What out of the ordinary cars did you see today?

cddallara · Post by **cddallara** » May 13, 2011 1:38 AM

Saw an early/mid '80s 7 series. With headlight wipers. Un federalized imprt? Or enthusiast corrected at some point?Was driving by when I saw it parked, it looks like it's been parked for a bit.

davintosh · Post by **davintosh** » May 13, 2011 4:02 AM

We've been in Europe for almost two weeks, and here's a list of what I can remember:

Porsche Panamera (x2.) First time I've seen that car in the flesh, and they are BIG;
Ferrari something-or-other. It blasted past me fast enough on the autobahn that all I saw was red and that it was a Ferrari;
Unimogs are pretty much everywhere; still cool though!
Saw one old Unimog in the near Neuschwanstein that looked much shorter & smaller than even the older ones; no charge on the camera battery so I missed grabbing a photo of it;
Lotus 7;
More odd Renaut, Citroen, Rover, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Nissan, Opel, etc... models that I'd never heard of than you can shake a stick at;
Lots of weird three-wheeled vehicles;
There's more, but no time right now...

First time I've ever seen one of these outside a museum; driving down the Swiss expressway at about 100 kph!

alijonny · Post by **alijonny** » May 13, 2011 4:29 AM

saw an unbelievably clean early 90's Dodge caravan. It was beige and had some kick-ass aluminum running boards. No rust, looked to be all original.

clangpap · Post by **clangpap** » May 13, 2011 11:10 AM

Not a car, but saw a guy climbing on his Royal Enfield. Don't see many around here.

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » May 13, 2011 1:12 PM

alijonny wrote:saw an unbelievably clean early 90's Dodge caravan. It was beige and had some kick-ass aluminum running boards. No rust, looked to be all original.

I was just thinking the other day that you never see those.

smitty · Post by **smitty** » May 13, 2011 9:00 PM

Saw my first Tesla this morning, looking good and running 90 plus down I-5.
This afternoon it was a black R8. I like!

a · Post by a » May 13, 2011 9:06 PM

I saw a completely resto'ed Willys Jeepster as I passed through town on my way home this afternoon. Wide whitewalls and everything.

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » May 13, 2011 9:08 PM

Blue F01 B7.

Karl Grau · Post by **Karl Grau** » May 13, 2011 9:21 PM

Capri

a · Post by a » May 13, 2011 10:04 PM

Any time I wanna see an old Z., all I gotta do is drink with my BIL, Rick.

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » May 13, 2011 11:59 PM

Naw, I don't see a Z, I see a Capri or a Capri II.

On the sighting side, in a walk thru the neighborhood today I saw a Ford Falcon Van. Not Econoline, Falcon.

Those weren't common even when they were current! I'm not sure if it has 13" or 14" tires.

I think 13".

firefirefire90 · Post by **firefirefire90** » May 14, 2011 1:44 AM

Alpina B7 at SF State. Idk, year 2007 or something.

djazz · Post by **djazz** » May 14, 2011 2:32 AM

Karl Grau wrote:

I had a '76 Mk III. That car was a blast!

Thanks

___________________________________________

What I saw:

Yesterday I drove home alongside an Exige. It was pastel "Push-up" orange with a wide brown stripe down the middle.

Otherwise, a cool car.

dj

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » May 14, 2011 3:23 AM

Jensen Interceptor- smelled it's plentiful exhaust for a few blocks too- good times.

jacobraftery · Post by **jacobraftery** » May 14, 2011 3:30 AM

Sat in a DeLorean today

Mind you, In Australia.

davintosh · Post by **davintosh** » May 14, 2011 5:35 PM

A slightly rusty Citroen DS pulling a trailer, followed by a very clean looking Citroen 2CV. Even my BIL was impressed by the sight; he lives here and said you never see cars like that anymore.

cleeves · Post by **cleeves** » May 14, 2011 7:19 PM

A red '66 Sunbeam Tiger, an '88 M5, a TCD 535i, and a few other E28s.

Henry

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » May 14, 2011 8:19 PM

This being unloaded from a flatbed truck in front of one of my neighbor's house:

He just bought it at an auction. He was driving it home on the freeway and the right front tire threw its tread all over the interstate. Its a pretty clean example, supposedly original, and claimed to be purchased from the original owner's estate.

PowerGlide 2-Speed auto, inline 6, no cats. No valve clicking at all and the engine runs really smooth from the few minutes I was there.

Karl Grau · Post by **Karl Grau** » May 15, 2011 5:52 PM

Outside my kitchen window this afternoon.

RonW · Post by **RonW** » May 15, 2011 6:43 PM

There's a Citroën 2CV6 Special I see almost daily that belongs to a guy who runs a local French Restaurant.

Today I saw a red Jaguar XK120 (140? 150?) roadster at the grocery store. The sky looked ominous, and the driver was zipping up the cover. He didn't seem too concerned.

a · Post by a » May 15, 2011 9:30 PM

RMiddendorf. IIRC, thats a 53. First yr of the 235 Blue Flame 6. Great engine, pretty much discounted due the SBC v8.

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » May 15, 2011 9:39 PM

a wrote:RMiddendorf. IIRC, thats a 53. First yr of the 235 Blue Flame 6. Great engine, pretty much discounted due the SBC v8.

Seriously? My neighbor the owner thinks its a 54. Actually so does my other neighbor who is into those older cars...

... I dunno crap about the old American stuff so defer. I'll prod around the internet here in a bit and see what I can mine up...

rmiddendorf · Post by **rmiddendorf** » May 15, 2011 9:58 PM

rmiddendorf wrote:
a wrote:RMiddendorf. IIRC, thats a 53. First yr of the 235 Blue Flame 6. Great engine, pretty much discounted due the SBC v8.
Seriously? My neighbor the owner thinks its a 54. Actually so does my other neighbor who is into those older cars...

... I dunno crap about the old American stuff so defer. I'll prod around the internet here in a bit and see what I can mine up...

First off, let me say that I respect 'a' as not only a long time member here but you seem to have a deep knowledge of cars so I'm not trying to detract from that at all.

So my internet research revealed this image (and many like it) of a '53 Chevy 210:

And then an internet image of a '54 Chevy 210:

The two biggest things I notice are the turn signals are round in the '53 but rectangles in the '54 and the trim around the headlights also appears different from model to model. Here's the pic of my neighbor's car again so you don't have to scroll up:

a · Post by a » May 16, 2011 8:11 PM

Yah its a 54, i was was wavering between the 2 and guessed wrong.

C.R. Krieger · Post by **C.R. Krieger** » May 17, 2011 1:18 PM

a wrote:Yah its a 54, i was was wavering between the 2 and guessed wrong.

Nothin' to be embarrassed about. Those Chevy guys wouldn't know a Super eta if it bit 'em on the ass ...

shagrath · Post by **shagrath** » May 17, 2011 1:52 PM

Buddy just bought a Mazda Cosmo.

MicahO · Post by **MicahO** » May 18, 2011 3:21 PM

I saw one of these today:

A Harold Camping Judgement Day RV. It was broken down on the side of the NYS Thruway.

Karl Grau · Post by **Karl Grau** » May 18, 2011 4:07 PM

MicahO wrote: A Harold Camping Judgement Day RV. It was broken down on the side of the NYS Thruway.

So does that mean Judgement Day is postponed or should I still plan on partying like it's 1999 on Friday night?

davintosh · Post by **davintosh** » May 18, 2011 5:41 PM

Saw a Bing Streetside camera car (a VW Golf wagon with a funky gizmo on top) driving on the A12 on the way back from Scheveningen, Netherlands, this afternoon.

It looked like the camera on top was spinning, so I'll be checking back later to see if a dark blue Opel Zafira shows up online!

C.R. Krieger · Post by **C.R. Krieger** » May 18, 2011 7:57 PM

About fifteen minutes ago - and yesterday afternoon - one of these:

Orange with some old guy with a big ol' beard on it. My daughter had to laugh. At least I waited 'til he wasn't looking at us.

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What out of the ordinary cars did you see today?