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In front of the store next to Burbank's House of Hobbies (Just noticed the Aston across the street):

Dodge Charger Police car Tamiya Datsun 240Z Revell "snap" Aston Martin DB5 MPC Dodge Warlock pickup

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A few days ago in the San Fernando Valley: A McLaren of some sort caught in traffic on 405 and a couple of Cadillac Lyriqs.

Any other pictures of that 64 Comet Villager?

There's some similarity there to the 62 full-size Buicks, and there were some GM styling proposals in the early 60s that had a similar appearance to that Thunderbird proposal.

How about above the road? Yesterday, while driving back from Lake Havasu, there were three of the really big military helicopters flying about 100 feet above the road. like this: Also the stratolaunch aircraft was sitting outside its hangar at Mojave airport

Lake Havasu City: 63 Corvair convertible, early 50s GMC tractor on a trailer, like this one:

Here we go again...

In the early 80s I had a 73 Pinto wagon with a 2.0. After it broke a connecting rod, I put in a rebuilt 2.3 from a 74. Not a super easy swap. Many changes were made to the front of Pintos in 74 to accept the physically larger 2.3 and to reconcile with the changes made to the structure for the Mustang II. I had to bolt in new engine mounts and put in an electric fan on the front of the radiator, among other changes. The car drove well with the larger engine. The extra torque of the 2.3 made a lot of difference. The car was white, with a brown interior and had US slot mags with fat tires. We also had a 72 Montego wagon at the time in the same color combination.

Pretty sure he meant the Edsel wagon taillights that were a custom option in the original kit.

LAPD used Mercury Montegos in 1970.

Even worse are the lights that are low on the sides in a chunk of black plastic and look like an afterthought. This looks like one car got dropped on top of another.

Sequential turn signals are cool on 60s Thunderbirds and Cougars.

Years ago I had a 79 Indy Pace Car Replica with a tired 2.3 Turbo engine and 4-speed. I replaced it with the drivetrain from a 1992 Mustang LX 5.0.

The 4-speed car had standard seats, while the 5-speed car had the Recaro-ish "sport" seats.

That would be the Charger III.

In 1984 I test drove an 83 Mustang GT that had a 4-speed transmission. Next day I purchased an 83 GT from a different dealership with a T-5.

Del Mar

Also spotted last Thursday: Two current-gen Toyota Mirais (hydrogen fuel cell cars). The newer ones are SO much better looking than the original ones.

Burbank's House of Hobbies.

News coverage of these sort of crashes usually blames the vehicle.

SFV LHS run on Thursday: Fujimi Porsche 917 Martini Racing MPC 69 Cutlass Moebius 65 Mercury Cyclone Revell 32 Ford Dan Fink Speedwagon Monogram 30 Ford Coupe Kess 1/43 Duesenberg Twenty Grand