What did you see on the road today?

[Can-Con]

6 hours ago, espo said:

While it's a nice looking clone, with the after market paint masks out there I think there are more Yanko Deuces now than Yanko ever sold new.  

That's like "327 Corvette engines". Every old clapped out piece of carp that was aloud on the street with a small block Chevy engine had a "Corvette 327 with fuelie heads and a 3/4 cam" even if it said it's a late '70s 305 2BBL when you looked up the serial numbers. ?

[espo]

14 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

That's like "327 Corvette engines". Every old clapped out piece of carp that was aloud on the street with a small block Chevy engine had a "Corvette 327 with fuelie heads and a 3/4 cam" even if it said it's a late '70s 305 2BBL when you looked up the serial numbers. ?

So true. Just read any ad on E Bay for a car with a small block chevy engine, they're all Corvette engines. By the same token you will see every early OHV Ford thru 1957 has a 312 cu in engine, even the 1954 models. Corvette valve covers do not a Corvette engine make and the same goes for T-Bird valve covers. They even had 272 and 292 cu in engines that had valve covers, painted black, that said it was a Thunder Bird engine and fender emblems attesting to it as well. Like you said check the serial numbers and you have to pull a valve cover and look for the casting numbers under them to know for sure. The Corvette FI heads you mention, often called the "camel hump" heads were superseded by far better equipment by the early to mid 1960's anyway.  

[NOBLNG]

Saw these all in PEI today.

[Scott Colmer]

Seen on the way home from the NNL West

[Scott Colmer]

This not so fun. No politics, please.

[Rodent]

E85 is $4.19/gallon at the station I pass almost every day. Even with the hit in fuel economy, that seems like a deal vs. $6.59 for regular. You never used to see anyone at the E85 pump, but now there is typically 4-5 cars waiting for their single pump. Ford/GM trucks, various Chryslers, etc. Guess those folks know what the "Flex Fuel" badge on the back means.  ?

Edited June 17, 2022 by Rodent

[misterNNL]

I saw two interesting cars in 10 minutes yesterday. A '53 Packard more door headed north on a flatbed truck and a '36 Chevy 5w coupe street rod on a used car lot. Both in Northwest Dayton, Ohio.

[OldNYJim]

Kid at work got an IROC with Boyd wheels - my Mustang enjoyed having a parking buddy who wasn’t a pickup for a change…

 

[Misha]

Went to the local fish&chip shop and parked next to  stunning 1974 Caddy flower car. Owner told be it was a local conversion done in Victoria by Trudeau. Plans are to lower the ride. 
 

The conversion was named “ElGrandé” and the builder name Trudeau is on a script under the reflector.

[heyjohnxx]

Horse drawn hearse. Unusual sight in Battle Creek, MI

[Mattilacken]

Car meet here in the Arctic of Sweden.

Allot of nice and some not so nice cars but the weather was terrible so just some pics. And of all Cool cars I got kind of exited about this Olds!

[Chuckyg1]

Caught this one in West Hampton this afternoon.

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

F150 Shelby 

[Mike C.]

Man. They will slap the name Shelby on anything these days. Talk about beating a dead horse, Let the guy rest in peace already. The name has lost all meaning.

[PatW]

On 6/17/2022 at 8:17 PM, Rodent said:

E85 is $4.19/gallon at the station I pass almost every day. Even with the hit in fuel economy, that seems like a deal vs. $6.59 for regular. You never used to see anyone at the E85 pump, but now there is typically 4-5 cars waiting for their single pump. Ford/GM trucks, various Chryslers, etc. Guess those folks know what the "Flex Fuel" badge on the back means.  ?

Ours here in the UK is £8 per gallon. Diesel that is. 

[PatW]

On 6/14/2022 at 2:00 AM, espo said:

I saw one of these new Mustangs today in the market parking lot. I didn't realize what it was, and didn't particularly care, but the horse in the middle of where the grill should have been caught my eye. This looked like a substantial sized 4 door sedan not at all like a crossover or what ever those things are. They should have called it an LTD and it would have been more fitting of a name for the size of vehicle and the general shape of it. 

WE have 'New' Mustangs here in the UK with filled in grilles with the Mustang logo in the middle, yes they are electric!

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

[Misha]

I continue to be surprised by the variety of cool vehicles in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island out on the west coast of Canada! Strolling along the streets of Duncan I spotted this immaculate mid-fifties VW oval window in a gleaming pewter finish. Back in the day I had a rather rough oval window with a factory sunroof, had to park it on an incline as the starter was shot. 

 

 

 

Then I came upon a great summer vehicle, an IHC Scout all decked out for cruising to the beach!

 

 

Seems that each time I come into town there’s something to catch my eye! Cheers Misha

[espo]

1 hour ago, Misha said:

I continue to be surprised by the variety of cool vehicles in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island out on the west coast of Canada! Strolling along the streets of Duncan I spotted this immaculate mid-fifties VW oval window in a gleaming pewter finish. Back in the day I had a rather rough oval window with a factory sunroof, had to park it on an incline as the starter was shot. 

 

 

 

Then I came upon a great summer vehicle, an IHC Scout all decked out for cruising to the beach!

 

 

Seems that each time I come into town there’s something to catch my eye! Cheers Misha

Hi Misha, I just wanted to chime in on your remarks about Vancouver Island. I have had the great fortune to have visited there a few times and your remarks about the clean cars is something I also remember.  Besides being one of the most beautiful places to visit and the friendly people in the area, there does seem to be a large number of really nice cars and trucks around. Could be the climate or just people that like older cars.  

[Can-Con]

13 minutes ago, espo said:

Hi Misha, I just wanted to chime in on your remarks about Vancouver Island. I have had the great fortune to have visited there a few times and your remarks about the clean cars is something I also remember.  Besides being one of the most beautiful places to visit and the friendly people in the area, there does seem to be a large number of really nice cars and trucks around. Could be the climate or just people that like older cars.  

I used to live in Courtney when I was a kid and remember there were always cool cars on the Island. Was back for a visit twice in the '80s and couldn't believe how many old Thunderbirds there were there.

[espo]

1 minute ago, Can-Con said:

I used to live in Courtney when I was a kid and remember there were always cool cars on the Island. Was back for a visit twice in the '80s and couldn't believe how many old Thunderbirds there were there.

My wife had never been, and I was showing her the Olympic Peninsula area when we were on vacation. I had a customer who had just been there and was telling me about the Gardens, so we took the ferry from Port Angeles to Vancouver for thew day. We were both struck by how clean everything was compared to the US. Pulling into the Port on the ferry and seeing the Government buildings and the seating on the walls around the port was like stepping into another world. 

[RSchnell]

Saw this '66 Ford Convert in traffic with some sort of huge box in the trunk. 

[Bill Eh?]

I stopped at Pizza Nova to pick up my order and this Porsche (993?) was in the parking lot.

[keyser]

991.2 GT3. Fun cars. Nice pic. 
Oops. It’s a 991.2, the front center intake goes outwards at bottom. Sorry, ez dumb mistake. ‘18, not ‘15. 

Edited June 29, 2022 by keyser
Screwed up

[Scott Colmer]

Saw these gems in Kauai. The background was used as a F n F movie set. The tanker was in the movie looking pretty hot.