What did you see on the road today?

[Joe Handley]

3 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

Cool...the new Audi e-tron.  It's a sharp SUV. 

So new that they can't be bought yet either

[PatW]

Six new Aston Martin Vantages! As the Aston factory is just 20 miles away it must be an owners club!

[Russell C]

Chugging along at probably not much over 50mph, a bit of a different kind of Willys wagon.

[Tom Geiger]

8 hours ago, Russell C said:

Chugging along at probably not much over 50mph, a bit of a different kind of Willys wagon.

 

Reminds me of  a story...   One year I was driving back to New Jersey from the Toledo NNL on Route 80 across Pennsylvania.  It's like six hours across the state.  I came upon a 1960s VW van.  Typical hippy van, Vermont plate.  As you said, chugging along at maybe 50 mph!    I passed it and kept moving at around 80 mph.   I'd stop at a rest stop about once an hour.  And shortly thereafter I'd pass that same van again!  It happened several times.  That driver must've had an iron bladder because I don't think he had ever stopped.

[Rob Hall]

9 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

Reminds me of  a story...   One year I was driving back to New Jersey from the Toledo NNL on Route 80 across Pennsylvania.  It's like six hours across the state.  I came upon a 1960s VW van.  Typical hippy van, Vermont plate.  As you said, chugging along at maybe 50 mph!    I passed it and kept moving at around 80 mph.   I'd stop at a rest stop about once an hour.  And shortly thereafter I'd pass that same van again!  It happened several times.  That driver must've had an iron bladder because I don't think he had ever stopped.

About 20 years ago I was out sight seeing in Colorado and came upon a Trabant struggling to get up a long, steep hill...probably doing 25 mph.  Maybe 50 miles down the road, I stopped for lunch, and came out and the Trabant was pulling into the parking lot beside me.   Chatted a bit w/ the couple in the Trabant...they were from Germany and had shipped it to the US and had started in NY and were driving it to California.  a very long, very slow drive. 

[Tom Geiger]

3 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

About 20 years ago I was out sight seeing in Colorado and came upon a Trabant struggling to get up a long, steep hill...probably doing 25 mph.  Maybe 50 miles down the road, I stopped for lunch, and came out and the Trabant was pulling into the parking lot beside me.   Chatted a bit w/ the couple in the Trabant...they were from Germany and had shipped it to the US and had started in NY and were driving it to California.  a very long, very slow drive. 

and you reminded me of a tourist story...

I was headed home from work one Friday evening and spied a large Fiat motor home sitting in a supermarket parking lot.  I stopped to take a look and a family was sitting in lawn chairs eating dinner.  The man spoke English and he liked that I was interested in his vehicle.   He asked me if I knew a good place to park overnight where he could hook up to electric...  I thought for a minute and replied,  "My driveway!"  This was before we carried cell phones or had email so my wife was surprised when I pull up with this motor home following me.

We invited them in for the evening, and it was interesting.  The man and his wife sat with my wife and I and he did the talking, and translated for his wife.  They had a daughter with them and my two daughters got a kick out of entertaining her, although they couldn't communicate!   I asked him if he was concerned about driving a Fiat in America regarding spare parts and service.  He said that it was very reliable and he didn't expect any issues,  but it had the same chassis and diesel that the Ivecko trucks Fiat was selling there at the time.

The next day we loaded them in our minivan and showed them around Monmouth County... took their photo out front of the Stone Pony in Asbury Park and some spots they wouldn't have thought of. It's good to know the locals. One of those spots was the Keansburg boardwalk, where they still have 1930s  antique rides.  Introduced them to boardwalk  sausage sandwiches!  They stayed a second night and were gone when we woke up on Sunday.  They were headed towards Philadelphia and then Washington DC.  

And interesting enough last evening my wife and I went for a bite at our favorite local pub.  There was a couple from Belgium sitting at the bar with us.  They were doing the tourist thing and wound up in Exton for the night just out of luck!  

 

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

I spotted this a while ago but just got around to posting it. A stretched Jeep Wrangler?

[Russell C]

43 minutes ago, Perspective Customs said:

.... A stretched Jeep Wrangler?

Some do serve a legit purpose. My pic below of our tour driver taking a pic of my fellow offroad tourists back in 2005 at the top of Hurricane Pass. I vacation every summer right near Ouray Colorado, lost track of the number of times I've ridden in this one with my SOA Jeep Tours friends.

[landman]

8 hours ago, Perspective Customs said:

I spotted this a while ago but just got around to posting it. A stretched Jeep Wrangler?

Back in the day they made a CJ6 that looked a lot like that.

[Brian Austin]

Yesterday at about 10:30 in the morning I saw a Ford Model A two-door (in stock form) then that evening in another town I saw a Jaguar XJ-S (1980s, I think).

A few days ago I saw a Model T, in restored form.  The couple who got in it were a heck of a lot younger than what you might expect to see driving such a conveyance!

[SfanGoch]

Saw this in Greenpernt while hanging out with my son earlier today, a 1972 Austin Vanden Plas Princess 1300:

[Earl Marischal]

Saw this today in York (UK)

steve

 

[espo]

22 minutes ago, Earl Marischal said:

Saw this today in York (UK)

steve

 

Looks clean, and very basic. Never seen one before. What is it I'm looking at and how old is it ?  

[Rob Hall]

3 minutes ago, espo said:

Looks clean, and very basic. Never seen one before. What is it I'm looking at and how old is it ?  

Triumph Dolomite.  They were made '72-80, though I'm used to seeing photos of them with 4 round headlights. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Dolomite

Edited April 22, 2019 by Rob Hall

[espo]

Thanks for the info. 

[OldNYJim]

On 19 April 2019 at 7:28 PM, SfanGoch said:

Saw this in Greenpernt while hanging out with my son earlier today, a 1972 Austin Vanden Plas Princess 1300:

Still has the UK licence plates under the NY plates too!

[Rob Hall]

7 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

Still has the UK licence plates under the NY plates too!

There was a maroon Riley Elf like that in Denver..UK number plates under Colorado plates.   Neat little cars.

Edited April 23, 2019 by Rob Hall

[OldNYJim]

1 hour ago, Rob Hall said:

There was a maroon Riley Elf like that in Denver..UK number plates under Colorado plates.   Neat little cars.

That one above makes me think of a baby Rolls Royce with that big grill!  

[espo]

That is probably what the manufacture was hoping potential buyers would think. 

[sfhess]

The other day I saw a red 69 Mercury Monterey convertible on a flatbed.  Right behind it was a red 67 Coronet convertible.  Both in nice shape.

Edited April 24, 2019 by sfhess

[sfhess]

Monday I saw a guy driving a Jaguar XK120 in North Hollywood.

[sfhess]

Magazine doing a comparison test of high-end, high-performance SUVs on Angeles Forest Highway?  Lamborghini Urus, Jaguar something-or-other and a couple of black vehicles I didn't get a good look at, probably a Cayenne and ???

 

Also later I saw a Sterling sedan (80s Rover/Honda collaboration).

[SSNJim]

There was a beautiful black 66 Ford LTD parked across the street from my work in DC today. Black with black vinyl top and interior. Gorgeous car.

[HomerS]

Dayton Cars & Coffee

Fiat (owner wasn't around so don't know the model or year)

Pao

Honda Beat

Nissan Figaro

Edited April 27, 2019 by HomerS

[OldNYJim]

Some more cool stuff from in and around New York this past week or two:

Saw a TV shoot for an FX show with a load of old 80s Fords and Chevys and so on:

This was near my place (in Brooklyn)...looked ok from this angle:

Significantly worse from this side though

Some kind of Lamborghini in Chelsea:

Super clean!

Less clean, but I'd totally lower it and roll around in it all summer:

And if this thing is QUICK, it would probably be a blast to drive around in!