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This week, boys and girls, we have a substitute teacher for friday challenge. (Original Post) lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 OP
Early 1960s Studebaker Lark (with polished C4 wheels), Early 1930s Cadillack 7-passengar? Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #1
Close-ish. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #6
I think #4 is a car. cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #2
For later, to read answers. K&R nt Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #3
Me too MiniMe Mar 2013 #12
#2. Dusenberg Town Car - 1935 Divernan Mar 2013 #4
Neither a Duesenberg nor a Cadillac. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #9
#4- Triumph Spitfire Hatchback Coupe, 1967-1973 Divernan Mar 2013 #5
It's not a spitfire, but is built on the same chassis (and has a 6 cylinder motor). n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #7
Meh jberryhill Mar 2013 #8
bentley, rolls, thunderbird, piaget, volvo seabeyond Mar 2013 #10
One out of five is good for guessing. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #13
you are laughing at me. seabeyond Mar 2013 #15
Oh let me try JVS Mar 2013 #11
Very good lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #14
Aha...so I only really missed one. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #16

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
1. Early 1960s Studebaker Lark (with polished C4 wheels), Early 1930s Cadillack 7-passengar?
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 09:36 PM
Mar 2013

1960ish Chevrolet Corvette, late 1960s Triumph GT6 MK1, 1965ish Volvo 122.

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
4. #2. Dusenberg Town Car - 1935
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:00 PM
Mar 2013

I'm saying 1935, because of the straight front bumper.
Model J?

Duesenberg Town Car

Ken Purdy wrote in the 1950s that the Model J Duesenberg was "the finest motorcar yet built in the United States." Few have tried to contradict him. Pow-ered by a four-foot long, eight-cylinder engine, with four valves per cylinder and dual overhead camshafts, it was a superior automobile. Between 470 and 480 J Models were built. They were owned by diplomats, debutantes, movie stars, robber barons, gangsters and religious leaders.

Specifications: Model J; engine eight-cylinder in-line, water-cooled; bore 3-3/4 in., stroke 4-3/4 in., displacement 420 cu. in., 265 hp. Price new: $8,500. for chassis only.

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
5. #4- Triumph Spitfire Hatchback Coupe, 1967-1973
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:07 PM
Mar 2013

1962-80 Triumph Spitfire

The small, saucy British Triumph Spitfire sports car was cheap, fun and had a body from Italian master stylist Giovanni Michelotti. It met demand for smaller, lower-cost sports cars from those who couldn’t afford larger, costlier ones, such as the Austin-Healey or even the Triumph TR4.

The long-lived Spitfire was sold as a convertible that arrived for 1962 and as a hatchback coupe, which came for 1967. The coupe was dropped after 1973, but the convertible version lasted with updates through 1980.

The Spitfire got its name from a famous World War II British fighter plane. It initially cost under $2,200, mainly because it was derived from the small Triumph Herald family car. The Spitfire was developed shortly before England’s financially troubled Standard-Triumph was bought by England’s Leyland Motors, which took control in early 1961.

JVS

(61,935 posts)
11. Oh let me try
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:26 PM
Mar 2013

1. Studebaker. Circa 1960. Maybe a Lark or Hawk or some kind of bird.

2. Packard. Around 1935.

3. 2nd generation Corvette, 1958 or so.

4. Triumph. Looks like some kind of GT version of a TR-6. Ca. 1969

5. Volvo, too old to be a 240. Maybe a 140, unless they had a different numbering system back then. From 1972 or so. Wheels look non-stock.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
14. Very good
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 11:22 PM
Mar 2013

#1 is a 1960 Studebaker Lark. This particular one was featured in Car Craft in 2009. It is powered by a 95 Corvette LT1.
#2 is a 1932 Packard DeLuxe Limousine. Surprisingly, apparently the Packard brand is owned by an Arizona corporation which has actually built a prototype of a model they want to produce.
#3 is a 1962 Corvette. You can tell because the cove is the same color as the rest of the car. Last of the straight-axle corvettes. Definitely on my bucket list and has been for 32 years, ever since I saw "Heavy Metal"
#4 Is a 1970 Triumph GT6. The hardtop model of the Spitfire had the same light weight, but a 6 cylinder motor and a more rigid chassis. I restored one of these in 1990 ("If you have a can of paint on the shelf called "red", I want that&quot and it was a rocket. Impractical, but a rocket attached to a skateboard.
#5 is a 1966 Volvo 122. I think they are cool as heck. I was strongly considering converting one of these to electric power, but after test driving one, I realize that the end product wouldn't be as nice as it is right now. I couldn't have taken a saw to it.

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