AUTOS
 

A showcase, or rolling gallery if you'd allow, of resplendent, rare, and really fine-looking vehichles I've come to acquire over the past six months.
(and yes, this idea has been just as old ; I am way behind schedule on my threads.)




*relevant context

yes

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Meet me at the terrace ; featuring a ‘59 Plymouth Belvedere. Photo by: Nigel Watts

{ as seen at the 2010 Rotorua swap meet, in New Zealand, this past summer }

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* - [BMW Sport by ONYX Custom Cars]

Nice cars, Jet. Thanks.

Hey, is this thread for your own collection...ala: A showcase, or rolling gallery if you'd allow, of resplendent, rare, and really fine-looking vehichles I've come to acquire over the past six months.

Or are you also soliciting such car photos from the rest of us?

No, I'm not that rich or gaudy or lucky.

I used the 'acquire' clause in the sense that I've found, and had a source for these beautiful photos of cars and their lovers for years now, and I've acquired them in the intangible sense in that I'm glad to be able to see them, and now, share them.

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure if you also wanted others to post their favorite car pics or if this thread was just for your personal collection of pics.

Just in case, here's a few of my favorites:

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1938 Phantom Corsair

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...3DelageD8S.jpg
Pebble Beach 2010 Best of Show - 1933 Delage D8S De Villars Roadster

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../DD6coupe3.jpg
Pebble Beach 2006 Best of Show - 1931 Daimler Double-Six 50 Corsica Drophead Coupe

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../DD6coupe2.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../DD6coupe4.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rs/ddcoupe.jpg

I love street rods, so here's a few fine looking street rods that inspire me:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...side_by_da.jpg
1932 Ford Sinclair Roadster

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...per800_600.jpg

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Made in honour of Volvo’s 80th birthday, the Jacob is a retro-penned hotrod inspired by the first series-produced Volvo car, the ÖV4 (the Swedish abbreviation for Open Car, 4 cylinders) that gained the nickname “Jacob”. The hand-built aluminium body hotrod is based on a carbon-fibre chassis and it’s equipped with Volvo’s Flexifuel, five-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine that generates 265 Hp.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0cars/main.jpg
With a 500-horsepower engine, a channeled body and a chopped top, GM's custom street rod looks right at home on the salt flats of Bonneville. But instead of a traditional gasoline V-8, this '34 Chevy replica rod sports a turbocharged 2.0L Ecotec engine that runs on E85 ethanol. Appropriately, it has been dubbed the FlexFuel Chevy Hot Rod.

The follow-up wallpaper
 

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Onyx Concept BMW M3 E92 {4-litre V8 : 621 bhp} (click image to download)


[bmwcoop.]

^ Jet, I'd like to encounter one of those now that my latest setup is cranking about 720 bhp. Let's get it on!

They'll be available this Fall, so your wait to see one in real life shan't be long! (if you go prowling from them.)

- - -

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"Blood Brothers" : featuring Ferrari Enzo & P4/5

I took these pics when I was at the first open track day after this facility opened, it's New Jersey Motorsports Park. I love this hardcore roadrace built '64 GTO:

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Los Violadores [aka "Mad Foxes"] (Paul Grau ; 1982) ... pictured: a Corvette Stingray

"A man seeks revenge after a biker gang murders his family."


[nistagmus.]

Starring: ‘62 Ford Falcon
 

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Old America | Photo By: retrophotouk

author's comments:
Photoshoot down at Valley Gas Speedshop in Newbury. Jimmy's Falcon will soon be featured in one of the UK car mags.

Nice little Ford, Jet. My Canadian uncle had a '63 version of that Falcon with a 260 c.i. V8 and that thing was quite peppy.

These are some pics I took and posted in the rare sightings thread, but I'm reminded of them since they are very rare high performance Fords:

The Ford Fairlane has always been my favorite unassuming "monster under the body" automobile. Thanks for sharing that, Nick.

Here's one of my earlier "favs", as found on flickr.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...579053c3a4.jpg
Zero/Sport Subaru | Photo by: Scott Dukes


[jtuned.]

Ever since I first saw this one when I was a little kid I get a woody from it:

1924 Hispano Suiza H6C Tulip Wood Torpedo

At the first motor show after the end of the First World War, the 1919 Paris Auto Salon, Marc Birkigt launched a new luxury model, the H6. For many years the six cylinder Hispano Suiza's refinement and built quality remained unmatched.

In the War, Hispano Suiza had supplied over 50,000 V12 fighter plane engines. For his new top of the line model, Birkigt first intended to use a version of the well proven V12. After some tests he concluded that one bank of a V12 would be more than sufficient to propel the new car. The 'six' displaced just over 6.5 litres and featured a single overhead camshaft. Each 35 lb crankshaft was machined from a 600 lb billet, resulting in a very rigid crankshaft. This was typical for Birkigt's 'no cost spared' perfectionism.

For the block and head aluminium was used, to keep the weight of the engine down. In the block a six separate steel sleeves formed the cylinders. Ignition was through two coils, with two plugs per cylinder, one on each side of the engine. The overhead camshaft was shaft driven and operated the valves, which were set vertical in the block. This was unconventional setup, which could result in tremendous damage, if a valve dropped in the cylinder. Birkigt was confident in using it, as the valves had never failed on the V12 airplane engines.

Finished in black enamel and polished aluminium, the engine was mounted in a conventional ladder frame. It was suspended by a live axle and semi-elliptic leaf springs all-round. The four drum brakes were power assisted by a patented 'servobrake' system. The ingenious system used the car's momentum to slow it down. The brake assistance system took the power from the gearbox, which drove a shaft at 1/64 the speed of the engine. If all else failed, the rear brakes could be activated using a hand lever.

Built in Paris and later in the Czech Republic as well, the H6 offered luxury, speed and refinement. Many of Hispano Suiza's European competitors like Rolls Royce, Bentley and Isotta Fraschini offered one or two of these ingredients, but not until the late 1920s did another manufacturer come up to par with the H6. This complete package did not come cheaply and for a while the H6 was the most expensive European car available. In 1922 the slightly more powerful H6B replaced the H6 and in 1924 the 8-litre H6C was added to the line-up.

Hispano Suiza delivered the H6 as a rolling chassis for coach builders to body. To match the car's remarkable abilities, only the finest coach builders were commissioned to design and fit bodies on the H6 chassis. A vast majority of the chassis were fitted luxurious coachwork. The featured example is one of the most famous exceptions. Built to the order of one of of Hispano Suiza's biggest clients, Andre Dubonnet, the unique coachwork was built by Nieuport, a French aviation company.

Dubonnet, the heir to an aperitif and cognac fortune, was an accomplished pilot and racing driver and needed a new car for the 1924 edition of the Targa Florio. He understood that weight and wind resistance were his biggest advisaries, which is why he turned to Nieuport. They crafted and exceptionally light tulip wood body, which was riveted together by thousands of brass rivets. Despite its huge size, the body weighed a mere 160 pounds. It was fitted on a special H6C chassis, which used a lower than standard radiator and sported a 46 gallon gas tank. There were only two examples fitted with this 'competition' radiator.

The exceptional machine was driven to a sixth at the Targa Florio by Dubonnet. He also competed in the Coppa Florio where he finished fifth overall and first in class. Upon completion of these events, the car was retired from racing and modified for regular road use. Initially the car was equipped with very elegant 'flowing blade' fenders. These were later replaced with more substantial wings, similar in shape to the torpedo body. All of the copper trim is a later addition as well. It is in this condition that the car has survived and can be admired at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, California.

Article by Wouter Melissen, last updated on September 29, 2008

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source unestablished

(maybe this a metaphor for something...)

Ferrari 250 GTO, one of my favorite of all time

...and I love this short film called The Great Put Down

[TLTE!]

Thanks, Jet. I thoroughly enjoyed that little flick.

Until I run into a GTR on a roadcourse and get it on video, this straight line action will only partly convey my sentiments:

* -
 

Mazda Shinari 2010 Concept
 

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[dieselstation.]

how about some electronic pop culture?

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Authentic 1966 Batmobile® Replicas, designed by Mark Racop of Fiberglass Freaks.


author's comments:
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An authentic 1966 Batmobile replica will set you back $149,999. For that price, you’ll have the coolest car anyone around has ever encountered.


[neatorama.]

1955 DS
 

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Classic Citroen.

We must not forget that an object is the best messenger of a world above
that of nature: one can easily see in an object at once a perfection and an
absence of origin, a closure and a brilliance, a transformation of life into
matter (matter is much more magical than life), and in a word a silence
which belongs to the realm of fairy-tales.

— Roland Barthes, Mythologies, 1957.

[benkraal.]

did you say rare?

Like I've stated many times before: "I meant to post this a month ago, but here I am posting it today (finally found)".

Likewise, below: (I actually caught this episode of Car Crazy sometime 5 weekends ago at 2 am or so. I enjoyed it very much; hope you do, too.)

mine, the lamborghini
 

Lamborghini
Very nice the original batmobile

subtle. I don't know. wish. command. done.

save me the energy of thinking.

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Photo by: Lukas Van Laethem [Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder]

I'm diggin the new 599 GTO

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rari599gto.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ri-599-GTO.jpg

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curves ahead by Chris Andersen Photography


{Photo taken on July 13, 2010, in Door County Wisconsin.}

[article ; gallery] Top Head-Turning Concept Cars at the Paris Auto Show- Yahoo! Autos Article Page

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Photography by Quan Duong

sorry, Jet ^ stupid wheel fitment FTL!!!

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Plymouth Fury Hardtop Coupe 1970
 

One of my favorite "old cars", the 1955 Buick Roadmaster, here in a convertible form. My favorite uncle used to get a new Buick Roadmaster every couple years and I got to really like those big old bombs a lot.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...s/100_8078.jpg

Cobra Kai Dojo
 

http://samssushibar.tumblr.com/photo...68uM3LY1qzwiv8
The Shelby Cobra Supersnake Club Racer (2006)


[ivyleagueeast.]

I have both a big soft spot and a big hard on for the old Cobras.

Here's my car flanked by a buddy's 289 Cobra and another friend's 360whp Mini.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...P8-5-08027.jpg

Here's the Cobra trifecta:

http://i51.tinypic.com/2v1uoaf.jpg

I saved this photo from flickr some 3-4 years ago, but it seems the owner/author of the above has been deleted from the database. I'll keep looking, however.

Remember the Daytona Cobra? This was at the same track day from my post above:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...P8-5-08018.jpg

I guess the Ffff! movement can extend into this foray as well.

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Audi 100 Coupe S (1971)


[allaudi. / ru_auto.]

Now that you mention ffff, how about the 9ff Gturbo 1200:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...-10_800x0w.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Turbo-1200.jpg

A bit over the top with this paint scheme, but a very well put together supercar nonetheless.


Part 4 of this video is the full throttle demonstation and the "Whoh" part...just hold on and try to breath normally.

Have you ever experienced an RUF rebuilt-Porsche? It is out of this world.

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1997 Porsche Ruf CTR2 Sport

author's comments: (John Snell)
Looks can be deceiving, this pleasant looking Porsche Ruf looks like a decently sporty car - but wait till you get behind the wheel of this incredible street legal Kevlar bodied monster... Oh, nice early Fall colors too. =)

580HP - 0-60 in 3.8 seconds - 217mph top speed! Need I say more?


MORE

I'm a boy of the 80's so I grew up loving the GM 'G-body'.

This is one of my favorite cars of the era - 1987 Buick Grand National :)

http://caninesportsrec.com/100_0557.jpg

I also love Grand Nationals. I came very close to buying one a couple years ago from a local guy who had three of them and was selling one.

Jet, when I think about a Porsche that I might buy in the near future, I keep looking at used Ruf Porsches. They are a huge blip on my radar screen. I just love how he integrates racecar features into a relatively civilized package that performs extremely well.

One of my favorite cars of all time, a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...iglia_34_3.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0cars/29ee.jpg

And then of course there is what is probably one of my favorite cars of all time, the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB. I came close to buying one in 1972 for $14,000, it was in very good condition but that was too much for me at the time.

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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...-10-MAL_01.jpg

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Perhaps I should feature some of the more prominent architects and designers of the Golden Age of Automotives. Two buts, though: this would feature a lot of words, a bio-post of several prominent penmans, yet I don't suppose that would matter much as the audience to this niche gallery, is well, still quite miniscule. The other half is, most of the names still rattling around in my head are the penmans of the Lamborghini Lines and the Romeo Curves, or in other words, the mustachio'd [Italian] automotive illustrators of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

I think I'd enjoy reading that. Gopher it.


I represent that comment!!!

American LaFrance special Speedster 1915

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Here's one for the man who thinks he's got it all already. ( he does'nt ) Check out this Hi Testosterone special ! This beautiful Special was built by Gary Wales in California utilising a American La France chassis from the early teens with chaindrive , combined with a beautiful seventeen liter marine engine built in 1915 by the famous company van Blerck , which built many engines for the wealthy to use in their speedboats , like the old Hackercrafts and such. It's like a car from a Jules Verne story ; I'm going to put a brass tag on it saying " cpt. Nemo " !! Out of this world and a true King of the Hill kind of car. And..something you can really drive , with the built in powersteering. It will stop as well with the disc brakes upfront. A real trafficstopper with a great sound and it's loads of fun ! FOR SALE...Price on request. American LaFrance special Speedster 1915 for sale - PreWarCar

Probably my favorite Jaguar of all time, the XJ13.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Xj13_front.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../Xj13_rear.jpg

There is quite a bit of interesting history about the development of this car and the subsequent decision to not pursue it. 1966 JAGUAR XJ13

And this wiki article is just the tip of the iceberg Jaguar XJ13 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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(* -)

What's that urban legend about Midnight Lambos going full-speed on the highway
with the lights turned off at 2 in the AM, in order to avoid detection from Johnny Law,
all the while smuggling drugs from destination A (Miami) to destination B (Connecticut)?
Have you heard of this one? I think it's fairly widespread. Oh, I nearly forgot
the most important part: (other than the quarter-of-a-million automobile that is
tantamount to this story) night-vision goggles!

For some reason that Lambo just reminded me of bosozoku style:

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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...sozoku_rx3.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...s/053051-1.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...les/Nissan.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...sideburns1.jpg

wow

Ah! I see. (especially this one: it screams VIOLENCE!)

Thanks for sharing, BtheJTNik. (do you have a nick in the streets, eh?)

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1968 Plymouth Roadrunner [Restored] (without the instantly-identifiable tailfin seen in previous models)


{Photo by: Clintus McGintus}

... as a part of VRROOM Wodin's Days:

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“Love this pic. There’s the obvious knockout pinup, Carol Lewis (Dean Jeffries’
high school sweetheart in front of his ’47 Merc), posing for his pinstriping pleasure,
but also check out Dean Jeffries’ paint box. ”The Modern Painter Has Arrived.”
It’s an incredible piece of work in itself.”

[theselvedgeyard.]

That yellow roadrunner is nice. I like the 60s and 70s mopars, great shapes to them. The Buick Grand National is a big favorite. bosozoku is pretty weird.

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Trucks also?
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...3/Truck_02.jpg
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...3/Truck_01.jpg
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...y_Truck_01.jpg

http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...Porsche_02.jpg
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...Porsche_01.jpg
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/s...s23/Turbos.jpg

building off Scorps' latest reply, more automotive examples of the great Datsun(s) ...

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4...tsun240hr1.jpg
1971 Datsun 240z

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6662/04172.jpg
... and another 240z

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...40888CA814.jpg


[nzdatsun. / jdmpassion.]


-- (to note: I swear, if there any countries more about cars than America, Germany, and possibly Japan, it's probably New Zealand, Sweden and Australia tagging along close behind.)

Pure sex....notice the matching wheels
 

xoxoxoo:eek::thumbsup::eek:

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Hot Plates and Nice Mates -- a FFriday feature

1969 Holden Hurricane Concept

http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG...CC08D96CF34539


http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG...1B898A3BCB6C7D

http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG...DAEB44925C2BAE


xoxoxoo

The very first Eagle.....

http://vintageracecar.com/gal/db/pic....f_gal_grs.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Z38tlkkPB...Vicente_57.jpg

name those cars?....xoxoxoo

I was 9 years old when this car came out and I immediately fell in love with it. It's still one of my favorite cars of all time.

The 1958 Scarab Sports Racer:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._Amelia_07.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ar20fsvKRM.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ars/scarab.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...V-08_MH-02.jpg
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...V-09-MH-05.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...arabChapT5.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../scarab201.jpg

wow...me too !!

Built by Lance Reventlow,son of Betty Hutton,heir to the Revlon fortune !

xoxoxoo

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By self spirit soul

1930 Elair barn find...

http://blog.lanemotormuseum.org/wp-c...lair-400x1.jpg

http://blog.lanemotormuseum.org/wp-c...ts/eclair2.jpg

currently being restored....xoxoxoo

wow! that would be an amazing find

a propeller :D

The sexyest car ever built...1967 Ferrari 330 P4

http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG...352BA1108EBA6C

+ bonus (advertisement)

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so many great cars we've never got over here...xoxoxoo

http://robson.m3rlin.org/cars/wp-con...py-300x199.jpg

Sodka Octavia

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Covina C6W

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Citroen Xsara WRC

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http://robson.m3rlin.org/cars/wp-con...onaro-01-3.jpg

Vauxhall Monaro

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Here's the specs. (it's a bit gratuitous - I know.)

http://robsonblog.com/tuning/content...in.org_70_.jpg[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]

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xoxoxoo

My buddy's Skyline is in the 2011 Motor Trend International Auto Show in Baltimore right now:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rs/skyline.jpg

My next door neighbor blew the motor in his 260Z a few months ago so now my friend who did a lot of custom fabrication on my car is installing an RB26DETT in it ...should be peppy with that light weight:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...sZwithRB26.jpg

Talk about timing... I just found this that you might enjoy:
(+ I love the earlier generation Skylines, '94-'99)

did you ever see the vid of Leh Keen driving a GT-R at VIR? ...the man can drive!

do you think my 91 SE-R qualifies as a baby GT-R ?

http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/pi...tra.8194-E.jpg

yes...it's in the bloodline.

I don't picture the Nissan engineers saying "hey, let's turn our brains off and forget everything we know about high performance and then design this SE-R..."

for the 3 years it was made (91-93) it was voted one of the ten best cars in the world by R/T,,,,pocket rocket...best bang for the buck division !!!

xoxoxoo

That's the funniest thing I've read all day.

Additionally, you need to remark to your friend that his auto is supremely attractive (from me). Love it. Has it been upgraded both aesthetically, as well as functionally (performance)?

Have you come to post your own "bad boy" yet, BadNick?

This car has "Japanese Sleeper" written all over it.

Alfa MiTo.....

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".....splain this Lucy ?"........

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Autos + waves
 

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as seen at Fort Point, San Francisco, USA ; Photography by Dan Oersnaes (Sverige; Sweden)

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Travelogue: It's great coming to California. Especially when it's raining.
And l33t d00ds are surfing under the Golden Gate. They truly are funkier than you.

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1968 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro


[finalgear.]

First look at...............Citroen GT

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Other than as a "forum buddy" I don't know Mr. Skyline that well, but he reported back in Dec. even before the show that he had a 71mm turbo kit he was installing "within the month" so that would get him in the 800 HP neighborhood. Other than that, nice Blitz wheels and just a very clean car.

I snuck a pic of mine in right after your Cobra postings since it was parked next to a Cobra at the track.