Let's Play, WTF is That!?!

[finster]

^ thanks that's a better photo and shows the lucas number plate light as fitted to the wrecked car
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[notchboy]

[Rome]

I just loaded this screen-shot photo to my gallery. Many interesting foreign cars parked around the oval-window Beetle. Movie "The Killers" (1964) starring Lee Marvin, seen in center. Filming locations are in southern California, which was an excellent market for lesser car brands in the late 1950's thru the 1960's.

(many of the cars identified in my gallery)

[cdennisg]

Is that a facel vega front and center?
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[Jacks]

BMW 507 center, Facel Vega on the left
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Actual name

[finster]

metallic blue centre car is a maserati 3500 vignale spyder (not bmw)

looks like that's a hillman minx convertible (to marvin's left) a bit out of its league amongst the exotics

and I'm going for fiat 1200/1500 pininfarina spider in front of the truck

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[scottyrocks]

See, that's the trouble with cars back then - they all look alike!
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– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[finster]

ha,ha! but there is something to that. I think some of the italian stylists had a signature look that they used across several marques. for example farina and his clean look seen on anything from an austin a40, peugeot 404, lancia florida coupe, ferrari 250gt and the fiat above. michelotti was another.
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[zimblewinder]

I concur. I'm presently lusting after a Triumph Italia that Michelotti rolled all the beautiful cars of the generation into.
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[KTPhil]

Kit car, or ...?
Mission Impossible, "Encore".
Yes, that's William Shatner!

[Rome]

finster, good work on identifying the imported cars in my "The Killers" shot above. I'll leave the last car- parked on street behind the black Caddy- to others since it's a relatively common small car.

KTPhil- Fiberfab Amante GT kit car based on Beetle chassis. The VW hi-po pioneers Ken and Dean Lowry used its sleek body shape to build a Bonneville speed record car, the "Tera-Soar" in their shop "Deano Dyno-Soars" aka DDS.

[finster]

looks like the amante had a troubled history, perhaps not a fiberfab after all, only 150 thought to be made
https://carsforgottenstories.com/2020/03/04/amante-gt-the-dream/

and I won't mention the heir apparent's french wife
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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[Rome]

^ Amante: Ah yes, Voegele... that's why that name is on the side of the car... I saw it but it didn't click in my decaying long-term memory.

I don't know how that last name would be pronounced in English; likely VO-jeel. It's a German endearment word for "little bird" (based on Vogel); would sound like "FAY geh leh" with the "oe" being the substitute for "o umlaut".

[Evil Clown]

1400 HP!!! WTF is it!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nLQscg6PQAc
Oh, my bad. My phone wasn't clear...DS,
Still 1400!
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[zimblewinder]

bet the "floating" becomes "Flying" when you hit the brakes with 1400Hp (no belts?)
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59 mango standard
Wanted- splash pan supports, og pressed bumper coach bolts, ivory blaupunkt knobs (early), armrest alloy strips, NOS door mechanism

[Who.Me?]

[Xevin]

[finster]

^ nearly 10 grand for that! I know we've got inflation after the 'fiscal event' but that's ridiculous.
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[cdennisg]

[finster]

wasn't going to try as I thought it was american tin but then thought opel - opel diplomat

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