'47 Chevy Woody on my way up to SF today.
3rd generation (1968-74) Chevy Nova SS
A stretch Mercedes van. Not classy, but interesting.
A 1960’s panel van, I couldn’t tell from the opposite side of the highway what manufacturer it was from.
The other day a supplier came to visit our office driving a brand new white 911 convertible. Thought to myself, “probably not the best car to be visiting customers in…”
A 1963 red Dodge Dart 4-door sedan.
I think it was a kit car based on a VW bug, convertible with roll bars and mostly open wheels, bright yellow.
Just now, a nice and also rare sighting - a Porsche 914, black. The driver had the targa top off.
Porsche 914s aren’t common around here. I see maybe 2-3 a year. They are small!
A white Datsun 510, lowered and with what looked like racing slicks. Too bad he was being a road boulder on the freeway for today’s afternoon commute. Butthead.
A Datsun 280ZX, in boring brown
A 1986 Honda CRX in really rough shape. Had to stop and have a closer look as an 87 was my first car. This one’s been painted with a spray bomb and roller. Still ran though.
A 3rd generation (1985-89) Honda Accord hatchback, just like the first car I ever bought new except it was in white instead of red.
A Buick Rendezvous, on I-5 northbound in Gerber CA, at about 6pm PDT last night.
Buick Rendezvous. I won’t say anything more about that.
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A 2d-gen RX-7 convertible. RX-7s aren’t common. I can’t recall when last I saw a 3d-gen, when Mazda foolishly thought the RX-7 should encroach into the [del]exotic[/del] luxury sports car market.
I needed to look this up - from Wikipedia:
1978-1985: 1st gen - 471,018 produced
1985-1991: 2d gen - 272,027 produced
1991-2002: 3d gen - 68,589 produced
I guess those rotary engines and their apex seals aren’t great for long-lived cars.
My interest in the RX-7? My brother’s first new car was a 2d-gen. His current ride is an RX-8 that he bought when they first came out in 2003. It still runs, and there are a few out there. But not many.
2003-2012: RX-8 - 192,094 produced
The 2019 Mazda RX-9 - one of Car and Driver’s 25 Cars Worth Waiting For.
I’m down on Cape Cod this weekend so there are many. A VW Thing at a highway rest area, a C3 Corvette Stingray in orange, a '64 Mustang in White, and a '56 Chevy Bel Aire called Irene’s Dream.
Finally, in the wild (the true wild, not parked in front of a specialty car store, for sale), I finally saw one - a Porsche 911 Targa. The new one. It was a red Targa 4S, driving southbound on US-97 near Klamath Falls, OR.
I saw one of those in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. I don’t really like the looks very much; the targa design doesn’t seem to work as well on the newer body as it did on the older 911s.
Beauty must be in the eye of the beholder - to me the 70s targa ruined the 911’s lines, but for some reason the new targa really works. I must be in the very extreme minority, because I hardly see them here in the SF Bay Area. Hey, maybe that means they’d sell me one for cheap!