Category: Car Photo Of The Day

Just another place to look at car stuff.

Car Photo of the Day: Aging Gracefully

This photo either requires cropping or some judicious use of photoshop to clean up a cluttered and distracting background, but here I present it in raw form. Taken on the 2007 NW Classic Rally this is a view of a 1960 Aston Martin DB4, piloted by Duane Crandall and navigated by Bill Vilardi. Duane’s Aston is a true “driver” that has a well-worn patina that looks as comfortable on the car. Akin to a well-worn pair of jeans or a beloved baseball mitt, this level of wear is in many ways something that makes the car even more beautiful to those of us who really love cars. Museum-quality shiny brightwork has its place… namely a museum, and seeing impossibly perfect cars on the road is always a bit jarring, akin to seeing a middle-aged person wearing clothes better suited to a teenager.

I always perform a good spring cleaning of the Jaguar after I’ve completed all the winter projects that accrued over the driving season (this winter includes a rebuild of the tachometer, fixing the passenger side window, updating the dashboard lighting, and a close inspection and perhaps rebuild of the rear brakes) but a cleaning really can’t ever restore away true patina. My car has road rash, oil leaks, and wear here and there. Duane’s car pictured here is the same; with signs of loving use, but it will never be mistaken for a showroom-fresh car, which is what it is not. This car is approaching fifty years of age.

Car Photo of the Day: Hits and Misses

This one is a “miss”. Blurry. Lens flare. Vignetted. Car cropped wrong.

I was attempting one of my low-angle “hero shots” while we passed this Series 1 E-type coupe. I missed. I usually delete failed photos like this one but I saved it for one, and only one redeeming quality, which has nothing to do with the car, but instead something about photography… or maybe more about the photographer. Can you spot it?

(!?) Photo of the Day: Spotted in the wild

I’m not an aficionado of heavy trucks, but I imagine a few who read this website might be. I spotted this vintage appearing machine on Interstate 5 in Seattle a few years back and snapped a few photos of it. No idea what it is, so even if you guess wrong I can’t correct you. It seemed to be in immaculate condition however.

Car Photo of the Day: “spotted in the wild”

Inspired by a post on Cold Track Days today about snapping a photo of a 917 on the streets of Seattle, I chose this pic, which while nowhere near as dramatic, or authentic, is still not something you see every day. Yes, I’m pretty sure it is a replica, but I spotted this (pseudo) GT40 driving down I-5 one day near Boeing Field in Seattle.

Always carry a camera, as you’ll never know what you’ll see!

What’s the most exotic cool car you’ve seen driving on a public road?