Saw a Tesla 3 while in Lexington, Ky today; the interesting bit was it had New York plates. If they drove it here, that had to be a hassle…
A Porsche 356 roadster, I think. It was a very low roadster with the distinctive hump behind the driver’s head.
At opposite ends of the spectrum, I saw an Audi R8 and what looked to be a late 40s/early 50s resto-mod Ford pickup. Couldn’t see the grill on it, but from the back it looked like 40s. The engine was definitely NOT original.
I saw an Audi R8 w/ Quebec plates outside of Philly last week. That’s an 8-hr drive from the southern end of that province; not exactly a day trip & not a lot of luggage space in that car.
I saw my first Porsche station wagon.
This one I didn’t see in person but on Google Street while checking out my neighborhood. A tiny truck from the 30’s, I think. In the bed is a motorcycle with extra-high handlebars that my Pops used to call ape hangers. It only barely fits because the tailgate is down. On the truck, they’d installed an longer than usual rear axle to accommodate extra-wide tires. They actually sit outside of the wheel wells, which have been covered and modified with sheet metal.
Ahh, checking out Ford Model A trucks online, I see they’d taken off the fenders and running boards. And then screwed on the wheel well coverings. Maybe the axle is original after all but the tires are definitely very wide, so I don’t know. They’d also taken off the folding engine cover and added fancy exhaust pipes to the engine that look as if they could hit the doors if you weren’t careful opening them.
The Google image capture is dated August of last year and can only be seen at one intersection a few blocks away from my house. In fact, the Model A had probably rolled past it just a minute before the shots were taken. Wish I had seen it and/or the Google car, just to see what it’s like.
A Mazda MX-5 roadster almost sideswiped me in the 2 lane on ramp for the freeway this morning. At first, I figured he thought he was a Cadillac taking up his rightful middle lane. Then, I saw that he was goofing with something on the dash, and then, gaining speed, the dunderhead reached over and finally put his seatbelt on. Grrr. Give me that car and I’ll show him how to drive it with respect. Funny how those things almost look like mini Corvettes these days.
A Maserati Quattroporte. Sweet.
I had mine out on Sunday. My avatar is from that day’s drive in the Santa Cruz Mountains, at the Lexington Reservoir.
A BMW X2 — nice, and interesting.
Three bugeye Sprites heading up the highway together.
An MGB in BRG passed us twice on a bike ride yesterday along the coast. Also a bunch of Corvette Stingrays, big blocks.
A '57 Ford Fairlane Skyliner, yellow/black two-tone, with a Continental kit. In a Kroger parking lot.
A Slingshot
Today as I was going to town there was what I’m pretty certain was a 1956 Chevrolet 210, white over burnt red, crossing through a traffic signal in front of me. Mighty pretty car. Driver went into Arby’s. Well.
I saw many over the weekend — I just did a 1,200 mile weekend road trip through Reno and Winnemucca NV, to Jordan Valley OR and back to San Francisco. Let’s see…
Triumph TR6
1963 Ford Ranchero
Several 1930s Ford Coupe hot rods — had to be a club event
Several 1960s Chevy Camaros — another likely club event; a few were stopped in McDermitt NV
1971 Chevy Chevelle on a trailer going up and over Donner Pass
1958 Chevy Delray
And others. It was a target-rich environment.
I saw an '18 Shelby 350GT. The most interesting thing about it was the extra $12500 “Market Adjustment” sucker sticker on the window.
One of our local congressional campaigners has been tootling around in an early 60s milk truck as his campaign vehicle. I finally saw the truck on Monday, next to me on the freeway. It was a real treat to see because it brought me right back to early childhood and memories of wheedling chunks of ice from the milkman - the only popsicle my mother would let me have.
Saw my first Tesla Model 3 in the wild today.
Seems to be old Ford week in my neck of the woods. A '64 Falcon Ranchero, off white, similar to this one.