Category: Cars

I am a “car guy”… I love old cars.

Car Photo of the Day: Name that Beater

Every Saturday evening here in Arlington there is a mini-cruise-in at the local Burger King off of Highway 9. Rain or shine, with far more of the former, all year-round. I only amble down there occasionally, but always bring my camera. It is a VERY laid back crowd, with amazingly eclectic tastes. Every car is welcome. No “Concours d’Arrogance” here at all. I’ve seen everything from Rat Rods to Italian exotics, ’57 Chevys to Volvo P1800s, and Nash-Healeys to Packards. People show up in whatever they have, or in some cases are still working on, as project cars are welcome too. This car showed up once and I had to get a photo of it. Completely unrestored, but far from a “survivor” it is a very tired old beater. Can you name the car?

More Images of the “Hot Hatch” for you.

It did not take long for the mystery car that was the BMW 2002 Touring to be identified. I encountered this car at a lunch/rest stop on last year’s Annie & Steve Norman Classic Motorcar Rally. Doug’s Rallies always have great pauses to complement the competition with some relaxed meals and views of car collections. This stop was at a shop that built licensed Lotus Seven cars and featured a nice little collection of unusual makes and models, including this rare BMW.

Sorry for the bad lighting on this shot.
Can you name the car in the background?

Perhaps I should have used this angle for the original CPotD?

Engine bay

Data plate

I wish I could write something significant about this car, but I know nothing about it at all. If there are any BMW fans among my readership perhaps they can fill us in via the comments.

(Guest) Car Photo of the Day: Name That Car.

Can you ID this car?

Reader Stephen Foskett relayed this image to me looking to ID the car. My first thought was a Cisitalia, based on the shape of the windows, then I thought better of it and guessed Talbot-Lago. Given how many Talbot’s were finished by coachbuilders this might be a tough one to narrow down, but my vote goes for a Talbot-Lago T26 from the early 50s. What do you guys think?

Energy independence right under our noses.

Reader Benjamin Krueger pointed me to this video via Twitter. It certainly is a very promising technology.

I genuinely hope however that things like tis will prompt California’s Air Resources Board to cease it’s never ending jihad against Diesel engines in passenger cars. Otherwise we’ll still be buying petroleum from actual jihadists and befouling our coastlines for years to come.