Great pics Mike! I have questions about many but will narrow it down to one. What is that green car with the oddly hinged door, and what is the yellow one behind it.

Mar 25, 2023,14:17 PM
 

Oops.. I guess that's two questions!

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Why People Live in Southern California

 
 By: cazalea : March 23rd, 2023-16:17
Not just for the cars, It's the "California Dream" ? PS - I think there is a similar "Italian Dream" but you would have to ask FabR ...  

I don't recognize those engine bays...

 
 By: mdg : March 23rd, 2023-16:39
...no computers : ) But seriously, I used to tune up my late '60s Datsun 510 back in the day. What a great car that was...

Other dreams are available 😉…

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : March 23rd, 2023-16:55
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Thanks to a job that took me to 50 countries, I've participated in some other dreams

 
 By: cazalea : March 23rd, 2023-17:20
And forgot to say I lived in the UK for a year... (my wife has this "You are NOT buying this car" look) Most of them involved "motorized transport" All in the Northern Hemisphere so far though... ...  

Fantastic memories Mike …

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : March 23rd, 2023-19:29
That’s one of the best things about the journey of owning and enjoying cars, the memories they create along the journey. Even the temperamental ones 😉 ...  

Speaking of temperamental

 
 By: cazalea : March 24th, 2023-17:29
I took the Lotus out for just an hour and it got very hot with stuck thermostat - third time in 32 years; annoying and on a cool day, but I was close to home and familiar with the symptoms. And smog test / MOT coming up so I’ll have to fix it. Again! Oh m...  

I still live the Elan …

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : March 24th, 2023-22:34
Almost owned a rare black version, but that’s another story. I must tell you about some of my Esprit adventures some day 😱

Heaven!

 
 By: amanico : March 23rd, 2023-17:00

Nice Mike, I like the swimming pool photo.

 
 By: Thomas_3 : March 23rd, 2023-17:55
Relaxing and serene. Much more so than the freeway traffic.

If the “young” environmentalists are correct…

 
 By: Clueless_Collector : March 23rd, 2023-21:11
I mean young relative to Earth’s age, because one famous one is a teenager and some others only been around for their life so far, maybe 30-40years ignoring 1st 20 is just eat, play and study…then California will be a desert at some point and Washington w... 

My biggest concern is the new wine country!!!…

 
 By: myles721 : March 24th, 2023-02:47
Gotta have wine.🤨

Nice engines

 
 By: sschew : March 24th, 2023-02:06
but that traffic might as well be Highway 401 at rush hour ugh.

McLaren F1 believe it or not

 
 By: cazalea : March 28th, 2023-03:22
The factory’s demo car. They didn’t let me drive it; but sitting in it was good enough for me

Top photo is a small-block Chevy . . .

 
 By: Dr No : March 27th, 2023-23:17
. . . with Hilborn injectors and a Vertex magneto ignition. Next is a rare 427 c i big-block Chevy built by Traco ( Tra vers & Co on); Traco was known primarily for their work on small-block Chevys. Third is a small-block Ford, also fitted with Vertex mag...