DOTS: From street to shop edition

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 05/06/2020 at 14:15 • Filed to: Dots

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This has been a great week for DOTS, though pretty much entirely terrible in every other respect. I guess that makes up for some of it.

There are a whole lot of classic Toyota Land Cruisers around town. I don’t believe I had seen this one before, and another unfamiliar gray hardtop drove by less than 30 seconds before I saw this one. There is an always parked red hardtop in addition to the yellow hardtop and the white convertible I always see at Kroger.:

I just never see Imprezas of this era anymore.

The exterior of this Del Sol was a little faded, but I was awestruck at the sight of the immaculate interior. No cracks in the dash and the upholstery was perfect. I am guessing this is just super low mileage but always kept outside.

Nice Mustang.

I would argue that this earlier brown example is much more appealing sans automatic transmission. This has got some character to it for sure.

This was the same shop where that perfectly sculpted brown nugget of a Jeep J10 sat.

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Also present was this mean looking survivor of a Mercedes 300CD Turbodie sel. This is also one seriously slow car, but you’ll look good going by slowly.

Very cool and very clean old Buick LeSabre too. This one has been around the block, so to speak.

This old SL out back has seen better days, but seems savable.

It might someday look as good as this purple one I spotted earlier. That is a seriously nice shade of plum.

Back to the shop, I ca n’t identify this forlorn Chevy. I wanted to say Beretta but that was the coupe. I’m drawing a blank. At any rate, there aren’t many of these left anywhere.

Sweet rallycross looking Mazda Protege. I swear this is the most common car for me to see in yellow, which is a good thing because these look great in that color.

Ooh, two door Defender! And in minty green too! I would take that over anything else in that row, even the Bentley!

And finally, I saved one of the most imposing looking cars I’ve ever seen. That is a movie villain’s car if I’ve ever seen one (I haven’t).

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/06/2020 at 14:20

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That’s not just a normal Defender 90, that is a heritage final edition. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/06/2020 at 14:25

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That one doesn’t have the rear roof window or the correct wheels . Perhaps it was just restored to look like one?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/06/2020 at 14:30

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I have no idea if the windows are an option or if they came in only one configuration. As far as I know they never had that color before so they would have had to paint it and change the grille . I don’t see a picture of one without the roof windows, only soft tops. But the top comes off. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/06/2020 at 14:33

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The only picture sans window I could find was this

But also

So I think that example in front of the shop was just a creative restomod.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/06/2020 at 14:43

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Well I guess that is t0 be expected, I remember thinking I would want to buy one of those grilles if I had a defender. I would probably buy a Series I or II though, I like the more classic front ends.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/06/2020 at 14:55

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Arent the finals not 25 years old? They would be illegal.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/06/2020 at 14:56

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That’s true, I am not up on the import details on those other than the early 90's and all those white ones. Maybe they updated an older one to look like a final edition, the roof and wheels suggests that could be true. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/06/2020 at 15:28

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I don’t see classic Mustangs very often any more. It’s always a bit of a shock to see how small they were compared to modern cars.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheRealBicycleBuck 05/06/2020 at 15:56

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Yes, those early ones in particular were pretty petite. Even after they decided to just make it longer by adding hood, modern cars Trump it for size. I mean just look at that Defender compared to the X5 next to it.