Thread: Name That Car

Pretty sure it’s a Mexicana so will be a 1971

They have a slightly longer / extended rear pillar than the usual hardtops. Quite rare too

Sorry tried to click the retrieve button thing which doesn't work with photo from file.

Now i can't delete the second picture

ant

Looks like a VG Valiant Mexicana, Pretty sure it’s a Mexicana so will be a 1971

They have a slightly longer / extended rear pillar than the usual hardtops. Quite rare too

wrong. it is, as david 48 correctly posted, a 1970 valiant vf regal 770.





the mexicana has a completely different roofline and rear c pillar buttress.


this is the mexicana roofline and buttress.

LULZ... someone's been hard at work Googling!

vocal neals car is a mid sixties pontiac.

You're gonna take all the fun out of it if your 'guesses' and 'knowledge' boil down to what you can find on Google.

LULZ... someone's been hard at work Googling!

dave identified it correctly, but you chose to challenge it incorrectly, so after a few days of doubt its only right that a definitive answer is found and posted.

wouldnt you agree?

You're gonna take all the fun out of it if your 'guesses' and 'knowledge' boil down to what you can find on Google.

better the correct answer is googled and posted after a week of silence, than an incorrect answer is unchallenged or that some doubt is left hanging in the air.

Here, allow me to demonstrate my encyclopedic knowledge of the automobile...






...by Googling.

Originally Posted by taxexile

the undisputable fact ant is that you got it wrong. very wrong.

Very wrong? Hardly, I had the model, year and make.

And even wrong it was at least from my own knowledge and I have the capacity to admit when I'm mistaken.

You clearly don't and just Google shit and pass it off as your own knowledge.

you are in hole ant, so just stop digging and move on.

you were wrong.
i was right.

end of.

It’s weird how desperate you are

Thread needs a title change: ‘Guess the Car... except for taxi who will Google shit to feign actual knowledge and attempt to bolster and salve his clearly flagging ego.

Or similar...

ay caramba ant. ( see the "mexicana" reference there )

havent you been humilated enough.

i think its time for you to hang up your hubcaps and concentrate on your strengths, so back to your beer mats and shed doors.

Originally Posted by taxexile

ay caramba ant. ( see the "mexicana" reference there )

Yeah that's not why it was called the Mexicana. You know nothing.

Quick, do some more Googling!!!

Originally Posted by taxexile

in spite of your self proclaimed expertise on

Link? Oh what? There isn't one? You just made that up?

OK then.

I wonder if there's even any point anyone posting in this thread anymore now that we know taxi just goes against the spirit of it all and Googles shit.

Very wrong? Hardly, I had the model, year and make.

not only did you get the model wrong, but you got the year wrong too. they were only made in 1970.

dave48 correctly identified it, you then gave wrong info that i corrected for you.

Yeah that's not why it was called the Mexicana.

Notice something just a little odd about this car?








At first the profile kind of fits a hardtop or similar, but there's something a bit 'off'. The C-pillar, perhaps?

If that's more or less what you're thinking, you're spot-on. This is a quite a rare variant on the Valiant VG coupes, with extended rear buttresses sweeping back from the rear roof line.

Called a Mexicana, it followed something that was a trend in Latin America at the time and just 200 of this model are said to have been produced.

Underneath the paint, this series represented a pretty handy step forward for the brand. Most notable was the 245 Hemi straight six under the bonnet, in this case in two-barrel form and claiming a fairly healthy 185 horses. That's matched to a three-speed auto transmission.

Some Mexicanas were also delivered as a 770 with the 318 Fireball V8.

Overall this South Australia car seems pretty original and complete. It's priced at $27,500 and we reckon it would be a guaranteed talking point at any car run.

Quick, do some more Googling!!!

Good boy!

If your head were a garage -- an apt analogy considering this thread and how empty and wrong your head is -- I would have free parking in it, 24/7.

Originally Posted by taxexile

vocal neals car is a mid sixties pontiac.

Sadly i don't know. I wasn't holding the camera. It is on Prapadaeng

USA 47 ...too easy

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too easy

the answer is on the hubcap!

Saves you some Googling then.

Doing the School Run, was following this for a few k's

Apologies for the crap photo.

Only got the rear end as I was on my todd



Took a few of the identifiers/badges off for the challenge.