Mystery Car!
You want a real mystery? Then tell me this, what the hell happened to Mandy Moore? I mean, she was like this super popular teen singing sensation – the modern equivalent of Donny and Marie without the annoyance of Donny – and then after a few poorly chosen movie roles she’s now relegated to doing some cookie cutter TV sitcom? Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Well, today’s Mystery Car and Ms. Moore – wait, she’s married isn’t she? Mrs. Moore? More or less? Whatever. She and today’s car both share a history of unfulfilled promise, a capacity to make a difference that is – in Mandy’s case - yet to be accomplished, and in that of the car of the Mystery Car never to be. That’s so sad, if only this were an M. Night Shyamalan movie where a clever twist at the end would put Mandy Moore behind the wheel of our black and white contender on her way to pick up a Nobel Prize for both her and the car. Then again, his movies suck.
Okay, you know the drill bit, make, model, engine, year, blah blah blah. Get to it!
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1975 Nissan AD-1 Concept!
And I even have the picture!
<img src="http://carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG/420_0_I_MC_jpg_W/resources/concept/large/1975_Nissan_AD-1_Concept_01.jpg?2C91B4DB10F2FB2E34246F1656D62F14">
I stole it from carstyling.ru, which also gets all the credit for me knowing the answer, due to hours wasted just looking at stuff there.
Awesome!
Wow, that thing is… homely.
<img src="http://petcaregt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cat-shock.jpg">
That's just nuts… The only thing I can hope for is personal gratification of identifying it before scrolling down to the comments.
Good job. I was going to guess 66 Olds Toronado. That would have been embarrassing.
Wow! I was way off, I thought I was looking at the front, the thick A-pillar and ribbed bumper sides made me think 'safe,' could it be the GM safety car? I went and googled that, nope. Came back, and you had the answer in the first comment.
I see where the Pulsar came from now…
Good job!! Keep it up and we'll ban you.
Well… um, I guess we in fact did NOT make this harder. You guys are ridiculous…(ly awesome)
I'm just curious why that picture of that car left an impression deep enough that I remembered it so quickly. Dammit brain, you're just confusing.
I haven't been active on here for long, but I am familiar with a lot of the people here. It's an awesome group, and I am definitely happy to be part of it!
Good job, Devin! So, now what do we do?
keep talking everyone, someone post a random MC picture in the comments…
A random MC you say…
<img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/ugotthelook/images/mc_hammer.jpg">
LOOK AT THOSE PANTS!!!
It's Hammer Time!
STOP!
<img src="http://pwnage.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/halt-now.jpg">
I absolutely love this pic and can imagine what they're thinking, from left to right:
"Dammit Hans, not again."
"Hans might really be hurt this time."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! He's gonna break his coccyx!"
"Whoa sh-. Ow."
Go with the funk.
This NSX is on eBay for $35k. Salvage title
<img src="http://photos.ecarlist.com/Gx/th/24/jT/Od/I9/0k/iV/s3/AN/gw_800.jpg" width=500>
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&catid=6001&item=120789735738&viewitem=” target=”_blank”>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&catid=6001&item=120789735738&viewitem=
eek… no me gusta with those wheels. easy fix though.
Totally agree. It seems every other NSX has ugly black rims. So sad. But better than Lambo doors. That is just ever other other one.
Off topic time!
Talk me out of buying this! http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/ctd/2642195206.ht…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/5V65Z15W13nf3kb3lcbaa3ea97c345b9812c8.jpg">
Nope, you should buy it.
You're not helping!!
Come to this website to try to have people tell you not to purchase a car is like going to a crack dealer to try and get you off drugs. When it comes to cars, we're enablers.
Hell, I'm one step away from sending you $20 to help ensure you purchase it.
Hah… You do have a point…
Then again, maybe not so deep down I am not really looking for a reason not to buy it…
Okay, here goes: The four-speed with overdrive is terrible. You need to hold out for one with the rare Borg-Warner automatic, which is far superi…
Ha! No, I can't even finish that thought. Sorry, you'll have to buy it.
I know, right?? Dammitall… I don't need a 4th car… But I do…
I've lost track of which one is my fourth, but I'm pretty sure I need it.
As do you.
<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/312531_705808681610_2912893_35432458_252672838_n.jpg" width="500"> I helped my friend pull this out of a barn last month when he bought it. The worst flaw (worse than all the rusty and vermin eaten bits) was the BW 3-speed, though if he can find a SA Amazon front bench seat, that might become pretty dang cool actually. Won't happen though, cause the best part was the incredible state of the interior.
What a great barn find! It looks really straight and clean under that layer of neglect. It truly warms the heart to see it given a second chance :')
Best of luck to your friend with that one!
YOU GO AND BUY THAT RIGHT NOW!
The only thing I don't like is that the seats don't seem original, the seats in the 2-doors were comfy, could be height adjusted in the front, and moved forward and reclined easily. Plus 123 and '68 and later had head rests. I bought a used M41 from ebay a couple of months back, if it pressure tests alright it's one of the winter projects.
You're right, I didn't even notice the seats! Those are definitely aftermarket buckets… My friend has a set of extra black seats for the car that he will be replacing in favor of some mint condition red seats.
Dang it, there I go planning shit for a car I don't even own! I need to stay off CL…
Don't buy it. Take that money and put it into the three cars you already have.
Signed,
Ms. Practical
Don't listen to her, she has cooties!
I don't have cooties! I have common sense.
And the difference is…?
OH, NO! I do have cooties!
Thank you Ms. 'cog.
I'm about to pare it down to 2, but I should try to keep it at that, at least for a while…
But it's so bad ass…
This kitteh thinks you should by that car.
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3386403834_1b266b7db3.jpg" width="500" height="272" alt="65 safari rally shekar mehta's volvo amazon vs lion">
Vintage rally Volvos make my pants tighter…
<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll6c13dLib1qcf2rso1_500.gif" width="500" height="400"> Buy da Volvo!
It's not expensive, it's a nice car and it looks good…
What are you waiting for???
This message is to short to reply to!
You know… if I had already sold my BMW, that 122 would probably be in my driveway tonight… As is, I don't have room
It just needs a 302, a top-loader four-speed, and a 9-inch.
$3400?? My recommendation is a very strong "Buy"… Heck, now with the minivan I could sell both of my bricks and replace them with this…45 year old car is a perfectly reasonable daily driver, yes?
I'll give the supplemental MC a shot…
<img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6266556481_8f05c27917.jpg" width="266" height="231" alt="mysterycar">
Volvo P1900!
Still looking for the proper image though…
<img src="http://www.volvoadventures.com/1900_vermant3.jpg">
Source: <a href="http://www.volvoadventures.com/1900spec.html” target=”_blank”>http://www.volvoadventures.com/1900spec.html
Holy Shit Dude…I thought I had a great one…I have only seen one of these in the flesh at the Winter Park Concours back in 08. Nice job.
Thanks! It definitely is a good one, but I kinda have a thing for these cars
Until the C70, it was Volvo's only convertible. They are rarer than rare, and the fact that you have seen one is incredible. There is one that comes to the yearly Volvo car show in Davis, CA that I have seen. Apparently it was a royal bitch to restore because of the rarity of parts…
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Volvo_PV_Cabriolet.jpg/500px-Volvo_PV_Cabriolet.jpg"> People would cut up Duetts to make them into convertibles cause the rear was not unibody, never seen one of these in person either though.
There have been some very interesting custom jobs. I am particularly impressed with how well the 122 works as a convertible, and really wish Volvo had done it officially.
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4238799658_2e14f4d793.jpg">
Source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/p1800saint/4238799658/” target=”_blank”>http://www.flickr.com/photos/p1800saint/4238799658/
Works well for P1800's too. The coupe lines looked like they were set up for a convertible anyway with the completely flat trunk.
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Holy crap! That looks so right! Do you know anything else about this car?
No but it doesn't seem like it was uncommon.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1440&a…
Note: Not responsible if you don't have safe search on… (You never know).
Whoever built that has Taste, with a capitol T. The jury's still out on the wheels, but the color is spot on. Reet.
That's impressive considering there was not much of anything structural to speak of between the rear seats and trunk and it does look very good.
So I take it that during lunch you called the seller, cause that one on CL is like a sawzall away from this! Anyway the sugar daddy for this post has no parts but I find most of them on RockAuto, so don't be afraid of that. These are great easy cars to work on, like tonight I'm supposed to drive to Chicago, but my tailgate does not lock. So this morning I disassembled the tailgate, took the lock apart, dremelled a nut to shape, and j-b welded it on. Later on in the evening I will put it all back together. All that less than an hour with a pocket knife, screw driver, and one socket, these things are awesome!
I do miss working on a nice, simple classic car… Man, this just makes so much sense! Too much sense! Damn it all!
I want a 145 too…
Dang, if I had only been faster, what a pretty bad car! Here's another one, though I have no idea what MC means so i might be doing this wrong:
<img src="http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/3121/foob.jpg" width="168" height="88">
The only car I've ever seen with roof-mounted signals like that is a Swedish-domestic-market Volvo PV444.
<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199723_629703921160_2912893_34893216_853952_n.jpg" width="500"> Correct! Those crazy Swedes and safety. They thought this was the ideal location so it could easily be seen. Though back then the car did not even have reflectors in the back and the tiniest tail lights I have ever seen. This was a car that I was thinking of trying to start a lemons team around, until the seller sent me the pictures.
I love this time of year. It's beautiful!
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/3807896099_0e8d315aff.jpg"width="500"/>
Image source: http://flic.kr/p/6NusR2
Does the orange on the GT turn to brown after a couple weeks? I suppose not – the exotics that quickly turn brown with age are usually Italian.
That's one thing we don't see in Florida – fall colors. One year I was fortunate enough to be in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia for a few weeks during the peak of the color change – absolutely spectacular.
I love having four seasons in Colorado. The Aspens in the mountains have already reached their peak, but the front range is just beautiful right now with all the Fall colors. I have been to the East Coast this time of year, and it is breathtaking.
Wow that's pretty, and exactly the sort of trophy I was looking for earlier! It also drove so fast it lost it's number.
Yeah, I drove it that fast. *daydreaming*
That is a gorgeous picture…
I have exquisite taste, don't I?
Always
#shortcommenttag
#waitaminute…
Hehehe.
I'm guessing that's a Ford GT.
Fuck, I'm good at this Mystery Car game.
You are really good! Yes, that's what she said.
how about this?
<img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/2dtvwoi.jpg">
ITS BEEN FIFTY MINUTES AND NO WINNERS!
HOLY SHIT!!!
Looks kinda Abarth OT-ish. Off to google for a bit…
Edit 12 minutes later:
And I'm stumped. It looks like it's based on the rear engined Fiat bits. I couldn't find any Abarth OTs with that crisp a cut on the Kamm tail, or the little vent chingus on top.
Fail of my google-fu.
Is it one of those little cars that go in a circle at carnivals?
The proportions and the fit and finish (particularly on the wheel) do make me wonder whether Jo_Schmo is toying with us.
The thing is it's not bad metal flake my suggestion is unlikely, so you're right he's probably 'toying' with us. (Watch it will turn-out to be some Japanese car I have a photo of me standing in front of even.)
Maybe I should do more Mystery Car posts! Also, there is no tom foolery here (well maybe a little to thwart image searches), this was an actual production car, albiet only 101 were made according to Wikipedia. That said, I agree the wheels look rather bizarre and out of proportion.
Good one. I never would have come up with a Melkus RS 1000. You should do more of these!
Well done! I should have looked more closely at the bolt pattern on the wheels.
Thanks, but I won't take any credit here. The production figure made it a giveaway, even without the reference to Wikipedia. I stared at that bolt pattern quite a while without thinking of Wartburg.
Objects of very expensive desire:
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<img src="http://www.temp.hammarhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/WoodsmanEFI_webOptimized.jpg" width=500>
<img src="http://www.temp.hammarhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/soloX_webOptimized.jpg" width=500>
Affordable objects of desire:
<img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/johnryland/bnmoFaonuusfGhdChhGlgwGdlcFkFpxgehaovdxvrupqHpAwetweIlJsorcv/p459.jpg" width=500>
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<img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/cBBwmbqAaBJJkDeoAxteupCJhDoqolEqnCCrrlAmwiJIboqBDkovmxDdcDpI/RYLAND_82XS650_D.jpg.scaled1000.jpg" width=500>
I LIKE THOSE A LOT.
I'm in the process of slowly gutting a '81 CB750 to turn into something like that. Still trying to find some good sources for parts. Okay, mostly for a cheap set of wheels and front forks-and-bars, to start with.
It'd probably be easier to swap the whole swingarm. That way you get brake mounts and everything.
There's an awesome used parts place in Indy (yes, I realize that's a bit further from you than you're probably looking for) called Cycle Re-cycle that does mail order, or at least they used to. As an added bonus, the guy that runs it knows everything, and I mean everything, about Honda multies. I've never been able to stump him. Might be worth checking into.
So I sometimes check the Kijiji classic car section, and I found this. I was not aware that the 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe had already ascended to classic status.
Mandy Moore was a semi-regular on Scrubs for a while. Without sounding skeevy, she was one of the few teen pop acts that looked better as they aged.
Skeevy indeed, and I agree.
Nope, still skeevy.
*checks Wikipedia* She's only 4 years younger than me! Not so skeevy
She's six years older than me…
You're an old, skeevy bastard.
I've been called worse! She certainly passes the 1/2 + 7 rule.
She's actually older than me (by one year), so I can totally say I'd tap that without being seen as a skeevy old man.
She married Ryan Adams, YOB '76, so I think we're in the clear on that front…
Man, this is weird.. you cross over to the other side of 30 and even the teen popstars start getting older all of a sudden.
And unlike a lot of her teeny-popper contempts, she's actually got a strong voice and is a pretty decent songwriter. Nearly all of "Wild Hope" made my regular iPod random-play playlist.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Mmalbumcoverad2.jpg/220px-Mmalbumcoverad2.jpg">
I liked "Coverage," too, even though the critics panned it.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Mandycoverage.JPG/220px-Mandycoverage.JPG">
The thread about embarrassing phases is the two before this.
/irreparable Smashing Pumpkins damage to my own musical taste
Whatever.
Siamese Dream and Gish ruled.
Downhill from there, though. Way downhill.
I had to condense Mellon Collie way down. There are some great songs, but listening to it all the way through is painful. And if I play all their albums chronologically on a long road trip, when I get to Adore at the end of my collection, it's still good, but it sounds like a completely different band from the one I was just enjoying.
The Smashing Pumpkins are fantastic even if Billy Corgan has turned into some sort of douche wizard.
Douche Wizard. You win, sir.