Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
370 followers · 4215 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For today's challenge it's something blue and generally desirable.
Can you name it from this bit of wing?
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
365 followers · 4147 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For today's challenge we have something a little bit older than the TVR which was last vehicle. It's big, it's black but can you name it from this unusual view of the wing?
This one is definitely a Classic Car!
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
363 followers · 4104 posts · Server mastodon.ie

So folks after an unscheduled break, for which I can only apologise, it's the return of the challenge.

Today's images are I think very distinctive, I suspect one would need to know their American cars, to be able to get it.
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
363 followers · 3894 posts · Server mastodon.ie

The answer to the outstanding challenge is a car that I like the look of, but have never really desired, despite owning its siblings! I would like to drive one sometime! The image with its odd vents made a few folks to think "rear-engined" whereas it is in fact Triumph's pocket homage to the E-Type, the MKIII. The vents are either cabin air or just decoration!
Well done if you got it right!

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Killer Boots · @killerboots
96 followers · 132 posts · Server weird.autos

My dad seems to have had a great time at the car show. It was technically a fly-in barbecue at the local airport with a car show attached, so there weren’t a whole lot of vehicles, but we still had a good time.

This 1928 Ford Model A was Dad’s favourite.

#oldtimercars #ford

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
361 followers · 3856 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For the next challenge something very different to a Mondeo!
As ever can you name it from this image of a slopy side?
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
358 followers · 3826 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Turning to our outstanding challenge. This one attracted a couple of left field responses, sadly I must disappoint and say it is not a Maxi 😲 , or even an American version of one!
The car is a many of you figured out a Dodge Charger, I am not sure what the British version would be, perhaps a Vauxhall Magnum?
Thanks for all the guesses, well done if you got it right!

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
357 followers · 3773 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For the next challenge after the success of yesterdays mirror image, here is another similar looking door mirror, but a very different car!
As ever can you name it from this image?
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
357 followers · 3773 posts · Server mastodon.ie

The answer to the outstanding is a car that would have been an objectnod desire in my youth, affordable performance compared to a hot hatch.
It is a MK1 which I spotted for sale at a petrol station for £32k, isn't even an original Mexico.
Kudos to @philturpin who explained the difference between a Mexico and an RS, stripe positioning! Thanks for the guesses, well done if you got it right.

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
357 followers · 3767 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For the next challenge we here is something to reflect on... See what I did there!
Can you name it from this image? I should say I don't belive these were sold in North America but versions of it were offered in a number of established global markets and famously this car did get to other parts of the Americas.
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
355 followers · 3735 posts · Server mastodon.ie

The answer to the outstanding challenge was as many spotted a P5B Coupe. It's not the most obvious Coupe. As these are indistinguishable from the saloon from the front corner I will take Rover P5. This is a car associated with Margaret Thatcher, while out of production by the time she became PM HMG having purchased the end of production vehicles, kept them in use by Minsters into the 80s.
Well done if you got it.

#namethatcar #rover #WeirdCarMastodon #classiccars #oldtimercars #roverp5b

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
352 followers · 3649 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For the next challenge we have a tricky shot of car that in its day was a distinctive symbol of the establishment. I am pretty sure at least one weird.Autos member owners one of these!
As ever can you name it from this image?
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
345 followers · 3594 posts · Server mastodon.ie

The answer the outstanding challenge was this attractive Jaguar XJS Convertible from sunny California. Thanks to @Holberg for the picture.
Following the E-Type was always going to be tough and XJ-S didn't get the warmest of welcome. However it stuck around and was well liked if out dated by the time it was eventually retired.
Thanks to everyone who had a guess.

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
340 followers · 3552 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For today's challenge for we have what I think of as a pretty car, that wasn't all that well received at launch.

Let's see if you can identify it from this side section.

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
340 followers · 3550 posts · Server mastodon.ie

So the answer to the outstanding challenge was, as many figured out a product of the Rootes Group . A firm who were early and enthusiastic adopters of Badge-engineering!
In this particular case the badge was Singer, there mid-range offering.
The car is question a Singer Gazelle in period grey wirh a fetching stripe!
Well done if you got it, thanks to everyone who had a guess.

#namethatcar #classiccars #oldtimercars #oldtimersofmastodon #classiccarsofmastodon #rootesgroup #singergazelle

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
340 followers · 3519 posts · Server mastodon.ie

As the last challenge was a piece of American metal here's some decidedly more British!

Can you name it from this image?
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
340 followers · 3515 posts · Server mastodon.ie

So the answer to the outstanding challenge.
As many of you folks correctly identified it was a Buick Special. Those portholes in the wing were very distinctive!
The only question was whuch model.
Helpfully the owner had provided an informative label.
Buick Special Model 48 264 cui Fireball V8.
Thanks to everyone who had a guess.

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
337 followers · 3485 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Time for a on this very warm day, well by UK standards! Went to a nearby town where I discovered a very small show as part of a Town event.
This car was there, can you name it from this image?
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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
335 followers · 3470 posts · Server mastodon.ie

The answer to the outstanding challenge proved to be pretty easy for devotees of Stuttgart produced motors.
The car in question was this very attractive W111/112 S-Class Convertible.
Well done if you figured it out.
Thanks for all the guesses, another challenge a bit later.

#namethatcar #mercedes #classiccar #classiccarsofmastodon #oldtimercars #oldtimersofmastodon #cars #WeirdCarMastodon

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Damien Scully · @DazzlingDamo
330 followers · 3435 posts · Server mastodon.ie

For today's challenge for we have another very distinctive and stylish classic car. Let's see if you can identify it from this side section.

Please check my pinned post for a poll I am currently running. Thanks.

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