# What's the most interesting car you saw today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889 "2014-05-21T02:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 147
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2925 "2019-09-21T19:45:10Z")
Not a biggie, but a Pontiac Solstice. They’re at least 10 years old but they styling is very current and I always liked the look. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2926 "2019-09-21T21:55:20Z")
A Jeep CJ10. We were at a car auction, and in the back of the parking lot was an old pickup truck with a trailer. Kind of a standard mid-80s pickup, until we noticed that the badge read CJ10, not the F150 we expected. Sure enough, the tailgate read “JEEP”. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2927 "2019-09-22T00:52:39Z")
Yesterday I saw one of those late eighties SS Monte Carlos. Most of the ones I’ve seen were sort of a “maroon metallic” color as was this one. It looked showroom new. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2928 "2019-09-22T03:08:23Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > See any hood ornaments? How many doors? There was a hood ornament that pointed outward, kind of like a curved isosceles right triangle with the longer leg on top, and with a couple of stacked rings on the portion of the ornament directly attached to the hood. As I recall, the car was a two-door model. Today, I saw a gold-colored mid-1930’s Ford coupe, customized but not quite to the point of being a hot rod. The car had been lowered, and the wheels stuck out farther than they would have when the vehicle rolled off the assembly line. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2929 "2019-09-22T23:53:18Z")
An early 60’s M-B 190, super cute. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2930 "2019-09-24T01:47:23Z")
I visited the National Corvette Museum today. Sure, there were many great-looking 'vettes (including my favorite, the '67), but the most interesting model for me was the first fiberglass-bodied car, the [1946 Stout Y46](https://photos.app.goo.gl/uNnkLYd2h15Uo9Fg9). ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2931 "2019-09-24T15:33:23Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > There was a hood ornament that pointed outward, kind of like a curved isosceles right triangle with the longer leg on top, and with a couple of stacked rings on the portion of the ornament directly attached to the hood. As I recall, the car was a two-door model. > > Today, I saw a gold-colored mid-1930’s Ford coupe, customized but not quite to the point of being a hot rod. The car had been lowered, and the wheels stuck out farther than they would have when the vehicle rolled off the assembly line. Maybe this? [1936 Nash](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj9q7724-nkAhUy1lkKHbyXDnIQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fcarphotosbyrichard%2F4007684487&psig=AOvVaw0dk7TLsbg4tMI-DbWo64_W&ust=1569425541004748) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2932 "2019-09-24T15:57:08Z")
A 1959 Nash Rambler; sitting in _high_ grass. ☹ The woman (early 30’s?) we were talking to remember being in it in parades as a kid. When her dad died about seven years ago it was willed to her brother. It was going to be a project car for him to fix up. Sadly, it’s been sitting on the side of the road on mom’s property ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2933 "2019-09-24T16:12:00Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > A 1959 Nash Rambler; sitting in _high_ grass. ☹ > > The woman (early 30’s?) we were talking to remember being in it in parades as a kid. When her dad died about seven years ago it was willed to her brother. It was going to be a project car for him to fix up. Sadly, it’s been sitting on the side of the road on mom’s property ever since. I think that tall grass will retain moisture and hold it against the body and undersides. Can’t be good. Yesterday I saw a nice Datsun 280ZX, and the day before I spotted a clean and nice Datsun 240Z. Those old Zs are gorgeous cars. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2934 "2019-09-25T15:04:10Z")
Was stuck behind a [2nd gen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Sentra#B12_(1985%E2%80%931990)) Nissan Sentra yesterday for a long while. Not so special of a car except it was in primo condition. Based on the driver’s way of “taking it easy”, I could see how it stayed in such shape for this long. Plus I have a special thing for late 80s boxes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2935 "2019-09-25T15:52:55Z")
Headed the other way on the freeway yesterday evening, a [light blue](https://ccmarketplace.azureedge.net/cc-temp/listing/113/2461/13084219-1968-volkswagen-karmann-ghia-srcset-retina-xxl.jpg) Karmann Ghia. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2936 "2019-09-25T16:15:11Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Was stuck behind a [2nd gen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Sentra#B12_(1985%E2%80%931990)) Nissan Sentra yesterday for a long while. Not so special of a car except it was in primo condition. That is _exactly_ the sort of car I find the most interesting. I mean it’s not that uncommon for people to preserve or restore old muscle cars, sports cars, or cars that were otherwise considered “cool” when they were new. But almost _no one_ does that with a 30 year old economy car\*. So when I see one I always wonder how that one survived when most of them got used up and sent to the junkyard ages ago. Did it belong to a stereotypical “little old lady” who only drove it to church and the grocery store? \*I mean in California where cars never rust you often see 30 year old Corollas on the road, but they’re old beaters, not cars that people carefully preserved. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2937 "2019-09-25T16:23:01Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Was stuck behind a [2nd gen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Sentra#B12_(1985%E2%80%931990)) Nissan Sentra yesterday for a long while. Every time I hear ‘Nissan Sentra’, I think of the commercial. [♫ _New Nissan Sentra! You need this car!_ ♫](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkD0TKS6_YE&t=0m29s) . ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2938 "2019-09-25T16:40:25Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > That is _exactly_ the sort of car I find the most interesting. I mean it’s not that uncommon for people to preserve or restore old muscle cars, sports cars, or cars that were otherwise considered “cool” when they were new. But almost _no one_ does that with a 30 year old economy car\*. So when I see one I always wonder how that one survived when most of them got used up and sent to the junkyard ages ago. Did it belong to a stereotypical “little old lady” who only drove it to church and the grocery store? Yes, it was a LOL (in the old sense) and was presumably only driven for the basics. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2939 "2019-09-25T18:28:54Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Maybe this? [1936 Nash](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj9q7724-nkAhUy1lkKHbyXDnIQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fcarphotosbyrichard%2F4007684487&psig=AOvVaw0dk7TLsbg4tMI-DbWo64_W&ust=1569425541004748) Could have been a Nash, but not that model – as I said in my earlier post, the back was squared-off as in a station wagon. [This 1937 Nash Lafayette](http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/nash/14419-1937-nash-lafayette-400-sedan.html) is close, down to the color, but not quite a match. Also, this [hood ornament](https://www.icollector.com/1937-Nash-LaFayette-Hood-Ornament_i32254077) is similar to, but more aerodynamic than, the one I saw. Since I’m in Lafayette, though, it would be cool for someone in the city to own a car that shares the name! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2940 "2019-09-25T19:18:29Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Yes, it was a LOL (in the old sense) and was presumably only driven for the basics. She wasn’t so old when that car was new. Saw a Bentley Bentayga SUV parallel parked on the street. You’d think they’d spring for a garage. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2941 "2019-09-27T00:04:47Z")
Spotted in a car lot in White Sulfur Springs VA: a [1920’s Ford delivery truck](https://photos.app.goo.gl/7aDcK1sAwz4CZGay8) with a “1982 First Prize Winner” badge from the Antique Auto Club of America. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2942 "2019-09-27T00:14:35Z")
In traffic I spotted a Lincoln Mark IV (early 70’s), what an inelegant beast. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2943 "2019-09-27T00:18:00Z")
Caught a brief glimpse of what appeared to be an 80s-9os Corvette that somebody shortened or maybe cut down a Corvette body and installed on some kind of smaller chassis. It was being driven on the road but was missing doors. I’m guessing cutting down Corvette doors turned into a bigger challenge. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/2944 "2019-09-27T02:34:58Z")
On the way home from work today I saw a white Triumph TR3, one of the later [“TR3A” or “B”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_TR3#TR3A) models with the full width grille. Immediately behind it was a red Triumph TR6. Both were waiting at a red light. I assume the drivers must have been out cruising around together; I can’t imagine the chances of two classic Triumph roadsters just randomly being one behind the other being very high. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=148)