W/NW - Classic Cars

[Yokosuka Mike]

Toyota Corolla​

Sony A7III camera
Sigma 65mm f2 DG DN Contemporary lens
May 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​

 

[besk]

Hi Mike -

We had the MG version (MG 1100) of this car in the US. It was the first of my car pamphlets, in 1963, and my first automotive passion.

- Murray

I thought it looked familiar.

 

[besk]

Classic Porsche
This one is from today, 5/12/2024​

Sony A7III camera
Sigma 90mm f2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens
Yokohama, Japan - May 2024​

Great! I sat in a new one back on a dealer's sales lot in the 60's.. Couldn't believe how nice it was. I was a newly graduated engineer and the price was about equal to a yearly salary. But I was getting married in a few weeks ________

 

[Moto-Uno]

Are you still married 🙂 ?

 

[Doug]

Did you ever buy a Porsche?
😉

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

A rare Datsun Bluebird 1300 (1967 - PL411)​

Sony A7III camera
Sigma 65mm f2 DG DN Contemporary lens
May 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​

 

[besk]

Did you ever buy a Porsche?
😉

NO. But I did own a Triumph TR3a and an MGB plus 2 Karmann Ghias at one time.

I believed a wife was more important than a car but did call her my sports car often. I was married for 35 years to my late wife and 21 and counting to my present wife.

 

[Tuna]

 

[p.giannakis]

Olympus OM-4 Zuiko 35f/2
Ilford HP5 in HC110

 

[Guth]

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Olympus OM-4 Zuiko 35f/2
Ilford HP5 in HC110

At a quick glance, I assumed this was a slammed E-type Jaguar. Then I noticed that it looked a bit more like Picasso’s version of an E-type coupe. Any idea of what exactly are we looking at here — a kit car turned art installation perhaps?

 

[p.giannakis]

At a quick glance, I assumed this was a slammed E-type Jaguar. Then I noticed that it looked a bit more like Picasso’s version of an E-type coupe. Any idea of what exactly are we looking at here — a kit car turned art installation perhaps?

Correct. It was Jaguar art model made of plywood in Regent park in London in 2019.

 

[Guth]

Correct. It was Jaguar art model made of plywood in Regent park in London in 2019.

Ha! The artist did a great job.

 

[ecowarrior]

Leica M240
Voigtlander 35 1.5 II ASPH

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Plymouth Belvedere​

Fujifilm X-S20 camera
Fujinon XF 33mm f1.4 lens
May 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Lincoln Continental​

Fujifilm X-H1 camera
Fujinon XF 33mm f1.4 lens
May 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​

 

[besk]

Lincoln Continental​

Fujifilm X-H1 camera
Fujinon XF 33mm f1.4 lens
May 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​

Hate to keep that thing in gasoline! How much is gasoline in Yokohama?

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Hate to keep that thing in gasoline! How much is gasoline in Yokohama?

Hello Besk!

Gas is about 172 yen per liter.

All the best,
Mike

 

[santino]

Hello Besk!

Gas is about 172 yen per liter.

All the best,
Mike

Quite ok in comparison to gas prices in the EU.

 

[shawn]

 

[Guth]

Toyota Corolla​

Sony A7III camera
Sigma 65mm f2 DG DN Contemporary lens
May 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​

I don’t remember Corollas ever looking so good. Back in the 80’s I had a ‘77 Celica GT coupe — it would make for a great project car these days as putting a more recent BEAMS engine in one of these cars seems to be relatively straightforward.

Ironically that Corolla with what appears to be a set of Wantanabe wheels makes me think of something like a Nova running a set of A.R.E. Torq-Thrust wheels back in the day.