/1b.jpg" width=500>
But more concerningly, a total absence of the Rapport Ritz, that bonkers (and unsuccessful!!!!) Honda Accord based abomination of the early 80s. Cool headlights though…
<img src="http://www.aronline.co.uk/images/rappforte_08.jpg" width=500>
1- learning about the Rapport Ritz's existence – damn cool.
2- GIS revealing a pic of Frank Zappa with a plastic mini-guitar and a can of beer.
Thank you.
Ferrari 365 GTB
<img src="http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/1972%20Ferrari%20365%20GTB%204_1.JPG">
Ferrari 365 GTC
<img src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/ferrari-365-gtc-4-2.jpg">
Maserati 5000GT Michelotti
<img src="http://www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk/5000gt/5000gt-007a.jpg">
But wait! There's more!
Chrysler Imperial D'Elegance concept car from 1958
<img src="http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/concept/58chrysler_imperial_d-elegance_2.jpg" style="width: 420px; height: 252px; border: 0" alt="imgTag" />
1938 Buick Y
<img src="http://www.onhighbeam.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/38buick_y-job_05_large.png" style="width: 420px; height: 307px; border: 0" alt="imgTag" />
Cadillac NART Zagato:
<img src="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2006/08/NART.jpg">
<a href="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2006/08/NART.jpg” target=”_blank”>http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2006/08/NART.jpg
i think we got through all of those with no mention of the BMW 840/850!
Without reading the answers and cheating – Geo Storm, Opel GT, Mitsu Starion (or its Conquest twin), Nissan Pulsar, Mercury Cougar.
I've always thought concealed headlamps were kind of neat. Somewhere around '83 my family lived in a condo next to a guy that had a new Trans Am in black. I remember sitting by the window on many early mornings, just to catch him before he left for work so I could see his Firebird as it "opened its eyes". I found that as I got older, it didn't lose any of its mystique with me. I loved watching the lights on my dad's '96 Corvette as they rotated around from the rear, over the top to the front when they opened. Even today, I love to watch the headlights on my Miata as they spring forth from their resting places. I know they have their quirks, and I hate seeing the occasional Firebird "winking" because a motor has failed, but to me they're still cool, and during the day they're way better looking than a giant set of clunky headlights.
Without the top, that could be a pretty car.
With the top, it looks like the kid in school that arrived on the short bus and was usually wearing a helmet.
Renault Alpine A610 – The Porsche 944's French cousin.
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