Spotted on the Road … 1950s Mercedes 220
August 19, 2024
Parked outside the local supermarket in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria – a six-cylinder W180. They were made between 1954 and 1959.
Parked outside the local supermarket in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria – a six-cylinder W180. They were made between 1954 and 1959.
A nicely maintained 1932 Ford Coupe Hot Rod, spotted in Calgary.
A car from my childhood, a beautiful 1966 Chevy Impala convertible, with an impressive 427 horses under the hood.
PHeymont saw this car in a restaurant parking lot in London. For a quarter million, you get 0-60 in 2.3 sec acceleration…and a lot of attention!
At the Museum of Liverpool, an unusual car: a 1969 Riley, a small inexpensive car with fancy interior and dual carburetors.
Here’s a car that hasn’t gotten much respect. And that goes beyond its current “ready for restoration” condition; even when it was new it drew a lot of snorts and mockery. Laurence Jones of Curbside Classics…
Not a car or truck this time, but a sort of bus: a 12-passenger+”driver” bicycle with 13 sets of pedals to keep it going. The more get on, the more powerful (and perhaps faster) it gets. We saw several other versions of multi-passenger…
Outside a restaurant in Acton, MA, we spotted this shiny Ford coupe. It actually may not really be a 1946, but if not, it’s a ’47 or ’48. Subject to correction by someone who knows more, here’s the theory. Ford introduced basically this model…
The cult favorite of many (I’m one), the Citroen 2CV was a true “people’s car,” designed to bring mobility to rural families. Designed before World War II, and with its heyday after, millions were sold.
Some of you with sharp eyes might have spotted this red beauty peeking out of its driveway in the Where in the World is Gumbo puzzle #6 . That’s why I waited until after the puzzle was over; I didn’t want to identify Ystad, Sweden, as the location of…
Parked outside the local supermarket in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria – a six-cylinder W180. They were made between 1954 and 1959.
A nicely maintained 1932 Ford Coupe Hot Rod, spotted in Calgary.
A car from my childhood, a beautiful 1966 Chevy Impala convertible, with an impressive 427 horses under the hood.
PHeymont saw this car in a restaurant parking lot in London. For a quarter million, you get 0-60 in 2.3 sec acceleration…and a lot of attention!
At the Museum of Liverpool, an unusual car: a 1969 Riley, a small inexpensive car with fancy interior and dual carburetors.
Here’s a car that hasn’t gotten much respect. And that goes beyond its current “ready for restoration” condition; even when it was new it drew a lot of snorts and mockery. Laurence Jones of Curbside Classics…
Not a car or truck this time, but a sort of bus: a 12-passenger+”driver” bicycle with 13 sets of pedals to keep it going. The more get on, the more powerful (and perhaps faster) it gets. We saw several other versions of multi-passenger…
Outside a restaurant in Acton, MA, we spotted this shiny Ford coupe. It actually may not really be a 1946, but if not, it’s a ’47 or ’48. Subject to correction by someone who knows more, here’s the theory. Ford introduced basically this model…
The cult favorite of many (I’m one), the Citroen 2CV was a true “people’s car,” designed to bring mobility to rural families. Designed before World War II, and with its heyday after, millions were sold.
Some of you with sharp eyes might have spotted this red beauty peeking out of its driveway in the Where in the World is Gumbo puzzle #6 . That’s why I waited until after the puzzle was over; I didn’t want to identify Ystad, Sweden, as the location of…