[RobA_Oz]

That third picture (green mascot) is a very artistic rendition.

That's a Nash Metropolitan, built by Austin in the UK for the American market, although a few were sold into the home and Commonwealth markets, in RHD. I don't think the mascot was original (it looks like it came off a big Ford), but I'm sure someone else here will know for certain.

[arnold]

I could agree to that it was a pity to see SAAB Automobile being declared bancrupt. They made great cars, but were victims of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Now we only have car production from Volvo and Koenigsegg in Sweden

I loved my Saabs, and still drive the 900. The 9000 was a superb design; I really miss it.

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[wtlwdwgn]

That third picture (green mascot) is a very artistic rendition.

Thanks! I like SAABs too!.

[zantaphia]

[robgski]

Believe it or not, an AMC Matador. The owner was determined to take one of the top 10 ugliest cars of the 1970's and make it something one wouldn't be embarassed to be seen driving, and with a 500 HP engine, you'd have a hard time seeing more than its tail lights.
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[Des]

Perhaps someone can identify this 1950s Ford.
From a local show (fair) in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. K-S2 + FA 77 Ltd.




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[robgski]

Perhaps someone can identify this 1950s Ford.

That is a car I am not familiar with, no matter which side the wheel is on
After a bit of fun searching around, I found the Wikipage for the Ford Customline

Your pictures are of a 1958 Australian Ford V8 Customline with Fordomatic side trim. The Wikipage shots look to be the same automobile, the star in the grill tipped me off that this was rarer car. I love the lines of the 50's era cars.

A few shots from last Saturday local car show.
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Black and White shot of 1940 DeSoto with a green tint in PP
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[Des]

That is a car I am not familiar with, no matter which side the wheel is on After a bit of fun searching around, I found the Wikipage for the Ford Customline Your pictures are of a 1958 Australian Ford V8 Customline with Fordomatic side trim. The Wikipage shots look to be the same automobile, the star in the grill tipped me off that this was rarer car. I love the lines of the 50's era cars.

Many thanks Rob. It was certainly a beautiful car .Seems the star grille is a distinctive feature.

Wouldn't you know, there's even a Ford Customline club in Australia: HOME

[RobA_Oz]

Many thanks Rob. It was certainly a beautiful car .Seems the star grille is a distinctive feature.

Wouldn't you know, there's even a Ford Customline club in Australia: HOME

My father had a 1954 Customline, which I recall as having a huge boot (trunk, in the USA) and a powerful, lazy flat-head V8 motor, but wasn't built for going around corners. What I didn't know about the 1958 Australian-built model until your post prompted me to research it, is that the 1958 Australian model used the Canadian Meteor grille. An interesting connection is that the early Ford Falcon that was sold in Australia from 1960, was built in Canada.

[robgski]

Many thanks Rob.

My Pleasure! I love learning more about the cars of the past. So much more style.

[Des]

My father had a 1954 Customline, which I recall as having a huge boot (trunk, in the USA) and a powerful, lazy flat-head V8 motor, but wasn't built for going around corners. What I didn't know about the 1958 Australian-built model until your post prompted me to research it, is that the 1958 Australian model used the Canadian Meteor grille. An interesting connection is that the early Ford Falcon that was sold in Australia from 1960, was built in Canada.

That's news too. I see from Wikipedia that Henry Ford gave Canadian investors the rights for the British Empire countries (other than Britain), which is why Fords for the Australian market were originally sourced from Canada. Wiki says that the first Falcons (designed in Nth America) "soon proved unable to cope on harsh Australian roads, sparking a massive effort to introduce running engineering changes to improve its reliability." My father, who had a lifelong prejudice against Fords based on his experience with an A-model, would say they never did.

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I love learning more about the cars of the past. So much more style.

And so much less reliability and safety! I learnt to drive in a 1962 Holden station wagon, and later owned a 1974 Holden Torana. The wonder is I'm here to talk about it.

[robgski]

so much less reliability and safety!

Very true, but if I had unlimited money and a very large garage, I'd spend my time on resto-mods of classic car bodies with the modern tech under the hood.

[rod_grant]

My father, who had a lifelong prejudice against Fords based on his experience

Possibly a similar story with different owners and different cars.
My uncle only ever owned one Holden, the first, 48-215. He was sworn off them for life after that one. I was only 1yo at the time so I don't remember the particulars.
I learnt to drive in a Ford Zephyr (which I had unfortunately bought) and got my licence in a 1960 FB Holden.
The Zephyr was swapped for an FE Holden which never did better than 19 mpg. Interestingly the 48-215 was supposed to do 30mpg.!! 1948 FX Holden | Classic Holden Cars

You can forget all that; none of my cars could be regarded as a classic.

[zantaphia]

[Des]

1926 Chrysler from a local show (with an accidental self-portrait in the second one!). K-S2 and FA 77.



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I had no idea what "Boyce Motometer" meant. Seems it was a kind of thermostat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyce_MotoMeter