Mercury Cougar XR7, from the early 1970s. In high school I had a friend who loved this car, and she saved her money and then she bought one! Way to go, AR! (AR was a friend of my girlfriend, AW.)
Thus this:
is this a “cousin” of the Chrysler Cordoba? … I had a '76 in the mid 90ies (until it predictable blew a gascade - in front of a junkyard, where I left it in exchange for a $25 cheque) … or was that the going design for coupés at that time (just like pretty much all SUVs look alike, today)
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I think not, because generally I don’t think there’s any connection between Mercury and Chrysler. But I could be wrong about that. Mercury is a division of Ford. Chrysler is a division of Dodge. Two separate companies, Ford and Dodge.
The Toyota Crown — it returned to the US in 2022. It had previously been the Corona. In 1972 the Crown was replaced by the Toyota Mark II. The Crown had been released in North America from 1958 to 1972. I’ve seen a couple of Crowns on the road lately. They blend in easily and don’t really stand out a lot.
In that era the Mercury Cougar was actually a “cousin” of the Ford Mustang, believe it or not. It was supposed to be a sort of “luxury Mustang”. Later on if became a cousin of the Thunderbird instead.
It probably is safe to say that was the style for coupes at the time. The 1970s were the era when “personal luxury coupes” were popular, and they all had that sort of pseudo luxury styling.
I hear that in the voice of Mona Lisa Vito.
Oh yeah. You blend.
(A great movie)
IIRC, the Corona was the mid-level car in Toyota’s lineup. It was replaced by the Camry in the early 1980s. The Crown was the top of the line Toyota, which was replaced by the Mark II, which was replaced by the Cressida, which was replaced by the Avalon, which was replaced by the new Crown.
Fun fact: Toyota has kind of a tradition of naming their mainstream sedans “crown” in some form. Corona is Latin for crown. Corolla is Latin for small crown. Camry is an anglicized form of the Japanese word for crown. And the Toyota Crown… well, that should be obvious.
I know Crowns, as I often peruse what’s available in Japanese imports from Toyota.
But are they really much different from a Camry?
Seems odd that Toyota would offer two cars so close to each other, instead of say, a hybrid Echo (Or the Yaris R, but that’s something I want, so no chance).
Help with a car ID, i couldn’t get close.
Triumph GT6, basically a coupe version of the Spitfire.
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Danke. The GT6 was under a car cover for a while, this was the first time I’ve seen the actual car. There’s another car under a cover behind it, I wonder what treasure is under there. 
A 1938 Mack Model 80 Fire Pumper.
A few weeks ago I was in Avon CT and saw this old Mack firetruck, a 1938 Model 80 Fire Pumper. There were 184 of these built, and this one is the 3rd of them. It was first delivered new to the fire department of Mystic CT in December of 1938. Back then Mack Trucks was located in Allentown PA. That’s where this one was built. In 2008 Mack relocated its headquarters to Greensboro NC.
The guy there started it up and pulled it out of the garage for me. It’s a classic.
Ignorant question @Bullitt , did those carry some water? Or were the totally dependent on hydrants and tanker trucks.
And that’s a beauty. I’m sure the owner wanted to show it off.
I have no idea and I didn’t ask. A search may yield the answer.
wow …
I think we can close this threat now
As indicated by the name, it pumps water – at a rate of 750 gallons per minute according to this Hemmings article.