Saw in Santa Cruz last week when visiting my son, unfortunate washed out photo but its pretty clean.
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Saw in Santa Cruz last week when visiting my son, unfortunate washed out photo but its pretty clean.
https://i.imgur.com/NcOMeyD.jpg
Damn, what a car, and that color!
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This arrived in my driveway last weekend.
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Prob my favorite 91X body style.
When I was starting to seriously think about a toy car (Z3, posted above) I went deep down the Porsche rabbit hole. I think there are a couple great videos on 912s and their owners out there- great stories. I’ll link if I can find one or two. There’s also an IG account called California 912 that’s pretty cool.
True story that I never gave a thought to until seeing your pics. When I was in HS some clown ran into my mom's 68 SS Impala. Apparently, the man feared insurance and asked that he repair the car himself while loaning us his Mercedes. My first stick shift learning experience was secreting that roadster around the block when my folks were not home. Pretty sure it was the same car. It smelled nice ;)
How you say 911 in German, Überwindungfragwürdigerkonstruktionen
Freshly washed and working on clearing space so I can park it in the garage.
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https://www.collectorsgarage.com/veh...bil-motor-home
Apologies for the link as this thread is typically for cars seen in the wild but since there are RV fans and MB fans here, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share a matching MB RVAttachment 125471
Fetching color to be sure. Appreciate this.
I like the long nose/LWB models. I was also looking at a rather nice 912E too but kept coming back to this car. I wanted a 4 cylinder car, no matter what I ended up with. High on the list was a BMW 2002.
I've bookmarked lots of IG accounts incuding the one you mentioned. Also have several YouTube videos that were instrumental in helping me decide. Petrolicious has a few I really enjoyed. Anyway, the original owner of my car had it from 1969-2022. I've got an amazing amount of records. My favorite is having the original window sticker that was never affixed to the car.
And btw nice Z3. I've owned several NA & NB Miatas and really want to take the plunge at some point with a Z3.
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Loving your passion Mr Pants. Heck of a quest to find your dream car.
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This older gentleman always drives his BelAir ragtop in the local parades, proudly displaying his 101st Airborne plate on the front bumper.
Sweet 1950-51 Chevy 3500 1 ton flat bed dually, didn't stop to check but might be a dump bed, new folks to the neighborhood, if I get a chance to meet the owner I'll have more info. Pretty sure '51 was the last yr Chevy trucks had the split windshield.
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The Nürburgring 24 is now on and among the 200+ cars, the GT3s and the Dacia Logan, is a Volkswagen Beetle RSR cup car.
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If I was there, camping in the woods with a bunch of crazy Germans, I’d raise my beer every time this little beast passed by.
That beetle is dope. Wide body kits make almost anything look awesome, when done well.
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Not sure where they’re off to…spotted on the PA Turnpike eastbound.
The annual Bantam Jeep Festival is being held this weekend in Butler, PA, about 40 minutes North of Pittsburgh…Butler is the birthplace of the Bantam, precursor to the Jeep. An interesting story of a small shop’s design and prototype being given to the “big guys” to produce…+600,000 of the vehicles in 4 years during WWII.
http://www.bantamjeepfestival.com/
https://www.visitbutlercounty.com/bl...lace-the-jeep/
Does it belong to the guy in the brick red pants? Because he’s monitoring you …
New Land Cruiser in my townhouse neighborhood. Looking forward to seeing reviews of these going forward.
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I think these are really sharp looking.
Hoping in a few years they add a third row option.
Toyota’s configurator isn’t working at all on my iPhone, but I did find this Car and Driver staff exercise in Land Cruiser builds: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4...ld-spec-price/
Nice looking rig, not the rig I need. And it needs the vintage putty/dust color to be available for the 1958 trim.
I’d have to sit in the 1958 trim version to determine what it’s like. Supposedly this lower priced version will use lower grade plastics and materials. I like the idea of fabric seats and no sunroof but I do like a higher grade sound system.
So I’d have to sit in one and play around to see if the entry level is ‘good enough’. I’d bet it is. Anyway, I doubt I’m getting anything but it’s a fun exercise.
Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh...cool place to visit if you're in town...from the website.
In 1879, the Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania established a historical society to help preserve local history. Five years later, the name changed to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and has been in continuous existence for more than 135 years. Originally, membership in the historical society was limited to men who had lived in the region for 50 years or more, though the rules changed within a few years to include women and younger people. In those days, members enjoyed lectures and country outings and got together to reminisce. Perhaps most importantly, early Historical Society members worked to preserve archival materials and objects of historic significance, forming the foundation of the History Center’s collections.
The Historical Society brought our region’s history to the public. In 1908, it celebrated the region’s 150th anniversary; in 1911, the centennial of steamboat navigation; in 1958, the region’s bicentennial celebration; and in 2008, the region’s 250th anniversary. These events served as the basis for the many events, publications, educational programs, and exhibitions that the History Center offers today. Early meetings of the Historical Society were held in members’ homes and churches, though a significant step was taken in 1893 when the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh at Schenley Park offered space for the archives. In 1914, after securing the funding, the Historical Society built its own building on Bigelow Blvd. In 1996, the History Center moved into its current home in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.
With the opening of the Smithsonian wing in 2004, the History Center became the largest history museum in Pennsylvania. The new wing allows better opportunities found in our affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution. The additional space added the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, the Mueller Education Center, the Special Collections Gallery, and the McGuinn Gallery for traveling exhibitions. Since its opening, the Smithsonian wing has been home to various exhibitions, including Pennsylvania’s Civil War, Vatican Splendors, 1968: The Year that Rocked America, Pittsburgh’s Lost Steamboat: Treasures of the Arabia, We Can Do It! WWII, Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, #Pixburgh : A Photographic Experience, Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission. In 2014, the History Center opened the new Museum Conservation Center, located directly behind the museum on Penn Avenue. The nine-story building houses the museum’s artifacts under one roof with Smithsonian-quality storage.
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
Interesting classic sports cars seen at Lugano Switzerland last week.
Dave…I didn’t know that you took your cars with you to Switzerland.
For some reason I love the AC Ace more than the Cobra.
Cool. The Springfield (Mass.) Museums has a 1975 Corbin electric motorcycle. I guess Corbin was quite the bike guy, and set a record at Bonneville on an electric bike.
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