SM70's year in review 2015

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 12/10/2015 at 11:00 • Filed to: oppositelock

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You all may remember last year, on New Year’s Eve, I posted a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of all the coolest cars I’d snapped pictures of this year. Well, I did it again for 2015, only this time I created a folder on January 1st specifically for this purpose. I can honestly say this album has been the must fun “project” I’ve ever undertaken, and now, here it is. If you somehow can’t find a single car you like here, at least you can enjoy all the cameos by my own humble automobile.

Also, there’s nothing I enjoy more than throwing stereotypes out the window. I have added a line partway down the post. Every car above that line was spotted in the wild (not at a show, dealer, etc.) right here in Nebraska.

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All cars below this line were spotted in a different state and/or at a show/dealer/etc.

Note: You might be saying to yourself, “SM70, you moron! New Year’s Eve is still weeks away!” You’d be correct, and I sincerely hope that is not the most insightful observation you will make today. However, I have found myself in rather unusual circumstances this year. For the next ten days, I will be in a mad rush to finish my college applications, study for and take my finals and other major projects, and prepare for a trip. Then, on the 20th, I’ll be leaving for Israel, and I won’t be back until after New Year’s. So I figured rather than try to put together a post now and schedule it for the 1st, I’d just post it now. So there.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:04

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Mark ye well - these are surprisingly uncommon. It’s not *much* longer than a normal RRC, but it is a little bit. Most of them have the less common 4.2 V8.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:06

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I saw two this year...it was BRG with Connecticut plates...lemme see if I can find it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:16

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These are the voyages of the Stangship Macherprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new meets. To seek out new tires, and new filling stations. To boldly go where no Stang has gone before....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:20

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This diamond plate is just dumb. I don’t think the 110 pickup was ever offered here (SHOCKER), and I don’t think it was offered period until after ‘90, but it’s veryy possible that the necessary parts to make it happen were “obtained”. In fact, if you note that the front fenders have US-required side lights and the rear ones don’t, it’s pretty clear that’s exactly what happened. One EU-spec rear bucket, one long cab, et voila!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:21

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((mark intensifies))

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:22

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O hai Euro bumpers.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:23

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Late IIa - identifiable by the 5” rocker trim and the fact it has fender light cutouts.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:25

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Legal US import, not a pre-’90. The tells being the cage and the badge saying “Defender”.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:27

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Only about 2000 Mark IIs out there, ever. R-A-Y-A-R-E rare.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:29

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I scrapped one that was originally from White Plains. Kind of a shame, but it was rotted underneath to the point of insanity.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:35

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Mmmmm. Best Lincoln out of the whole photo dump.

If I had to pick a favorite from the list it would be impossible but I will say the V10 R8, Ford GT, Diablo, Wraith, 430 Scudira, DB9 Volante, Gullwing, 59 Cadillac, V12 CL Merc, and Porsche Boxster Spyder all got my attention.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:36

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And beautiful

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:36

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I was always insulted they skipped the III, IV, V from 58/60

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:38

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Loser. Should have gotten the 65. Gotta have a V12

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 12/10/2015 at 11:42

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True that.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:46

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More pics if that helps you tell.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-found-some-m…

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:46

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Euro bumpers are best bumpers

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 12/10/2015 at 11:47

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The missing Marks are only part of the oddity surrounding that series of Lincolns. It’s kind of like trying to reconstruct a timeline after an Orwellian regime has come through and wiped everything. ‘58-’60s are down the memory hole in a very weird way in general - unacknowledged, despite being the period in which the old Lincoln eight-pointed star breathed its last and Continental re-entered the fold. It’s like the outside understanding of Lincoln is meant to be that Lincoln made epic Continentals following the Zephyrs, made a few racing Capris and some Cosmopolitans and things, *mumble mumble* AND THEN SUDDENLY THE ‘61 IMMACULATELY MATERIALIZED TA DA

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:49

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sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1 12/10/2015 at 11:51

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A good list.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:51

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Actually, that just makes things more confusing. I can see from those pictures that the international 110s went to a fender signal later on on front, so that *doesn’t* actually mean that it’s a US front in any way shape or form. It may be - gasp - illegal-ish.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 11:52

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I know Robert Mcnamera hated the 58/60 and considered shutting down the branch after the huge loss in sales. But still at least a little acknowledgement would be nice. Sure it might not have been the prettiest but I wouldn’t say it is the ugliest Lincoln ever either. Or even the worst car from 58/60 in the Ford lineup

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:53

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Different hubcaps on the one on the rollback. I suspect that’s the usual FoMoCo farce meaning it’s a different model year based on that. I don’t think the Mark IIs actually have any sheet metal differences, but I could be wrong.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:53

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Lets say you had to pick top three from the photo dump. What would it be?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1 12/10/2015 at 11:54

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Couldn’t do it. Couldn’t come anywhere close.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 12/10/2015 at 11:56

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That would have been my suspicion - that the central planning-obsessed delusions-of-grandeured McNamara more or less quietly unpeople’d everybody connected. Which makes it even more weird that the Lincoln’s unibody engineering fed into the development of the Falcon. Then again, nobody ever said McNamara’s managing wasn’t a little fucky.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/10/2015 at 11:59

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I think I could. The key is separating them into categories. Performance, grand tourer, classics.

Performance: Ford GT

Grand Tourer: Wraith

Classic: (because I need a convertible) 59 Cadillac

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/10/2015 at 12:01

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They had already put so much R/D into the development of unibody engineering that they likely didn’t want it to go to waste

pip bip - choose Corrour > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 06:29

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winner by a big margin.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/11/2015 at 09:13

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What, the Malibu?

/s

bob and john > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:19

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sportbikes yeeessssssss

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:28

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Gib plz

And funnily enough, that Maybach in Minneapolis is my friends boss’s. Have been in. Can confirm is nice.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > JR1 12/11/2015 at 15:28

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Right ! What a pleb .

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/11/2015 at 15:30

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Yup, that car was in Minneapolis. Owner or chauffeur was happy to have their picture taken.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:32

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Yeah, the owner is a pretty nice dude. They make “smart” t.v remotes

CalzoneGolem > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:32

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This narrowly beats out the Eagle as the vehicle I most want.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 12/11/2015 at 15:40

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They being his company?

RallyWrench > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:45

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And here I thought you guys just had cornfields and stuff. Boy was I wrong. Not a bad year of spottings!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RallyWrench 12/11/2015 at 15:46

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Always glad to showcase my favorite home state!

RallyWrench > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:48

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Where was that museum exhibit?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RallyWrench 12/11/2015 at 15:49

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Which one?

RallyWrench > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:51

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The one with the GT40, Alfa GTA, and R8.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RallyWrench 12/11/2015 at 15:52

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That’s a house about a mile from me.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/this-guys-cars…

RallyWrench > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 15:59

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Sweet shit, that’s amazing.

JustAnotherG6 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 16:06

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I enjoy trying to figure out what part of Omaha you spotted these almost as much as the cars themselves.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 16:07

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Whoa. I didn’t know there was an MP4-12C in the area.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 16:12

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Ya

pip bip - choose Corrour > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 16:42

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best looking Malibu ever.

8)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JustAnotherG6 12/11/2015 at 16:51

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A ton of them are at Happy Hollow or Regency Court. Both are right near my house, and I can’t resist the urge to stop by because of all the cool cars.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" 12/11/2015 at 16:52

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I met the owner at the house with the GT4o. He’s driven that car on the Le Mans circuit.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/11/2015 at 16:52

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Funny you should mention that car...

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/11/2015 at 19:20

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Sojelly

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/11/2015 at 22:25

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The fact that I will never be cool enough to drive one of these makes me sad.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RallyWrench 12/11/2015 at 22:25

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Yup. Omaha is much more Warren Buffett than Billy Bob Joe.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1 12/11/2015 at 22:27

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He wanted some of his rear tire tread to stay put.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CalzoneGolem 12/11/2015 at 22:28

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It sure is an attention-getter. But yeah those old Eagles are awesome. That one was in amazingly good shape considering it was from south dakota and has a trailer hitch.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > bob and john 12/11/2015 at 22:29

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They arrived with the Supra.

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/18/2016 at 20:22

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Please Gib!!!

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/18/2016 at 20:23

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Hard top and BRG then I might literally die!

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/18/2016 at 20:24

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Hot Damn

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/18/2016 at 20:30

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10/10 would DD

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/18/2016 at 20:31

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The want for one of these is so bad. I can’t wait till I can import a Spirit R

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/29/2016 at 23:46

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I present one Page View with a free side of comment

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/29/2016 at 23:47

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You’re a scholar and a gentleman.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/29/2016 at 23:47

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Thank you my good man

Matthew Keyser > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/29/2016 at 23:55

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SO. MUCH. VARIETY.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Matthew Keyser 01/29/2016 at 23:56

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What can I say, cars is cool.

Spasoje > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/30/2016 at 01:31

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Sheeit...you couldn’t have taken a more on-point photo right here.

In the background, you have my current steed, a white facelift XC90. In the foreground, you have precisely the two cars I want to make it company in the next couple years: a white M4 and a current-gen A6 (I know that’s an S6, but how much closer could it get?)...

Maybe it’s a sign.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Spasoje 01/30/2016 at 11:25

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It’s most definitely a sign