# 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:** 300
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5987 "2024-01-13T18:46:53Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > … and, I saw another Lucid Air tonigh I saw one a few days ago. At night they have a very interesting headlight pattern. Too bad they only sold 6001 of them last year. I hope Lucid survives. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5988 "2024-01-14T09:46:41Z")
A white Maserati GT. [[Album] Maserati GT ![](https://i.imgur.com/KqpBS39.jpeg?fb "Maserati GT") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/jypob7P) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5989 "2024-01-14T16:36:55Z")
Anyone know what this is? I’m guessing the year is approx 1963. [![](https://i.imgur.com/XXpmP4y.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XXpmP4y.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5990 "2024-01-14T18:40:08Z")
['59 F100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1959_Ford_F-100_Panel_Van.jpg?useskin=vector)? With a new radiator. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5991 "2024-01-14T18:51:01Z")
I was watching the Mecum auto auction in Florida and they were showing a 1959 Cadillac ElDorado/Chevy Nomad wagon that has to be the coolest car I’ve ever seen. They said the owner commissioned it, then died before it came to fruition. The engine was $100k on it’s own. I don’t think it sold, but I didn’t follow up. I’m not sure if this link works: > **[1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Custom Station Wagon at Indy 2023 as S168 -...](https://www.mecum.com/lots/554505/1968-shelby-gt500kr-convertible/)** > > 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Custom Station Wagon crossing the auction block at Indy 2023 as S168. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5992 "2024-01-14T19:09:25Z")
With only 6 miles on the odometer? Also, to this day, I associate Nomads with Home Improvement. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HW3Mo-UO3BY/hqdefault.jpg "Home Improvement S 4-2 Tim's crane fail") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3Mo-UO3BY) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5993 "2024-01-14T21:43:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > ['59 F100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1959_Ford_F-100_Panel_Van.jpg?useskin=vector)? With a new radiator. Maybe 1958? It’s a 3rd-gen Ford F-100 Panel truck. Someone on imgur said it’s a 1958. So maybe either 1958 or 1959. The 3rd generation trucks were produced from 1957 until 1960. Per wiki, 3rd generation trucks were built in Argentina from 1959 to 1961 as the F-100 and F-600. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5994 "2024-01-15T00:46:59Z")
It’s just what a google image search came back with, it could very well be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5995 "2024-01-16T23:20:31Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > [1959 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Custom Station Wagon for sale at Indy 2023 as S168 - Mecum Auctions](https://www.mecum.com/lots/554505/1968-shelby-gt500kr-convertible/) _The paint alone was $300,000,_ how is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5996 "2024-01-17T01:47:30Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > how is that possible? Big car with custom paint. The builder of this said the paint cost $200,000 Australian dollars: > **[Celebration Of Life - Mario Colalillo’s 1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville WILD CAD...](https://www.throttlextreme.com/celebration-life-mario-colalillos-1959-cadillac-coupe-de-ville-wild-cad/)** > > The custom car community was in shock recently with the news of the sudden passing of prolific hot rodder and custom car ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5997 "2024-01-17T17:27:31Z")
Someone posted about the Shelby American Museum in Boulder, CO, a couple weeks ago, so my brother and I took a trip up last Saturday. The first Shelby GT40 to win a race: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/WSvRdbO.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/WSvRdbO) One of the many Cobras: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/6QH8NHW.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/6QH8NHW) GT40 in British Racing Green: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/o3S8D1k.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/o3S8D1k) A knockoff Daytona Coupe, built by Brit John Willment, after Shelby refused to build him one: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/zke73se.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/zke73se) Shiny new blue Ford GT: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4krpYDG.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/4krpYDG) The 3D-printed titanium exhaust of the Ford GT LM (AFAICT, one of only twenty built): [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/7gHmy9Z.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/7gHmy9Z) Shelby’s Ford Falcon car for picking up parts and such - with a small block 289: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/nZouCDH.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/nZouCDH) Last but not least - the Ken Miles Ford GT, 1 of 1, complete with appropriate license plate: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/jzKutLW.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/jzKutLW) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5998 "2024-01-17T20:26:48Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > GT40 in British Racing Green: No number. I wonder if it’s this one, apparently last registered in California: > **[VIN: the Peter Sutcliffe / Ed Nelson / Malcolm Guthrie Ford GT40 chassis...](https://supercarnostalgia.com/blog/ford-gt40-chassis-1009)** > > Ford - Ford GT40 Mk1 - Ford VINs - GT40 Mk1 VINs - Peter Sutcliffe - Ed Nelson - Malcolm Guthrie - Brian Wingfield ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/5999 "2024-01-17T21:26:52Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Shelby’s Ford Falcon car for picking up parts and such - with a small block 289: I can’t remember if it was Shelby American Collection or a different museum that had a panel van with a Ferrari engine, painted Ferrari red, that was used as a parts hauler. It was either a jab at Ferrari “we got a Ferrari engine, but just stuck it in an old van,” if it was a brag by Ferrari “the parts van was too slow, so we put a new engine in it,” or if it’s some malformed memory that I’m inventing or conflating. I didn’t take a picture of it, because who wants a picture of an old red van, but now it’s the only specific vehicle I remember from several car museums (even if it doesn’t exist). ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6000 "2024-01-17T21:42:34Z")
I didn’t see any Ferrari-looking vans. That’s not saying there weren’t any. I feel like the Petersen is definitely a must-see when I’m back in the LA area this year. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6001 "2024-01-17T21:48:40Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I feel like the Petersen is definitely a must-see when I’m back in the LA area this year. Here’s a view inside from 2001: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E5X7i4-c-34/hqdefault.jpg "Bob Lutz, Cars of the Stars") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5X7i4-c-34&t=1126) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6002 "2024-01-18T06:22:05Z")
A 2024 OBW: Outback Wilderness, Subaru. This one has larger 29.5” tires to replace the stock 28.5” Yokohama Geolandars. The BFG KO2 tires are a very strong tire out on the trail. [![](https://i.imgur.com/la7x83l.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/la7x83l.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/YnXVG1P.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YnXVG1P.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/TT6QIQb.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TT6QIQb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6003 "2024-01-18T08:01:03Z")
I really enjoy the pics I see here. Thanks to all. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6004 "2024-01-18T12:54:35Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A 2024 OBW: Outback Wilderness, Subaru. I’ll have to pay more attention to the models, but I swear I’ve seen those Subarus all over the place lately. Almost always in that exact forest/matte green. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6005 "2024-01-18T13:12:06Z")
No pics, but in the past week or so I’ve seen nearly all representatives of the Saturn lineup; SL, SW, SC, L-series, Vue, Ion, Relay, Aura, and Outlook. I’ve missed the Sky and the Astra, and the EV1 (for obvious reasons). ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6006 "2024-01-18T15:14:15Z")
No pics, but I’ve seen two Olds Aleros in the last week. Per wiki, the Oldsmobile Alero was manufactured from 1998 to 2004. It was Oldsmobile‘s last new model, and one was also the very last Oldsmobile ever built. Update: hey, this is the 6,000th post in this thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=301)