Show me a nice old car

[Yokosuka Mike]

1972 Nissan Skyline GT-R​

Sony A7III
Sigma 65mm f2 DG DN lens
Std. color JPEG
Yokohama, Japan - January 2022
Image resized smaller than original (2507 x 1672)​

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

The good times roll on the sunny side of the street​

Sony A7III
Sigma 65mm f2 DG DN lens
Std. color JPEG
Yokohama, Japan - January 2022
Image resized smaller than original (2507 x 1672)​

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Lotus Elan​

Sony A7III
Sigma 65mm f2 DG DN lens
Std. color JPEG
Yokohama, Japan - January 2022
Image resized smaller than original (2507 x 1672)​

 

[Dguebey]

Renault 4L, a 1962 product.
RX100m2

 

[Dralowid]

Leica MM246
by
Derek Leath,
on Flickr

This looks interesting in that it appears to have a 'preselector gearbox' or Wilson preselector epicyclic gearbox'. What is it?

 

[Ambro51]

Sheila, my 1958 Land Rover Series II. Sold her about 8 years ago. Drove that thing into deep winter woods (pre cell phone), through ice clogged deep pools, to work in 8 degree (f) weather......fixed a dashboard meltdown with onboard stuff in a driving rainstorm. My last act, as I said goodbye. Was “Thank You Sheila for never hurting me”. (You Never want to be in a road speed accident in one of those ). ••••• Black Glass 1/6 Plate Ambrotype Taken on location next to a deserted old river dock...

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

First Generation Fairlady Z
Nissan Global Headquarters Display Floor
Yokohama, Japan​

Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujinon XF 50mm f2 lens
Classic Chrome film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - January, 2022
Image resized smaller than original (2507 x 1672)​

 

[Ambro51]

Curse Datsun for Not Using Better Rustproofing!!!

 

[Godfrey]

Curse Datsun for Not Using Better Rustproofing!!!

Might as well curse them all in that era. Datsun, Toyota, Alfa Romeo, FIAT, BMW, Mercedes, MG, Triumph, Chevrolet, Ford ... you name 'em, they all rotted to junk fast if you didn't stay on top of the poor metal, salt on the roads, etc. Decent post-production rust proofing didn't happen until the mid 1970s, and good metals with decent corrosion resistant treatments during manufacture didn't happen until the 1980s. 🙁

 

[Brooktaw]

Buick Skylark
Leica M2 with 40mm Summicron
XP2

 

[David Hughes]

 

[Godfrey]

The only "nice old car" I'm making photos of lately is my own '67 Lancia ... Now in the upholstery shop for its interior restoration. It's been in the shop for two working days:

Day One had the seats out and dismantled for rebuilding :: https://flic.kr/p/2mYhax6
Day Two had the dashboard dismantled for repair :: https://flic.kr/p/2mYhauR

It's going to be very sweet when done... 😀 😀

G

 

[CMur12]

Well, Godfrey, after 55 years the dear needs some help. I'm glad this lovely car fell into your hands and that you are breathing new life into it.

It will, indeed, be a sweet car when done.

- Murray

 

[boojum]

I caught this beauty in the owner's driveway while on my walk the day before yesterday: a 1964 Studebaker Avanti!

iPhone 11 Pro, Snapseed​

What a beautiful car! Probably the most beautiful American car of my childhood... to me, anyway.
And yes: it is missing one of the windshield wiper arms... The owner told me it was being rechromed. 😉

G

Raymond Loewy had an office in Greenwich, CT, when I was a teenager. He parked his Avanti in front of the office, on the street. It was not the one you could buy but a prototype/proof-of-concept quite different but generally similar, white IIRC. Said he wished he had designed the egg as it was a masterpiece of industrial design. Avantis were and still are gorgeous cars. Like the DS19/21 they never seem to age.

 

[Brooktaw]

Outside the local specialist Volvo shop in Victoria BC that is about to close down.

Interesting back story about the owner here.

 

[Godfrey]

Raymond Loewy had an office in Greenwich, CT, when I was a teenager. He parked his Avanti in front of the office, on the street. It was not the one you could buy but a prototype/proof-of-concept quite different but generally similar, white IIRC. Said he wished he had designed the egg as it was a masterpiece of industrial design. Avantis were and still are gorgeous cars. Like the DS19/21 they never seem to age.

I grew up in New Rochelle, NY ... 15 minutes from Greenwich, CT ... About what years are you talking about?

I saw the Avanti today again: It turned onto my street going opposite to my direction when I was a couple of blocks from home on my bicycle. Such a beautiful piece of machinery! I almost chased after it... 🙂

G

 

[Godfrey]

Well, Godfrey, after 55 years the dear needs some help. I'm glad this lovely car fell into your hands and that you are breathing new life into it.

It will, indeed, be a sweet car when done.

Yes, it will! I attribute the damage to the dashboard and seats to the 10-15 years it spent sitting out in the sun behind its then-owner's motorcycle shop where the guy I bought it from found it. That sun blasting kept the body dry and rust free, but was not kind to the perishable bits of the interior.

The car was so nearly consigned to the scrap and parts bin way back when...! It's good to bring it back to life and looks. 🙂

G

 

[boojum]

I grew up in New Rochelle, NY ... 15 minutes from Greenwich, CT ... About what years are you talking about?

I saw the Avanti today again: It turned onto my street going opposite to my direction when I was a couple of blocks from home on my bicycle. Such a beautiful piece of machinery! I almost chased after it... 🙂

G

The time I am talking about would be the mid-50's. Greenwich was a very different town then. And you could get a really good eggplant parmigiana grinder on Fridays.

 

[Hans Berkhout]

imghansberkhout531 by hans p berkhout, on Flickr

Leica M7 Summicron 50/2.0 HP5+

 

[boojum]

It's a Doozy!

Sony A7M II, Sony/Zeiss 55mm f/1.8, f/2.0, 1/60, ISO 500.

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