Wow, Stack - heckuva line-up! I'm in awe...

Saw this one and pulled into the guys driveway for a little close up action of his waving guest!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/0405101536.jpgThose wheels gave me a chuckle - what a way to go!

Don't know what these two once were in the mountians of North Carolina, but they havent been anything in quite a while!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/utguyfgb.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/downsize.jpg

Saw this one and pulled into the guys driveway for a little close up action of his waving guest!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/0405101536.jpg

You should've got me picsof the Impala in front of that hearse Ward.
Sweet though, cept those rims.

I like the buildings, I look for stuff like that.

It would appear so. I am up in Concord but have made the journey to Salem many many times. I would guess you are somewhere near or in Mathuen?

You are correct. Liked your pix of all them Chevys, especially that gorgeous Chevelle...

I finally get to add something of interest to this thread. Saw this R8 while driving out to shoot a Packard I saw. This was as close as i could get to it without looking like I was trying to run the car off the road.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1100.jpg

Here's that Packard I found. I don't know Packards very well, but I believe it's a '50. I saw it at a muffler shop the day before and just had to go back to collect a few shots of it. You can't see it too well, but the wood dash was in beautiful shape. The interior, which looked to be original was very nice too. Heck, the keys were even in it, and seeing them instantly produced some devilish thoughts.:devil:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1111.jpg
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http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1108.jpg

A couple more shots.


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Apparently my dentist drives a Nissan GT-R. Go figure.

Tony Stewart's Smoke DeVille Hearse!! http://caraudiomag.com/articles/dreamteam-2-1984-cadillac-hearse

Bad to the Bone. Wish I'd seen it :)

From Will Castro's shop :cool:

Cool Pakard Zeb!
Those Pakards were from '48 to '50. I can't tell them apart!
They are considered the least disirable Packards next to the "Packardbakers".

I love the interiors of cars from that era...especially the mohair smell!!!

Great Packard pix, and the Audi, too, which is my favorite current car.

I can see why those Packards weren't very popular: I think they made the central grille way too small.

I especially like your shot of the hood ornament; it reminds me of Ultraman or Johnny Sokko's Robot.

Here are some from last week:

A bird in the bush:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/whbird.jpg

still on the job:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/wrecker.jpg

I almost bought one of these in the '90s. I probably should've done it; they still look cool....Subaru SVX:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/SVX.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/slvrMC1.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/rollsWork.jpg

The best one showed up last. This one knocked my socks off. What a beautiful car, in a perfect color.

I have to admit I left an "If you ever want to sell this..." note under the wiper:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/stunner5.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/stunner4.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/stunner7.jpg

And something I couldn't pass up from another website:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/lincolntownplow.jpg

Holey moley, that's just one of the most beautiful cars ever made from any maker, from any country, from any decade. A '66 or a '67?
And yeah, that color....wow.

Nice plow on the Lincoln! :) Needs chains though.

Holey moley, that's just one of the most beautiful cars ever made from any maker, from any country, from any decade. A '66 or a '67?
And yeah, that color....wow.I agree completely. I'm pretty sure I could be happy with one of these as my only car for the rest of my life. It has a huge dose of the all-important PLF: "Parking Lot Factor"; you know, when you're walking up to it at a restaurant or after work or something and the car makes you proud to own it. (That was one of the best things about owning a '65 Riv.) I'm guessing this one is a '67, because of the grille bar, but I haven't looked it up yet. I forgot to check the taillights when I was there.

Nice plow on the Lincoln! :) Needs chains though.I know - I wondered how those skinny radials were going to get enough traction. It's got the necessary tonnage, though!

Yup, my pal google says that the grille bar makes it a '67. I never knew that for sure before. It's nice to learn something new every day...

We've probably talked about this before BF, I had a '65 Riv too and allways thought it was one of the all time most perfct designs.
But lately there's just something about those '66 - '67 rivs. They're allmost better in some respects. They're just so dad-gum smooooooth!

I don't remember talking about them. But then again, my brain is like a sieve. My '65 was white w/ black interior. Non-GS. What was your color combo?

I loved driving it, and walking up to it in the lot. I always parked in different places so I could have different views when I walked toward it. But I had to sell it when I moved to CA (too many cars.) What happened to yours?

I always thought the same thing; '63-'65 is just about perfect. They best version I ever saw was a lightly customized '63 in Las Vegas on which the guy had put the headlights vertically behind the clear fender grilles, and used a '65 grille in the middle. That way he got the sleeker '63 fender tops with the wide open grille, plus headlights under glass. It was even more perfect than the factory versions. (I can't believe I didn't have my camera that day!)

But to me the '66-'67 is like Mitchell took the same styling ideas as the '63-'65, and then just pushed them all further in every direction. Luckily they decided to make it bigger, too, so it all evened out and the whole thing got that much smoother. And it took automotive design to a whole new level.

It's just about the next best thing to a bona fide 1960s dream car for the streets. (Maybe the '67 T-bird is close.)

Too bad Chrysler never took the plunge and made a mid-60s Riv/Toro/T-bird fighter - I can only imagine what that would've been like!

Gotta love that Packard - nice photos...

Love the pics guys, this has really become my favorite thread on the Johnny boards latley!

Here are a few from this weekend from me....

A real PIP Vega...but's ain't they all?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/0415100910a.jpg

Just flawless, and he's driving it! Just the way it should be...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/0418101347.jpg

The "car" I always park beside at my second job. I've never meet the driver, but I would guess he has quite a story to tell!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/0417101743.jpg

a couple of years ago I was on my way to the beach, and we saw an old fat naked guy walking down the NJ Turnpike..................wasn't sure what to say so I turned around to my wife and deadpanned "there's something you don't see everyday"............put her into a fit of laughter.

We got a lot of grins from this story that weekend, but it took a few Captain Morgans to drink away the visual!

we saw this on the road on our way to the Autofest last year read the back window
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/moparman/canada1315.jpg

So Chase Bank just replace the drive up ATM in our local branch with a new machine. There is a big sticker on it that says " This machine has audio assistance for the visually impaired. Also, all the keys have brail on them.

I wonder, do they really get a lot of blind drivers pulling up to the drive thru ATM?

I don't remember talking about them. But then again, my brain is like a sieve. My '65 was white w/ black interior. Non-GS. What was your color combo?
Mine was white too!!! But the interior was lite blue metalicish vinyl. Non GS too.

I loved driving it, and walking up to it in the lot. I always parked in different places so I could have different views when I walked toward it. But I had to sell it when I moved to CA (too many cars.) What happened to yours?

I always thought the same thing; '63-'65 is just about perfect. They best version I ever saw was a lightly customized '63 in Las Vegas on which the guy had put the headlights vertically behind the clear fender grilles, and used a '65 grille in the middle. That way he got the sleeker '63 fender tops with the wide open grille, plus headlights under glass. It was even more perfect than the factory versions. (I can't believe I didn't have my camera that day!) [COLOR="Blue"]Had no idea the fender tops were different on the '63s...how are they different? I gotta czech that out! That custom sounds like a real looker! So the headlights were behind the parking light lenzes? So cool.

But to me the '66-'67 is like Mitchell took the same styling ideas as the '63-'65, and then just pushed them all further in every direction. Luckily they decided to make it bigger, too, so it all evened out and the whole thing got that much smoother. And it took automotive design to a whole new level.

It's just about the next best thing to a bona fide 1960s dream car for the streets. (Maybe the '67 T-bird is close.)

Too bad Chrysler never took the plunge and made a mid-60s Riv/Toro/T-bird fighter - I can only imagine what that would've been like!

.....

So Chase Bank just replace the drive up ATM in our local branch with a new machine. There is a big sticker on it that says " This machine has audio assistance for the visually impaired. Also, all the keys have brail on them.

I wonder, do they really get a lot of blind drivers pulling up to the drive thru ATM?

That reminds me of a license plate around here that reads "BRAILLE" First time I saw it I nearly choked on my saliva as I laughed. Must be why they invented curb feelers.

The best one showed up last. This one knocked my socks off. What a beautiful car, in a perfect color.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/bluntfronts/stunner5.jpg


I am still walking barefoot - that is the perfect Riv in the perfect color. Nice pix...:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:

I am still walking barefoot - that is the perfect Riv in the perfect color. Nice pix...:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:


When I was in high school, there was a kid who drove a Riv that looked almost identical to that one. I though it was the coolest car in the parking lot and wondered just howq the heck he bought it.

Love them ginchy white and yellow stripe tires!
Someday I gotta add that car to the list of Lummox rides.

Mine was white too!!! But the interior was lite blue metalicish vinyl. Non GS too.I know that color. Long ago I had a "stripper" '63 Riv (manual windows & locks; the only option was the dash-mounted headlight dimmer!) that was blue/blue. Sold it to my cousin for $700.

I loved driving mine too. That 401 4bbl had some wicket yank!!!!! It was a rust bucket mostly in just the floor areas. I was still in high school but I managed to patch it all up very nicely with rivets - didn't weld back then. I ended up trading it and another car for a fairly nice '71 boat tail Riv.Sounds cool. My '65 had the usual rust hole on the bottom rear of the front fender, and one headlight door that preferred manual operation. I had a fantasy to turn a '63-'65 into a convertible. (Barris did make a targa back in the '60s. I saw it in a Perry Mason episode.) The only tough part about the cvt idea is that the trunk bulges up where it meets the rear edge of the roof. It's probably best for everyone involved that I don't know how to weld, though. BTW, I still have a white '71 boattail that's been in storage for about ten years. I hope to drive it again this summer.
Had no idea the fender tops were different on the '63s...how are they different? I gotta czech that out! That custom sounds like a real looker! So the headlights were behind the parking light lenzes? So cool.I hope I didn't spoil this for you. Once seen, it can't be unseen. But they had to mod the '65's front fender tops to make room for the doors to retract upward. So the leading edge profile of the fender is less elegant than on the '63/'64. You know so much about cars that I was hoping you already knew about this difference. (I kind of resented the guy who pointed it out to me, at least for awhile!) So...sorry about that.

But yeah, the headlights were behind clear parking light lenses with the chrome ribs intact, which I guess he must have made himself, because stock ones aren't actually clear, right?
The modded headlight look was beautiful, but technically they were illegal, since covered headlights were still illegal back then.

I am still walking barefoot - that is the perfect Riv in the perfect color. Nice pix...:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:

I'm glad you and zeb41 like it. Unfortunately the owner hasn't responded to my note yet. Which is also good, because I sure don't need another car. But, of course, need and want are two different things.

I know how he probably feels, though; whenever I would buy a "new" car or get my current one freshly painted, that was when people would leave notes wanting to buy it. But that was exactly when I didn't want to sell it!

Love them ginchy white and yellow stripe tires!
Someday I gotta add that car to the list of Lummox rides.The Caddy dealer I used to go to sold them as "Vogues", but the ones on this Riviera look a lot classier than the version he used to stuff under all those Eldos & Sevilles.

Local used car lot.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1134.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1135-1.jpg
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http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1132.jpg

Local used car lot.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1135-1.jpg

What are the odds!!! 2 of the same '66-'70 body style Riv in the same thread!
This one is the last year for this style, a '70. Not bad but why did they half to mess with perfection?!?!??!!

That '66 or '67 Lincoln looks dreamy! And the '68 LaSabre is in mint shape.
What year's the truck, '58? '59?

Cool shots Zeb!

:thumbsup: on that Lincoln :thumbsup:

Perfect htf wheel covers!!

What are the odds!!! 2 of the same '66-'70 body style Riv in the same thread!
This one is the last year for this style, a '70. Not bad but why did they half to mess with perfection?!?!??!!

That '66 or '67 Lincoln looks dreamy! And the '68 LaSabre is in mint shape.
What year's the truck, '58? '59?

Cool shots Zeb!

That LaSabre is in really nice condition and I think he was asking less than $4000.00 for it. I think it had $3600 0r s0 on the windshield. I don't know the year of that truck. I don't know the differences between a '58 and a 59 Apache, and all the dealer has it listed as is Model: Apache, Color: Wight. I figure that since he doesn't know how to spell WHITE, he probably won't know the year either. This guy always finds really cool stuff for his lot. He's got a '59 Fairlane and a "60 Ford pickup in a fenced off area behind his building. Two years ago he had a '54 Coronet and a '39 Buick Special four door sedan. I wanted that car Sooooooo bad! It was in unbelievably great shape. I didn't have 6K for it though. He has one other car there right now that I would love to park my rear end in. This '60 Caddy from Nevada. I wanted a good three-quarter view from the front, but there wasn't room to get it, so here's a profile shot and some details. There is just so much that is cool about the design of this car!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1122.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2010/000_1125-1.jpg


Love them eyebrows!
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Oh...sa-WEET!!! Love the '60...more than the '59 Cads.
That one has strange hup craps - I can't identify the year so they must be fr0m an eighties or so Cad.
And BLACK! So cool.
A '39 Buick would be wowsville. Did it have side mounts?

Oh...sa-WEET!!! Love the '60...more than the '59 Cads.
That one has strange hup craps - I can't identify the year so they must be fr0m an eighties or so Cad.
And BLACK! So cool.
A '39 Buick would be wowsville. Did it have side mounts?

That '39 Buick was soo cool. It was only one of two that i have seen in my lifetime. The first one I saw was at Lightning Fest in Oak Brook, 2005. I didn't even know what the car was when I saw it. All I knew was that I was crazy over it. The front end on those '39s is gorgeous! The car I saw here did not have side mounted spares. In fact, I don't think either of them did. I'll have to dig around to see if I have any pics.

Nice Lincoln.
Nice Chevy Truck.

George :cool:

I was driving on southbound I95 near Jupiter, Florida and saw a band of " immigrants " trying to cast net an armadillo for that evenings dinner.:freak:

Those cars are gorgeous and that Chevy truck is too cool. I'm pretty sure the Apache is a 1959 which has a larger bowtie badge on its hood than the '58...

Those cars are gorgeous and that Chevy truck is too cool. I'm pretty sure the Apache is a 1959 which has a larger bowtie badge on its hood than the '58...

Aha! I see what you mean! I couldn't even spot that detail when I did an image search of the two years. I can't miss it now. Thanks.

Loooooooove that black Caddy coupe.

The Digger's Dungeon in NC.

My lovely wife and the "other woman" my bike.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1224.jpg

You can't miss this on the side of the road...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1214.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1223.jpg

Couple of the original all steel bodied Grave Diggers.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1217.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1219.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1215.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1216.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/Brandi555/100_1220.jpg

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Cool pics Al!

Super photos!
Thanks for sharing!

George :cool:

We have a ton of these things running all over town...M&M's, Tonka, etc...including Transformers!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/0420101416.jpg

OK, this next one has it all.....we all know a good mullet is funny. And let's face it, a random dude with a parriot is always good for a second look...but I now give you random dude with a parriot AND a mullet!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/DSC_00371.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/DSC_0039.jpg

And from the same event (a VW show) we get these guys...and nope, there was no reason to be crusing the car show like this!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/DSC_00351.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/DSC_00361.jpg

And the best for last...I have more pics of this, but the first test is "what is it?". I know Lummox will know it right away!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/WilsonRacePhotos/On%20The%20Road/DSC_0107.jpg

Allmost the same year. Maybe the same year just a different model??? Same body style as the black one Zeb posted a few days ago.

Doesn't Mullet Man know? Doesn't he know just how wrong that is?!?!? :)

Doesn't Mullet Man know? Doesn't he know just how wrong that is?!?!? :)

He's a DeadHead dude! :hat:

Your to fast, I knew I sould have waited a few days to let the first one pass. I just thought it was so odd to see two in such a short period of time!

WArd, that Packard is the coolest. I see that one has the swan hood ornament instead of the (highly stylized) winged wheel. There is a guy in my area who drives a pearl whit '50 with that ornament. What an awesome car!

As far as the storm troopers go, they probably have orders to capture the bird from that wookie.

IIRC those Packards had the first self leveling suspension system, plant your big booty in the back, and watch it rise up :o