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    Lotus Europa Down On The Los Angeles Street

    1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF Down On The London Street

    Ford Transits Down On The Paris Street

    1962 Hillman Minx Down On The East Bay Street

    Jaguar Mark IX, Jensen GT Down On The Boston Street

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/17/09

    In reply to Jaguar Mark IX, Jensen GT Down On The Boston Street
    That GT is perversely beautiful. Knowing that it's a mere hour and a half's drive from me is almost painful.

    The Jag? Hell, it's a classic - and classy - Jag. That's all that needs to be said to explain it. But the GT, hell. #boston
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    11/17/09

    In reply to 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF Down On The London Street
    Yet another car I'll likely never see in person. Beautiful - sporty yet understated in a way few cars have managed. #lancia
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    11/16/09

    In reply to 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF Down On The London Street
    Hotness. #lancia
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    Image of Malfunktion v2 Malfunktion v2
    11/16/09

    In reply to Lotus Europa Down On The Los Angeles Street
    There's a yellow one in my hometown in southern CA. It even has the same plaque on the side. #lotuseuropa
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    11/16/09

    In reply to Jaguar Mark IX, Jensen GT Down On The Boston Street

    That MkIX is a lovely car. It boggles the mind that the likes of Raymond Baxter rallied them. #boston
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    In reply to Lotus Europa Down On The Los Angeles Street
    I know it's blasphemy, but from the side, that looks like a tiny El Camino with a bed cover. the profile doesn't exactly "flow." #lotuseuropa
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    Image of T5Killer T5Killer
    11/16/09

    @Novaload: WOW I'm glad im not the only one that thinks it looks like a El Camino. #lotuseuropa
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/16/09

    In reply to 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF Down On The London Street
    I love these things. Far more eccentric than a GTV or a Fiat Dino. #lancia
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Lotus Europa Down On The Los Angeles Street
    This is one of the later Europas with the cut-down rear sail panels and the twincam Lotus/Ford engine. Haven't seen one on the street in ages. #lotuseuropa
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    11/15/09

    In reply to Lotus Europa Down On The Los Angeles Street

    It's like this one I saw, which commemorated Lotus's 1972 F1 Constructor's Championship. #lotuseuropa
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/15/09

    In reply to 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF Down On The London Street
    Murilee, how come you posted this joker's pictures and not my crappy camera phone pictures from the Keokuk, Illinois Mustangs-Only-No Rice-Burners-Allowed Car-Show? #lancia
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    11/15/09

    @mechimike: There there Mike. I though Murilee was going to use some of my SEMA Porn shots this weekend, but it looks like she is trying to catch up on the DOTS SE postings.

    I'm sure yours will be coming up soon, now that there is only one more LeMons race this year. #lancia
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/15/09

    @UDMan: Someday I'll catch up on everything! #lancia
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: And the day after that, you'll be dead. Which is why I plan to never finish anything. #lancia
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    11/15/09

    In reply to 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF Down On The London Street

    As opposed to the bastardized-Fiat Beta coupe in yesterday's PCH, this is pure Lancia through and through. The Fulvias are definitely worth preserving, though they still rust like mad. Very pretty little coupe, but that front-end facelift with the staggered lights is not an improvement over the original nose. #lancia
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/15/09

    @tonyola: Staggered headlights are awesome. '62 Chrysler Newport? Buick Wildcat? #lancia
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    11/15/09

    @mechimike: Which Wildcat had staggered lights? The only Buick I can think of with staggered lights was the '59 - the Wildcat was introduced for '62. You really think those little pods for the outer lights on the '72 Fulvia are an improvement over the smoother, earlier nose? #lancia
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    11/15/09


    @tonyola: Here's a 1965 Wildcat. Notice the staggered lights, but on the same plane. #lancia
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    11/15/09


    @tonyola: 1966 also had these types of headlamps. #lancia
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    11/15/09


    @tonyola: Though nothing says staggered headlamps quite likr the 1962 Dodge Dart, or the 1962 Plymouth Fury. Here's the Dart: #lancia
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    11/15/09


    @UDMan: Actually it wasn't the Fury, it was the 1963 Dodge Polara and 330. #lancia
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    @UDMan: There's some faces only a mother could love. #lancia
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Hey, hey! Those are MoPar faces. They march to a different drummer. #lancia
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/16/09

    @tonyola: I'm not a big GM fan, I misspoke. Yes, it was those '59's I was speaking of. Lincoln had them too, I forget the model. #lancia
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    11/15/09

    In reply to Ford Transits Down On The Paris Street

    1st, to Franzouse; Thanks for the images of a very European Ford(s).

    Now onto another topic, and that has to do with European Vans that are in the US, or about to be in the US. I did a road test of the Sprinter Van for another blog. It was fantastic, and I wonder why the hell Ford and GM are still making their ancient vans in the US.

    Dodge is loosing their ability to sell Sprinters after January 1st, 2010, leaving the 45 Freightliner Dealers to sell them, along with about 120 Mercedes-Benz dealerships.

    Dodge is exploring the possibility of bringing in the Iveco Vans to replace the Sprinters, along with a smaller van to augment the offering.

    And Ford is exploring the possibility of bringing in their full sized Transit vans to replace the ancient Econolines. There is talk of bringing them on-line by 2013. This is due to the tremendous acceptance of the Transit Connect model so far. #van
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    11/15/09

    @UDMan: Zeroing out the Econoline? Unpossible. But the Transit Connect is very cool. And the Sprinter would be my choice, except for its pricing.

    IVECO is a natural for FIAT and Chrysler, and they have plenty of Eurovan experience, as well as a developed US truck dealer network to leverage.

    Of course, Citroen also makes a work van... #van
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    Image of snowlock snowlock
    11/16/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: unpossible it is
    i'm hoping they stick with the old style.

    i drove a couple of company sprinters at a job for a few years. they got rid of their 15+ years old econolines and bought them from a dodge dealer.

    they were great at first, but we missed the old fords within six months since the sprinters seemed to fall apart at the seams. the doors seemed to be a real p0roblem, and a co-worker was even stopped by police once when the previously latched but brtoken back door had opened and dumped some cargo on the road. next the turbocharger stopped spinning on one and service didn't seem to be able to fix it.

    they seemed to be highly fuel-efficient and had some nice features, but there were no major problems with the old econolines like there were with the new sprinters. #van
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    11/15/09

    In reply to Ford Transits Down On The Paris Street
    I could totally rock one of those. Its like the British Econoline. Only instead of being synonymous with Creedence, its more in tune with the Rolling Stones. #van
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    Image of Armand Armand
    11/15/09

    In reply to 1962 Hillman Minx Down On The East Bay Street
    As a Rootes Group nerd (I mean, "enthusiast") I love it, even if the rusted sills look very, very bad for a British unibody car. I'd rather have a Minx wagon, but this will do in a pinch. #rootesgroup
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/15/09

    In reply to 1962 Hillman Minx Down On The East Bay Street
    Does anyone know why Loewy would so blatantly copy the 1953-54 Studebaker's design for the Minx? Was there an attempt to sell the Minx in the US through Studebaker dealers? If not, that seems like a lazy thing for a design consultant to do.

    The irony is that the Minx has a better-balanced look than the Studebaker sedans. Although the low-slung Starliner coupes were stunningly beautiful, the sedans were considerably taller -- and downright ugly. #rootesgroup
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    11/15/09

    @DrLemming: There was never any link between Studebaker and the Rootes Group besides their affiliation with Loewy and a little legal wrangling over who had the trademark to the name "Hawk." The lack of stylistic differentiation between the Minx and the Studebakers does seem lazy on Loewy's part, but it wasn't unique. Pininfarina used pretty much the same design for the Peugeot 404, Lancia Flaminia and Austin Westminster, and Bertone's small '60s sedans for Datsun and Mazda looked an awful lot like their Alfas. #rootesgroup
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    11/15/09


    @Armand: Also, the big Fiat 1800/2300 shared the same styling concept as the 404 and BMC Farinas. As for the Bertone connection between the Alfa Romeo and the Mazda, the Mazda 1500/1800 body was originally intended for the 1967 Alfa 1750. Alfa turned it down, so Bertone sold the style to Mazda, and it doesn't look like a lot of changes were made. #rootesgroup
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    Image of MadHungarian MadHungarian
    11/15/09

    @DrLemming: The Vauxhalls of the time looked like shrunken '58 Chevys. English Fords looked like various American Fords left in the dryer too long. Over in Germany, NSU was blatantly ripping off the '60 Corvair. The US was the style leader. So Loewy worked with what he knew. He was not the only designer of the time to recycle his themes for another company. The '64 Imperial shares some lines with the '61 Lincoln for a reason. #rootesgroup
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