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I sure hope my suggestions about how to keep the Clue fresh for later participants didn’t dampen enthusiasm too much and was the reason we only had five guesses. That wasn’t the plan; so don’t feel repressed either; agree, disagree and emote, as long as it leaves a bit of question in the air as to the outcome.
Maybe it was because Bozzie guessed the T-Bird on the first guess. Congratulations! And happy hunting.
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1968 Mercedes S-class.
1964 Mercedes 220s
Just for kicks, I’ll go 1965 MB W111.
A Benz with wire wheels like that? I’m thinking something like one of those Daimler sports cars or sedans from the 60’s.
Jaguar XK120? Although I seriously doubt it…
maybe it’s my monitor, but is that mary kay pink? that makes it some sort of caddie?
No, it’s more of a beige and those wheels/tires are totally wrong. Chrysler letter car? Rambler?
Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. Year unknown.
The crease sure looks like my 1962 Mercedes 220 sedan, but there was a similar crease in a lot of 1960s GM trucks and panel vans. But would someone put wire wheel covers on one of those? Nah.
It looks like a 1960s MB, but what year? What model? The car may have been repainted, and if it’s an MB, the color matched hubcaps may have kissed too many curbs to repaint, resulting in the wire wheel covers.
I don’t think they’d look good on a sedan, so I’m guessing a 280SE coupe or more likely a pagoda SL, around ’66 to ’68 vintage. If I’m right, it’ll be the first time.
1975 Jaguar XJ6 or XJ6c.
The wheel opening looks all wrong for a Jaguar. I agree with the W111 crowd, but I’ll put my money on a 220 sedan rather than a coupe.
Those wheels really make me want to say jag-yew-ahr, so I’ll agree with wallstreet and say a Series I XJ sedan.
I think it is a fintail Mercedes, probably a 220 or 220 S circa ’59-’62. Not an SE as it doesn’t have the chrome spear on the character line.
Jagur E-Type; I’m going to go with Series II (?) Could be any era of E though.
No E-type ever had any crease like that from the factory. The sides of an E are smooth as silk.
That is a Jaguar rim-laced “straight” wheel hub which was fitted to cars post-1968.
The straight-ish body crease over the wheel though baffles me. It is too straight to be from a Mk2/420 saloon, and not in the right position for a Series 1 XJ. The XJS rarely was shod with wires of this sort, besides the shape of the wheel opening is wrong.
I can not recall any Benz’es with wires of this sort – unless this is an oddball modification – at which point I call foul!
66-67 Mercury Comet.
1964 MB 230SL?
Checker?
For me is some sort of British sport car. The MB fin tail crowd might be right, but I can’t see the lower bumper a Mercedes has.
Edit: Triumph TR6, straight from just seeing a commenter’s site. Awesome pics, as usual
Uhhhh…..you can put wire wheels on just about anything. Those look like bolt-ons, not knock offs.
Some sort of Ferrari.