No photos, but a nice looking red Triumph TR6 (1969-76) parking along the town’s main drag. Nice warm fall day to take the roadster out for a spin.
Also a fair looking white 2nd generation (1970-81) Chevy Camaro, probably earlier than 1974 because of the grill. Very much unadorned look, couldn’t tell which trim or motor.
A classic Bronco and two non-Bronco classics:
According to Google, a 1972 K5 Blazer.
ETA, and that picture makes it look like it has new tires. I wonder if it’s a daily driver.
Yesterday I saw one of the new electric Dodge Chargers, I’m pretty sure it’s the first one I’ve seen in the wild. At least I assume it was electric; I know an ICE version is in the works as well, but Dodge’s website uses the future tense when referring to it, so I assume it’s not available yet.
And today while I was out for a walk this Model A drove by. And it has brake lights. Did Model As have brake lights from the factory, or are those aftermarket?
Cool. Dodge is calling that the Charger Daytona, and as The World’s Only Electric Muscle Car. I have not yet seen one in the wild, either.
Yes, the Ford Model A had brake lights from the factory. The earlier Model T did not.
It’s hard to tell from the pic but it looks to me like those are aftermarket LED lights. The originals were also the same basic round style though.
The Model A also had real wheel brakes, drum brakes on all four wheels, IIRC. The Model T only had a transmission brake, which I can tell you from experience does not work anywhere near as well (I own a Model T).
On my walk today I spotted an Izusu VehiCROSS, the car voted to most likely to be mistaken for a shoe. Only 4,153 were sold in the US market between 1999 and 2001, so it’s a bit of a rarity. It even had a “Torque on Demand” badge on the back.
My son was a teenager when those came out and he was a big fan of them. He kind of still is, but they are pretty scarce lately around these parts. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve seen one.
I’ve only seen one of those in the wild, in a parking lot probably 20 years ago. I thought it was incredibly ugly, essentially the bastard child of a 3rd gen Taurus and a VW Thing.
Someone on YouTube – Doug DeMuro maybe? – did a review of one and IIRC there were some creative engineering bits but overall the car wasn’t particularly impressive.
I’m sure Doug DeMuro reviewed one many years ago. I think I read or heard somewhere, I don’t recall if it was Doug’s review or elsewhere on the internet, the they are good as serious off-roaders, but are rather compromised for everyday driving.
So true. It does look like a somewhat capable off road vehicle.
Today I was passed by a VW Arteon, only about 16,000 sold in the US between 2019-24.
Google Lens says Ferrari 488.
New Maserati, 4-door, white
This morning I saw a 1963 Corvette – it had the split rear window, which was only on the '63 model (unless someone modified a newer C2 'Vette to give it the split rear window look. It wouldn’t surprise me if people did that).
Also noteworthy, a first generation Mazda RX-7. You don’t see many of those anymore, but I imagine the ones that survived have started to become collectible. This one had somewhat faded paint, as one would expect on a 40 year old car, but otherwise looked like it was in decent shape.
Pretty sure I saw an EV Dodge Charger, it had the LED light bar and illuminated badge that seems to be the standard styling cues for EVs these days.
Yesterday, a White Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Also, saw a nice and rumble-y Corvette Stingray (C3) today