What did you see on the road today?

[Classicgas]

The owner of the company I work for just had this restored.

[sfhess]

mid 60s VW bus, white/beige patinated.  VW emblem on front replaced by a peace sign.  Original black CA plate: ODD 6xx.  Very cool.

[NOBLNG]

4 hours ago, Classicgas said:

The owner of the company I work for just had this restored.

Sweet! It looks like the front bumper is twisted or crooked though?

[NOBLNG]

Just caught the tail end of a car show in Port Coquitlam.

[Richard Bartrop]

I saw one of these at a stoplight this morning.  Of course, it's not until after it pulls away that I remember that I have a phone that takes photos now.

[Classicgas]

21 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Sweet! It looks like the front bumper is twisted or crooked though?

Didn't notice that until now lol. Now I can't unsee it lol.

[crazyjim]

2 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

I saw one of these at a stoplight this morning.  Of course, it's not until after it pulls away that I remember that I have a phone that takes photos now.

Looks great.  What is it?

[Richard Bartrop]

39 minutes ago, crazyjim said:

Looks great.  What is it?

That is the new Ferrari Roma.

[OldNYJim]

Went for gas this morning, spotted this as I pulled out:

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

i saw a really clean 62 impala and a 67 impala restomod.  and about 300 air cooled volkswagens.  but those may not count cause it was at a vw show...

[Suburban_Hooligan]

had the phone ready today.

the Biscayne and Corvair both had for sale signs in them (corvairs been for sale for a while now)  and the Porsche was a targa. 

[Scott Colmer]

Saw this in Key West. 

[Mittagskind]

9 minutes ago, Scott Colmer said:

Saw this in Key West. 

Around a curve it should be better to push it.

[espo]

17 hours ago, Suburban_Hooligan said:

had the phone ready today.

the Biscayne and Corvair both had for sale signs in them (corvairs been for sale for a while now)  and the Porsche was a targa. 

The Biscayne has the one year only roof design and the grill emblem indicates that it would have the 348 engine, one can only wonder. 

[NOBLNG]

Not on the road, but beside the road.?

[Suburban_Hooligan]

7 hours ago, espo said:

The Biscayne has the one year only roof design and the grill emblem indicates that it would have the 348 engine, one can only wonder. 

you noticed a lot more about it than i did.  it's in my neighborhood.  but i didn't stop and read the for sale sign.  and it wasn't out there this morning so idk... 

all i could think about was buying it, putting astro supremes on it and bagging it.  ...and maybe adding some pearl white ghost flames...  then i had the realization that it was to nice for me to that to and i therefore probably couldn't afford it.  

[espo]

19 hours ago, Suburban_Hooligan said:

you noticed a lot more about it than i did.  it's in my neighborhood.  but i didn't stop and read the for sale sign.  and it wasn't out there this morning so idk... 

all i could think about was buying it, putting astro supremes on it and bagging it.  ...and maybe adding some pearl white ghost flames...  then i had the realization that it was to nice for me to that to and i therefore probably couldn't afford it.  

Sounds like you would like to get your hands on this little jewel. That being the case I would follow up on this and just see what it is and what they want for it. Think of the old saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." 

[sfhess]

Gold 61/62 Corvette.

Black 69 Cadillac convertible.

[Suburban_Hooligan]

4 hours ago, espo said:

Sounds like you would like to get your hands on this little jewel. That being the case I would follow up on this and just see what it is and what they want for it. Think of the old saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." 

i wouldn't mind getting my hands on it.  but i think it's also to nice for what i would do to it.  id prefer to start with something a little more mostly complete junk.  but the reality is, im a cheapskate that already has a project car (and technically one on the back burner that i haven't started on yet) and don't have anywhere to park another one.

on the other hand, if it were a 58 Biscayne i could probably overlook the inconvenience and find a place to put it.

[The Junkman]

I swear on a stack of Playboys, so help me Gilbert Gottfried: a pur-sang Ferrari 250GTO with legit California Historic Vehicle plates right at the edge of downtown Carmel, CA.  Classic body, red of course and not the 64 updated body.  Being Carmel and within spitting distance of the Monterey Peninsula this would be exactly where I'd expect to find such a beauty.  Even idling at street speed it sounded....ready.

[LDO]

It’s dreamy. 

[sfhess]

A Mini-on.

 

Also a 65 Chevelle crew cab.

[OldNYJim]

On 6/17/2023 at 2:28 PM, Classicgas said:

The owner of the company I work for just had this restored.

A tale well known to model builders everywhere…soon as you restore some old built-up, they reissue it ?

[Rocketman455]

My weekly sightings.

[Rodent]

2 hours ago, Rocketman455 said:

My weekly sightings.

You just made me shudder. Many years ago, an ex-"friend" had a nearly identical one with a turbo. I was working on the classic Mustang one evening when he drove up INTO MY GARAGE and told me that he thought he smelled gas. So did I (big time), and I not so politely told him to park his POS in the street and I would look at it. Grabbed a fire extinguisher and walked out as he popped the hood with the engine running. By the Grace of God, this melonhead drove about 30 miles from his mom's house to mine with a fuel line leaking profusely onto the turbo. I had some fuel injection fuel hose and clamps on hand and fixed the leak for him. I still don't know why it didn't combust when he was driving it.