Automotive

Just around the corner ("a round", get it?) we found this curvaceous Ford.

Up the street, heading for our selected part of town, we came across this two-for-one driveway with Chevy Pickup and Jeepster. As I've owned two Jeepsters, I always like to find them (hoping I'll see one of my former cars).



Bushes need to be trimmed!



And in the alley behind that house, an International Scout Traveler



A bit ragged, and with no plates



Keeping up the 4x4 theme, here's a Land Rover - although I have been finding plenty lately, they are quite rare in the US









Here's the standard SoCal "Jacked Up" formula, only this time applied to a small Toyota pickup rather than a large Chevy or Ford truck.









Up the road about 10 houses we found a 65 Ford Galaxy smiling out from behind some shrubs





My bad. I didn't slow enough for the photographer to get a sharp image. Or the auto-focus was napping.





This is simply a gratuitous butt shot.






Never a good sign to see wires coming out from under the hood ... but it's still a nice Chevelle Malibu SS 64 or 65?







For the Bavarians in the crowd, I'd guess this is one of a kind in San Diego 

Another Chevelle, sitting up above us on a private driveway










A blue Chevy Step-Side pickup









Here we have a rare Jeep J20 4x4 pickup, produced from 74-87 or so, when it was dumped due to Chrysler taking over Jeep.








A beautiful blue '64 Impala SS









Changing our focus, the BigA 4x4 towers over the rest of the trucks at this corner lot





I'm sure he asked for BadA 4x4 and was denied that plate by the DMV





White with Red is a good combination for a Ranchero. Too bad the stripe isn't straight, intersects the filler cap, and doesn't quite line up with the rear trim









Returning to the XJS theme of yesterday, here's a nice semi-cabriolet

AND NOW THE PIECE de RESISTANCE>--  a tiny cul-de-sac, a curving street about 10 houses long looked hardly worth the trouble to visit. Look what we found! Lilac boat. Old car (bike rack on front)








Brilliant red Chrysler New Yorker wagon, another old car, and a trailer painted to match the boat!





an Art Deco-y looking stainless with lilac (raspberry?) travel trailer





Padlock on the boat trailer painted to match; look at the lines of the hull.





Pinstriped!





Bike rack on the back of this one.





These cars have current registration - and I've never seen one of them. It's only about 3 miles to my house.





Kicking it down a few notches, this little Ranger pickup caught my eye. Nice wheels. Shame about the clear coat, but then we can blame it on the smog police. No VOCs in our paint anymore means lots of trouble.









A clean Mustang, for Mustang fans. 









I'm starting to like green. Maybe I need a green car ....

But it's more fun to think about buying another Volvo. And I doubt they come in green nowadays. But brown is nice too.

And a fantastic Pontiac Bonneville Station Wagon





Pinched waist, wide-track Pontiac





Quickly followed up by this Rambler American





Notice the "Continental" spare tire mounting in back.



Just in case you think this is an easy game - finding cars - take a look at the terrain:






and the scenery:





It's hard to keep one's mind on the job at hand - finding obscure cars and trucks, like this stretched Lincoln Town Car. It's not the best stretch job I've seen...









Here a token Ram Pickup for Art





The owner's house and other car are more upscale





This is a street where people keep their old trucks.



Two tone and 4x4 pickups dominate the street scenery (is it because everyone is looking out their back windows at the ocean?)





Sometimes the architecture overwhelms the vehicles (or vice versa)














Coming around a bend I heard a garage door opening (the advantage of an electric car's quietness) - and then slammed on the brakes. Look! Mrs. C fired off a shot - we looked at each other - Let's make contact!










This is the third P1800 she's had. A first red car was sold to another couple in town (200,000+ miles).  A white one was given to the repair shop in exchange for work on this red one, which has only 75,000 miles.






Feeling that we have exceeded our limit, we turned off the camera and headed home. We spotted a lowered, blacked-out Chevy Suburban so had to turn on the camera again.




Braved dogs and barbed wire fencing to catch this clean pickup,









and had a chuckle over this DUB wheeled short Chevy step side






which inadvertently led us to a colorful alley filled with musical beers and another Jeepster Commando









A ratty promotional surf-mobile / woody wrapped up our day, balancing out the woody boat we started with.

Our trip today took 110 minutes, covered 23.4 miles and used 5 kw or about $1.00 of electricity. Average speed 12 mph. We never even got to the neighborhood we'd intended to visit. Can you believe it??

Cazalea

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