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Monday, August 22, 2022

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Maybe one of you car experts can tell us what sort of auto this is. 
I know what sort the man is . . . handsome.

 

 

8 comments:

  1. A French Peugeot 404 from the 60's. The body was from Pinin Farina

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  2. I have a vague memory of sleuthing this one before. The car is an Austin Cambridge, a British make that was also produced under franchise in Australia. It was just below the Rover in terms of cost and prestige - red leather sprung seats, walnut dashboard, gear lever and steering wheel and chrome fittings. That is a New Zealand formula number plate, but from where I cannot tell. So I am assuming the car was manufactured in Australia. Its presumed owner is clearly a Kiwi - wearing New Zealand lambswool trunks. I would date the photograph to the very late '50s, early '60s.

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    1. It fascinates me that you can identify a car from the swim trunks.

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  3. No, it was the New Zealand lamb. My father had one. An Austin Cambridge, not a New Zealand lamb. He was very fond of it.

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  4. I think it is a Russian car, possibly a Lada. The number plate has Cyrillic letters. The second is not an A, it is a Д (D).

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  5. I think it's a Russian car, but a Moskvich.

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  6. Wow, that style type must have been popular to inspire all the possibilities.

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  7. The car is Moskvitsj 408 (or Moskvitch), that was also exported to several European countries (in some countries badged as Scaldia) and to Cuba.

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