Stars, Stripes and Spots

[ocnblu]

Have you seen a red Camaro? A white Mini Cooper Works? How about a blue '59 Star Chief? Tell us about it here!

[Satty]

Damn, I forgot its July. I'll re-post mine

H3T--Teh suck

B-59--Rusty, only recognized it 'cause there have been bajillions of pics posted on C&G

[A Horse With No Name]

A few interesting finds...

Blue 67 Chevy truck I was talking about in another thread...would love an old Chevy truck at some point.

Blue 65 Bucik skylark, two door hardtop, just like my parents had as a new car when I came home from the hospital in 65. Easy to forget what beuaitful cars 60's buicks are...also another blue Buick...63-64 4 door post...just north of 5th Avenue in Chillicothe...

Daughter and I went to a couple of car lots and checked out a red 2003Boxter S and a red 2005 Honda S2000. Methinks there may be another roadster in my future...and yes I know roadster is supposed to mean a car with no roll up side windows, but I degress.

Looked at a red 2009 MINI Cooper S at Midwestern Auto Group, the same place we checked out the Boxster. I think I see one of those in my future as well. Black roof, black stripes...

Red 65ish MGB downtown parked when we were waiting for a 4th of July parade...

Blue 1950's Volvo on High street waiting at the light at Gay street...

Blue Prelude SH, about 1999

Red Ford Bronco, first gen, nicely built mud truck, sitting at the BMV when my 16 year old son got his learners permit.

White G8 GT GXP at a stoplight down near Cinncinati.

White BMW 1 series...

Blue 1957 Pontiac 4 door hardtop, nice, sitting in someones yard on state route 104 about a quarter mile north of where I live. I may need to go ask questions about that, looked like a nice car.

As far as black cars, orange cars, or other colors...same lot that had the red S2000 also had a beautiful 1999 C5 fixed roof Corvette coupe...less than 20,000 miles, less than 20,000 dollars. Who needs porn when there are so many cool cars to lust after. VERY well cared for, nice aftermarket wheels and a few other aftermarket items.

Green Morgan roadster...

Orange MGB GT (the coupe)

Black original mini

Green W-31 olds Cutlass, 1969, sitting south of Broadway a block south of Kroger. Green on Green, IIRC a green vynal top. Must not be many surviving W31 Cutlasses in 3X green. IMHO the best looking car of the whole bunch I've posted...

What was nice about the cutty is although it had minor rust it was untouched and unmolested...original paint was still shiny...original rally wheels...looked like it was about ten years old rather than forty. Unusual to see a nice survivor on the roads up north here.

Chris

[balthazar]

'41 Plymouth coupe, red, perfect, crusing right behind a

'50 Ford coupe, black, excellent, crusing.

'62 Chrysler Windsor 4-dr sedan, lt blu, waiting on a friend.

Pair of '64 Ford Galaxie 2-dr hardtops, 1 primer, 1 black.

[A Horse With No Name]

41 Plymouth and 50 Ford are two of my "really love it" cars.

Chris

[A Horse With No Name]

Oh, and I forgot to mention, black Chrysler 300L (1965). On Grandview Avenue, about noon on Saturday. White interior, looked to be a well preserved original.

Chris

[ocnblu]

Seemingly out of nowhere on a gravel, creekside road this weekend, an early Porsche 911, followed immediately by a red old school Mini. Also, a huge trike with an SBC and a seat wide enough for 4 people, going up and down the road a few times in front of my bro's cabin. ALSO an orange 2010 Camaro coming in the opposite direction on a 4-lane highway on the way home yesterday.

[A Horse With No Name]

I love it when people actually drive old sportscars like the mini and the 911.

Chris

[daves87rs]

Four new camaros!

[Robert Hall]

Saw a gorgeous Mexico blue mid '70s 911 on the way back from SD yesterday..saw it 4 times, at a gas station, rest stop, and twice on the freeway. Saw a white G8 GT, a red G8 GT, a silver new Camaro, a black new Camaro.. several '10 Mustangs as well.

[AAS]

Two new Camaros (silver & yellow), which happened to be my first and second SS spottings.

[A Horse With No Name]

On the way to work this ayem...yellow Cmaro SS.

Very nice. I had the top down and the sound of the Camaro exhaust was really nice...

Chris

[Satty]

gold Plymouth Prowler

[ocnblu]

Down the street a piece, there's a triple green '74 Valiant sedan parked in a driveway, in fine condition.

[CSpec]

Saw 2 Maybachs today in NYC...

[Robert Hall]

Down the street a piece, there's a triple green '74 Valiant sedan parked in a driveway, in fine condition.

Cool...I like the old Darts, Valiants, Dusters, and Demons. My older brother's only foray into Mopar ownership was a triple green '71 Dart Swinger 2dr ht, w/ slant 6. Had it around 1979, when he had a '71 Ford custom van and a '75 Firebird Formula. He's had 50 some cars over the 43 years...

[caddycruiser]

Fellow Oz greatness lurking in front of me, first exiting the Staples parking lot and on down the road together.

Fun hearing both of our exhaust notes as she prodded the LS2 and I just kept punching it to stay with her on Rt. 1 and then off onto the next road. Funny, I was all into it, and she was just "driving the black car"...or at least it seemed like that. Hard to tell from behind

[cletus8269]

hobby lobby got their model cars 30% off this week (those that are modeler's know that its gettin tough to cough up $20 every time you want to for a model car) and when i swung by there this was chilling out in the parking lot.

[balthazar]

'23 Olds Touring, burgandy, beautiful, parked.

'58 Ford 2-dr wagon, white, exc condition, made up & vanity plated as 'Ecto 2' (will try and get a pic tomm).

[capriceman]

Triumph TR6

and

A porsche 959?? Do they make 911 conversion kits for this? i was on a flat bed transport truck

[A Horse With No Name]

Driving on a sevice call in a really rural part of Ohio...I ran across a couple driving a white Bently convertible.

Not something you see every day.

Chris

[capriceman]

I just saw a beautiful lady driving a DeLorean this weekend. I couldn't stop staring until i got smacked from my passenger.

[Robert Hall]

Stopped for a bagel and coffee this morning, saw a black '10 Camaro SS in front of Einstein's Bagels. First one I've seen up close and personal...nothing parked on either side, so I could do a walk-around...this car has some great proportions and contours...love the rear fender 'hips'....it's proudly RWD and low and wide. Looks even better in person than in pics. I'd previously only seen them at speed on freeways or streets and from a distance at a Chevy dealer.

[A Horse With No Name]

Was running down the highway at 85 nest to one with my top down.

They look even better in motion, Cubical-Moltar.

Chris

[Robert Hall]

On the way home, I saw a pale blue '76 or so Dodge Aspen 4dr, tan vinyl interior, windows down, 65 mph...looked solid. I pity the poor guy driving w/o A/C on a 110 degree day like today.

Near home, I saw a white w/ black vinyl top and Cragar SS wheels '71 Pontiac GT-37 (saw the badges!). Very clean except for a large scrape on the left front fender and door.

[Robert Hall]

'23 Olds Touring, burgandy, beautiful, parked.

'58 Ford 2-dr wagon, white, exc condition, made up & vanity plated as 'Ecto 2' (will try and get a pic tomm).

I saw a maroon Olds Touring like that in the GM tent at Barrett-Jackson last year. Got to ask, though, how would you tell a '23 Olds Touring from a '22 or a '24 (without a sign). I haven't a clue...

[longtooth]

Today: 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, black in color on Route 1 travelling Southbound near Edison, NJ. Very sharp in its appearance.

Tuesday: New Jersey Turnpike, Lamborghini Murcielago, Northbound, proceeding as swiftly as the Hammer of Thor, just South of Exit 12. It was not unlike Camaro's Inferno Orange Metallic in color.

Camaros (while not in abundance) are coming up as green-shoots for Chevy and the 'New' GM.

I've seen 8 or 9 in what I'm guessing to be private hands in the past couple of weeks. Still a thrill to see these in motion.

I've seen quite a few exotics since rain has become infrequent on the East Coast of late. Also see many, many '08 & '09 Caddy CTSs, equal number of DTSs, looking very purposeful in black, one XLR-V and one '09 CTS-V. He swung out and around me, (dismissively) carefully, while getting on the Turnpike at Exit 4. Then he hit the afterburner and diminished to a speck in seemingly no time at all. He drove as though he were related to Gov. Corzine. Maybe it was Gov. Corzine for all that I know.

I like Cadillacs now.

[pow]

Black Camaro RS in the In-N-Out parking lot... black is its best color.

Ride height was too high, though.

Edited July 9, 2009 by pow

[balthazar]

Got to ask, though, how would you tell a '23 Olds Touring from a '22 or a '24 (without a sign). I haven't a clue...

Monster cheat: '20s vehicles are very tough to tell yr by yr, and I don't study them... but this one had a '1923' plate on the front. :wink: I was driving by, slowing for a light- I was lucky to spot the Olds crest on the radiator shell, then the plate. Without those, I would've reported "1920's touring sedan".

Today~

'38 Ford coupe, bright yellow, hot rodded/tubbed, cruising.

'57 T-bird, red, perfect, cruising.

Pinto wagon, tan w/ woodgrain sides, a bit weathered but all there.

[caddycruiser]

Fresh off the truck and prepped silver '10 Equinox 1LT "on the tall perch" at Lewes Auto Mall--the first to arrive.

Funny, it's bigger than the old one, but still looks smaller. And very, very nice. I'd trade the Malibu for one, if it were mine, for the DI 2.4L/6-spd, more space, better mpg ratings, and all.

Edited July 9, 2009 by caddycruiser

[ocnblu]

At local Chevy dealer, gray '10 'Nox LS AWD, $25k, only option: floor mats. Crappy late model Camry on their lot, windows down, an older guy browsing. Another older guy w/his wife shouts over at me as I check out the Equinox, "29 MPG AND IT'S ALL WHEEL DRIVE!" I was like "yup! nice vehicle!" Zero Colorados, so I took the trek to York, PA, to Apple Chevrolet to look for some. On the way, I sawr an Impolla exactly like our very own clete dawg's... red '69 hardtop coupe with black vinyl top. Apple had 4 'Rados, the most intriguing of which is a Victory Red 1LT regular cab 4X4, 2.9L/5 speed manuel with G80 locker and power convenience pkg. Not a bad lookin' li'l hauler with the luminum wills. Just checking around right now.

Edited July 13, 2009 by ocnblu

[cletus8269]

there was a guy here in town that had a red one like mine, cept his had a white interior and a saddle colored vinyl top. not a good combo in my mind.

i saw these over the weekend

[capriceman]

saw Aston Martin DB9 and lotus Elise on my way to work. I prefer the DB9 anyday, what a damn sexy car.

[gm4life]

1958 Impala drop top with blue interior, it was a real beauty. Saw a new 2010 Camaro SS/RS in SIM with midnight silver wheels parked outside the house of local Chevy salesman. With a big sign on the door saying **** Chevrolet. (I hope it was magnetic because to ruin a cars paint for free advertising is stupid.)

Edited July 13, 2009 by gm4life

[A Horse With No Name]

1960 Chrysler letter car...white...hardtop...really nice...

1970 Chevrolet truck, damn near perfect, original, with a camper shell...

Chris

[balthazar]

Lovin' that '57 S60S on the carrier above.

circa '70 Pinto 2-dr wagon, woodgrain sides, dusty but registered.

'70 Dodge Coronet Super Bee hardtop, minty-fresh, crusin.

the headlights of something from the '20s peering from a junk-packed garage.

[A Horse With No Name]

70 Super Bee is a beautiful car...used to have a 69 Green Super Bee locally that was just the cat's ass...unmolested and original and nice.

My daughters church has a car show every year in July, and a 440 Six Pack Superbee showed up two years ago (the one with the lift off hood.)

Chris

[caddycruiser]

70 Super Bee is a beautiful car...used to have a 69 Green Super Bee locally that was just the cat's ass...unmolested and original and nice.

My daughters church has a car show every year in July, and a 440 Six Pack Superbee showed up two years ago (the one with the lift off hood.)

Chris

Awesome. We had a yellow '70 Superbee replica that I loved...my father sold it 10 years ago before we moved from PA to DE. Still miss it. It was the last car in the family that we'd take to shows. Years before it my father also had a '68 and then a '69, in chronological order.

[ocnblu]

MGB (the bigger MG with closed roof and fastback) with faded BRG paint, correct wire wheels, and the small bumpers indicating an earlier car, for sale not 2 miles from here. A sweetie.

Brown over black 2-door last-gen fullsize Blazer, factory rims with beefy blackwalls and duals straight out the back, sounding good, motoring past me as I turned on the way home tonight.

[capriceman]

MGB (the bigger MG with closed roof and fastback) with faded BRG paint, correct wire wheels, and the small bumpers indicating an earlier car, for sale not 2 miles from here. A sweetie.

Brown over black 2-door last-gen fullsize Blazer, factory rims with beefy blackwalls and duals straight out the back, sounding good, motoring past me as I turned on the way home tonight.

what yearish MGB? I though they only came in convertibles?

[NOS2006]

Brand new Grand Sport.

[Robert Hall]

what yearish MGB? I though they only came in convertibles?

MGB GT was the coupe..pretty cool looking little cars..

[cletus8269]

70 Super Bee is a beautiful car...used to have a 69 Green Super Bee locally that was just the cat's ass...unmolested and original and nice.

My daughters church has a car show every year in July, and a 440 Six Pack Superbee showed up two years ago (the one with the lift off hood.)

Chris

more of a fan of the pre 70 models... something about that squashed lookin front end. the 69 is much cleaner... but then again its whats just behind that front end that you want anyway.

[§carlet §wordfish]

Black '63 Sting Ray with no bumpers

Grey late '50s Corvette

Shiny Buick Grand National

[ocnblu]

Moltie posted a pic, cappy. I'd guess late 60's for the one I saw.

[GMTruckGuy74]

While taking a drive in my hometown today, my little guy heard the firehouse siren go off and wanted to see the firetrucks leave. After watching the trucks leave the firehouse, I passed by a house with not one, but two late '60s Olds Cutlass Cruiser station wagons. Luckily, I had my camera with me and snapped a shot:

[Robert Hall]

Today--a white w/ blue interior and top down '65 Plymouth Fury convertible on the freeway this morning, pretty sweet. Two Nissan Cubes--one white, one silver w/ a kayak and mountain bike on the roof.

And at work, I parked next to a Seville (one of the tiny ones that looked like an N-car, from around '87 or so) that had been dark red, but 20+ years in AZ nuked the paint to a flat pinkish red, incl. the plastic bumpers...had a very strange wear pattern on the dark red interior--all 4 door panels were ripped open at the top edges, revealing hideous yellow foam stuff inside.

[Robert Hall]

While taking a drive in my hometown today, my little guy heard the firehouse siren go off and wanted to see the firetrucks leave. After watching the trucks leave the firehouse, I passed by a house with not one, but two late '60s Olds Cutlass Cruiser station wagons. Luckily, I had my camera with me and snapped a shot:

Interesting..wonder what's under the tarp.

[ocnblu]

Butternut Yellow '67 Chevelle convertible with black bench seat interior, factory wheel covers... and wide whitewalls.

[A Horse With No Name]

Moltar/Cubical...IIRC isn't the 65 Fury the pace car of the Indy 500 that year...and isn't the pace car white on blue like that?

When I student taught about a million years ago (actually 1988) one of my students had a 65 Sport Fury like that.

I saw a white 58 Fury on a car carrier today...looked to be in just awesome shape...white W-gold...IIRC that was the only way you could get a fury that year.

Chris