Another smorgasbord of CC finds have appeared at the CC Cohort Flckr page, so let’s have a sampler. Needless to say, these Mercedes coupes always touch an appreciative nerve with me (who not?). This one was shot by channaher, and he says it’s a 250SE. I can’t make out the numbers on the deck, but the chrome side molding was only put on the W112 300SE. Of course, many lesser W111s have undoubtedly been graced by that addition, despite it being maybe a bit much. Either way, it’s a gem, and a W111 will be coming to CC one of these days.
No sooner do I show you our first BMC ADO 16, the MG 1100 in my Christmas Walk, then the irrepressible Bryce pops back with the even rarer Wolseley version. Nice find, and it’s in cherry condition too, with only 69k km on the odometer.
Our own Laurence Jones not only lives in CC Heaven (Bay Area), but his photography is always stunning. He’s got several of his most recent finds up, some of which will likely appear as CCs. This 1956 Chrysler wagon is a knock-out.
Love the setting of this ’84 Mustang, with its proud new owner. stembre, the photographer, says it’s his second son’s first car. Just the thing to traverse the wide open spaces of…somewhere out west.
Speaking of Mustangs, here’s a slightly battle-weary ’73. Not exactly the thing to set one’s heart on fire or inspire a restoration, but someone loves it. I’m glad of that; every car needs someone to love it, and it wouldn’t be me, for this one. Shot by channaher.
I’ve been wanting to find a ’73 Coronet for years, to make my personal auto-biography more complete. mobilene sends this ’73 Plymouth Satellite, which is mighty close. Anyone seen the Coronet version?
Well, if this has whetted your appetite, head on over for the full course. And thanks, all you CCC contributors.
Boy that Merc brings back memories. My “father-in-law” (daughter and I only lived together, never got married) had a 220C of the same vintage, but Euro issue. The glassed over, not US legal, headlamps . . . . and a four speed transmission. He offered it to me at a fairly decent price, needed a bit of rust work where the differential hooked up to the rear pan. Still kick myself for passing on it.
If this is not allowed, I’m sure you’ll delete it. Anyway, this is on Tucson Craigslist; I’m not able to save it, I’ve told people I know who may have an interest in it & here it still is-
http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/2742904439.html
I should mention that I’m not involved in the sale, nor do I get anything out of the sale of it, other than thinking that somebody may save a car that could be nice again.
Ah, the final-year Mustang I. I know the chassis is anything but sporty; the driving experience is somewhere between blindness and Novocaine; but I do love the styling.
Nice finds, all.
+1 on the styling of this generation of Mustang. Although the fastback might have appeared “fat” to some, I think the coupe looks great.
Ahhh – the intersection of my love for both Mopars and station wagons. That 56 Chrysler wagon makes my heart pound, but I would not turn down the Satellite either (particularly after my recent close encounter with the 74 Satellite sedan).
The 73 Mustang was never one of my favorites, but I must take my hat off to finding one with no more rust than this one. And in baby blue, at that. Some now-retired secretary or 2nd grade teacher, somewhere, undoubtedly misses this car.
Also, count me as a big fan of those old Mercedes hardtop coupes. Beautiful cars, to my eyes.
LOVE the CHROME FINS on the Chrysler; I don’t remember them having those, but there they are.
An accessory?
Factory. The 56 sedans got new tailfins on the rear quarters, but the wagons continued to use the 1955 rear sheetmetal (since Chrysler probably sold maybe 47 of these a year). They just stuck the big potmetal casting atop the fender to distinguish it.
I have a couple Instamatic prints of my Dad’s 74 Coronet Wagon in Medium Blue Mettalic, but I don’t know how I’d upload them.
You could always take them to a drugstore photo counter, and have them scanned onto a thumbdrive or DVD. I’ve also had passable results taking a high-res digital photo of an old print, although you will lose more quality that way than from a high res scan.
A couple of years ago a 300 coupe like that turned up at a local garage. I walked around it, looked at it, and decided that it had been parked outside somehwere for too long. The varnish was coming off all the wood trim, the tires were low and rotten-looking, the seats and side panels looked like they’d been really damp. Someone had washed it though, so no old black Douglas fir pollen on the paint, and it didn’t need any exterior trim pieces. It needed a new owner with lotsa bucks and a big helping of gumption too.
The SE coupe is a beaut. As for the others, well, somebody loves them. And that’s sorta the point, right?
I want to start picking my kids up from school in that Plymouth wagon. I’ll need to remove the muffler, loosely tie some old furniture to the roof…and also smoke cheap cigars and throw beer cans and chicken bones out the window…the other parents in my proper little suburb would freak out like I was an extra from “Mad Max.” 🙂
Sorry, I downsample for Flickr posting. Are the slotted trim rings also inconsistent with a 250SE? Heckflosse.nl leads me to think so. Since I haven’t read the identification code, I had to go with what’s on the trunk lid. Here’s a 100% crop.
Love the ’56 Windsor wagon. Running ’56 Cal plates too! I think Chrysler retailed only about 4000 or so of those a year, New Yorker wagons in three figures.
The Mercedes is a 250. Dressed up, though like a 300.
Last one first, I am struck by how similar that Satellite wagon looks to the local Chrysler Valiants, just 5% larger & different front & rear styling. Even the sedan & hardtop (Sebring?) are the same.
The 56 Chrysler looks great, a bit lower looking than the Ford & GM equivalents and nicely styled.
I’ll have to frequent the Cohort gallery a bit more, and add some photos of my own
The hubcaps look Valiant 75ish to me
Ok, I’ve added a couple of utes (not the usual suspects), a Volvo Amazon wagon and a few VW’s
The majority of the Forward Look Mopars I find are courtesy of two people, the Windsor Wagon (and a flurry of rusting but running 2nd gen forward looks) hang out around Stanyan Street near the University of San Francisco Campus, and are quite legendary. Whoever owns them also had a Seafoam green. 1958 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Sedan (one of 6, surprisingly, that I’ve seen in the Bay Area over 10 years) and a 1959 Mecury Monterey, but they sold both of those a few years back, and occasionally lists the rustiest of them, a 1959 DeSoto Firesweep Hardtop, for $5000 on Craigslist.
The other set, which I did a feature on the 1958 DeSoto, hang around Mission Dolores like set pieces from “Vertigo” and belong to a member of the Freewheelers Car Club, a local LGBT Classic Car club that contributes vehicles to every major parade in San Francisco.
The Wolseley 1300 is quite an unusual car its automatic not a common option here on small cars of that era, It actually lives not far from me but I caught it out in the wild at a local super market it certainly stands out amongst all the Japanese imports
Man, that ’56 Chrysler wagon is sharp! I’d love to see what it’s like to drive. Educator Dan would look good in that.
Neat to see Son Number Two’s ’84 Mustang here… What I love (and he may come to hate) about his first car is that it’s the “L” trim level – 2.3L Pinto engine and manual everything else. They were still using up late ’70s parts on these – the interior has brown/tan *plaid* seat fabric!
Here is one my recent street finds… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMynX7dcx4k
I just spoke with the owner of the Wolseley they have had it 4 years and love it having bought it from an elderly couple. They are however thinking of selling once it is reregistered and has a new WOF.