Subject: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
14/01/2014 @ 17:40:57: antp: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
'61-'63 Ford Thunderbird :

http://i.imgur.com/RjwSR9W.jpg http://i.imgur.com/68frDwr.jpg

:love:

It was not in pristine condition though (a little rust, but nothing unfixable I think)
15/01/2014 @ 07:57:29: Ddey65: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Vin Scully was in one of those cars at the Rose Bowl;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9828808@N05/11759488143/
http://officialvinscully.com/


Anyway check out this rusting old 1967 Chevy Van. The thing looks like it used to be an old telephone company truck:
http://www.fortyacreparts.com/images/8708Van/
22/01/2014 @ 16:05:58: owlman: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
BMW 502 & 3.0CS at a local BMW specialist repair shop
22/01/2014 @ 20:18:10: ingo: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
The "Barockengel" has disgusting wheels, but anyways, it's great, that such a rarity has survived.

You really should have always and everywhere a camera with you, even when you go to the bakerman or to the office. I didn't, so I failed again to photographe the rare Nissan Sunny Van, which is running somewhere around my village and also the Tatra(!)-truck with the large drilling string, which was used on the parking area of my company (to check the ground for old cellars, bunkers or mine-adits, as a new building is planned). I just have found a wee pic on their homepage: http://www.schuetzeichel.de/html/maschinenpark.html
25/01/2014 @ 21:18:51: CougarTim: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
I pass by this car just about every day, and haven't been able to ID it:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/11759481423_606de8610d_c.jpg
IMG_6131bb


1937 Dodge

antp, that Thunderbird is specifically a 1961.
25/01/2014 @ 21:27:36: CougarTim: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Chevrolet Caprice LS Brougham - I don't see these Caprices very often anymore, but the vinyl roof really made this one stand out as unusual.

http://i39.tinypic.com/1idie8.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/3vomo.jpg

1986-1989 Dodge Aries K - Another one you hardly ever see anymore. The old Avis rent-a-car sticker (presumably from when the car was new) in the window is a neat detail.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2rz6fz6.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/308go5d.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/24y4top.jpg

Mercedes-Benz 300CD [W123] on North Capitol Street in Washington, DC

http://i41.tinypic.com/2gtya88.jpg
25/01/2014 @ 21:43:59: antp: interesting/funny/special cars sightings


antp, that Thunderbird is specifically a 1961.



Thanks :smile:
25/01/2014 @ 21:45:38: CougarTim: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
And some from last weekend in San Jose, California:

1966 Plymouth Valiant

http://i40.tinypic.com/2nltf1c.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/j7qmj8.jpg

2005 Nissan 350Z Jedi Starfighter, license plate OBISHWN (according to www.bar.ca.gov and Google, he used to have a Honda Civic Del Sol similarly customized)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2uselg4.jpg

I also saw a Chevrolet Corvair Rampside pickup, but wasn't able to get a pic.
26/01/2014 @ 14:30:17: Exile: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
What kind of idiot has R2-D2 and an Imperial insignia together?
26/01/2014 @ 17:36:53: CougarTim: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
What kind of idiot has R2-D2 and an Imperial insignia together?


Notice the Open Circle emblem on the fuel filler. He's going for a Republic Clone Wars-era Jedi starfighter: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Circle_Fleet

Count the spokes. 8 spokes is the Galactic Roundel used during the Republic era: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Roundel

The Imperial Crest had 6 spokes: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_crest

I'm just trying to provide clarification; I'm not trying to start an argument.
26/01/2014 @ 18:22:04: Exile: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
I take back what I said then.
26/01/2014 @ 18:29:27: night cub: interesting/funny/special cars sightings


1937 Dodge

antp, that Thunderbird is specifically a 1961.



The grill has a "P" at the top, so I've concluded it's a Plymouth of the same year.
27/01/2014 @ 16:12:37: atom: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/Nemota/IMAG1053.jpg
1958 Fiat 1100 De Luxe I pass a few times every week.
28/01/2014 @ 04:26:05: marioman3138: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
I went to a Hot Rod Show on the Australia Day weekend, lots of high quality metal there! The photos are on my Facebook Photography page: https://www.facebook.com/RaidPhotography
Check it out :smile:

I go to multiple racing events as well, so if race cars tickle your fancy, I have them as well.
28/01/2014 @ 17:00:50: ingo: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
At the hardswarestore in my village. I was in hurry and it was raining, so I haven't checked its loading capacity :smile:
In France, Holland and Belgium these microcars are a common sight, but here they are quite rare. The tiny moped-plate shows, that it has max.50ccm.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/835/vlxm.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/829/ok43.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/19/pzcj.jpg
28/01/2014 @ 17:46:46: Exile: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
A couple weeks ago I saw an AMC Eagle driving and that is a sight to behold. It seemed to have even more clearance than usual.
31/01/2014 @ 05:45:09: karoomay: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Nothing too special, but you don't see these too often anymore. I spotted and managed to get a snapshot of a 1980s (not sure what year exactly) Cadillac Coupe DeVille in a parking garage in West Palm Beach, FL
http://i.imgur.com/tdCAiRr.jpg
31/01/2014 @ 11:33:30: ingo: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Very obviously a granddaddy-car :grin:
01/02/2014 @ 18:05:31: ingo: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
The plate may cause a bit sadness for antp, chicomarx and rjluna2. It shows, that this is just a bad-weather-winter-car. Registration and insurance are valid only between the 1st Nov and the 31.March each year.



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/208/jwre.jpg
01/02/2014 @ 19:00:09: antp: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Maybe outside that period he uses another Saab, more "valuable", e.g. a convertible :wink:
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