Let's play Name That Car

Post by **abscate** » 12 Jul 2022, 02:44

volvolugnut wrote: 11 Jul 2022, 16:08 gnalan mystery car is Chrysler Cordova - maybe 1978.
volvolugnut

Points requested for knowing this car had Rich Corinthian leather, and….what else….Maxwell House coffee..

Post by **volvolugnut** » 12 Jul 2022, 05:56

abscate wrote: 12 Jul 2022, 02:44
volvolugnut wrote: 11 Jul 2022, 16:08 gnalan mystery car is Chrysler Cordova - maybe 1978.
volvolugnut
Points requested for knowing this car had Rich Corinthian leather, and….what else….Maxwell House coffee..

SInce this game has origins in CalvinBall, 2 NTC points granted for leather knowledge.

Now, explain origin of CalvinBall for 5 points.

volvolugnutr

Post by **gnalan** » 12 Jul 2022, 07:53

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1978 Dodge Magnum, for those that don't/didn't know.

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Post by **matthew1** » 12 Jul 2022, 13:01

I took a huge L on that. Whatever the case, the quarter window louvers are so 70s cool.

Post by **matthew1** » 12 Jul 2022, 13:03

matthew1 wrote: 11 Jul 2022, 15:50 Ok, this is a tough one, and not strictly part of this Name the Car tournament.

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What's this car? I don't know, and Nick doesn't know, but we've come up with some guesses:

first gen Acura Integra
second gen RX-7
1990s 240SX (not hatchback)
Supra

Ok, while making this section larger, I think I know. It's not in that list, but same era. The clue is in the decklid.

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Acura NSX, first gen.

Post by **gnalan** » 12 Jul 2022, 13:05

That was a 58 Impala you posted next to the 60s building.

Post by **gnalan** » 12 Jul 2022, 13:23

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Two views of the same car. There are claims that four of these were produced, but there's only one known to still be in existence. (The date is not in the article I found the pics in.)

Post by **BlackBart** » 12 Jul 2022, 14:01

I think that’s an Oldsmobile show car, based on the C1 Corvette.

I never would have guessed Dodge On the louver car.

‘58 is correct on the Chevy I think. I don’t think the Impala name existed until then - the famous ‘57 Chevy with fins was a Bel Aire, wasn’t it? Then in ‘58 things started to get big. The ‘59 is radically different.

NSX in the 747, that’s what I thought!
Yesterday I saw a British Airways double decker WHALE at Dallas- Fort Worth. Not an attractive plane.

Post by **BlackBart** » 12 Jul 2022, 14:09

The 1959 was cool, and that’s when the GM “bubbletops” started, with the very thin posts. When I was very small, our neighbor bought one of these, and I’d go out and study it in the driveway.

Post by **gnalan** » 12 Jul 2022, 14:18

1958 was a big change for Chevy. I know the tri-fives before it, 55-57, were similar, then 58 was a whole new animal. Same with 59.

Yes, 59 had the huge tailfins on the Impala with cat eye taillights. Beautiful car.

My 58 Biscayne was a nice car, but parts cost more for it since the 58 model year wasn't shared among other years. (I still have parts laying around from it, both original and NOS.)

And, yes, it's an Olds based off of the C1 Corvette.