Category: Car Photo Of The Day

Well, not really. This was just a vintage rally practical joke, and a good one at that.

This car is one of those famous Euro-American hybrids, with raw yankee power mated to a sleek Italian chassis. This car looks and sounds wonderful. Yeah the name is right on the back, but go ahead and guess. 😉

(can you see the diaper under the car?) 😉

This photo, of three Jaguar E-types in an Alleyway in Missoula, Montana was shot last summer on the Going To The Sun Rally. Front-to-Back: Richard Kuschel’s S1.5 OTS, the 65E, Gary Herzberg’s S1 FHC.

At the start of a large Vintage Car rally I participated in a while back I noted the unique lines of this particular car from this particular angle. From other angles it is obvious what this car is, but from above and behind the passenger side, it becomes sort of… generic. I thought it would make for a great CPotD guessing game. Do you know what car it is?

A unique machine in many ways. This one (embarrassingly enough) out-ran the E-type at one point in the rally we shared. Mind you, I was in the navigator’s seat and instructed my driver to “catch that car” as I wanted to photograph it, and it ran away from us at triple digit speeds. I’m certain we could have caught it, but my driver was … timid. 😛

He can explain himself in the comments if he feels the need to (you know who you are!)

Meanwhile I’ll leave it to the rest of you to sort out the identity of the machine.

Yes, I know I still owe everyone my mini-trip report from the weekend, but I’m still wrestling with my photo editing software. I have a case open with Adobe, and perhaps if they can tell me why Photoshop Can’t Save, I’ll post something tonight. Meanwhile here’s a car to ponder, and it isn’t the MG B in the background. This is something you don’t see too often on these shores, but I’m sure John will have them buzzing all around him on the Monte Carlo Historique shortly. Sacre Bleu!

Can you name it?