Spotted! 1948 Ford F-3 Pickup Custom, Fairfield, CT
Posted: April 11, 2013 Filed under: Hot Rodded, SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: badass, Custom Truck, Dual Rear Wheels, F-Series, Ford, Hot Rod, Mind over motor, Spotted!, Tasteful, Unique 3 Comments »
Courtesy of one of my family members, Sheryl Paul, here is this 1948 Ford pickup truck custom, in possibly the most searing shade of orange I have ever seen. The custom job on this truck has turned it from mild to absolutely mean, with a stance that other duallies could only dream of. The front bumper is gone and gives the front end a new lease on life–it looks quite special for a truck. Genuinely, I wish we saw more trucks like this.
Spotted by: Sheryl Paul
-Albert S. Davis
Spotted! 1950s GMC Panel Van, Skagway, AK
Posted: September 12, 2012 Filed under: SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: 100 Series, Alaska, GMC, Mind over motor, Panel Van, Skagway, Spotted!, Truck, Unique, USA 2 Comments »
A few months ago, I found myself in a little town in Alaska called Skagway whilst on a cruise through Alaska with my family. It’s in the middle of nowhere and only accessible by boat, yet a few cars have made it up there on the ferries, including this rather faded old GMC on a neglected side street outside of the main part of town. It may be faded, beaten, and battered, but this car is older than Alaska’s statehood. Read the rest of this entry »
Spotted! Army-modified Jeep Cherokee XJ, New Brunswick, NJ
Posted: March 12, 2012 Filed under: Modded, SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: Army, Cherokee, Jeep, Mind over motor, Modded, Modified, Mud Tires, Spotted!, SUV, Unique, XJ Leave a comment »
I saw this very cool Jeep on George Street before leaving for Spring Break on Friday.
Spotted by: Albert Davis
Spotted! SAAB 95, Greenwich, CT
Posted: January 12, 2012 Filed under: SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: 2 door, 95, Break, Brown, Concours, CT, Defunct, Estate, green, Greenwich, June, Mind over motor, Rare, Saab, spot, Spotted!, Sweden, two tone, Unique, USA, Wagon Leave a comment »
Nick and I saw this little Saab station wagon while walking around Greenwich on the first day of the 2011 Concours (June 4th). Strangely, this is a two-door station wagon that until a few years before it was replaced was capable of seating seven people. To be honest, I’d rather not try that today. Still, it’s a nice example and a reminder of what Saab used to be about.
Spotted by: Nick and Al
Spotted! AMC Pacer, Carmel, CA
Posted: December 5, 2011 Filed under: SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: AMC, American Motors, Brown, Cab-Forward, California, Carmel, Hatchback, Mind over motor, Pacer, Spotted!, Unique Leave a comment »
Nick and I spotted this oddball Seventies ride while walking around Carmel during Concours weekend. The Pacer’s story is one of a car that was intended to be ahead of its time, but turned out to be a hodgepodge of components that made a poor whole (too much glass for the interior, one door longer than the other, ugly looks). The Pacer has a following as an offbeat collector car, and seeing one on the street today is relatively uncommon.
Spotted by: Nick and Al
Spotted! SAAB Sonnett, Greenwich, CT
Posted: November 21, 2011 Filed under: Classics, SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: Classic, Coupe, CT, Greenwich, Mind over motor, Purple, Saab, Sonnett, Sporty, Spotted!, Unique, V4 Leave a comment »
SAAB Sonnett
While we were walking around Greenwich during the Concours this past summer, someone showed up in this Sonnett. There aren’t a lot of these out there, and this one looked quite interesting in purple.
Spotted by: Nick and Al
Spotted! Apocalypse Lincoln Limo, Carmel, CA
Posted: October 31, 2011 Filed under: SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: Apocalypse, CA, Carmel, Jurassic Park, Limo, Lincoln, Mind over motor, Spotted!, Unique Leave a comment »
Who knew that a limo could be made to survive an apocalypse?
While in Carmel during Concours Weekend, pretty much anything in the world of cars is fair game. Ferrari F430s become commonplace, Bentley Continental GTs clog all the roads, and a Honda Civic becomes a rare sight. But, of course, there’s always something so unique and off-the-wall that no one expects to see it. In this case, someone took a humble stretched Lincoln Town Car and turned it into something straight out of Jurassic Park, complete with a roof rack, forest camo paint, and a bull bar with fog lights. A raised ride height and off-road tires complete the look on what is, in my personal opinion, the ultimate way to ride through the Apocalypse.
Spotted by: Nick and Al
Spotted! Heavily modified car, Marylebone, London, UK
Posted: July 30, 2011 Filed under: SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: Black, Body Kit, Convertible, custom, Hummer, hX, Jeep, London, Marylebone, Mind over motor, Random, Small, spotted, UK, Unique 2 Comments »
Looks like a mini-Hummer. Probably a kit car, but really, really cool stuff here.
My uncle was out for a stroll and saw this little monster truck on the side of the road. It looks like a Hummer hX concept, that’s been left in the dryer for one too many cycles. Does anyone know if this is a body kit on some other car? If it is, I give a hat tip to the owner, because he’s done an excellent job with it.
Spotted by: Dan P-H and Randi P-H
Spotted!! – Bananamobile??
Posted: July 27, 2011 Filed under: SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: Banana Mobile, Bananamobile, Convertible, Fruit, Fruit On Wheels, Highway, lolwut, Mind over motor, spotted, Strange, Unique, Yellow Leave a comment »
Note the Chiquita sticker on the side, this thing is LEGIT!!!
“Lolwut??” If the first time you see this, and that is not your response, I am not sure I want to see the vehicle that triggers such a word…. Read the rest of this entry »
Spotted!! Panoz Roadster
Posted: July 22, 2011 Filed under: Exotics, SPOTTED!, Unique | Tags: Exotics, Lime Rock Park, Panoz, Roadster, spotted, Unique Leave a comment »I was leaving the American Le Mans Series race at Lime Rock, CT when I spotted this ultra-rare beauty!
Panoz Roadster at Lime Rock Park
In 1992, Panoz launched their Roadster, with a 5.0L V8 motor from Ford, this little roadster was meant to get up and go from day 1. The roadster had no top or cover, nor did it show a place to put one. It was only offered in a 5 speed manual transmission, and when it came to options and amenities, there were none. No radio, no a/c, no heater, and again, no place to put one. The only thing it had was a US DOT mandated heating core for a windshield defroster. Between the original Roadster (44) and the AIV (Aluminum Intensive Vehicle) Roadster (176), only 220 were produced.
-Brett
