Let's See Your Miscellaneous Car Photos

[elcoholic]

What an engine that was. Somewhere around here I have pics of my own "one that got away", a 1968 911. Oh the pain of seeing auction results on those.

I had an R32 pull away from me from a 50 mph roll on PCH. I was on my son’s Honda 600 F4i and I shut it down much too far into triple digits. When I bought my ’02 Passat GLX (think Audi A4 V-6/Tiptronic) there was a W8 Passat Wagon and W12 Phaeton in the showroom. sadly I couldn’t afford the wagon either.

 

[Mr Boochie]

It wasn't very heavy for a 390 (I don't think the auto added much weight, I think it was around 250 lbs), it was just weird -- disorienting really -- to have no shifter and no clutch either. Weird on the straights, unridable for me in the corners. We also had a Husky 430 (non-auto) that awesome, but the 390 auto we barely rode before selling it.

I haven't had a dirt bike for decades since I moved up North, but my son used to play this game called "MX Unleashed" on the PS3. It was just with an PS3 controller, but it had throttle and clutch control as trigger sliders on the controller and you could do those clutched corner exits perfectly. Between that and the realistic 2-stroke sounds, on a 106" projector screen, it felt way more like you were actually riding than you could possibly imagine for a controller (all I needed was some Castrol-R incense ).

My favorite.


As long as the carb jetting was correct for the elevation, no seizures.

 

[grey]

Hi Mr. B,

The engine still ran, it was the transfer case alone that shredded itself. My friend suspected the employee had been beating on the truck (doing burnouts perhaps?) as the truck wasn't making any clunking noises the day before when a different employee was using it

If the shaft joints look good, abuse would be suspect. Some of the younger crowd around here have the idea of four wheel drive launches in a work truck.

 

[Mr Boochie]

It was in this Capri.

The body looks to be in very good shape. Sunroof, too! Is that a mid 1970s model?

Thanks!

 

[Volvo242GT]

^Looks to be early. Has the skinny Euro bumpers that were ok through 1972 on US/Canadian cars.

 

[Old Ears too]

 

[Mr Boochie]

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Optional Carello fog lights!

 

[Mr Boochie]

1968 911L.

 

[Blue Shadow]

mid 1970s model?

skinny Euro bumpers that were ok through 1972 on US/Canadian cars

1974 was first year of larger body colored bumpers on US Capris. So an early 70s model.

 

[leesonic]

The body looks to be in very good shape. Sunroof, too! Is that a mid 1970s model?

Thanks!

^Looks to be early. Has the skinny Euro bumpers that were ok through 1972 on US/Canadian cars.

1974 was first year of larger body colored bumpers on US Capris. So an early 70s model.

The giveaway is the slightly extended front bumper, which was on 1973 models only. 1972 and earlier had the front bumper closer to the body (like my 1970 below), 1974 and later had the big fugly Federal bumpers.

 

[needforspeed]

The Mk4 Golf/Jetta was such a leap forward in quality, I miss this one too. 4 door GTIs are commonplace in the lineup now, not then. It was no fun having 2 doors with child seats etc.

Those sure look nice though. But I totally get it lol

 

[Dmartn149]

Saw this at the grocery store today.

 

[PaperBoy007]

The rig I miss the most and will probably never be able to afford another one. My '74 Ford Bronco. In 1992, I decided I needed a pickup and got a single-cab, shortbox Chevy Silverado that served me well for nearly 30 years. I had a friend who was a bit down on his luck and like an idiot I sold it to him for next to nothing with the explicit instructions to make sure I could buy it back if he was ever to put it up for sale. First right of refusal, if you will. He said his wife was using the vehicle and that they would never sell it. Well, a few years later Iater I asked how the Bronco was doing and he told me they had sold it. I didn't ask, but they probably got 10 times what I sold it to him for. I felt like punching him, but my mistake for thinking we had a deal, even though nothing was on paper. I guess the moral of this story is don't sell the Bronco for a pickup, buy a utility trailer if you need to haul anything. I had both the soft top and the hard top, it needed new paint for sure, but it is definitely the vehicle I miss the most.

 

[grey]

Saw this at the grocery store today.

Kinda cool, but the vibes are just not there. Difficult to be interested in a van, but there are these things...

 

[Dmartn149]

Kinda cool, but the vibes are just not there. Difficult to be interested in a van, but there are these things...


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Yeah, I'm not particularly interested in vans, or even trucks. I like cars that are small, light and go fast around turns. But a van with 4wd big tires or dually, i think is pretty cool.

 

[YY1]

The last time we were in Ashville with my wife's OOAK doll business, we too a group zip lining.
On the way there, we stopped to look at a property that was for sale on the other side of the valley (holler?)
To get there, we had to go up a relatively steep, but long and well maintained switchback.
We had 7 people in a rented Dodge Caravan.
The narrow gravel road was in good shape, so I was gong at a moderate clip.
But my wife kept looking out the side, down the severely steep embankment, and almost cried, so I had to slow down.

When we got to the zipline place (Navitat), they piled us onto a 4x4, stretch E 250 van, and sped off up the mountain WAY faster than I had been driving, spinning the tires at times, and teetering over some curves that had been shored up with spikes, wires and netting to keep the road from falling down the mountain.
...blasting bluegrass.
I couldn't help myself from laughing, in part because it was FUN and in part because my wife had no idea what she had stepped into.
My wife later thanked me for "easing her in" to that type of experience.

 

[GordonW]

The last time we were in Ashville with my wife's OOAK doll business, we too a group zip lining.
On the way there, we stopped to look at a property that was for sale on the other side of the valley (holler?)
To get there, we had to go up a relatively steep, but long and well maintained switchback.
We had 7 people in a rented Dodge Caravan.
The narrow gravel road was in good shape, so I was gong at a moderate clip.
But my wife kept looking out the side, down the severely steep embankment, and almost cried, so I had to slow down.

When we got to the zipline place (Navitat), they piled us onto a 4x4, stretch E 250 van, and sped off up the mountain WAY faster than I had been driving, spinning the tires at times, and teetering over some curves that had been shored up with spikes, wires and netting to keep the road from falling down the mountain.
...blasting bluegrass.
I couldn't help myself from laughing, in part because it was FUN and in part because my wife had no idea what she had stepped into.
My wife later thanked me for "easing her in" to that type of experience.

Man, you have to give some leeway for those old mountain guys. Probably driven that road hundreds, maybe thousands, of times. They know every curve, every hill, every drop-off.

A number of year ago, I was in my Protege, behind some old guy in a ramshackle looking old Ford F100, as I was traveling between Dahlonega and White GA, one afternoon. As most roads are in that area, it was a particularly twisty road. I flat out COULD NOT KEEP UP with this guy, despite having what should have been a much sportier car, probably better tires too. I mean, it looked like the bed or fenders or such could fall off this truck, at any minute. But- he knew EXACTLY how much he could push that old thing in every turn- and did!

Had to wonder if that guy was a present or former "purveyor of illicit spirits", at some time...

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[JohnnieO]

Just got this in December and have only drove it to the gas station and back (weather)
Can’t wait till spring

 

[elcoholic]

Just got this in December and have only drove it to the gas station and back (weather)
Can’t wait till spring

Very nice

 

[Dmartn149]

Here's a picture of my Father in law with his Camaro in about 1980. He got it for just a couple of thousand IIRC.