I didn’t know about the other 02 models, but as we were walking away my wife asked why it was called that and I theorized, correctly, as it happens, that it was related to the engine displacement.
The owner said it was originally the orange in the pix you linked to.
I like his green. Is much better than those Europe car bright fruity colors that were popular in the 60s and 70s.
We got a Lyft in a Tesla Model Y today. Nice car.
I saw a number of vintage cars out on the roads today, at the start of the long weekend. Today is really the only good weather day in the forecast up here so that’s why they are all out. A couple of Mustangs, including one that was not restored in any way and showed all 50+ years of life.
Also a white MGB with the top down.
Apropos of the date, a custom modified 1956 Pontiac Sky Chief (?) at Riverside Park in Washington, MO.
This made me laugh:
Haha. Around here there was a “CannaBus” going around for awhile with, if I remember correctly, doctors/“doctors” to get people signed up for MMJ cards.
I have a picture of this same van from about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t have guessed it was still on the road.
IIRC from the last time I saw it, the rear doors are still intact. I think, they just moved them forward and stuck a tailgate on the back…maybe?
Two days ago I spotted a Lucid Sky in the supermarket parking lot. The back end of that thing is huge.
Today I spotted a Toyota FJ Cruise completely covered in Astroturf. It definitely did a number on the aerodynamics.
Yesterday, I got to lay eyes on a racing friend’s home built (from a kit) Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R. We didn’t really get to see do it’s stuff because this was the car’s first real outing so he was putting some miles on the engine to break it in and shake-down his building job. That thing is a beauty. It’s from Factory Five.
I somehow ended up following a yellow De Tomaso Pantera home just now. I wish I could have talked to the guy, he pulled into a driveway just up the street and was in the house when I passed. Cool looking car. It looked very much like this one:
Elvis owned one.
It refused to start one cold morning so he shot the steering wheel.
That looks like the auto museum in Reno. I was there a few months ago, cool place.
(What’s with the mirrors or whatever on the fenders? Was that a real thing or an Elvis thing?)
Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, featured in an episode of “Car Crazy”.
Segment starts at the 18:45 mark.
I just got back from my vacation in Ireland. The day before yesterday (I think; I’m confused about the days after flying across the Atlantic) I saw a late 1950s or 1960s Humber of some sort near Bushmills, Northern Ireland. I think it might have been a 1957-67 Humber Hawk or maybe a Super Snipe. Yes, “Super Snipe” is really the name of a car.
I had heard of Humber, but have never seen one in the metal before. To most Americans they’re a pretty obscure British car brand, especially since the only British cars you typically seen in the US are sports cars and luxury cars.
Remember the orange Dodge Charger I posted back in May, the one I said I thought looked like it had been given a quick, cheap paint job in an attempt to flip it? Well when I left for my vacation it was still there. When I got home this 1960s Dodge truck had appeared in the same spot. Maybe they traded the Charger for it? Regardless, someone in that house is clearly a Mopar fan.
Saw these two a few days apart, but at the same shop. At first I thought they painted the green car red.
And this week kicks off the Harley Davidson 120th Anniversary, so there’s that.
'36 Chevy.
'40 Ford.
