Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Any idea what this might be?  I was thinking late 1960s, early 1970s and definitely American.  Maybe a Pontiac GTO?  It's a bit Ford Fairlane but not quite.  Other than that, I'm (even more) clueless than normal.  If you know, please feel free to enlighten me and other readers. UPDATE: Thanks to Alan, from the Custom, Street and Muscle Tasmania FB page, it's been identified as a '66 - 67 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT  hardtop .  That's quite a name and a very interesting read via Wikipedia  ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Comet )!    U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) An iPhone image.

Peripatetic sometime UMPH international correspondent Mr McBeard spotted this lovely German registered MGA in a French car park.  As he says, "Three nations in one day."  Das ist gut, ja? U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) Photos supplied.

RS2000 Escorts are well-loved by Aussie performance-Ford lovers.  However, it's not well known that our own home-grown editions, whilst strongly resembling their British namesakes, have a number of fairly significant differences.   Externally, there's almost nothing in it .  The Pommie RS2000 s - like the one recently photographed in Manchester, England, by David Mathewson - feature simple flat-faced black exterior rear view mirrors whereas ours are fitted with the ubiquitous FoMoCo aero style versions, colour-coded to match the car.   The signature 'snoot' noses are common to the UK and Aussie RS , as are the sporty interiors with a sports steering wheel, centre console and heavily-bolstered  Scheel front seats.  Both have the same black rubber rear spoiler, too.  Our cars come equipped with Volante  alloy wheels, unlike those fitted to the British version, as shown above.  The staggered RS2000 sticker is the...