All right, folks. Here’s another chance for you to impress us with your crazy car ID’ing skills. You get no hints, but I will say that you’ll see the rest of this picture this afternoon.
Guesses after the jump!
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Kamil Kaluski
This picture was probably taken before the NSX was a twinkle in Honda's eye, so it is for sure not this:
<img src="http://www.modifiedplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/car-photo-red-1992-acura-nsx-19×9-hamann-pg3-custom-wheels.jpg">
Via: Modifiedplanet.com
Opel Manta?
Celica or Vega?
It could almost be a Renault 12, but it's not quite right:
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Renault_12_in_green_1972.jpg" width="500">
My guess, and it's only a guess, is a 1973 Toyota Corona (Mk II) Coupe. Here is the only image I could find that would back up my guess…
<img src="http://www.velocityjournal.com/images/stk/1973/ty1973corona01.jpg" alt="" />
Well, I did find another one… Notice the molding above the rear tail light. Similar to the picture….
<img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/30vypmx.jpg" width=500 alt="">
BINGO! That has to be it
That trunk lid and rear quarter screams Mark II to me as well. I can remember seeing the sedans, but not many coupes.
I think you may be right. Wikipedia's even got one with the
chrome trim linetape stripe in the right place:<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Corona_rt_90_001.jpg" width="500">
Those Moldings were a dealer of distributor installed option. I remember when the Subaru of New England distributor put them on every car, and called it the "Protection Package" Anyway, I think I'm right, and found the definitive proof here.
<img src="http://www.toyotaoldies.de/neue%20bilder/T8-8.jpg" alt="" width="670">
The distributors do a lot of strange things. I read one time that some Toyotas with pearl paint jobs were actually repainted (pearl white over the original plain white) at the port, by the distributor (Gulf States Toyota). They also did other things like adding alloy wheels.
Looks like you got it, but that's a regular Corona coupe, not the Mark II. Here are the first and second generation Mark II coupes.
<img src="http://designora.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/toyota-vintage-ad-were-quality-oriented.jpg" width=400>
<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4461132662_7965faa070.jpg" width=400>
I agree.
There, that settles it. OK, that settles absolutely nothing. I know nothing. Just ask Mitch.
Kadett
<img src="http://classiccarsales.ie/files/cars/images/big/Opel_Kadett_f2b7ede152ab429537179f03c22df8e5.jpg"width="550">
Ah yes, The Corona MkII I was so damn close, thats it!
Dudda dudda dum dum, iyeee Corona!!
I have a bottle opener that does that. Well, it used to anyway. Now it spits a few clicks of static and quits. The most important thing is that it can still open bottles just fine.
Strange. At first glance I was thinking of the front end of a Crown, but then the rear end of a Corona is pretty damn similar.
I love Japamerican Jukeboxmobiles. Transatlantic is the word.
Word.
Datsun 810