What did you see on the road today?

[oldcarfan]

Took a drive yesterday morning and passed a VW Caddy pickup. Looked used but rust free. Sitting at a stoplight two Ford Flexes went past now to tail. They looked like they'd just been to the detailer, all shiny and new. Not sure if they've reached collectible stage, but there was a car club meet in town, so I'm guessing they were headed that way. The Flex was one of my secret favorites back in the day. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

'56 or '57 Mk II Continental. Nice survivor driver. Older paint in good condition, a little slightly wavy bodywork, clean mostly original interior. Just the way I'd love to have it...

EDIT: You really don't get a sense of how HUGE these things are from photographs. 

Edited Wednesday at 05:59 PM by Ace-Garageguy
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[Earl Marischal]

More a case of what did I see from the road. 😁

Caterham 7 CSR belonging to my friend Roger.

steve

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

59 minutes ago, Earl Marischal said:

More a case of what did I see from the road. 😁

Caterham 7 CSR belonging to my friend Roger.

Envy envy envy...  

Stupidest thing I ever did, by far, was sell my 7.  

[porschercr]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Envy envy envy...  

Stupidest thing I ever did, by far, was sell my 7.  

I think most of us have those one or more vehicles, we regret selling.

 

[johnyrotten]

I saw the greatest vanity plate on my way home. He's got the fuzzy dice as well. Probably the kind of thing I'll do when I get to the age, if the plates available. 👍👍

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:37 PM by johnyrotten

[Ace-Garageguy]

54 minutes ago, porschercr said:

I think most of us have those one or more vehicles, we regret selling.

 

I was young-ish, I'd torn the car all the way down to do a resto, the frame had a lot of cracks in it (I wasn't yet a competent welder/fabricator), and somebody made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

I always figured I'd find or build another one, but the REALLY stupid part is that mine was factory-built by Lotus as a London Auto Show exhibit, and had what was then known as the full "SCCA" racing option package, including some Cosworth internal engine bits and a pair of Weber 40 DCOE sidedrafts...and the factory build-book.

As vintage Loti go, it would be a particularly special car today.

[Falcon Ranchero]

18 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

'56 or '57 Mk II Continental. Nice survivor driver. Older paint, slightly lumpy bodywork, clean mostly original interior. Just the way I'd love to have it...

Gee I wish there was a model kit for this

[Ace-Garageguy]

9 minutes ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

Gee I wish there was a model kit for this

There is a beautiful diecast in 1/24...either Danbury or Franklin Mint.

[mk11]

Revell had a 1:32 kit a long time ago...

[Russell C]

8 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

...diecast in 1/24 either Danbury or Franklin Mint.

Franklin - I'd been keeping an eye on those on eBay a while back since I had a sinister custom idea for one, but they always ended up way beyond my poor guy budget. Then there was the AMT acetate promo (or whatever incredible shrinking plastic those were made out of), where I got one for cheap years back thinking if I could cut apart all the panels and re-glued 'em back on straighter, then I could use that. This is an older photo composite when it arrived in the mail, it's probably gotten worse lately. Maybe if I leave it out in the sun, it'll turn into a curlycue work of art I can sell at an art gallery for 4 figures. 🤣

Edited Wednesday at 05:29 AM by Russell C
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[Earl Marischal]

12 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Envy envy envy...  

Stupidest thing I ever did, by far, was sell my 7.  

He had a second one that he used for sprint racing. It came to a sad end after arguing with a concrete block a year or so ago.

steve

PS Ignore bloke behind wheel 😳

[sfhess]

20 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

I saw the greatest vanity plate on my way home. He's got the fuzzy dice as well. Probably the kind of thing I'll do when I get to the age, if the plates available. 👍👍

 

Fuzzy dice and a high school graduation tassel.

[Suburban_Hooligan]

terrible pic shot with a terrible phone camera through a dirty window.

 

[oldcarfan]

Saw a Ford truck in my favorite color today at WalMart. It was unmarked but must have been a fleet truck. I've always wanted a truck like this!

[Falcon Ranchero]

Went on a cruise in the Highway Star yesterday. Saw a '66 Chevelle convertible, that began following us. Saw the '66 Caprice that parked beside us at the A&W show. That Chevelle followed us until we turned off down a different street. We were on our way to the mechanics shop because my dad was there yesterday and said there was an old Chevy van thing; namely a 1953 Chevy sedan delivery, that, for years had been sitting on a sketchy property downtown, with loads of no-tresspassing signs. Had a photo from 2022, when we went there to see it, that I took through the closed window of the truck, and I put that photo on the forum somewhere, but yesterday at the mechanics it was fair game to photoshoot. Also there was a 1984 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, that was for sale for $4000 from I believe the original owners. So the new owner must be getting a check up for it. And in the shop was a new to the Soo, from 4 hours North the highway in Thunder Bay, a 1972-ish Plymouth Duster. Absolutely stunning car. Hoping to see it at shows soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 04:56 PM by Falcon Ranchero

[Falcon Ranchero]

Gotta split these up; post was too colossal to be as one.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Falcon Ranchero

[Rob Hall]

On 7/30/2025 at 1:25 AM, Russell C said:

Franklin - I'd been keeping an eye on those on eBay a while back since I had a sinister custom idea for one, but they always ended up way beyond my poor guy budget. Then there was the AMT acetate promo (or whatever incredible shrinking plastic those were made out of), where I got one for cheap years back thinking if I could cut apart all the panels and re-glued 'em back on straighter, then I could use that. This is an older photo composite when it arrived in the mail, it's probably gotten worse lately. Maybe if I leave it out in the sun, it'll turn into a curlycue work of art I can sell at an art gallery for 4 figures. 🤣

Vic's Resins also has a 1/25th partial resin kit (no chassis) of the Continental available through Southern Motorsports Hobbies, I don't have it but do have a couple other Vic's Resins kits..they are a bit on the rough side and require a lot of cleanup (not Modelhaus, etc level).

https://stores.smhracing.com/1956-lincoln-mk-ii-1-25/

[89AKurt]

This weekend is the Prescott Antique Auto Club's 50th show!  I'm diving in full effort this year, never helped out from the very beginning.  These are member's cars, so they of course run perfectly, and are on the road.  Charter member has the GMC truck, he helped move my dad's International bus with that.

My first vintage vehicle was a '48 5 Window, so of course I love this, the patina is perfect, and the chrome "sergeant stripes" (I call them streaks) are really cool.

Today (Thursday) I was out at Watson Lake early to get "my" water booth awning up (it's really for the Information and raffle booth), this Rat Truck is interesting.

I should start a new OT of the show........

[sfhess]

I saw this in a driveway in Littlerock.  Up the street there was an 85-86 Celica in a backyard, down the streets a few blocks there are several 70s Chevy pickups in another back yard.

 

 

[A modeler named mike]

17 minutes ago, sfhess said:

I saw this in a driveway in Littlerock.  Up the street there was an 85-86 Celica in a backyard, down the streets a few blocks there are several 70s Chevy pickups in another back yard.

 

 

I can hear the kids now, "Hey, that's that Dam store's Dam truck, Dam    C👀L and it's for $ale"

[Big John]

Dam pricey I bet!