Carspotters' Challenge #40--Border Line Case
by Cookie the Dog's Owner
on December 14, 2012
The U.S.-Mexico border line, to be specific, in 1969. Please have your passport ready.
See anything interesting to declare?
--Cookie the Dog's Owner
(Photo obtained from the Station Wagon Forum's collection of vintage street scenes, contributed by member "yellerspirit.")
Colonel Forbin on December 14, 2012 at 06:25 AM
In the column 2 left of the center, the one with the white Camaro... 2 cars in front of that Camaro, is that a Type 3 Squareback with rear end damage?
cpu on December 14, 2012 at 06:35 AM
A UHaul trailer being towed by a Corvair?
That Car Guy (Chuck) on December 14, 2012 at 07:40 AM
Hmmm... I see a funny dark green van with two old hippies.
Anthony Cagle on December 14, 2012 at 08:42 AM
Looks like a Nomad behind the VW van.
Kenny on December 14, 2012 at 03:42 PM
Curious what the little wagon with what seems to be an ajar trunk on the left is?
Was just contemplating a road trip from the PNW to Loreto.
peter on December 16, 2012 at 05:39 PM
I agree that there are few less likely tow vehicles than a pre-1965 Corvair two door. All 80 horsepower without the benefit of coolant pulling a U-Haul must have made for some interesting engine wear.
There are also a couple of cars that today would be considered collectors-- the 1958 Cadillac and the Chevy two-door station wagon (were they all Nomads?) over toward the left.
John B on December 17, 2012 at 10:15 AM
How about the red with white vinyl top 68-70 Charger off to the right?
Behind it looks likie it could be a 47-52 Studebaker...or it could be a late 40s-early 50s Chevy...cars of that era all look alike to me.
Ahead of it is a 59 Olds or Pontaic and to the right, a 59 Chevy.
To the lfet of the Charger a 69 Caprice two door.
Whats to the left of the Type 3...a 57 Buick or Cadillac?