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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:10 pm    Post subject: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today Reply with quote

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The title says it all. A pic of the car would be nice (the car as you saw it or just a random pic). I'll start: Today I saw a pro street chevelle that was bright red. It had an amazing lope.

This is not the same car but it looked a lot like it

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:02 pm    Post subject: Like this Reply with quote

I saw this one today. The Color is wrong. The Bumpers are wrong. Exhaust is wrong. Rack and pinion steering is wrong. Power disc brakes are wrong. 64's didn't have automatics with overdrive so that's wrong. Just a sleepy old wagon for the old guy.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw one of the new sporty two door Bentleys' yesterday or the day before. All black, looks good, better than the older ones. Not as boxy any more. Looks are deceiving. It is a big car.
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Of course the one I saw had dark tinted windows, was in La Jolla with California plates.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:51 pm    Post subject: Out of the ordinary car and Motorcycle Reply with quote

Some may know what the car is? Here is a hint, it is a series "_ _ _"
Year 19__? How many were made _ _ _ _?

The Motorcycle? Lets just see who will be the first to know what it is?
What motor and trans? How many speeds forward and in reverse does it have and is it shaft driven or does it use a chain. WATZIT WEIGH?



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

65 chevelle 4 door wagon and an amazonas. ^^^

I saw a black Lotus Europa yesterday. Probably a mid 70's model.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cdennisg wrote:
65 chevelle 4 door wagon and an amazonas. ^^^

I saw a black Lotus Europa yesterday. Probably a mid 70's model.


I haven't seen a Europa in years.

For the questions?

Nope not a 65 and Nope not a 4 door wagon.

You got the Amazonas right but which model is it?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fish wrote:
Saw one of the new sporty two door Bentleys' yesterday or the day before. All black, looks good, better than the older ones. Not as boxy any more. Looks are deceiving. It is a big car.
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Of course the one I saw had dark tinted windows, was in La Jolla with California plates.


i see that sorta thing regularly and don't consider it unusual. Laughing

what you might observe on the streets is all going to be very relative to where you live and what time of year.

there was an american samba member posted once about how he went to some big german town in winter and was surprised to see not a single aircooled VW. Wink

so back on topic,yesterday one of these was parked in the village. there was a wedding going on.

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the day before that one of these burbled past my house, not unusual either, just my neighbor coming home for lunch with one of his various vehicles.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

2weel wrote:
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65 chevelle 4 door wagon and an amazonas. ^^^

I saw a black Lotus Europa yesterday. Probably a mid 70's model.


I haven't seen a Europa in years.

For the questions?

Nope not a 65 and Nope not a 4 door wagon.

You got the Amazonas right but which model is it?


I meant to type 2 door, as that is obvious. brain fart I guess. Must be a 66 then, as I don't think the 64's had that high swoop to the rear quarter.

No idea on the Amazonas model.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I meant to type 2 door, as that is obvious. brain fart I guess. Must be a 66 then, as I don't think the 64's had that high swoop to the rear quarter.

No idea on the Amazonas model.


Yeah they are hard to tell apart between a 64 and 65. 66 and 67 were the round fender era of Chevelle's

It's actually a 1964 Series "300" Chevelle 2 door wagon. The easiest way to tell a 64 and 65 apart is by the front fenders. 64's look square and 65's come to a point from a side view at the leading edge of the front fender.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It's fun to play guess this car but let's not turn this "Spotted Today" thread into another guessing game as we have a long-time thread dedicated to that here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=350510

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
Quick Moderator note:
It's fun to play guess this car but let's not turn this "Spotted Today" thread into another guessing game as we have a long-time thread dedicated to that here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=350510

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When this thread first popped up, I immediately thought of the WTF thread and figured this one might get locked. Thanks for the reminder of the "spotted today" quotient. I hope "spotted recently" counts, too.

Interestingly enough, the very first vehicle in the WTF thread is a Subaru 360 Sambar pickup. I saw one of those on Thursday, along with two vans and two sedans. I found them in a yard in Spokane many years ago, and I occasionally stop by to check in with Tom the owner. Nice guy. They are not for sale. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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There was a nice MG at work today, too bad he started it up, it had a familiar tone Wink

Spotted a nicely restored 66 chevelle yesterday.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I take "Spotted Today" as including "Spotted Recently" too.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Didn't see it live but i called up about a 1967 Fiat 1100 D station wagon for sale!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I spoted a amg mercedess yesterday.4 door.and the kid thought he had a race car....Im not kidding. he realy thought it was a race car.whooever he got it from told him it had everything replaced with racar parts, everything but the paint. I wasent impressed. I did however see a 356 today!!!my bug too!!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw an old Camaro with pace car paint the other day, looked like -
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only significantly more faded.


Also been seeing a few more of these on the road here -
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Not too surprising as the company is based just down the road, but they are unusual little things.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

...my bug.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Took awhile to figure out what was approaching me in the rear view mirror, I want it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now that's an out of the ordinary car!
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