"What's this car?" Official Thread

[Chelo_Spectra]

Agreed. It's a 1971 or 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass.

1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass exactly

now i have this... it looks like an easy one... just that i dont know what it is lol

[Chelo_Spectra]

Oh i just forgot... i alos have this one... from a local show on the weekend... i just got it from a page cuz i didnt go

[Ferrer]

I believe post #831 is a 1973 Dodge Dart.

[nota]

Oh i just forgot... i alos have this one... from a local show on the weekend... i just got it from a page cuz i didnt go

Different year and/or model but it looks like some sort of Hudson

[Kitdy]

Nazca C2. Powered by a BMW engine, desgined by Italdesign.

Danke schön. Ferrer, you are a master of cars.

[Chelo_Spectra]

Different year and/or model but it looks like some sort of Hudson

i though it was a hudson but it have some little things that make me doubt if u look the 2 pics... the door handles, lights, the front grill, the spaces in the hood, front bumper, side skirts, rear mirrors, and the top of the car... they just dont match

jajaja i found like everything changed... unless its like a bad copy of a hudson

[nota]

i though it was a hudson but it have some little things that make me doubt if u look the 2 pics... the door handles, lights, the front grill, the spaces in the hood, front bumper, side skirts, rear mirrors, and the top of the car... they just dont match

jajaja i found like everything changed... unless its like a bad copy of a hudson

Generally the most reliable way to identify old tin presented like this is through front mudguards, and even more so of course from the 'horsecollar' and grille, the styling traits of which were jealously protected brand-specific hallmarks

Bodywork other than from ahead of the front cowling is not a reliable indicator, due to the plethora of non-factory coachbuilders. Body 'jewelry' like headlights, mirrors and bumpers etc can give a clue to specific model years, or not be original - or indeed factory original, especially for examples now approaching eighty years old

Hudsons of that era did feature a rather distinctive (and as mentioned brand-specific) theme for their triagulated horsecollar and Grecian grillework, and it was these items I focussed upon in my initial guess

Another brief foray on the web has re-convinced me that your mystery car is highly likely to be a Hudson. Check out those brand-specific similarities I've mentioned between your example and this 1929 Hudson Super Six Victoria. Yes the grille-upper does not conclude with a horizontal face (a detail which most probably relates to exact model and/or year) but from my view the general family kinship is undeniable

[Sauc3]

Whassis'un?

[henk4]

I am sure you took a picture of the badge

[Ferrer]

It's an attempt to copy the D-type Jag gone wrong...

[henk4]

It's an attempt to copy the D-type Jag gone wrong...

I guess the answer will have to come from downunder, some special from there me thinks.

[Ferrer]

I guess the answer will have to come from downunder, some special from there me thinks.

I'm not so sure. The numberplate seems british, I wouldn't discard one of those "built in a shed" british sports cars.

[Sauc3]

I'm not so sure. The numberplate seems british, I wouldn't discard one of those "built in a shed" british sports cars.

I took the picture at the Goodwood Revival.

I don't believe I took a picture of the badge, and even if I did I can't access it at the moment as those pictures are on the HD that my brother has in his current possession.

[Wouter Melissen]

It's a Bristol 450C as raced at Le Mans in 1955. This car finished ninth behind two others. The fastest of the three was best in class.

[Sauc3]

It's a Bristol 450C as raced at Le Mans in 1955. This car finished ninth behind two others. The fastest of the three was best in class.

Great, thanks. Any specs on the car?