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[ProjectWHaT]

Oh I forgot about these pictures. These Vipers were having a photoshoot at the end of a street. I got to talk to one of the owners. He just bought his ACR from Florida a week before that day and he drove it all the way from there to Chicago, where he lives. Here's his Instagram


DSC01342-187-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


DSC01344-188-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


DSC01333-183-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


DSC01334-184-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr

 

[zzz_pt]

Also saw a 488 Spider and a Toyota Supra but wasn't able to taKe a picture.

 

[AlvaroF]

That C does look awsome in yellow

 

[ScottPuss20]

Oh I forgot about these pictures. These Vipers were having a photoshoot at the end of a street. I got to talk to one of the owners. He just bought his ACR from Florida a week before that day and he drove it all the way from there to Chicago, where he lives. Here's his Instagram


DSC01342-187-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


DSC01344-188-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


DSC01333-183-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


DSC01334-184-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr

You gotta love the Dodge Viper. They look so evil and badass...

 

[jeffgoddin]

Finally went spotting on Wednesday, not a great day for spotting, especially not when it's 90 degrees, but I just haven't had the chance for the past couple weeks. A few things have come into work, or spotted between home and work, just starting to upload them now to Flickr after a hiatus uploading there. Check it out if you're curious.

But just wanted to drop this here. Something I found in a driveway (turn around and pull in and knock) on fairly major road out in the country, first time driving there. 30-something bearded tattoo'd guy answers after his big dog jumps on the fence and barks like maybe he can intimidate me or something. "Can I help you?" "Well, thing is, I'm a car nut, and I was driving by, and..."

@ilikewaffles11 can you identify the engine? Anybody want to guess on the model?


He was a real nice guy after that! His dad found the body with a tree growing where the engine should be, saved it, and built a car under it, torsion bars and double wishbone front and back. Fair amount of custom sheet metal work, tasteful, base model still clearly recognizable.

 

[ilikewaffles11]

@jeffgoddin Looks like some sort of R Series engine, I was thinking maybe an 18R or something. After Googling a little bit, the valve cover looks like it's from an 18R but the intake is on the wrong side, but a 20R has the intake on the passenger side like that. Maybe some sort of mash up, know some other Toyota engines can be mixed and matched a little bit like that.

I'll look into it a bit more, might be even older than an 18R and I'm not super familiar with anything older than that.

Edit: Think I found it! Looks like a 21R

 

[jeffgoddin]

Well, all he said was it was out of "an old Toyota wagon", checking, the HiAce Wagon used the 21R, so that could be it!

And no guess on make/model anybody?? Morris Minor!
morris minor 1000, sort of by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

 

[Zychotic1]

had I seen the post before you answered it yourself I woulda got the cookie on the morris...
neat little setup hes got there

 

[ilikewaffles11]

Didn't realize how Japanese heavy this months spots are. Spoiler tags to avoid clutter

Spoiler: Spots

Wasn't gonna post but eh, why not, only 105k miles on this little '86 truck

Maybe at least @jeffgoddin will appreciate this little old lady owned 80s Accord! Was completely spotless

One of my favorite finds, an FJ62 Land Cruiser with a turbo diesel B series engine and 5 M/T swap with an FJ60 front end. This thing was gorgeous

Same day found this first gen Celica GT lift back by chance when we turned around here!

We were right down the road from Pocono raceway so plenty of neat cars going by, missed an awesome old Opel Manta but got this SL63 AMG with some XJS

E-Type at a shop with an Elise I didn't notice until I was taking the photo

Realized this was a car show entrance headed back, but Mustang and VW transporter

This came into work for some oil.. We didn't have any for it

Truckload of SS!

Rolls Royce in a tiny town 3 hours away from home

And a Beetle

70s Corolla with some sort of rotary swap

Dealer service department spot, clean AW11! Automatic though..

Made a wrong turn headed back from a junk yard and found this mint early MK2 Supra!

And a topless first gen 4Runner!

 

[jeffgoddin]

Love it! 👍 I'm always checking out the 80's Accords etc, but have yet to find a mint one... nice find! And I love wrong-turn spotting! As you say, lots of great Japanese stuff in these! And man would I be kicking myself over missing the Manta, but that 1970s Corolla about makes up for it.

Oh, and I found this today on my lunch break:
ferrari f12tdf by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Car show lot
Two GT350s

Ss

P1800

Chrysler

Wasn't expecting this a yellow Vehicross!

Trailer with classics

 

[jeffgoddin]

Nice P1800!

 

[05XR8]

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

1948 split window Beetle:

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Recent Spots from the past week:

Yay, I saw a green Hellcat! I'm seeing SRT cars a lot more often lately, I think it's because I now live near a Dodge Dealer and it had a couple of Charger Hellcats in the front. I might go buy there this week to look.

It's been a while since I posted a X-Runner, here's one in red!

A first for me, a Volkswagen Fox that's for sale. I found it interesting as I don't think I see that many older VWs on the road aside from the Beetle and Bus.

An Oldsmobile 442 that was outside of a seafood restaurant that I was trying out. That's where I saw the Challenger.

This Chevrolet Impala was in the same area.

 

[Zychotic1]

^83 Datsun 280zx non-turbo

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Mini Cooper. Unknown year. by Automotive Buff, on Flickr

First time I used Flickr's filter for a picture that goes into an album. I honestly love it. Clears the image up a bit and distracts you from any noise or bluriness, like around the tyre.

Should've taken a picture of the badge when I had the chance

Spoiler: "original image for anyone wondering"

Mini Cooper. Unknown year. No filters/original. by Automotive Buff, on Flickr

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Finally got some cars from the west side. I always feel spoiled when I go to Detroit for spotting.
911 turbo S

Dodge Charger Daytona

And a nova and corvette

 

[ToyGTone]

Well i'm out of luck here...

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Got this blue M5 again this time a bid night pic.

 

[V0RT3X]

Aston Martin Vanquish that I saw at work.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Saw a few things
E55

Chevy

And a ram srt10

 

[jeffgoddin]

Do you know offhand how many SRT-10 RAMs were built? I think they're pretty rare...

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Just a ram rebal

I'll be going to this in Detroit tomorrow

LaFerrari and a 918 are confirmed.

 

[V0RT3X]

I saw this Lamborghini Huracan at work.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Spotted a 3 car Porsche convoy. Didn't get a picture of the 997 cabrio chasing these two.

Also, a rather poor screenshot from my dashcam. A BMW M2 on the other side of the highway!

 

[Apok]

Something a little different from a recent trip to India.

Considering there are so many of these TATA 2515s in India, they're incredibly diverse.

 

[Nico_Ble99]

Challenger in front of the house.

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

1959 Cadillac:

 

[MedigoFlame]

Got this Aventador Anniversario Roadster on the dash cam. In Massachusetts.