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Spotted: Just Your Typical Vehicles
It was a typical winter morning with some light rain, gray skies, and we had nowhere in particular to go, except the market, the post office, the friend's house to drop off Christmas gifts ... so I insisted we bring the camera.
Today I am going to leave all the images in order so you can see what a day is like for us.
We turned a corner and the red Porsche was apparent from the end of the block. We drove up to see it, and the beautifully-clean Ford Bronco was also revealed.
These two cars are OLD - combining their years would come to about 100!
Two blocks away I spotted this VW Thing. We screeched to a halt and had to reverse up the street a bit to get a clean photo down the driveway. Look how old the garage door is!?
In the same block we saw this Toyota Land Cruiser.
For a 40+ year-old 4x4 it's exceptionally clean.
And as we got ready to turn into an alley (to avoid crossing the main boulevard), we saw this beautiful yellow Chevy truck. I love the giant chrome exhaust stacks behind the cab.
It has big rig hubcaps, a push bar, tinted glass, and the fender says 400 (the largest engine available).
I know my car cover contest last month was too difficult, but for practice sake, we have a Corvette on the street, a newer Corvette in the driveway, a Camaro in the front, and a Firebird/Camaro with spoiler nearest the door.
This Jeep Cherokee comes from the era when brown was considered a fashionable color, and brown with earth tone stripes was even better. Some day it will come back in fashion ...
We came to the corner where the Cliffside Auto Clinic practices its magic. I've shown this before (regular readers might notice the blue/white Chevy) but there's always a surprise awaiting us at Cliffside.
My wife liked the architecture of the house. I was much more interested in the 1963 or so Chevy II Nova SS convertible - a very rare car.
Massively 3D hubcaps, red rims, silver rear panel, SS logos, red interior - this is a car to keep!
Turning away from the Chevy, we saw it immediately.
You can't make these things up! Like the bumper sticker "MAKE TEA, NOT WAR"
A girl named Madison painted this bus. For more info (or a paint job on your car) check out BUM IN THE BUS
Rather than calling Madison to paint our Fiat, we climbed the hill instead and enjoyed a brief look at the scenery.
At the top, in the fancier neighborhood, we found this Buick Electra 225 convertible. I used to have one a year or two older than this. Same colors.
This dates to around 1970. I think mine was a '67 or '68. I sold it in 1991 so forgive me if I can't recall exactly. I do remember how big it was!
I don't know why this Ford Probe appealed to me - but maybe memories of my friend Doris, who bought one against all reason and advice.
Almost home (again!) we found another Corvette. This is a 1974. The House is for sale, not the Car. Rats.
Two blocks away I spotted this VW Thing. We screeched to a halt and had to reverse up the street a bit to get a clean photo down the driveway. Look how old the garage door is!?
In the same block we saw this Toyota Land Cruiser.
For a 40+ year-old 4x4 it's exceptionally clean.
And as we got ready to turn into an alley (to avoid crossing the main boulevard), we saw this beautiful yellow Chevy truck. I love the giant chrome exhaust stacks behind the cab.
It has big rig hubcaps, a push bar, tinted glass, and the fender says 400 (the largest engine available).
I know my car cover contest last month was too difficult, but for practice sake, we have a Corvette on the street, a newer Corvette in the driveway, a Camaro in the front, and a Firebird/Camaro with spoiler nearest the door.
This Jeep Cherokee comes from the era when brown was considered a fashionable color, and brown with earth tone stripes was even better. Some day it will come back in fashion ...
We came to the corner where the Cliffside Auto Clinic practices its magic. I've shown this before (regular readers might notice the blue/white Chevy) but there's always a surprise awaiting us at Cliffside.
This time it was a lowered Blazer with giant rims, a WW II Jeep under the cover, and ...
A Gremlin dragster, which is apparently "Barely Legal". Inside we can just make out an El Camino, a Chevy truck, something with a chrome diff cover; A red Firebird convertible is on the right.
A Scout II, a Range Rover, and a 40's Pickup complete the lot.
Up the street just a block or so we found this Meyers Manx Baja Bug.
And around the corner from them were a 53 Chevy Bel Air convertible under a tarp, along with a very old Chevy pickup.
This Toyota Land Cruiser might be new(er) but it's so clean I had to take the photos.
A Gremlin dragster, which is apparently "Barely Legal". Inside we can just make out an El Camino, a Chevy truck, something with a chrome diff cover; A red Firebird convertible is on the right.
A Scout II, a Range Rover, and a 40's Pickup complete the lot.
Up the street just a block or so we found this Meyers Manx Baja Bug.
And around the corner from them were a 53 Chevy Bel Air convertible under a tarp, along with a very old Chevy pickup.
This Toyota Land Cruiser might be new(er) but it's so clean I had to take the photos.
My wife liked the architecture of the house. I was much more interested in the 1963 or so Chevy II Nova SS convertible - a very rare car.
Massively 3D hubcaps, red rims, silver rear panel, SS logos, red interior - this is a car to keep!
Turning away from the Chevy, we saw it immediately.
You can't make these things up! Like the bumper sticker "MAKE TEA, NOT WAR"
A girl named Madison painted this bus. For more info (or a paint job on your car) check out BUM IN THE BUS
Rather than calling Madison to paint our Fiat, we climbed the hill instead and enjoyed a brief look at the scenery.
At the top, in the fancier neighborhood, we found this Buick Electra 225 convertible. I used to have one a year or two older than this. Same colors.
This dates to around 1970. I think mine was a '67 or '68. I sold it in 1991 so forgive me if I can't recall exactly. I do remember how big it was!
I don't know why this Ford Probe appealed to me - but maybe memories of my friend Doris, who bought one against all reason and advice.
Doris was almost 80, stiff, with bad eyesight and weak back. Climbing in and out hurt her, but she felt younger driving it. Rest in Peace Doris.
While I was reminiscing my wife had time to shop for a free book in the Little Library next door to the Probe.
We crossed the main drag and came upon a Merc wagon.
in the same yard as this new Toyota, old GM and oldest of all Mustang. This is an open-minded family on automotive brands.
Nice Mustang!
300TD was a 5-cylinder engine, I think, vs the 240D 4-cylinder
This tree has a huge wedge in it. It's been there about 40 years; I can just remember having seen it in the newspaper when the tree died and the owner built this. He also has good taste in trucks.
One more truck. Nothing special, really.
Even though it's the sporty Ranger model with 2 gas tanks (dates it to the early 70's fuel crisis)
Back across on the "other side of the tracks" we came across this brightly painted pair of houses with a striking old Chevy flatbed truck between them
And a mid-Seventies Chevy Nova missing its back window, catching the raindrops
It has a 350 / 5.7L V8 though
My wife said, OK that's enough. Let's get to the Post Office. We did.
While I was reminiscing my wife had time to shop for a free book in the Little Library next door to the Probe.
We crossed the main drag and came upon a Merc wagon.
in the same yard as this new Toyota, old GM and oldest of all Mustang. This is an open-minded family on automotive brands.
Nice Mustang!
300TD was a 5-cylinder engine, I think, vs the 240D 4-cylinder
This tree has a huge wedge in it. It's been there about 40 years; I can just remember having seen it in the newspaper when the tree died and the owner built this. He also has good taste in trucks.
One more truck. Nothing special, really.
Even though it's the sporty Ranger model with 2 gas tanks (dates it to the early 70's fuel crisis)
Back across on the "other side of the tracks" we came across this brightly painted pair of houses with a striking old Chevy flatbed truck between them
And a mid-Seventies Chevy Nova missing its back window, catching the raindrops
It has a 350 / 5.7L V8 though
My wife said, OK that's enough. Let's get to the Post Office. We did.
Then another Mustang appeared. A bit rough, but nothing to look down on. Fifty years old, at least!
As we headed home, this Corvette appeared on the rise, along with a blue El Camino peeking out of the shrubbery.
Nice! I like this medium blue Chevy color.
The Vette was in good shape too. Thinking we were finished, she started to put the camera away.
Not so fast! I cried, as yet another Mustang appeared. With a 1958 Chevy truck behind.
We saw this truck in November, when we headed to the donut shop before breakfast. It had black and white paint then, and wheels!
Lookin' Good Billy Ray
As we headed home, this Corvette appeared on the rise, along with a blue El Camino peeking out of the shrubbery.
Nice! I like this medium blue Chevy color.
The Vette was in good shape too. Thinking we were finished, she started to put the camera away.
Not so fast! I cried, as yet another Mustang appeared. With a 1958 Chevy truck behind.
We saw this truck in November, when we headed to the donut shop before breakfast. It had black and white paint then, and wheels!
Lookin' Good Billy Ray
Almost home (again!) we found another Corvette. This is a 1974. The House is for sale, not the Car. Rats.
And that's the end of our typical run to the Post Office.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Cazalea
Spotted: Just Your Typical Vehicles
It was a typical winter morning with some light rain, gray skies, and we had nowhere in particular to go, except the market, the post office, the friend's house to drop off Christmas gifts ... so I insisted we bring the camera. Today I am going to leave a...
You have a great old time with a great view even for a post office run. Nice.
Hope ot has not been too wet. I noticed a lot of car covers. The porsche 356 is sweet. Thanks Bill
Not particularly a car addict but the red ones you showed us (Porsche, Mustang and Corvette) are... so desirable!!!
Thank you for these shots. Best wishes Alkiro
Again, the amount of classic cars ...
.... in your neighboorhood is simply amazing. I wonder how many of those original 356 Porsche are still on the road in CA. That W123 is a 5 cyl for sure, i even think the first real performance diesel car, in my younger years i often had a drive in a non ...
Eagerly awaiting that one :-)
The brown Cherokee is one of the coolest looking SUV's of that era and of any era for that matter. It has so much class and style, the handling might not really be that of a Cayenne but i'd prefer it above any other SUV.