Took advantage of the great San Diego weather and washed the other car. Still a work in progress but getting there.
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Took advantage of the great San Diego weather and washed the other car. Still a work in progress but getting there.
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short clip of the vette-cart/hack donor pulling off:
https://youtu.be/dTTmk1Nd81E
now that I have a temp tag, why not drive it to work:
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Went to the Forest Grove Concours today, saw several cool cars, including one of my favorite classics, the Renault Alpine A110:
http://i.imgur.com/rT1PBXj.jpg
heck yeah, william! i love those too. so much character.
check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9F1YDjkJys
I love the car's size and styling. It's just such a cool little car. That video captures the history of the car as well.
The want is strong.
There were a bunch of cool classics there, including the usual Aston Martin DB4, a handful of Jaguar E-types, a whole section of Austin-Minis, tons of vintage Packards, Buicks, etc. Some of my other favorites:
1961 Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale
http://i.imgur.com/GHDCglc.jpg
1972 Saab 95, a car I misremembered as the one James May drove in their time trial rally episode (series 13, episode 6). James drove a Citroën Ami. Still, who doesn't love a two door stationwagon
http://i.imgur.com/dcMuLkI.jpg
Terrible shot of a 1968 Triumph TR250. An update of the TR4, I believe it was only produced in 1968 before the TR6. It had a less powerful engine than the European TR5 due to emissions regulations (carburetors vs. mechanical fuel injection), but still a gorgeous car. The red one that is barely in frame is driven to Canada each year and rallied as well. The green one has been owned by the same owner since new.
http://i.imgur.com/3EkXcSz.jpg
1966 Sunbeam Tiger aka the poor man's Shelby Cobra. It's a British Sunbeam Alpine body with a Ford 260 cubic inch V8. This one is reportedly 1 of 6 in Commodore Blue.
http://i.imgur.com/4sJuvV5.jpg
1972(?) Alfa Romeo GTV 2000(?). You see them all the time on BaT.
http://i.imgur.com/hLmM5dp.jpg
1969 MG MGB. My father had basically this car when he was younger; same color, might be a year younger or older. My father noted that his car never looked this good, "not even when I saw one in the showroom"
http://i.imgur.com/DKdYRKf.jpg
1976 AMC Pacer. My grandfather had one of these. He's never had a great taste in cars LOL
http://i.imgur.com/7YopCIe.jpg
1971 3.0 CSL Alpina in Golf Yellow
http://i.imgur.com/BNZ6gTH.jpg
dude. thanks for the pics, that was awesome!
two funny notes... i actually saw a pacer on the road on friday - i can't remember the last time i saw one! (might have actually been in wayne's world, LOL). and, my dad had a couple of MGBs as well when i was a really little kid. loved the look, but i remember them always being broken. :)
that green TR250 on panasports... heck yeah.
:thumbsup
I know, the Pacer is something else. Just looks like a spaceship and yet somehow perfectly from the 1970s. That's crazy you would see one on the road. I remember seeing one 10+ years ago, thought it was a POS because of how rusted out it was. And that TR250 is gorgeous. Both TR250s had Panasport wheels.
I've never had a personal connection to cars from my father's era, but I love how different design philosophy was back then. A relative lack of safety regulations meant you could make stunningly beautiful bodies, or cars that were light weight with only moderately powerful engines that were powerful enough to be quick and still have great handling characteristics. And the engine sounds. There's nothing like a classic Jaguar inline six or Italian four bangers.
Definitely glad I got to go and I learned a lot from my Dad while I was there. He's like a Wikipedia for cars up to 2000.
Beauties! Thanks for sharing.
my vette-cart donor on the dyno. 390ftlb/400hp. enjoy.
https://youtu.be/JhYsbFZVaRU