Car Pictures

[jgf]

FWIW, here is the '46 Fleetwood convertible; they bring about $75k at auction today.

 

[Ruttman98]

1946 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75, first postwar car from Cadillac; three versions made: seven passenger sedan, nine passenger sedan, and a two door coupe hardtop or convertible. All three versions total about 700 made, price around $4500.

In 1980 a friend sold me one of these, all original, 42k miles, for $3600. Researching it I found it was one of two cars ordered by the city of Atlanta for Mayor Heartsfield; replaced by a '48 model and relegated to the city motor pool for use as a limousine, auctioned off around 1954 (by which time it was a huge dowdy antiquated lead sled). My friends referred to it as the "gangster car"; I put about 2000 miles on it over the next year then drove it to Atlanta and donated it to the Historical Society (and took a bus home, lol).

These photos of an identical car in a museum somewhere (this one has a retrofitted airconditioner under the dash).
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I drove a 1949 Fleetwood limo which retained this separate fendered bodystyle when the rest of the lineup debuted an envelope body replete with tail fins ala the twin boom Lockheed P-38.

Played chaffeur to some VIPs. Engine was the new for 1949 OHV V-8 equipped with a Hydramatic.

 

[jgf]

Yes, improved engine, transmission, suspension, plus all new body style is why the '46 models so quickly disappeared. They were essentially built from old 1942 components with some engine and transmission upgrades.

 

[jgf]

'49 Fleetwood limo

 

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[MantrackerWRC]

Here is our friend Dymaxion at Guggenheim Museum

 

[MantrackerWRC]

More photos of the Guggenheim museum cars
1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen
1938 Bugatti Type 57
Firebird I
ill be posting more photos in the future

 

[jgf]

1963 Futurista by Darryl Starbird, powered by VW engine. Starbird still owns the car but it has been in storage since his museum closed. (It is easier to find photos of the model of this car than of the car itself.)

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Yesterday i went to a hilclimb race in La Bien Aparecida in Cantabria, Spain.
ill post more photos in the future.
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Silver Car
BMW 325 E30

 

[jgf]

Silver car is a mystery, looks like a kit car. Can find no reference of "G Campo" anywhere.

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Silver car is a mystery, looks like a kit car. Can find no reference of "G Campo" anywhere.

This is a regional championship so most of the drivers are amateurs but some drivers from the Spanish hillclimb championship use to race here too. The name of the driver is Gonzalo Campo.
Silver car is the name of the manufacturer of this car and the name of the model is S2. This car is more like a hillclimb prototype but powered by a motorbike engine.
For example the fastest hillclimb cars in Europe are prototypes like this Norma MC 20 wich is powered by a car engine, I think this one is powered by a BMW engine.

 

[Edivad82]

Some pictures of racing cars at Museo dell'Automobile, Torino

 

[MantrackerWRC]

I created a video of the hillclimb, I posted here if you are curious about this race or you want to see these s car on action.

 

[jgf]

2002 TVR 400R (must be using balloon tires)

 

[jgf]

Ferrari 575 GTZ Zagato

 

[jgf]

Rally Mustang, Monte Carlo

Norway?

 

[jgf]

Audi RS4 rally car (480 or 580hp version?)

 

[jgf]

Don't know if these are show cars or there are some very well funded police departments out there.

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Mercedes-Benz 190e Group A rally car

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Don't know if these are show cars or there are some very well funded police departments out there.

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I think the first one is a real police car, but I'm not sure the second one.