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#1 Cadillac dating from somewhere in earlyish 1950s, not hard to research for exact year

#2 Willys Jeep perhaps the 'Gladiator' model-series with the excellent Tornado OHC I-6

Funny you should mention the tyres as I initially thought they were Michelin (I've only ever seen ones with two central zigzag treads) then convinced myself they weren't as I've never seen any X's so...

Purely guesswork some sort of Anadol, or related? It kinda looks Turkish

For thanks here's some oddball Mercs

#1: This 600 Grosser (W100) from Sydney has the later 6.9 litre V8 which features twin-turbos, reputedly 600 hp

#2: It's the W107 SL fitted with a...

From left to right my fleet cost $3k for the 380SE, a mere $1500 for the tidy 'mexican' 280S (Manual aka Manuel, get it?:D) and $2k got the 280SE. With a bit of forethought you can buy...

In this excellent pic of yours you can clearly see the tiny raised 'fins' atop the trailing edges of the W108's rear guards, conveniently placed to allow the driver to precisely see right to the end...

I have to agree with you there henk. The worst of the current absurdities has to be the Hummer H2, including those tiny side windows that look like a 'pillbox' gunslit from the shores of Normandy...

My early morning guess leads me to it possibly being some version of Fiat 1900 (??) although I'm not sure of this at all

http://www.zuckerfabrik24.de/fiat/fiat1900A_1.htm

That ribbed bumper bar...

I vaguely remember the local publicity for that TVR-Holden proposal, and the engine-weight factor makes for a neat anecdote - excepting that Holden V8s are heavier than the equivalent Ford Windsor V8...

Pfft!!

Where's the Dart? That guy calls himself a collector .. yet not one Goggo Dart :rolleyes:

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For your trouble before I bail out of here, a sorta on-topic pic...

Cheers mate :cool:

No the articles were from either Modern Motor (probably) or Wheels, who initially did a feature on the Sultan's absurd collection and within that was a 'reveal' of the FX...

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Hmm, on reflection it seems I have posted a red herring. The vehicle mentioned in those magazines was indeed a Ferrari FX, and must have been referred to as such - it was not an FXX as I...

I didn't read all your links :o and the supercar link didn't work for me. However years ago an Aussie magazine interviewed the Sultan in Brunei, and this article featured a red car of similar...

Probably could be although it looks like any other 6.3 to me and naturally from that pic its impossible to discern the engine's internal capacity. Although the pictured car does feature a chromed...

A black one? If so that would be John Green's (of M-B Spares) who imported then tried to sell it for ages. Ostensibly cheap for a rare car (approx $17k IIRC) but at the time was unregisterable here...

Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3 (W108/109)

In essence a meld of Mercedes' 6cyl W108 series but fitted with the big 6.3 litre M-100 V8 from M-B's large W100 models. In its day one of the world's fastest...

Of bodystyle definitions as I know them:

a convertible but with detachable windscreen posts = a Speedster

Roadster = Speedster but with side-curtains in doors, not roll-up windows

Either...