A 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS. Looks like it was a restoration in process, it had a fresh coat of primer paint.
Since it says “interesting” I think this qualifies. A Honda Civic 1500DX. Second generation Civic so roughly 79-83. Two door hatchback. It had a wing just above the hatch and some kind of a shade over the top of the windshield. The color could only be described as Duck Tape Grey… and there may have been some of that holding on the bumper. It was still making it’s way (loudly) down the road though.
The other was what I think was an early 70’s two door convertible Cougar. It was on a flatbed in my neighborhood. I hope it was being delivered and hope to get a better look again.
That brings back memories. When I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s, my family ran through three first-generation three-door Civics. My dad was a decent shade tree mechanic, so he kept them running even though he and my older brothers abused the hell out of them. Little known fact: a 76 Civic three door will actually carry a decent load strapped to the roof. Each of the cars had about a million miles on them when my dad bought them for like $150 each (at different times). It seemed like he was always leaning under the hood and cussing while he patched one up to eke a few more miles out of it. One of them was nearly finished off when my dad, mom, and I were the middle car in a three-car wreck. The insurance company totaled it. My dad said, “like hell”, bought the car back from the insurance company, and Frankensteined it back into driving shape.
I’d like to have one just for the nostalgia.
Well, interesting to me. I had one of those. Unfortunately it was used in the land of snow and salt so when we moved we sold it to a kid who moved even further north and east where it rusted in peace.
It always amazed me how Ford could get the styling of the 1940 so absolutely right in every way, and then screw the whole thing up with the insanely homely 1941s.
Of course, they’ve done it since, with the first generation Mustangs, which grew into monstrous horrid things, and the 2005-series Mustangs, which have turned into amorphous blobs of cow dung. And the Thunderbird. And the Transit Connect. And and and…
In Salinas and Carmel today: a 52 Chevy Fleetline (with window-mounted air conditioner), a 50s Porsche 356 convertible, and a new [URL=“https://photos.app.goo.gl/nd8Te5pViMFvnEFw6”]Alfa Romeo 4C Spider.
A 1959 Chevy El Camino. It was at the local neighborhood car show. I’m so torn about this car. I love the fins on it, and the shape of the wind shield but man… I think El Caminos are some of the ugliest vehicles ever made. My SO spend the hour we were there laughing at me, because kept looking at it and then turning away because… El Camino.
Man, that is one ugly beauty.
I think I’ve met the guy in the Porsche. The world is small.
A couple days ago I saw a green Jag XK120 coming the other way.
And just yesterday I saw something very very low and white. I think it might have been a Lamborghini of some sort, possibly a Huracan.
Another wandering Mexican vehicle in my leafy Houston suburb, a 2019 SEAT Ibiza.
Yesterday at the market - a fairly new Bentley Continental GT convertible. Forgot to check the plate to see if it was local. Not a car you’ll see too often in a town of a couple thousand.
I saw what looked like a brand new Jeep Wrangler pickup truck. I googled, and it doesn’t seem like they should be out yet.
Yesterday, a Volvo 740 station wagon from the late-80s. Talk about “boxy”.
I’ve never looked at motorcycles much but one caught my eye on my lunchtime walk today. It was a Victory Vegas 8 Ball, very slick looking bike. I didn’t realize until I looked it up that Polaris shut down Victory in 2017.
Yep, they are out there. A friend just bought one recently. I question her choice but it’s her money.
As a new convert from the now defunct Snopes message board, we had a thread on this exact subject going on over there, too. I know the topic says “today”, but since I just got here I’ll do a brief run down of the most interesting cars I saw between the shutdown of the Snopes board and today.
First off, is a Ford Tempo interesting? They used to be incredibly common, but it seems like most of them just quietly faded away to the point where when I saw on yesterday it made me go “Wow, I can’t remember the last time I saw one of those.”
A couple days before that, a 1950s Ford Thunderbird. I don’t know the exact year but it was from the era when the T-Bird was still a two-seater.
A few weeks ago, I saw either a Sunbeam Alpine or Tiger. I’m not sure if there’s a way to differentiate the two visually.
But the car I consider the most interesting by far: About a month ago while visiting Grass Valley, CA, I saw… [drum roll]… and actual, running, Chevy Vega! I have no way of knowing for sure if it actually had it’s original engine, but I’ve heard the Vega’s engine sound described as almost “tractor like”, and that was what it sounded like to me. So it seemed to me like it had an actual stock Vega engine and not some sort of V8 swap or something crazy like that.
A white 64 Corvette with side pipes, in stop and go traffic. Do the pipes tell you anything about which engine was in it or were they options for all engine options?
An early '50s Dodge M37 military truck, complete but unrestored, on a trailer.
Porsche 944. Very clean.