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I didn't know that Annette Funicello went into motorcycle mechanics afer Mickey Mouse and the beach movies .....

 

This one is mine. Not Maxwell Smarts. gary

 

At first I thought Mercedes Gazelle... But on second thought, I can't see the exhaust pipes/manifolds so it couldn't one , could it?

 

The "Mercedes" Gazelle was a kit car made to look a bit like a Mercedes SSK. This was shot at Pebble Beach last year. It's not a Mercedes, but it's also not a kit car - far from it.

A hint: this is the ancestor, as it were, of a well known modern marque.

 

SS100 Jaguar. I could never afford one. I bought a 1950 MGTD. Still have it. Just reworked carbs and brakes on my buddies 53. Gary

 

some nice old cars

 

Well, technically, yes and no. It's an SS Cars SS100 Jaguar. SS stood for Swallow Sidecar, which is the company William Lyons founded before he ever started making cars. Yep, he made motorcycle sidecars first, then cars. Following WWII the name "SS" carried a completely different connotation, so it was dropped in favor a new name. Jaguar. We're so used to "Jaguar" being the brand name but in this case, it was actually part of the model name since the brand was "SS Cars" at this time.

 

my boy got this pic at the park gate to jasper. I think its a jag. Wife thinks Rolls. Anyone? hopefjlly the picture attaches.

 

It's a Jaguar XK140 FHC (fixed head coupe AKA it's got a roof!). The XK140 can be visually differentiated from the XK120 by the larger front bumper and the turn signals above it. The grille of the XK140 also has fewer vertical pieces in it, and those pieces are wider than on the XK120. Plus the XK140 has the chrome rib running down the center of the hood that the XK120 lacked. You can tell it's not an XK150 because those had one piece windshields and this one still has the split screen.

 

Suweeet! thanks Mike. its a jag like i thought, and got some cool info too.

 

It is a Bugatti Royale...

 

Jeez, Mike, can't you be a bit more specific ?

 

It's a sickness, I know.

 

Can you guess this one?

 

Well FP I have searched and searched the closest I've come was an sunbeam alpine I think I've got the year tho 1969? I did find some thing interesting check out this Tvr concept from the 60s rather impressive!
http://www.speedmonkey.co.uk/2012/08...ourer.html?m=1

 

Cool, but it's not a Sunbeam.

 

55 or 56 TBird

 

It does look a lot like the Tbird. I think that was the intent, but it's not a Tbird.

 

Is that a Studebaker Hawk or president?

 

A bit late to post on this but......
A buddy of mine had a nice one around 1960 in England, he was driving it too fast coming up to a sharp left hand turnand with lousy brakes he went though the gearbox in a hurry and found reverse.... ooops. Goodbye gearbox etc and hello wreckers as he could not afford to repair it.

Imagine what it would havebeen worth today restored.