Carspotting in Portland

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 08/01/2018 at 20:40 • Filed to: None

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For those of you who didn’t heed my shameless plea accept my invitation to follow my visit to Bridge City on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , here’s a dump of some of the interesting cars I saw during my visit. Lots of older stuff, I certainly saw some of the newer high-end cars but as expected it was more old Saabs and Dodges than it was Lamborghinis.

Beautiful classic 911 on Burnside

Before my ride even turned up at the airport, this awesome Datsun 510 Wagon came by.

A ‘71 Chrysler 300 in St. Johns.

I saw three or four J70 Land Cruisers during my visit, as well as countless 80s, 100s, and 200s.

This beautiful BMW 3.0 CSi, which I already posted, great to see. I actually saw a second one in white with gold honeycomb wheels.

Clean E28 5-Series

Z8 on 23rd by Salt & Straw, which was amazing.

Another 23rd Street spot, a 1970 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.

Plenty of old Saabs to be found, though amazingly I didn’t see anything older than a 900.

An Arnage T, one of my favorite luxury barges.

458 Spider, and yes, the driver is wearing a matching Ferrari hat.

BMW M2

Custom Cadillac Deville Convertible

MGA in the perfect color combination.

A slightly older DeVille sporting some very patriotic modifications.

An oddly modified P1800 and a Fiat 124 Coupe in Astoria.

‘55 Chevy, Astoria

Mercedes-Benz W108

Oddly mine Plymouth Volaré.

Very rare “Ultra Van”, a Corvair-based 60's RV.

Nissan Pulsar NX, which I believe is the world’s only production modular car.

Neat old Corolla

Honday Acty Street still sporting foreign plates.

Mercedes-AMG E63S Wagon

E24 635CSi

Plenty of old Range Rovers around

And a Defender 90

And of course, my friend’s trusty ‘95 Volvo 850 Turbo which shuttled us all over, including to Astoria, Canon Beach, Oceanside, McMinnville, and Hood River.

E90M3 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 20:45

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On that E28, I don’t believe BMW ever sold the E28 525i here in the states, and, judging by the diving board bumpers, that is a US-spec car. 

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > E90M3 08/01/2018 at 20:45

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Thanks, will edit

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 20:47

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My trip to Portland in photos:

Spridget > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 20:55

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I believe the car you couldn’t place is a Fiat 124 Coupe.

EDIT: the van you called a Dodge A100 is actually an Econoline.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 21:02

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I’ll take the Blue 4 door Cad, the sweet two tone Corolla, and the A100. 

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Spridget 08/01/2018 at 21:04

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Correct. Only name I could call to mind for some reason  was the 130 and I knew that wasn’t right.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Spridget 08/01/2018 at 21:10

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I thought it looked like a Ford. 

wafflesnfalafel > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 21:11

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street parked z8?  wowzers

C62030 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 21:28

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I just lived there for 8 months and I didn’t see any of this. What the hell.

Future Heap Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 21:36

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I like that Acty myself

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > C62030 08/01/2018 at 21:42

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I couldn’t walk half a block without tripping over some cool old relic. Half aren’t pictured.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Future Heap Owner 08/01/2018 at 21:43

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Neat!  when did you see it?

Future Heap Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 21:52

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June 27th. It’s right around the farthest distance I get from home during a typical dog walk, if I go mostly straight instead of meandering.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Future Heap Owner 08/01/2018 at 21:54

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Nice . We wandered that area, stopped at Cheese & Crack for lunch and Crema for coffee.

JeepJeremy > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/01/2018 at 22:14

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I would love to have that Cadillac! 

C62030 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/01/2018 at 22:44

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Were you downtown or outside? I was deep downtown pretty much the entire time and that area’s a bit less likely to have weird cars.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > C62030 08/02/2018 at 00:47

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Both. The 911, amongst others, was a block from Powell’s

C62030 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/02/2018 at 01:31

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Dang. I gotta get out more.

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/03/2018 at 11:41

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I want to know what’s going on with this Vitara

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough 08/03/2018 at 13:35

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You and me both