Old Car City USA Photo Dump

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 09/16/2020 at 21:30 • Filed to: DIOCCUSA, Old Car City USA, photography

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*afternoon repost because of excessive Z hype*

Why? Well I wanted to, that’s all. It’s been a while since I’ve done a DIOCCUSA. Basically I just have a small amount of time to kill and I haven’t looked over my pictures taken !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!   for a while.

Where applicable, I will link to any specific posts about the cars featured. Let’s get started.

Charger

COE

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Ice cream van.

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Renault 4CV

Mazder

Van

Mercury

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The imports

Borgward

Squareback

Standard Vanguard, what is?

Pacer

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Moldy moldy Corvair

Opel

Yellow

Well, Oppo, which photo is your favorite of the bunch?

stuckMTB > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 11:41

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I’m a sucker for a S quareback but that Corvair also has my attention.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 11:52

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As always, this post got me like

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > stuckMTB 09/16/2020 at 12:01

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And that place gets me like

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/16/2020 at 22:23

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All of them !

Really like those with a good contrast with the forest itself in the composition .

The remaining problem being that for most of them, it’s hard to determine which color they are/were... (:

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 00:01

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Aww that squareback, we had a red one when I was a little kid, we called it the fire engine. I miss the smell of those things. I would totally drive one with a Subaru swap. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 00:37

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Standard always struck me as a weird name for a British car brand. Kind of like naming a car “the Adequate”. Like... they set the standard for cars, but that’s it? They do seem to have been reasonably popular back in the day, so maybe there was a market for a car that marketed itself as perfectly average....

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/17/2020 at 09:10

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And that place gets me like

Sorry my original comment got Kinja’d

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > stuckMTB 09/17/2020 at 09:13

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Sorry my original comment got Kinja’d and was not intended for you.

I love squarebacks. They’re just such a unique combination even if they are a little slow. I’ll b et a rear engined air cooled two door station wagon from Germany would score high on the How Oppo is Your Car post.

But I also love Corvairs. I’m really torn here.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/17/2020 at 09:16

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Would you drive a normal one though? Not everything has to be fast. Though I suspect even a fire engine could outrun it.

I do love me a squareback though. They’re not something you ever really see around.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 09/17/2020 at 09:22

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Thank you. Basically, I usually just take photos with my phone which has a crappy digital zoom. I took these with a meh handheld camera with a surprisingly good zoom so I wanted to use it. It can be tricky to know what details to isolate but I love framing an unusual composition.

I do love the added depth of having foreground in a photo. For instance the tiny bit of headliner just made this picture for me. Of all the parts of a rare old Bordward to photograph the glove box is probably pretty low down most people’s list but I think I made it work.

Here’s a few bonus photos =)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 09/17/2020 at 09:25

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So what would the GM Parthenon of brands be called for that naming scheme? Standard, Premium, and Deluxe?

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 11:10

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I really like that glovebox, the contrast between the paint and the rust makes me think of a coral reef :

The front fascias are also very nice, looking like t ired old dogs , overwhelmed by the world evolving around them.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 09/17/2020 at 11:25

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Haha, yes, like that dog had a plant grow around him.

Except dogs don’t fall apart if left out in the rain too long. Well, I hope no dog of mine would. 

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 11:52

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Yes, they are like limping old wet dogs that tried to hunt moles but failed :(

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 09/17/2020 at 11:56

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It’s a whole lot more depressing when you put it like that.

Cars are not exactly like sad wet doggos.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 13:37

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Yeah I would drive one/own one, you can put a super beetle motor in and dual carb it.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/17/2020 at 14:52

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I like how everything you've said about it has been about which engine to swap in. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 14:57

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Well the bigger CC is still a VW! I know a guy with a Thing and he put the larger CC in with better carbs and it is pretty good. I do love them though, I would own a stock one for sure. It was slow going over the Pali Highway with a bunch of kids in it though. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/17/2020 at 16:13

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There's a guy that semi dailies a bright yellow Thing I always used to see around. Less so in cold weather but it's a fun looking vehicle. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/17/2020 at 16:18

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Updated Nazi kubelwagens are delightful. Pretty funny they made that design mainstream. I guess we have Jeeps so...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/17/2020 at 16:30

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Probably even funnier that most people probably didn't know.