Thread: Name That Car

Originally Posted by palexxxx

In 1971 my dad decided to buy a new car. I tried to talk him into a Phase 3 GTHO but he wouldn't listen to me. He bought a Volvo 142S for about the same money

Still the Volvo 142 was pretty good car

I had a 142GT for many years and many many miles (400k), delightful car to drive, one of my favorites

Oops brain fart


It was a Volvo 242GT



142/144's were good cars too.

I didn't think that it was that high, but I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by Fondles

A quick google search suggests the new price for a GTHO in 1971 was $5300.

I'm going to invent a time machine, travel back to 1971, buy a whole fleet of them and put them in storage, return to the present and sell them and make a fortune.

Anyone else want in on this guaranteed get rich quick scheme??

I'm in. How much do I have to invest? Of course I want a written guarantee.

Originally Posted by palexxxx

How much do I have to invest?

A special, one time only, introductory offer of $10,000.

Send me your account details!

Originally Posted by palexxxx

In 1971 my dad decided to buy a new car. I tried to talk him into a Phase 3 GTHO but he wouldn't listen to me. He bought a Volvo 142S for about the same money ($4315)

555 If you are a parent you'll know exactly why he did it. He probably wanted the Ford but realized that in order to save your life he had to buy the Volvo.

Well, it was possibly a Toyota of some description at some point.

Now it's... Fucking awful?

Saw this the other day looks like some sort of a Yank Tank.

looks like a 1970's oldsmobile

My first thought was Aussie but then seeing as it has Cresta written on the side

Vauxhall Cresta about 1970.

^ could even be a locally assembled one

General Motors New Zealand ran its own assembly line in Trentham, near Wellington, from 1966 to 1971. The one 'base' Cresta model built changed very little during that time and did not receive the facelift that appeared on the UK market around 1970.

^^^ We didn't have any of them in Oz.

Although it is a bit reminiscent of a 1967 HR Holden, especially the rear wheel arch and the roof line.

^Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Originally Posted by prawnograph

Taken a year ago in New Plymouth NZ, 15 Feb 2015, one response 'Excalibur'

And this car featured in a NZ newspaper today
Indiana jones' car

Indiana Jones car from the Temple of Doom found in New Plymouth's Americarna


Mike Brouwers and his one of a kind Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg which was used in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

The American-made Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg model made its movie debut at the start of the Temple of Doom with a high speed chase through Shanghai.

It then spent decades in a Japanese warehouse before it was bought two years ago by New Plymouth builder, Mike Brouwers.


A steel frame under the bonnet was installed so Harrison Ford could walk across the bonnet for a stunt.

Seen on a trailer behind a campervan in OZ.

Buggered if I can remember what it's called by my cousin has one of those (in NZ also).

His was a garage find.

Peugoet 203, had one,tough old car,built from 48 to 60 i think.

Nice.