Category: Car Photo Of The Day

Just another place to look at car stuff.

Car Photo of the Day: This is NOT the Mulsanne Straight!

I don't think this is what Sir William had in mind.

“I don’t think this is what Sir William had in mind.”

The above quote is something I said to my father as I man-handled his old XK 120 down a gravel road at over 70 MPH as we hurled through a forgotten valley in the Nevada outback in June of 2000. That was over eight years ago yet somehow the theme of finding myself in the left-hand seat of one of Coventry’s finest, bumping along a rutted track keeps reoccurring in my life! In the above photo you can reconcile the lusciously sensuous curves of the bonnet of an XK SS Jaguar as it bumps along some forgotten backroad of Montana. It was the 2007 Going To The Sun Rally when Philippe Reyns offered me a ride in his factory-modified for street-legality D-type race car, and the route instructions sent us the wrong way. It ended up being something like a 6 mile detour along a gravel road… not exactly what they had in mind when the D-type was purpose-built for winning Le Mans.

Here is another shot on the same road, with a one-lane bridge:

Car Photo of the Day.

This car appeared at my little hometown “Show n’ Shine”, and event put on by the downtown merchants association. They close down Olympic Avenue, the main street through town, and it becomes a big pedestrian mall for the day. The show has prizes, but given the small-town nature my car doesn’t have a chance. They have no classes for non-American cars (does an E-type fit in “60s stock” or “Specialty Cars”?) so for me it is a day to take photos and chat with car guys… and shock the crowds by inviting people to sit in my car.

One of the challenges of photographing in this venue is shooting in crowds, and avoiding the standard ¾ shot of the car against the curb. I take one of those for every car, if only to catalog it as a car… but honestly those PHOTOGRAPHS are dull.

This photograph though, is not dull and those are the sorts of photos I like.

Car Photo of the Day: another wtf…

Saw this on I-5 near Boeing Field on the way home last week, had to share. Sort of like the last WTF, in fact it looks like the same exact wing. Odd to see it on an 80’s Vintage 300zx though.

This is a cell-cam shot BTW. Not a bad photo for a cell-cam though. I didn’t have time to grab my digicam, and just used the Blackberry. I rarely use my cell-cam because I thought it takes crappy pics. But they are MUCH better it seems than my old Palm Treo’s shots. Still crappy overall compared to a “real camera” though.

CPotD Weekend stumper: Hints

Since the guessers are casting themselves upon rocks on Friday’s CPotD guessing game I figured it’s time for some more hints. Here is a side view of the same car, no need to photoshop away identification.

Here is a shot which shows the 1-cyl engine:

One last hint. The Marque is the founder’s last name, though it is synonymous with a common household object. The Model carries the name of the horse-drawn carriage it is patterned after, at least in terms of use.

If these hints help, go ahead and jump back to Friday and post your guess.

I have another hint coming soon if these don’t get you there. An amazing close-up shot of the low-tech drivetrain!

I know motorcycle guys think this is high-tech, but it's not.