Guest danajohnson Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Not sure what this is. Any help? Think it's a panhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLong Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Is it an un-sanforized '50's Packard that got caught in the rain and shrunk?? Just kidding, No idea what it is.Greg L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Forget the Panhard....is the turquoise Plymouth station wagon for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Looks like a Beluga whale but, yes, it is a Panhard Dyna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Early fifties Panhard. They were quite an interesting car. Only an 850cc opposed twin engine but they would go over 80 MPH with 4 people aboard and get 50 MPG. Very aerodynamic for the time, and built light with a lot of aluminum in the body. They were not a cheap car when new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadetree77 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Looks like a bumper car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danajohnson Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 All these were in a fenced lot with no one around. I may have to go back and check on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Forget the Panhard....is the turquoise Plymouth station wagon for sale?Dang Keiser that was the first question that came to mind when I looked at the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Not sure what this is. Any help? Think it's a panhardConsidering that the emblem on the hood says "Panhard"... I'm going with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 (edited) There was a sports version using the Panhard set up, the Deutsch bonnet, A.K.A. DB Panhard. Having an air cooled 2 cylinder 4 speed front drive and with covered-headlight (similar to the E Type Jaguar's) fastback coupe styling of its fiberglass body, it did very well at Sebring in about '59, winning its class. Edited November 8, 2013 by Dave Henderson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Panhard specials and sports cars did very well at LeMans too, winning the Index of Performance several times. The index was a method of handicapping the race by engine size. Basically something for the French cars to win while the Brits, Germans and Italians fought it out for first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Rusty has identified it correctly -- several of these were also owned by members of the Citroen Car Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The green sedan in front of the station wagon is a Kaiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Early fifties Panhard. They were quite an interesting car. Only an 850cc opposed twin engine but they would go over 80 MPH with 4 people aboard and get 50 MPG. Very aerodynamic for the time, and built light with a lot of aluminum in the body. They were not a cheap car when new. I'd be very leery driving or riding in something that looks like a bumper car at any speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 DJ, and you think you are safe on the highways in your 56 Ford?Try to keep within the OP's question, Keith or a Moderator will haul it away with a Thread Wrecker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 DJ, and you think you are safe on the highways in your 56 Ford?I think so. I grew up driving cars equipped like it. With all the years of driving experience I have, I feel I could be safer with it than many people who drive today's safest cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 or if the sky falls, or if the Zombie Apocalypse takes place, or if a giant sink hole opens up, or if you're struck by pieces of the satellite, or............what a silly pissing match this is. Stop it or I'll send yo to your room..........and no crayons for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Amen, John! I was out in my 1912 Buick today and never gave a moment's thought to my master cylinder! And, at the event I attended, there was a single-cylinder 1958 (I think) Isetta, and he didn't seemed unduly worried, either.Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yup. Greater risk, for sure. How much greater? I dunno. I used to fly soaring gliders, as much as 500 kilometers. Risk? Yup. I still ski a little, despite being 77, having a polio leg, an artificial hip, and vision in only one eye. Risk? Yup.My son is doing business in Russia. He was nervous about Russian airlines, that seem to have 10 times as many deaths per passenger mile as ours. I pointed out that, on the trip around the world in 1959 on which I met his mother, I flew on top-of-the-line American, British, Japanese and Australian airlines that had way more than 10 times the deaths per passenger mile as our present airlines. The sky wasn't exactly raining big hunks of aluminum. People flew all the time in 1959. Most of them got where they were going. He felt better.Life has risk. Eventually, we all lose the battle. We can curl up at home in the fetal position, and hope a meteor doesn't land on our house; we're going to die anyway. I prefer to drive an old car, and be careful. Most of us who drive them feel the same way.By the way, I'm a retired life insurance actuary. I made my living understanding risk. I'm not blind (except in one eye!), I do care, and I don't make light of risk.My3buicks, I see that you have a 1967 Special deluxe hardtop. Do you drive it, other than on and off the show field? How many air bags does it have? Does it meet the latest Insurance Institute side collision safety standards? Does it have four-wheel computer-assisted disk brakes? Federally-approved crumple zones? Good grief, man, aren't you TERRIFIED?Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 WOW.....from a "What is it?" to a safety lesson. These threads do come with a twist sometimes! A perfect example of "you never know what you'll come across"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I dunno Keith, maybe cars aren't your thing. Perhaps something safe like stamp collecting might be a more suitable pastime for the safety conscious collector, though the threat of a nasty paper cut is a genuine possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Oh Good Grief, Keith. Don't get your panties in a wad. I'm just poking fun. Unfortunately, for you, sarcasm doesn't type out well on screen. Do you seriously believe that a 50 year motorcyclist (got the first one in 1963), that currently rides a 1100 pound, 385 horse bike, is not safety conscious? Dangers are everywhere. I fought in a war, crashed bikes and cars, fell off of ladders, worked on high steel construction jobs and have been married to the same woman for 44 years. I am aware of danger, but I will not allow it to control my life. I take all prudent and necessary precautions and, so far, I'm still here with most of my systems still functional. Yes, I'd hate to be in a wreck in a Panhard Dyna. I'd also hate to be in a wreck in my Dodge Dually or any of your cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danajohnson Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd like to know "what" prudent and necessary precautions are needed to stay married for 44 yrs.This thread went totally sideways on me.I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd like to know "what" prudent and necessary precautions are needed to stay married for 44 yrs.This thread went totally sideways on me.I love it.Two simple words... Yes Dear. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Well said Dandy Dave, well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd like to know "what" prudent and necessary precautions are needed to stay married for 44 yrs.This thread went totally sideways on me.I love it.Dana,I feel compelled to apologize to you for posting an interesting query. Never heard of a Panhard. Found it interesting. Thank you to Dave Hendrson, Rusty O'Toole, and, Marty Roth for some factual input. Sincerely hope you harvested some intelligent input from them. Not all threads on the AACA Forum turn out this way so please keep posting when you find interesting subjects like the Pandhard. As for the digression of the thread? Well, rude participants that totally hijacked your thread with comedy from the start, the first post referred to the vehicle off in the distance, lack of the hijackers knowledge that all they have to do to start a new thread concerning "safety driving old vehicles" by clicking on "New Thread", etc. I have been following it from the beginning and this is a sorry situation at best in my opinion. Again, as a member of the AACA I personally apologize. With that on the "Home Page" click on "Library" and follow the prompts to see what literature the extensive AACA Library retains.Sorry for my rant however I agree this turned into a bazaar thread.Peter J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I apologize, too if I was one of the contributors to this thread going off track. I figured that since I said, "Panhard" in my post, I at least verified that the car in question was a Panhard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Can a shirt get stuffed any tighter??? If you go back to post #4, you might note that it was this rude comedian who first identified the car as a Panhard Dyna. Again, this might be why young people don't want to get involved with the old car hobby when each membership card comes with a long stick to insert......................well, you know.Lighten up, it's just old cars, not international diplomacy, besides, I have seen no complaints from the OP. He got a number of very clear and concise answers regarding the Panhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 No doubt that this post/thread went way off track and that was a shame. I have no problems taking a little heat as I probably could have worded my interest in the vehicle off in the distance (as mentioned and pointed out) a bit differently by not referring to anothers earlier observation and stating that although I had no knowledge of the Panhard specifically although I was/would be interested in additional info on the vehicle off in the distance. The topic of this thread "You never know what you'll come across" piqued my interest as numerous other posts/threads on the many unique/obscure vehicles that get posted here and have followed many and learn a lot, this is not the first time that someone had stated an interest in another vehicle appearing in a posted photo. In my case my personal interest and affection for the vehicle in the distance got the better of me this time. Scott... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danajohnson Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Please, no apologies from anyone. This thread became very much more interesting than just figuring out what kind of auto we had seen. The humor was very much appreciated and please feel free to air your puns. It is fun to communicate with others in there own special way. That is why we are here.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I actually did some reading about this model and found it very interesting. I was only casually familiar with the cars they made in the early part of the 1900's to about the 30's. I didn't know they even made autos after that. They made some very impressive machines.I might even consider driving or riding in one despite it looking like a bumper car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danajohnson Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Or if someone really feels the need to make amends, please send much needed parts for my Chrysler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I have ridden in a Panhard Dyna. I used to know two brothers who collected all sorts of oddball stuff. Powells, Kaisers, Skodas, Panhards, etc. If it was weird, they had one or knew where one was. I remember that it scooted along pretty well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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