William Kelly Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) Stirling Wood was a 13 year old boy. Now when I was a kid I rmemember being very aware of cars and so were my contemporaries (males) it's probably universal trait. Sometimes just a quick view of a part of a car and one knows which car it is. A friend of mine and I could even pick motorcycles simply by hearing them. Thanks John. As a boy and even now, I pride myself in car identification. I can look at a picture of a very small portion of a car, especially one from the 50's or 60's, and tell you exactly what the year and make is. I love to look at pictures of cars stacked up in junkyards and try to identify them. Like you said, I'm sure that most boys raised during this period (I was 9 in 1963) could do this. ...... JWK Hey, JWK, if so, can you ID this car for me? Thanks, and a tip of the hat to Rich Del for this pix from his collection at JFKresearch. BK Edited April 8, 2007 by William Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Bill, I'll take a shot at that one and say a 1962 Chevy Impala. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. William King Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) Stirling Wood was a 13 year old boy. Now when I was a kid I rmemember being very aware of cars and so were my contemporaries (males) it's probably universal trait. Sometimes just a quick view of a part of a car and one knows which car it is. A friend of mine and I could even pick motorcycles simply by hearing them. Thanks John. As a boy and even now, I pride myself in car identification. I can look at a picture of a very small portion of a car, especially one from the 50's or 60's, and tell you exactly what the year and make is. I love to look at pictures of cars stacked up in junkyards and try to identify them. Like you said, I'm sure that most boys raised during this period (I was 9 in 1963) could do this. ...... JWK Hey, JWK, if so, can you ID this car for me? Thanks, and a tip of the hat to Rich Del for this pix from his collection at JFKresearch. BK James is correct. It's a 1962 full sized Chevy, but no way of knowing if it's an Impala, Bel Air or Biscayne. There is a chrome strip at the top of the fender, so I'll guess that it's the Impala or Bel Air. The Biscayne didn't have that chrome strip on the side. My guess would be a Bel Air, since it had a little bit thinner strip on the side than the Impala did, but it's hard to tell for sure by that picture. JWK Edited April 8, 2007 by J. William King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernice Moore Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 J.William: Is this any better....and the car in the other photo, is it the same vehicle...?? B...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Graves Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) Hey, JWK, if so, can you ID this car for me? Thanks, and a tip of the hat to Rich Del for this pix from his collection at JFKresearch. BK ___________________________________________ The one on the left looks like a full-sized '62 Chevy. The one on the right might be a '63 Mario Tauler Sague "hardtop." --Thomas ___________________________________________ Edited April 8, 2007 by Thomas Graves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. William King Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) That other picture is a toughie, Bernice. It's not the same vehicle. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be a 1962 Dodge Dart/Phoenix/Polara judging by the headlight/hood location. Not sure however. In fact, the more I look at it, I'd say probably not. http://www.checkertaxistand.com/albums/alb...rt_P1.sized.jpg JWK Edited April 8, 2007 by J. William King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Graves Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) That other picture is a toughie, Bernice. It's not the same vehicle. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be a 1962 Dodge Dart/Phoenix/Polara judging by the headlight/hood location. Not sure however. In fact, the more I look at it, I'd say probably not. http://www.checkertaxistand.com/albums/alb...rt_P1.sized.jpg JWK _______________________________________ Seein' as how the photo was (supposedly) taken in Communist Cuba, it might be a Russian car... --Thomas _______________________________________ Edited April 8, 2007 by Thomas Graves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. William King Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 That other picture is a toughie, Bernice. It's not the same vehicle. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be a 1962 Dodge Dart/Phoenix/Polara judging by the headlight/hood location. Not sure however. In fact, the more I look at it, I'd say probably not. http://www.checkertaxistand.com/albums/alb...rt_P1.sized.jpg JWK _______________________________________ Seein' as how the photo was (supposedly) taken in Communist Cuba, it might be a Russian car... --Thomas _______________________________________ I thought that was taken in Mexico City, Mexico, at the Cuban Embassy? JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Graves Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) That other picture is a toughie, Bernice. It's not the same vehicle. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be a 1962 Dodge Dart/Phoenix/Polara judging by the headlight/hood location. Not sure however. In fact, the more I look at it, I'd say probably not. http://www.checkertaxistand.com/albums/alb...rt_P1.sized.jpg JWK _______________________________________ Seein' as how the photo was (supposedly) taken in Communist Cuba, it might be a Russian car... --Thomas _______________________________________ I thought that was taken in Mexico City, Mexico, at the Cuban Embassy? JWK ________________________________ Damn, JW, you're right. I can't believe I did that. Not enough Jameson (Irish whiskey), I suppose... --Thomas (Mahon) Graves P.S. Since it was (supposedly) taken in Mexico outside the Embassy of a Communist country, it must be a U.S. car, right? (Just kidding.) ________________________________ Edited April 8, 2007 by Thomas Graves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 JWK, Could that dark colored vehicle be a 1961 Falcon? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Knight Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) The car with the single headlights, as opposed to the dual headlights per side, appears to be a '60-'62 Ford Falcon; while the other does appear to be a '62 Chevrolet full-size. 61 Ford Falcon picture 62 Impala picture In the matter of Ford Hardtops...referring, of course to the full-size Galaxies and similar...there was the '63, with a concave-shaped grille, and the '64, released in the fall of '64 with a similar look but a grille that was more flat and had vertical bars. And then there were the hardtops themselves. There was the early '63 hardtop, and the '64 hardtop...and a midyear 1963 variation with a different contour than the first '63 hardtop design, known to us "motorheads" as the '63-1/2. A most desirable configuration for a collector would be a '63-1/2 Galaxie 500 XL hardtop equipped with the 406 cubic inch engine [FE-series engine] with three two-barrel carburetion, conservatively rated at 405 hp, with a 4-speed manual transmission. I'll try to find and post some pics of the different rooflines. 63 Ford Hardtop picture 63-1/2 Ford Hardtop picture 64 Ford Hardtop picture Edited April 8, 2007 by Mark Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks guys, I was actually looking for a Renault that I have a make on. It's a shame we can't get a license plate number from the photos. I didn't realize there were so many photos of the mystery man. The background was cut out by the CIA in the photos released early on, making me wonder if there isn't a photo with some additional and possibly significant background information. BTW, at one time I owned a '57 Chevy and a '65 Mustange convertable at the same time. Currently driving a '76 Mercury Monarch. Info on cars, like planes, leave a paper trail of evidentary value. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernice Moore Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Hi Bill: Here are a few that may be of interest to you... If this all works.. B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernice Moore Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Nope they did not all take... Another go with a few more.. B.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. William King Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 That other picture is a toughie, Bernice. It's not the same vehicle. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be a 1962 Dodge Dart/Phoenix/Polara judging by the headlight/hood location. Not sure however. In fact, the more I look at it, I'd say probably not. http://www.checkertaxistand.com/albums/alb...rt_P1.sized.jpg JWK _______________________________________ Seein' as how the photo was (supposedly) taken in Communist Cuba, it might be a Russian car... --Thomas _______________________________________ I thought that was taken in Mexico City, Mexico, at the Cuban Embassy? JWK ________________________________ Damn, JW, you're right. I can't believe I did that. Not enough Jameson (Irish whiskey), I suppose... --Thomas (Mahon) Graves P.S. Since it was (supposedly) taken in Mexico outside the Embassy of a Communist country, it must be a U.S. car, right? (Just kidding.) ________________________________ Don't be embarassed, Thomas. I had a whole paragraph written up about "what is a 1962 Chevy doing in Cuba when they stopped importing US cars in 1959" before I caught myself and deleted it...lol! I don't know if that car is a Falcon or not. My very first car was a 1961 Falcon wagon. It looked like the headlights were set inward quite a bit, which is why I was guessing it was a '62 Dodge. JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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