1972coronet Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 At the local , independent tyre store had a nice , driver-quality 1974 Road Runner coupe ( RM21L4G ) . F8 / F8 / V4W , console , Tuff-Grip wheel , 3.55's , TorqueFlite . This marks the first time that I've seen a post-1971 coupe ( bodystyle "21" ) ; most are hardtops ( bodystyle "23" ) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunknmunky Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Not actually on the road today but I had these in our recon department today. Maseratti, BMW 6 series and an E350 (black with black rims) all getting ready to be in our showroom shortly. I fell in love with the red interior on the Maseratti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToyLvr Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Followed this one to the local cruise-in. Nice looking paint job on this '55 Chevy. However, there's something a bit "off" about it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) Spent the day on the road. Had to drive from Twin Cities to Plymouth, Wisconsin and back, all one day. That means driving all the way across Wisconsin from the west end, almost to Lake Michigan in the east. It meant putting in a 14 hour day. Most of the time driving. Saw some cool cars and trucks along the way. The first cool car I saw was a '55 or '56 Hudson. One the Hash models. Though I know for sure it was not a '57. Then I saw a '48, '49, or '50 Ford F1 pickup. Followed close behind by a mid-30's Ford pickup. Later I saw what I believe to be an early-30's Oakland. Coming back, I saw a not so perfect, but pretty decent looking '56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan. Then later saw a very nice second generation Corvair Monza convertible. The rear cove was painted body color, so I assume it was not a Corsa. The Corsas had a silver rear cove. By the way, the color was favorite mid-60's Chevrolet color. Marina Blue. Only thing I was disappointed with, is it was a beautiful sunny day in the mid-70's, and they were driving with the top up! Other then the Hash, I think all of the cool old cars and trucks seen today were all seen east of Stevens Point, WI. Which reminds me, many years ago I was driving through Stevens Point and saw one of the very rare late-80's four-door Avantis. A very disappointing looking car. Not one better ideas of the later owners of the Avanti company. Tough day, trying to get from the Twin Cities to Plymouth, WI and back all in one day. Business in Plymouth only required me to be there for one hour. Makes for a long hard day. Scott Edited July 11, 2014 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellonwheelz3 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I saw a Prius on the road with what I thought was a winch! You can imagine the thoughts I had. It turns the Prius was a tow car for a motorhome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I saw a Prius on the road with what I thought was a winch! You can imagine the thoughts I had. It turns the Prius was a tow car for a motorhome. You would think that would damage it in some way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I always thought that car (TC) was pretty nice looking. Same with Buick Reatta. Oh! One more car from that era that was parked at a local bar just a block from me..............one of these! There was an elderly man getting into it--------if he was just getting out, I might have pulled over and got a pic as it was literally a block away from my house. Like the TC and Reatta, you just NEVER see these anymore on the road. At least around here I don't! I have to say I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the Allante. I don't know why, but I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Today close to home, I saw a 1st generation Viper coupe. White with black stripes. It surprised me. I thought when you bought one, you had agree to drive it home. Park it your garage. Rope it off. And worship it from a far. I did not know you were allowed to drive a Viper except on special Mopar holidays. Maybe today was a Mopar holiday I didn't know about. Second, I saw a much more common 1956 Ford pickup truck. I know that common mortals are allowed to drive those anytime they want to. I see one from time to time. This one looked very nice. Red with what may have Chevy Rally wheels. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clovis Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Saw an early 70's Cutlass Hurst 442, maybe a 1971. Crazy nice restored condition, parked at an antique mall. I actually came face to face with the owner, but I got the "yeah, I KNOW it is a nice car, and I am tired of answering questions about it" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clovis Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I also saw a two door business coupe being trailered today. Extremely nice car, with an inch of dust on it. Surprising to see how well dust sticks to a car that is being trailered at 70 MPH. I have no idea what year this car was...I don't know prewar makes and models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clovis Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Saw a 29 or 30 Model A truck today, in my home town. I tell ya, that was a thrill to see. Yesterday, my daughter entered a model of a '31 A truck as her 4-H entry, and the judge liked it. I thought my daughter was going to jump out of her seat when I pointed it out to her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Today close to home, I saw a 1st generation Viper coupe. White with black stripes. It surprised me. I thought when you bought one, you had agree to drive it home. Park it your garage. Rope it off. And worship it from a far. I did not know you were allowed to drive a Viper except on special Mopar holidays. Maybe today was a Mopar holiday I didn't know about. Second, I saw a much more common 1956 Ford pickup truck. I know that common mortals are allowed to drive those anytime they want to. I see one from time to time. This one looked very nice. Red with what may have Chevy Rally wheels. Scott Could be the driver felt like living dangerously today, Vipers are known to be somewhat homicidal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Tonight my wife and I went for dinner at a local restaurant. It's in a nice planned community, so we decided to take a walk. I posted here that I had never seen a Tesla, so I was surprised when I spied this one in one of the two EV parking spaces. I had reported here earlier that my aunt told me my cousin David had bought a Tesla, so I said to my wife that it would be funny if this one was his. And little did I know as I was lining it up for a quick photo from my phone that I'd be driving it five minutes later! As I'm in that position my wife says, "Look!" And I see David and his wife walking towards us! We all laugh together about bumping into each other this way, then he asks me if I want a ride in it. Of course I said yes, and headed for the passenger door. He motioned me to the other side, "Here, you drive." I didn't need to be told a second time, I just slid into the drivers seat. This is a pretty cool car. The entire center console is a huge TV panel. I shifted into reverse and the back up camera came on filling the screen. As I hit the accelerator (I don't dare call it the gas pedal!) it silently moved backwards. Then I put it in drive and started forward silently. It drove nicely, and I learned that it's set up so that when you take your foot off the accelerator it starts to brake, so there's no coasting. David said that you generally don't need to apply the brakes until the last few seconds of a stop. Something to get used to. I tooled around the roads in this development at a maximum of 25 mph and the car was completely silent. So David told me to hit the highway so I could feel it accelerate. Man! He told me to nail it and I did, it just took off! Quickly! He said the zero to 60 was something like 5.5 seconds. And there was no roar, kind of a powerful whir sound. What you'd expect when Buck Rogers hit the throttle on a space ship! So that was very cool. Just the other day I was here posting I had never seen a Tesla, and now I've driven one. Ya never know what's around the next corner. That's what makes life interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clovis Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Awesome story, Tom!!!! I think I'm going to go wake my wife up and tell her that I've never seen a Tesla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 You lucky dog you, Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very cool Tom. I'd love to have been in your shoes. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Beautiful car in every way. If they cost 1/3 of what they do, I'd buy one today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Seeing that photo Tom posted... maybe that's how the new electric car infrastructure will shape up. Not stand-alone "electric stations" like we now have gas stations, or combination gas/electric stations... but maybe businesses will start installing charging spots (like they have handicapped spots now)... you deposit a buck or two or whatever, and you get a certain amount of charge time (like an electrical parking meter, sort of). If most businesses and restaurants had such charging stations (and assuming electric car owners also had their own charging port at home), there might not be a need for "electric stations" on every corner, like gas stations are now. Maybe that's the way things will develop in the near future? It would be easier and cheaper than retrofitting existing gas stations to include electric charging "pumps" or building new "electric stations." The parking lot is already there, bought and paid for. It's just a matter of running a circuit out to the lot, painting a couple stripes on the pavement, and installing a few meters. So not only would the store or restaurant or office complex be offering a service, they'd also be making a few bucks by doing so. Win-win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I've seen a handful of little British roadsters on my way to work already, even though it was raining pretty hard at that time?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Neat story, Tom. One thing I gleaned from your photo, though: being an eco-conscious electromobile driver doesn't seem help with the parking-between-the-lines skills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Neat story, Tom. One thing I gleaned from your photo, though: being an eco-conscious electromobile driver doesn't seem help with the parking-between-the-lines skills! When I first saw it, it was neatly parked in the right side space.. on the charger. I actually parked it that way when I returned from my test drive so we could walk around the car. That SUV was parked a bit close. And I didn't anticipate another Tesla showing up right then and there! Seeing that photo Tom posted... maybe that's how the new electric car infrastructure will shape up. Not stand-alone "electric stations" like we now have gas stations, or combination gas/electric stations... but maybe businesses will start installing charging spots (like they have handicapped spots now)... you deposit a buck or two or whatever, and you get a certain amount of charge time (like an electrical parking meter, sort of). If most businesses and restaurants had such charging stations (and assuming electric car owners also had their own charging port at home), there might not be a need for "electric stations" on every corner, Yes, there are two charging stations in the restaurant parking lot. These were free, no doubt to entice people to eat at this specific restaurant. It's in the middle of Eagleview in Exton, PA, a high end planned community, complete with $800,000 condos. So it's a bit uppity and the Tesla fit right in. My cousin says that there is a company that oversees all these charging stations so he has their credit card. So if they wanted to charge, that's how the payment works. My cousin has the car 3 months and has put 8000 miles on it. He's been as far west as Michigan and down south to North Carolina, mapping his course through the Tesla GPS that of course knows where all the chargers are. The programs in a Tesla automatically update themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Beautiful car in every way. If they cost 1/3 of what they do, I'd buy one today. Agreed. If I had the cash, I'd do something practical like pay down my mortgage. A funny story. Tesla doesn't have dealers, the company sells the cars directly to consumers. New Jersey has a very strong car dealers lobby, so they got a bill passed, barring a manufacturer from selling directly to the public. IHt made the news. The next day or so I go on Facebook and some clown has a post "Impeach Governor Christie -- He Hates The Environment, He's Barred Electric Cars From Being Sold in NJ" Heaven save us from the numpties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Today I saw all of the same, silver blobs moving down the road with drivers with blank stares, only looking where they're going... People pumping gas, unable to strike up a conversation about their car... "popping the hood" is now just looking a box that's suppose to be a engine... Sigh. Although on my way down to Louisville, Kentucky, I saw a 55 Chevy on a trailer going out of Columbus, looked pretty solid, some rust around the rear quarter panel. And then I saw a 49-50ish Merc, on whitewalls and chrome smoothies with a dark metallic green paint with a lighter green flame job. Also saw a 1969 (?) Superbee parked in a spot at a restaurant, bright orange,I think with a white stripe. I think some 30s Chevy parked in a garage, it is a dark green metallic and has a tan interior, looked pretty good. And then in my garage there's a 1969 AMC AMX, repainted by my father in our one car garage, panel by panel, fire-engine red, with a re-built 360 from a Javelin, with a Edelbrock carb and aircleaner, and we also recently got aluminium heads for it, and hopefully aluminum rocker covers soon. And the original 390, which the oil pump gave out on, sitting in the corner of the garage and another 360 being bored out at a machinist shop in Akron. The car is sitting on Rocket rims with Bridgestone (I think?) redlines. Recently had the seats redone and we redid the carpet and the panels, it never ends hahhaha. Does this count as on the road? We drive it around sometimes haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Last weekend while heading up to Sand Lake MI a GM Futureliner was headed the other way on a lowboy. The girl in the front seat said what is that some kind of space truck or something. She likes cars and has never seen one before. I told her what it was a said that was a million dollars going the other way. We we just north of Ann Arbor MI when we came acrossed it . I did not know that any were still in Michigan. I thought they were all down south and out west. As I was the one driving no pictures, but at 70 MPH slim chance anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarana-X Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I saw a Morgan 3-wheeler the other day. Wasn't expecting that. The day before I saw a Ferrari 458, or something. A few weeks ago I saw a 68 (?) Shelby 500 GT/KR, I wonder if it was real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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