# 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:** 329
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6567 "2024-07-19T21:42:04Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A 3rd generation (1964-68) Ford Galaxie 500 with a 352 V8 for sale. I also saw a 1971 Chevy El Camino SS for sale, it was in much better shape but no photo. the traditional inauguration vehicle in Chile, brought into the country (and gifted) by Queen Elizabeth II during an official visit in the 60ies … [![](https://www.rockandpop.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ford-galaxie-vehiculo-presidencial-gabriel-boric-2.jpg) ](https://www.rockandpop.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ford-galaxie-vehiculo-presidencial-gabriel-boric-2.jpg) … still used today … [![](https://media.biobiochile.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/primera-mujer-en-conducir-el-ford-galaxie-presidencial.jpg) ](https://media.biobiochile.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/primera-mujer-en-conducir-el-ford-galaxie-presidencial.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6568 "2024-07-19T22:08:07Z")
Steyr Puch Pinzgauer … quite often in 6x6 version [![](https://4x4i.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marfsixother.jpg) ](https://4x4i.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marfsixother.jpg) lots of those in the Austrian Army (along with the mil. version of the Merc G) which also goes by the name of Puch G [![](https://static1.topspeedimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/3y4mwnyw-5maidafjey-edit.jpg) ](https://static1.topspeedimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/3y4mwnyw-5maidafjey-edit.jpg) all highly capable off-road vehicles with standard diff locks on all ends ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6569 "2024-07-19T23:12:23Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > the traditional inauguration vehicle in Chile Now, that is not information I expected to learn in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6570 "2024-07-19T23:30:11Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > There are also a few thousand Shelby Cobra replicas around > > That was my first thought. If you see one out on the road, it’s more likely to be a replica than an original. It could be a Factory Five Roadster, “the world’s best-selling, best-engineered, and best-performing replica of all time,” according to the factory. > **[Mk4 - Factory Five Racing](https://www.factoryfive.com/roadster/mk4/)** > > Overview The Factory Five Mk4 Roadster is the world’s best-selling, best-engineered, and best-performing replica of all time. There is no… I didn’t see anything in the pix above that ruled out a Factory Five, and I couldn’t find the respective numbers made (on vacation in Jasper, AB, with a weak internet connection), but statistically speaking, one is more likely to see a replica on the road than a genuine Cobra. I’ve driven a FF Roadster on track. They’re great fun. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6571 "2024-07-20T02:57:12Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A 3rd generation (1964-68) Ford Galaxie 500 with a 352 V8 for sale. My dad bought a new [1966 Ford Galaxie 500 with the 7-litre engine](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c27a9b83c17d7a26ccfcc5/1626965515547-EM0ZUJZW284NU7NWYIKQ/000292+1966+Ford+Galaxie+500.jpg) and the police package. His was a Navy blue hardtop. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6572 "2024-07-20T03:18:21Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I went to the car show at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank tonight… I finally got around to copying the pictures off of my memory card, so here are a few pictures from Car Night at Bob’s Big Boy from two weeks ago: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53867315177_76757eb49f_b.jpg "GAZ 24 Volga") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53867315177/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868220676_7d1777f531_b.jpg "GAZ 24 Volga") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868220676/) GAZ 24 Volga. I’m not sure what’s under the hood, but I’m sure it’s not the same engine the Soviets put there. And it appeared to have an automatic transmission, with the shift quadrant in Roman letters (So no “Put it in H!”). [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868634015_636bd20752_b.jpg "1st gen Accord") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868634015/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868572824_a2e5e6b4ba_b.jpg "1st gen Accord") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868572824/) First Generation Accord, in pretty much showroom condition. Sure, you see muscle cars at pretty much every car show, but how often do you see one of these? [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868583999_69df90716f_b.jpg "IMG\_2019") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868583999/) Autozam AZ1, a Japanese kei car. The kei car standards have very strict size limits. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53867327007_41c3f46012_b.jpg "IMG\_2022") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53867327007/) Model A [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868479093_f12027b902_b.jpg "IMG\_2023") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868479093/) Trans Am [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868645560_4041417b49_b.jpg "IMG\_2028") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868645560/) Ford Cortina GT. A British Ford, and the only car there I couldn’t immediately identify. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53868480373_b66437e3c1_b.jpg "IMG\_2035") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53868480373/) Low riders There were plenty more cars, but I picked these to illustrate just the sheer _variety_ you see there. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6573 "2024-07-20T05:00:45Z")
That’s a brand new license plate on that Accord (based on the number sequence, about 8 months old), so it’s likely either recently imported from another state or country, or newly registered if it is a California car. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6574 "2024-07-20T15:22:43Z")
I was back in Bandon yesterday and I spotted a few gems amongst all the generic late-model SUV’s and male penis enhancing and/or replacing pickups: 1964 Mercury Comet: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/csdinlh.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/snxna0o) Early 80’s Vanagon: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/saCvKZQ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/YtCST5s) First gen Dodge Viper: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/tRVgAUd.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Exoff9o) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6575 "2024-07-20T15:44:17Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > > > There are also a few thousand Shelby Cobra replicas around > > > > That was my first thought. If you see one out on the road, it’s more likely to be a replica than an original. > > It could be a Factory Five Roadster, “the world’s best-selling, best-engineered, and best-performing replica of all time,” according to the factory. I don’t know if this changes anything, but the state lists that plate as belonging to a 1965 Ford. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6576 "2024-07-20T17:59:30Z")
love the white Kübelwagen in the pics … A friend of mine had one, and one of my most cherished memories is the car catching fire mid-drive (somewhere around the battery which was under the rear seats) … and my friend asked me (=co-pilot) to _ **hold the wheel** _ for a second while putting the fire out with his hat. Yep, we never stopped for the fire … and according to my memories, he mentioned that this was not the first time its on fire … He was an extremely funny guy and got what I called a “Gestapo Leather Great Coat” and a bomber-fur-cap and drove around in it. Lots of great contacts with that car driving around like that, 90+% positive and it was a huge chick-magnet … 😉 must have been early 90ies, when those entered the civil market after being put out of service by the army. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6577 "2024-07-20T22:05:59Z")
Our Porsche 356 group met for a breakfast in Danville this morning. Some 911s came too. First, my 356. It’s a 1963. [![](https://i.imgur.com/6cNtFNY.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/6cNtFNY.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/kkPdytN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kkPdytN.jpeg) It is ivory with green interior, a cabriolet. It runs great, surprisingly so for a 60 year old car. It’s amazing how reliable it is. I’d drive it across the country to New York City in a heartbeat. [![](https://i.imgur.com/PyxZITj.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/PyxZITj.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZJ0TKEi.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZJ0TKEi.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/05s0n9g.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/05s0n9g.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/0cYHowx.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/0cYHowx.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/dlHzKT7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/dlHzKT7.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/E1k3okB.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/E1k3okB.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/v5MD6wy.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/v5MD6wy.jpeg) The Porsche 911T, T for Touring, was launched for the 1968 model year. It replaced the 912, which was the 911 but with the flat-4 engine from the 356 instead of the typical flat-6 engines in the 911. The 911T was produced through 1973. In its later years it would be fitted with a flat-6. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6578 "2024-07-21T00:34:37Z")
Then it’s the real thing. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6579 "2024-07-21T20:37:38Z")
Second generation Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/sJlAb5g.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/fuOjxmy) I had a 1984 4WD wagon for the better part of a decade. Mine was in much better shape than this rust bucket – or was until I gave it to my brother. Mine was the SR5 with a 5 speed manual that had a granny low gear that only was available when the 4WD was engaged; that granny gear was something like an 18-1 ratio. _Very_ nice in the snow. My kids were raised riding around in this car. It got ~35mpg, which was great when I was poor and had little mouths at home to feed. This one was parked in the lot of a local restaurant and I was walking in with a friend when I spotted it. Since we had a table waiting for us I didn’t get a better look at the car than this. I was curious what transmission it had. It was gone by the time we left. It had an Oregon Trail license plate, which was cool. Those are a rare sight these days. Another car in the long list of ones I’ve owned that I kind of wish I still had. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6580 "2024-07-22T01:36:29Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOHdhmmbCiS9iYZsPwc1aVDRrNDqMy8-8PYLrB2W8sHsFGTqqFBPif-RO4dm34jGrs7k4YmWbNTcH_MJyCRaQNBhrUZw9fehw7q-qdYvcSSgYd7zDIn=w600-h315-p-k "New item by James Hyder") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/QnhBiDMt8eau2RkaA) Pickup covered in astroturf, I think for a landscaping company. Near Banff in the Canadian Rockies. (Sorry it’s blurry. My wife had to grab the shot quickly and her camera focused on the dashboard. So it’s also a seriously cropped and blown up edit.) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6581 "2024-07-22T01:51:38Z")
When I was a kid, there was a guy around the corner from our house that had some small sports car that was _fuzzy_. It was covered in some type of red flocking, and it looked really keen-o. For maybe 6 months, and then it started to look really shabby, as it started to get alopecia. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6582 "2024-07-22T13:12:23Z")
an old Hackney cab, unlike the one in this [photo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_carriage#/media/File:1937BeardmoreTaxi.jpg) it was rusting & both left side tires were flat. IOW, badly in need of restoration but curiously up front & quite visible while driving past a small used car lot. I doubled back around to see it but only because I had never seen one IRL before but I did have a Dinky(?) version of one as a youngster ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6583 "2024-07-22T21:21:17Z")
Today I saw my first Tesla Cybertruck in the wild, as it was driving toward Birch Bay. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6584 "2024-07-22T21:26:13Z")
I saw one again today. It’s almost a daily occurrence. I’m tired of barfing in my mouth on almost a daily occurrence. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6585 "2024-07-22T21:26:43Z")
Oh and what’d you think about it? I know people who like it. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6586 "2024-07-22T21:37:18Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’m tired of barfing in my mouth on almost a daily occurrence. Given your location, I’m not surprised. > [@Bullitt](#): > > Oh and what’d you think about it? My thoughts in order: 1. Say, that’s the first Cybertruck I’ve seen in the wild! 2. What a tool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=330)