Photo Friday: Somewhere in New Mexico

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/12/2014 at 10:34 • Filed to: photo friday

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Comes complete with fuzzy dice. Can anybody ID this car?

Nibbles > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 10:36

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It's not a Yaris.

Dubblewhopper > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 10:37

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I was going to say the Muff Diver from Up in Smoke, but Cheech was driving a Chevy.

ttyymmnn > Nibbles 09/12/2014 at 10:42

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Well, that rules out that guess. Thanks. Narrowing it down.

ACESandEIGHTS > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 10:43

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Plymouth Fury?

Good car for New Mexico.

ttyymmnn > ACESandEIGHTS 09/12/2014 at 10:44

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Plymouth was my guess, but there aren't enough letters across the back (only 6) to spell Plymouth . Unless one fell off.

JR1 > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 10:45

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It's a 1959 Pontiac Laurentein

ttyymmnn > JR1 09/12/2014 at 10:49

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So it is! Thank you.

Ed, for the old good times > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 10:49

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59 Pontiac Catalina.

ttyymmnn > Ed, for the old good times 09/12/2014 at 10:55

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Somebody else ID'd it as a '59 Laurentian. Is that the Canadian model name for the Catalina?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 10:56

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59 Pontiac Catalina

Enhancing

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/12/2014 at 10:57

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Sure enough. I needed more enhancement. Somebody else ID'd it as a Laurentian. Is that the Canadian version of the Catalina?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 11:00

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In Canada and Australia.

This is definitely a Catalina though, you can see the start of the C on the right fin.

I actually was able to "enhance" the PONTIAC across the back some, the Catalina was too far lost in the image.

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/12/2014 at 11:08

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This was taken two years ago with my old 18-270mm lens. If I had shot it with my newer telezoom, you could have seen the individual rust holes. I can go back to the original full size shot and see what there is to see. It was easier to ask the experts, though!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn 09/12/2014 at 11:12

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Nah I saw plenty with my "enhance"

I was guessing Pontiac as soon as I saw it, just had to clarify a year. 59 is a weird year to identify across all the American brands. It's halfway bubble top/fins and halfway straight edged early 60s styles.

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 09/12/2014 at 11:15

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I wasn't suggestion that you needed any more info, but that I might have looked more closely myself. As I said, it's just easier to save time and ask the experts.

Dsscats > ttyymmnn 09/13/2014 at 21:02

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Hey, my bro is in Albq!

ttyymmnn > Dsscats 09/13/2014 at 21:25

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This was taken somewhere between the TX border and Carlsbad on US 285. I just don't remember exactly where. Drove through Albuquerque on the same trip. Nice place. Didn't stop, though.

Dsscats > ttyymmnn 09/13/2014 at 21:31

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Ill let you in on a secret:

*whispers* It's not a nice place...