What did you see on the road today?

[Rodent]

27 minutes ago, Suburban_Hooligan said:

saw something i haven't seen in probably 30 years.  a late 80's "4 door bronco" (if i remember right they're actually coach built or conversions by a privet company or something along those lines).  it was white, looked pretty mint, but thanks to a BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH hippy chick in a small jeep SUV who was more concerned with playing with her hair than driving, i failed to get a pic.

A Centurion? Horrible mash-up between an F250-350 truck and a Bronco?

[Suburban_Hooligan]

3 minutes ago, Rodent said:

A Centurion? Horrible mash-up between an F250-350 truck and a Bronco?

huh, so that's what they're called.  yes, that's what i saw.

[SSNJim]

Wasn't Centurion the ones who did the Supercab Lightnings in the mid-90s?

[ChrisBcritter]

A few items from my trip to Oregon last week. Willys Aero at a little hot rod shop in Madras:

A few blocks away, at the Madras Air Museum (Erickson Collection):

On Highway 97 southbound; someone had a very bad day at the dragstrip in this '34 3-window:

Finally, I "spot"-ted this in Boron, CA:

 

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Also - not spotted today, but from back in June; just finally got around to downloading it. '59 Chevy Biscayne in Northbrook, IL:

 

[Earl Marischal]

1930s Lagonda. Had a nice chat with the owner. He is making his way slowly by minor roads to Cirencester. This was just a rest stop outside Howden on his way South.

 

(The florescent markings are to make it more visible at night,)

 

steve

 

[stitchdup]

42 minutes ago, Earl Marischal said:

1930s Lagonda. Had a nice chat with the owner. He is making his way slowly by minor roads to Cirencester. This was just a rest stop outside Howden on his way South.

 

(The florescent markings are to make it more visible at night,)

 

steve

 

The engines i these are some of the smoothest running engines I've seen. Theres a guy local that has one and his party trick is to balance a pound coin on its side and start it. The coin barely rolls and stays standing every time

[Russell C]

16 hours ago, Earl Marischal said:

... making his way slowly by minor roads to Cirencester. This was just a rest stop outside Howden on his way South.

Never been to the UK, it's a must-see goal of mine someday.  If this is part of the route that takes 3-some hours, how long would it take by minor roads?

[Earl Marischal]

2 hours ago, Russell C said:

Never been to the UK, it's a must-see goal of mine someday.  If this is part of the route that takes 3-some hours, how long would it take by minor roads?

He said he wasn’t in a hurry and had a tent, just in case. 😀

steve

[Earl Marischal]

Seen today in Howden.

steve

 

[Zippi]

On 10/25/2021 at 12:21 PM, TransAmMike said:

I guess this guy was determined to get this old car running!!!!!😂

Come on guys, how 'bout some good captions!!

Looks like he's dieing to get this one running.  That ol boy just missed to many meals.  

[Russell C]

Didn't see the front, but the tailgate said Chevrolet, so it's somewhere between '67 & '72, nice rumble to it. And then later, what looks to me to be a '51 Chevy.

[89AKurt]

I didn't know the Post Office is slamming their old trucks.  😅  This is the second time I have seen a suspension failure.

[ksnow]

Wife sent me this pic on Saturday. In a town near Road America racetrack. My brain wants to say highly modified 2nd gen corvette, but not sure.

 

[keyser]

That’s a Gran Sport Vette body kit. Looks great. Iirc they can have C5 guts too. 

Kurt, that’s the new postmaster’s “Stance Up” program. 🤣

[Russell C]

22 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

.... This is the second time I have seen a suspension failure.

But the suspension manufacturing was "good enough for government work."

[cobraman]

Saw this huge thing today . I have no idea what it is .

[Bucky]

Looks like that might be the top part of an upright tank or vessel, possibly destined for a chemical plant, or paper mill. I've worked on installing similar items during my career as a pipefitter.

[Smoke Wagon]

With the way some things are going in the world these days, one could only hope that it’s destined for a brewery. 

[Smoke Wagon]

On 10/31/2021 at 10:53 PM, 89AKurt said:

I didn't know the Post Office is slamming their old trucks.

Given that it’s USPS, I think standard procedure in a scenario like that is to use parcels for jack stands.

[Suburban_Hooligan]

saw a new bronco sport.  it was blue.  VERY underwhelming.  total soccer mom vehicle, and not so oddly enough, there was a women, about age 40, driving.

[misterNNL]

Saw a bone stock '64 Chevrolet Biscayne 2 Dr sedan catching some November sunshine.

[sfhess]

This was parked behind my "LHS", which is about 50 miles from home.

[The Junkman]

Rainy day & had to get out of the house.  Drove down to Sonoma County CA with the intention of looking for migrating whales (too much wind from the weather system and couldn't have seen any spouts in any case).  On the way we intended to stop at a fru-fru organic bakery in the hamlet of Freestone (Wild Flour Bread).  A half mile short of the bakery I saw an original Avanti in Avanti Turquoise (wife really liked it but I had to inform her she was 60 years too late) followed by a Rolls-Royce Corniche in dark burgundy.  But upon arrival at the bakery I was greeted with a 2005 Ford GT (white/blue stripes) and a crowd the likes of which I've never seen at the bakery.  It seems a tour group had arrived 5 minutes before me and engulfed the place.  At least 50+ people.  All wearing ID badges saying they were part of "Legends of Motorsport" and had driven over from Napa Valley (naturally).  Once I finally got my scones to take home I broke off for some photos.

Porsche Carrera with the neatest luggage rack I've ever seen this side of a 60's VW

Not one:

but two McLaren 720s

Not quite certain about this Porsche 356 but the engine cover was somewhat humped with a LOT of louvers giving it a fastback look.  Carrera?  Abarth?

BMW Z8

And idling across the street from the Z8 was a BMW 3.0 CSL (just beautiful)

Had to go up the street a bit to turn around on a side street and there is a classic...

and parked behind it a Bentley convertible

And to top it all off (no, not my Mustang on the other side of the road)

Out of the picture to the left of the hot rod was the first Bentley Bentayga I'd ever seen.  In black.  No photos of that though

All in all better than staying at home and watching football with teams I don't care about.

 

Edited November 7, 2021 by The Junkman

[Zippi]

Saw this 1915 Packard at a car show yesterday.  424 cu. in. twin 6 cylinder.  It had seperate distributors and carbs but shared the same crankshaft.  37" tires.  It had no front doors so when you got in the car you had to wiggle through the seats to get up front. This car was Massive.