Did You See Anything Good Today? [Read First Post]
- Thread starter GilesGuthrie
- 46,938 comments
- 2,937,482 views
- 23,973
- It/It
- GTP_TheCracker
My first Panamera, looking better and better
I saw a couple of them doing demo laps at Jarama a the other month, they look better IRL then they do in pictures. They'll never be a pretty or particularly handsome vehicle, but they do have a presence and at full chat they sound like a jet fighter 👍
- 6,311
- Hong Kong SAR
Absolutely agree with that. It's amazing how some cars can look so awful in pictures but great in the metal, where they should be looking good I guess.
McLaren
Premium
- 45,504
- Texas
I must be doing something wrong. In the last week, I've seen more exotics out & about than I have for the whole year, and we're in the time of the year where they normally don't bring out their cars. Hell, today I saw a silver/orange GT3 RS, F430, & 360 Spider. Yeah, no pics, but had to comment.
TsukubaTrueno
(Banned)
- 1,691
- RabiaEx
Alpine
Don't know much about Astons.. DB9?
Super clean Evo XIII
EVO X
Don't know much about Astons.. DB9?
Super clean Evo XIII
EVO X
- 14,410
- Wellington
Don't know much about Astons.. DB9?
I think maybe a V8 Vantage?
- 681
- California
You mean Evo VIII.
- 6,311
- Hong Kong SAR
Well, while you are breaking the rules of the thread so am I. Myself and Dac_Xint had a look around a few garages yesterday and saw some simply stunning stuff. Let me give you the rundown of the stuff we weren't allowed to photograph and Dac_Xint will, I'm sure, provide you with some awesome photos of the stuff we could (if he's recovered from the shock and awe of seeing a rather nifty white thing) and I will post pics of the stuff I saw on the way to meeting him.
Unfortunately not allowed to photograph the following...
Red Lamborghini Countach
Black Lamborghini Miura
Red V12 Jag E-Type x2
Red Alfa Romeo Montreal
White BMW M1
Red Aston Virage Volante
Pale blue Gumpert Apollo
Yellow Lamborghini Diablo VT
Stripped down to the metal 993 GT2
A dozen or so Lamborghini Gallardo and Ferrari F360/430 GT2 cars
A Zonda under a cover but I'm not sure which model maybe a Cinque or possibly even the Zonda-R as I know they have one but I forgot to ask - Doh!
Pics of the rest later...
Last edited:
- 740
I can endorse that list... The cars we saw that day were nothing short of WIN. Apparently over the last two years when the market fell around the world, the super rich in Hong Kong have been importing an unprecedented amount of hot wheels, mainly from Europe. The guy we talked to in SPS said he's seen some wild stuff in the last 2 years.
- will get the photos up ASAP, lots of photos lately...
- will get the photos up ASAP, lots of photos lately...
TsukubaTrueno
(Banned)
- 1,691
- RabiaEx
Cano
Premium
- 20,758
- Cephiro
I KNOW. Yeah. look, when you have to write history on 50 cars you mostly know nothing about (an effing Panhard Levassor Dynamic...), and then cartoonize and photoshop-colour the 12 cover cars of the previous year for a poster-calendar, an entire month and a half will mean MISSERY AND NONBORN BABYS' SOULS.
But im BACK. and back in a big way because I was checking... I've been absent since ten pages aback. TEN pages. I tought it was gonna be like 30 and I'd be in front of the screen checking newfound cars for two or three days.
ONE
EFFING
HOUR.
This thread is slow dammit. so lets do something.
So I'm walking around when this BLOWS by me. classic off-beat Boxer sound, awesome colour, glistening wheels. it get lost fast. two blocks later I see it. Oh man. You see, its difficult to see ANY porsches here, let alone old Porsches, and even rarer to see one in this shape. IMMACULATE.
AAAAAH YESSSSSS!!!
I'd seen this car almost ten years ago. the thing had a 351 with so much compression it would barely rotate. It's a track car used for the Vintage category for many years. then I find it in a used car lot in 2009. At least it's still alive. One of the meanest Mustangs in the entire country, man you should listen to this thing at full song. it makes your ears bleed.
sitting in the street, a stock car covered with some tarp. This thing looks to be a Nascar Mexico car, complete with 300 hp 351 ford and very very poorly made fiberglass shell. Trash, but weird spot none the less.
Only Challenger SRT8 I've seen in the street. I've seen RTs and even V6s, heck, seeing a Challenger is still a rare spot. But a SRT8 is the real deal, and that is why I photoed it so much.
hahahaha this thing was so neat. Welcome to Mexico's version of the street freak. This is a 1981 Dodge Magnum, sort of an era-Dart with steroids in the form of a 360 cube small block, a hardcore automatic and police-spec chassis. The thing was a monster in its day, and when I found this I really liked the vibe. come on. Fat rears on Cragars, traction bars and that scoop!! obviously it has nothing serious under it, it is NOT tunnel rammed and obvoiously not blown. but if it was, it'd look really neat.
EXTRA RARE Renault 4 Cargo geetting some repairs. Early model means this thing is really, really difficult to find. Finding a cargo is hard, but an early one is a needle in the haystack.
very rare 1968 Dodge Coronet wagon. unfortunately, it's a mexican car, which means 318 power and a wimpy automatic. But come one, its mostly complete, ripe for some fat-block swap with a Dana rearend and a 4 speed. And sublime green with Cragar Keystones 12 inches wide in the back. Ah, yeah...
Shades of Super Stock!!! though I doubt the owner knows that there were trucks like these running in the SS class in the sixties, the mean vibe is there with the fat tires, low stance and red wheels. THIS would be cool with a 413 and a tunnel ram poking trough the hood.
Turbine-wheeled mexican 1972 Mach 1 Mustang in very very good shape, and sounding cool too, altough the rumpy cam was AWOL, it was just the exhaust. But hey, easy fix! Plant green colour very rare because it is really difficult to maintan. Seemed to be the original paint. Interior was also green.
This thing lives two blocks from me. It's a rare 57 model, and even rarer because it's a Mercury. When I moved here it was still a driver, by now it sits on three flats. I'll blow some night pictures of this and post them, promise.
aaaaah so, you may remember the upholstery shop I have mentioned before. I always pay some visit because they always have neat cars, but this was beyond neat. PERFECT Stingray split window. 1964 maybe, dunno, but it was pristine, heck, even the horrible wheelcovers are cool. Red interior was getting some basic repairs, because, I was told, the car was ALL original. amazing.
Same shop held this 60s-era Mercedes in for some upholstery refreshing, Car was NEW, and I mean NEW, it was pristine.
These things are rare here, in fact, I think I've seen two in my entire life. these guys always have something rare or intresting car parked in that street. That exact spot will be showing more cars in the future.
these are still hard to see in here, and they are awesome and very fast, specially here where AWD and Turbo means they move a lot better than many bigger-engine cars because of altitude (2+ km above sea level). Today I saw a silver one, but this one is always in that same place.
I had been chasing this pristine 1976 (I tink) Impala for two years. It lives near my work but is always in a garage behind an Accord. But when I took these, the guy was doing something to the Accord in the driveway and I guess he needed the garage space. no one's complaining. I even like the turbine wheels. So 70s.
This almost runs over me, but what the heck, photo time. No idea of what model/trim is, but old Mercedes are rare here.
Absolutely horrible 1975 Firebird base model. I like the car, but that nose is almost too much to swallow. Still, it's rare, and some touches could make it a very cool cruiser. slap in an LS1 and I'll take it, even with that nose.
nearby was this neat light blue Caribe GT, the mexican Golf GTI that made do without the Bosch injection because it couldn't handle the horrible mexican gas, so a two barrel it was. This one had no front bumper, a cool chin spoiler, and some nice but big wheels to compliment the look. I really like how it sits.
In that same block, a nicely restored 1966 Mustang with wire hubcaps. This thing pops once in a while at a shop near my house, but this picture was taken at its home, where the dude also maintains two other mustangs, a purple F100 pickup and other old cars.
Stupid-rare Renault 10. Renault 8s were common here and I've posted my share, but Renault 10s are really hard to come by because the few that were sold were imported directly from France, so they were not cheap and, as they were pratically a luxury R8, manny peple didnt go trough all the hassle.
And now, THE Mustang. This is a genuine 1970 Boss 302, one of a fistful living in Mexico. Owner is vicepresident of Mustang Club Mexico and has about 30 other Mustangs and other muscle and classic cars, but I have always liked this one. Found it outside the shop that services it. Dig the wiiiide rear Minilites and LOW LOW stance, It really reminds of the Trans Am cars. 4 speed car too. It only lacks a shaker hood to be perfect.
sooooooooooooo I'm back. And you'll be seeing a lot more from me in the next days. Heck, I may post again in two or three days. I sure missed it.
And while I was away I never stopped spotting. I have some awesome cars awaiting their turn. Welcome back, Cano.
- 518
- chepu_VE
Nice Mustang :drools: (the racing one, with the 351)
Also that Nascar Stock car, its a pile of garbage with sponsors, just look at those rims, here that kind of rim is used for old, rusted traffic cars and rusted pickups :X, thats why some time ago a Mexican Nascar Racer died, that pile of Trash is more insecure than a freaking Chinese Car.
Oh and BTW, here in South America its really common to see Huge Old Cars with V8's that dont do even 170Hp
, i may get some pics of the common Cars here in Venezuela!
Also that Nascar Stock car, its a pile of garbage with sponsors, just look at those rims, here that kind of rim is used for old, rusted traffic cars and rusted pickups :X, thats why some time ago a Mexican Nascar Racer died, that pile of Trash is more insecure than a freaking Chinese Car.
Oh and BTW, here in South America its really common to see Huge Old Cars with V8's that dont do even 170Hp
, i may get some pics of the common Cars here in Venezuela!
Welcome back mate. 👍
Cano
Premium
- 20,758
- Cephiro
Yes, they are a pile of trash, the tubular frame is somewhat sound, but they are still pretty flimsy. It's Mexico after all. You should see in what sad shape the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is now. I'm amazed the real NASCAr and the Grand Am have a race in here, it's a death trap. You know how latin american countries are, I know you understand me.
Oh and BTW, here in South America its really common to see Huge Old Cars with V8's that dont do even 170Hp
Do it man!!! I'd be fascinated to see what the streets of Venezuela look like and what is hiding in plain sight over there!!!! I'd indeed apreciate the effort.
And to everyone else, thanks for the comments (:
- 1,579
Wow. That's too much for a work truck.
Way too much. There's a reason the Mark LT (and Blackwood before it) were 'slow-selling': the person who has that kind of money to spend on a mid-size pickup truck doesn't quite have the money to make proper use of it, as it's just too valuable to make a mess of, thus making it not worth the effort of owning. Kind of narrow target market. Thanks for the ID, though.On the opposite side of things:
Zenn electric car
From about 1/4 mile away I could see it was odd. Never heard of Zenn before, but I'll bet it's almost as good as the G-Wiz.
Brett
Premium
- 8,632
- Oklahoma
aaaaah so, you may remember the upholstery shop I have mentioned before. I always pay some visit because they always have neat cars, but this was beyond neat. PERFECT Stingray split window. 1964 maybe, dunno, but it was pristine, heck, even the horrible wheelcovers are cool. Red interior was getting some basic repairs, because, I was told, the car was ALL original. amazing.
The split window Corvette was only made in 1963.
Oh, and very nice post! 👍
Cano
Premium
- 20,758
- Cephiro
Thank you all for the comments and the clarification on the Vette's year, I'm not too savvy in the Plastic Fantastic.
Welllllllyeah, they are not out yet but what the heck, here are the ones I made small .jpgs of (originals are 4000 pixels) to show my dad, haha.
Hamman Aston Martin:
Tijuana Turbo Celica:
one of 7 GTRs in Mexico City:
Mansory's Veyron vincero:
I'll show you all the other 8 when they're out (:
Welllllllyeah, they are not out yet but what the heck, here are the ones I made small .jpgs of (originals are 4000 pixels) to show my dad, haha.
Hamman Aston Martin:
Tijuana Turbo Celica:
one of 7 GTRs in Mexico City:
Mansory's Veyron vincero:
I'll show you all the other 8 when they're out (:
GREAT STUFF!
- 1,587
- New South Wales
- thestig-13
- StiggyGTP
I have seen quite a few good cars over the last few weeks, but I have been unable to get any photos of them (really need to remember to take the camera on long car trips). These are just some of them:
Maserati Ghibli
Classic Dodge truck
Citroen 2CV
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
BMW M3's (E46 convertible & E92 coupe)
Nissan GTR
Corvette (C4) Convertible
FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles) GT 40th Anniversary Edition
Porsches (911, Boxster, Cayenne)
Infiniti G35 coupe
Maserati Ghibli
Classic Dodge truck
Citroen 2CV
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
BMW M3's (E46 convertible & E92 coupe)
Nissan GTR
Corvette (C4) Convertible
FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles) GT 40th Anniversary Edition
Porsches (911, Boxster, Cayenne)
Infiniti G35 coupe
- 681
- California
