Not a biggie, but a Pontiac Solstice. They’re at least 10 years old but they styling is very current and I always liked the look.
A Jeep CJ10. We were at a car auction, and in the back of the parking lot was an old pickup truck with a trailer. Kind of a standard mid-80s pickup, until we noticed that the badge read CJ10, not the F150 we expected. Sure enough, the tailgate read “JEEP”.
Yesterday I saw one of those late eighties SS Monte Carlos. Most of the ones I’ve seen were sort of a “maroon metallic” color as was this one. It looked showroom new.
There was a hood ornament that pointed outward, kind of like a curved isosceles right triangle with the longer leg on top, and with a couple of stacked rings on the portion of the ornament directly attached to the hood. As I recall, the car was a two-door model.
Today, I saw a gold-colored mid-1930’s Ford coupe, customized but not quite to the point of being a hot rod. The car had been lowered, and the wheels stuck out farther than they would have when the vehicle rolled off the assembly line.
An early 60’s M-B 190, super cute.
I visited the National Corvette Museum today. Sure, there were many great-looking 'vettes (including my favorite, the '67), but the most interesting model for me was the first fiberglass-bodied car, the 1946 Stout Y46.
Maybe this? 1936 Nash
A 1959 Nash Rambler; sitting in high grass. 
The woman (early 30’s?) we were talking to remember being in it in parades as a kid. When her dad died about seven years ago it was willed to her brother. It was going to be a project car for him to fix up. Sadly, it’s been sitting on the side of the road on mom’s property ever since.
I think that tall grass will retain moisture and hold it against the body and undersides. Can’t be good.
Yesterday I saw a nice Datsun 280ZX, and the day before I spotted a clean and nice Datsun 240Z. Those old Zs are gorgeous cars.
Was stuck behind a 2nd gen Nissan Sentra yesterday for a long while. Not so special of a car except it was in primo condition.
Based on the driver’s way of “taking it easy”, I could see how it stayed in such shape for this long.
Plus I have a special thing for late 80s boxes.
Headed the other way on the freeway yesterday evening, a light blue Karmann Ghia.
That is exactly the sort of car I find the most interesting. I mean it’s not that uncommon for people to preserve or restore old muscle cars, sports cars, or cars that were otherwise considered “cool” when they were new. But almost no one does that with a 30 year old economy car*. So when I see one I always wonder how that one survived when most of them got used up and sent to the junkyard ages ago. Did it belong to a stereotypical “little old lady” who only drove it to church and the grocery store?
*I mean in California where cars never rust you often see 30 year old Corollas on the road, but they’re old beaters, not cars that people carefully preserved.
Every time I hear ‘Nissan Sentra’, I think of the commercial.
♫ New Nissan Sentra! You need this car! ♫
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Yes, it was a LOL (in the old sense) and was presumably only driven for the basics.
Could have been a Nash, but not that model – as I said in my earlier post, the back was squared-off as in a station wagon. This 1937 Nash Lafayette is close, down to the color, but not quite a match. Also, this hood ornament is similar to, but more aerodynamic than, the one I saw. Since I’m in Lafayette, though, it would be cool for someone in the city to own a car that shares the name!
She wasn’t so old when that car was new.
Saw a Bentley Bentayga SUV parallel parked on the street. You’d think they’d spring for a garage.
Spotted in a car lot in White Sulfur Springs VA: a 1920’s Ford delivery truck with a “1982 First Prize Winner” badge from the Antique Auto Club of America.
In traffic I spotted a Lincoln Mark IV (early 70’s), what an inelegant beast.
Caught a brief glimpse of what appeared to be an 80s-9os Corvette that somebody shortened or maybe cut down a Corvette body and installed on some kind of smaller chassis. It was being driven on the road but was missing doors. I’m guessing cutting down Corvette doors turned into a bigger challenge.
On the way home from work today I saw a white Triumph TR3, one of the later “TR3A” or “B” models with the full width grille. Immediately behind it was a red Triumph TR6. Both were waiting at a red light. I assume the drivers must have been out cruising around together; I can’t imagine the chances of two classic Triumph roadsters just randomly being one behind the other being very high.