Carspotters' Challenge #12--Road America, 1963
by Cookie the Dog's Owner
on May 11, 2012
The parking lot outside the track at Elkhart Lake is at least as interesting as the race itself.
See anything that strikes your fancy?
--Cookie the Dog's Owner
(Photo obtained from the Station Wagon Forum's extensive collection of vintage street scenes, to which it was contributed by member "OrthmannJ.")
DRA on May 11, 2012 at 05:19 AM
Most recognizable is the white 1963 Chevy Station Wagon and then the 1959 Ford caught my eye. the white Studebaker behind the Chevy wagon and then the 59 Chevy next to the white Corvair, there's a white Ford Falcon in that row also. There's another, darker colored 1963 Chevy wagon to the right side of the picture. I see a white 1963(?) Thunderbird nestled in there, too.
That Car Guy (Chuck) on May 11, 2012 at 07:52 AM
I see three VW Beetles and possibly a white Corvair van.
Some Seppo on May 11, 2012 at 09:18 AM
1962 Corvette convertible next to the white Falcon.
MarveH on May 11, 2012 at 09:49 AM
I’m geeking out over the big Healey front and center, the already mentioned Falcon Sprint and the beautiful Alfa Romeo Giulietta, third row back, 4th car from the right edge of the photo. What’s the second car to the right of the Alfa, looks close to an MGA hardtop but I know it’s not?
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Bill T. on May 11, 2012 at 05:12 PM
Next to the Austin Healey is a '54 or '55 DeSoto hardtop. Third row has a '60's Studebaker Lark, fifth row has a '64? Ford convert with a white top. Several down from that is a '55 Chev. Now I have to take a harder look
Jericho Rea on May 11, 2012 at 08:55 PM
is that a white 63 Sting Ray Convertible? about 8 or 9 rows back on the left side of the photo.
C. R. Krieger on May 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM
The DeSoto is a '55. The white topped convertible is a '63 Chrysler 300, but not a 'J' (they only built coupes that year). Between the Beetle and the Falcon is an old Benz with what looks like a '60 Imperial behind it; and a 'Bugeye' Sprite behind that. In the far distance, behind the 'Vair van and another Beetle, it looks like a very early Saab.