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[ocnblu]

If your vision is blurred from too much eggnog, please don't drive. Just bundle up on the porch and post your car spots as they go by, right here. Happy Holidays!

Edited by ocnblu, 03 December 2010 - 07:29 PM.

[vonVeezelsnider]

I found a more fanatical W-Body fan than me...



In case it's not clear, the door side of the car says:

For The W
General Motors W-Body
Restoration and Modification

Edited by vonVeezelsnider, 03 December 2010 - 12:24 PM.

[Lamar]

Saw a couple of Terrains earlier this week, SLT models. Not that noteworthy, except for the fact that I now prefer their styling to that of the Equinox. Funny how that happened.

Also, several G8s today, one of which had a few (tasteful) exterior mods. And one GXP the other day.

[Cubical-aka-Moltar]

Saw a Cruze for the first time on the road today..a silver one...not bad.

[ZL-1]

Drove to Cascais today: 1 Ferrari, 1 Lamborghini.
Yesterday on the A2 motorway, a Bentley Continental sedan.

[Cubical-aka-Moltar]

Was stuck in slow moving traffic for a while this evening beside a black w/ silver stripe Ford GT w/ a BC plate. Sweet.

[cletus8269]

saw a toyota corolla that looked to have had a supra wing grafted on...

[Oldsmoboi]

1971 GMC truck. Used, but in good shape. No visible rust. Nothing a good paint job wouldn't fix.

[Lamar]

cletus8269, on 09 December 2010 - 03:41 PM, said:

saw a toyota corolla that looked to have had a supra wing grafted on...

I don't have a picture, but I saw a first-gen Avslon with that same wing.

[ocnblu]

Late model Maxx LT in spotless white with body-color hatchlid crossbar, darkened taillights and bowties, clear headlights, tinted windows and stock-size aftermarket alloys.

Late model Monte Carlo LT in spotless Victory Red with dark windows, silver pinstripes over the fender swooshes and stock-size aftermarket alloys.

Nice, mild surprises, both.

Edited by ocnblu, 11 December 2010 - 04:44 PM.

[Dodgefan]

Saw a Prius Plugin Hybrid. Pretty cool...not the Prius itself per say, but seeing a prototype vehicle on the road.

[Sixty8panther]

Picture this:

It's 23 degrees last night... I'm driving down Lakeview Ave. in Lowell, my snow tires have been on the Mercedes
for over a month, people are already prepared for the cold winter, plow attachments are on the front of pickups,
Christmas Wreaths are hung on most people's front doors, at least every 3rd house has Christmas Lights on
their trees / bushes / roof....

And then I see it:

1970 Dodge Challenger.... not rotted to death but looking like it's a year round daily driver and has been for every
day of it's 40 years of existence. About 4 coats of white paint, most of them worn out and faded and cracked into
the primer.... spots of surface rust visible in several big patches... looking less like oxidation and more like light
tan coffee stains on an off-white shirt. Scummy oil stained rear valance, slightly misaligned headlights, the rims
just looked flat black in motion, possibly steelies, and the stance, it was in a word: perfect.

I mean this thing sat like it was one of the Challengers that was raced in the Trans Am Series in 1970.

Then there was the sound: it rumbled and boiled over with a baritone song just coasting at 40mph. I was in love...
it was the closest thing I've seen in years to my '68 Camaro "Semi-Street-Legal-Dragster-Mad-Max-Special".
A classic muscle car that is often times considered priceless even in rough unrestored condition, and some
redneck from Tyngsboro or Dracut or whatever is driving it like it's an '87 Ford F150.

The overall condition of this thing was great but it did have the rough edges & patina of a 40 year old DPW truck.

It passed by me one more time later on in the night, on Long Pond Road in Tyngsboro and it looked to be a
ghost, a specter or some sort of Automotive hallucination, as its tail lights faded in my rear view mirror and
it's exhaust rumble dissipated, and it slipped into the vanishing point.

I'm not even a huge fan of the 1st gen. Challenger and always felt it was a bit of a rip-off of the Camaro & Firebird.
But it's so cool to see a true classic muscle car being used as God intended, on the road collecting bugs in its
grille and wearing through tbe rubber on its rims. I used to be one of those that carried the torch but I can not
afford ANY sort of Muscle Car these days, vintage or new.

Anyway, this was the coolest post-war car sighting of at least 2 months.

[ocnblu]

=]



Cadillac CTS Coupe from the rear at night...

[Cubical-aka-Moltar]

Yesterday afternoon, saw a donked black '87-90 Caprice rollin on what looked like 30s yesterday evening.

Also, one of the new high roof Nissan NV vans.

And the 3rd Cruze I've seen out and about, a silver one w/ a temporary tag.

One odd thing I've seen this past week...3 new Hyundai Accents w/ temporary tags...

Edited by Cubical-aka-Moltar, 18 December 2010 - 11:33 AM.

[Camino LS6]

Just saw a mid-80s G-body Cutlass sedan.

When was the last time you saw one of those?

Looked pretty clean.

[ZL-1]

Saw a Chevrolet Tahoe in Monesterio (Extremadura, Spain) today at lunch time. A rare sight in European roads indeed =)

Edited by ZL-1, 20 December 2010 - 05:08 PM.

[Oldsmoboi]

Camino LS6, on 20 December 2010 - 05:03 PM, said:

Just saw a mid-80s G-body Cutlass sedan.

When was the last time you saw one of those?

Looked pretty clean.

I was just telling BV yesterday that there is a 78-79 G-body Cutlass Cruiser running around near me in "Old coot kept it in the garage and never drove it" condition.

[Oldsmoboi]

Oh! And I was also finally able to snap my spy pic of that rumored Mercedes branded Dodge Dakota rebadge that was undergoing cold weather testing near me.

[Camino LS6]

That cracks me up!

Some people should be kept away from the zip-ties.

[caddycruiser]

Camino LS6, on 20 December 2010 - 06:28 PM, said:

That cracks me up!

Some people should be kept away from the zip-ties.

Unless used to zip tie them to a padded room. WTF is that grille about...

Wow.


I continue to see more 80's Regals, Monte Carlo's and Cutlass's, new and different everyday, near where I work in MD than I ever thought existed. I literally think every other person there owns one, in some shape or another.