10 thoughts on “Car Photo of the Day… an easy one.”

  4. Dead on about the horns, but you are just a teensy bit off on the car Roger. Put on your JCNA Judges Chapeau and cough up the proper terminology! 😉

  7. It’s kinda funny how some folks will latch onto almost any accessory when it’s time to “trick out” their car. Some people see an empty boot lid as a beautiful expanse of shapely metal, others see it as a wasteland desperately in need of a luggage rack, wicker basket and stuffed animal.

  8. I mean this in the nicest possible way Roger: Bite me! 😛

    I literally just bought a pair of vintage leather suitcases (under $10!) on eBay for use on my luggage rack. Not to carry a stuffed animal however. Mostly to use for carrying tools and spares on long trips such as the upcoming GTTSR. Put the stuff in the luggage rack for the distance driving, and make room for the “real luggage” in the meager boot. I’ve frequently used the rack on long trips, but throwing non-period luggage on there sort of ruins the look of the car. Very few photos of the 65E with crap luggage strapped on there, as I usually hastily pull it off when the time comes to whip out the camera. But you can find one here.

    If you ever actually drove your E-type you might understand! 😉

    –chuck

  9. I can live with the period suitcase full of stuff actually being used. 😉 But the wicker picnic baskets which have never seen a cracker and the stuffed animals…I hold my position.

    I went to New Zealand for two weeks with a single small duffel which would easily have fit behind the seats or in the boot of the E, assuming mine was anything other than a widely distributed collection of parts. I don’t carry spare parts when I travel because carrying them ensures that you won’t need them. Maybe I have the logic wrong on that one…

    My comment wasn’t aimed at you, in any case. I’m thinking of all of the cars I look at on CL which would really benefit from less window tinting, chrome wheelarch trim, gold-plated badges, oddball shiny wheels, etc., etc. Or vintage cars like the one above. (Then again, my MGB has a period altimeter in it which I’ve never removed because it was installed in 1965 and I haven’t the heart to ditch it.)

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