On my walk tonight a first generation (1961-1967) Ford E 100 Econoline van, in wonderful restored condition.
Earlier today the white Ford Model T pickup drove by. About 20 minutes ago, I saw a dark blue (?) Ford Model A coupé that I’ve seen around here before. Today in Bellingham I saw a derelict Ford Edsel station wagon.
I saw a group of three Lamborghinis zipping down the interstate going through Detroit this Sunday afternoon. Followed closely by a Ferarri of some sort.
I saw two Alfa Romeo Giulias in a row in stop and go traffic. I don’t think they were together, but we’re seeing enough of them around here now that they were together by chance.
And on Sunday I saw an AMC freaking Matador Coupe! I haven’t seen one of those in ages.
Still my favourite “I could one day afford that” car.
Friends reported back that they are unfamiliar with the cars. Boo hoo. I heard about Race the Base and it sounded like a blast! I’ve been to ChampCar in Edmonton, but now a long time ago…
At a club race this weekend and got to see and here this: Lola T70 Mk3B Coupe
Found myself driving behind a super clean late 40s Plymouth sedan yesterday.
And over the weekend I was at a park, and in the lot there were maybe 20 Fieros. Must’ve been a club outing. It was fun to see the wide variety from stock to super modded.
An 8th generation (1991-96) Buick Roadmaster Estate wagon, the bloated whale model with fake wood trim. God, what an awful looking beast.
Yeah, those are hideous. It seems lately I’ve been seeing a lot of earlier flat-top wagons from the 70s - some in surprisingly clean condition.
I bought an Alfa Romeo Giulia about a month ago. Last night I went to a trivia tournament at a local bar/restaurant that was also holding a “supercar show” the same night, and they invited me to exhibit in the show since there was already another Giulia there (a Quadrifoglio, mine is a humbler Ti Lusso). It was the first time I had been next to another Giulia on the road; otherwise, I had only seen a couple passing the other way.
Mine is more interesting to me than the other because of the multispoke wheels; I love the five-hole alloys on the Ti Sports and Quads but they’re relatively common.
On my way to work this morning on my first day back from vacation I saw a first generation Mustang. Honestly I usually don’t find old Mustangs all that interesting; they’re not all that uncommon and I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that they’re the world’s most restored car. But this one had an old blue California license plate and the paint, while not terrible, was somewhat faded. That makes me wonder if this car was in fact an unrestored survivor. Now that would be interesting.
While on vacation I saw several Citroen 2CVs and original Minis. Maybe those aren’t that unusual to someone who lives in Europe, but they were interesting to me since to almost never see them in the US.
In Ely, Nevada…a junked '59(?) Edsel sitting on top of a dumptruck.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these, an Alfa Romeo Spider. It was red (so, the right color), and very clean. Looking it up later, the one I saw was a Series 2, approx 1970-1982.
Junked? But that will buff right out.
This morning I saw a first generation (1983-86 IIRC) Toyota Camry in remarkably good condition. The second generation ones are still fairly common on the road here, but I can’t remember the last time I saw a first gen one. Like the Accord from the same era I mentioned a few pages back, this Camry was probably smaller than the current Corolla.
A Delorean with the license plate GIGWAT, parked in a shopping center in Cambridge.
Don’t see too many cars day to day. Rarely anything special.
BUT. I’m going to a ‘Hot Rod Hill Climb’ tonight, and may see some of it on Saturday. A lucky coincidence, just visiting a friend, and it’s going on.
Should be fun.
While out and about today I saw not one, but two classic air-cooled Porsche 911s. But the most interesting car I saw was an Audi R8, pulling into the Trader Joe’s parking lot as I was leaving.
A red and white Studebaker Daytona. I know nothing about cars so have no idea what year. But it had no draft windows.