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I am a “car guy”… I love old cars.
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?
This is a historically significant car, of which I know little. Perhaps one of our commentators can provide more background than I. Here it is parked in front of another historically significant item, a nationally known structure (though perhaps not in the same nation) … can you name it?
Meanwhile, soak in some more photos “after the jump.”
Continue reading “As Promised: More of “Ol Yellar—
The view out my bedroom window this morning. We’ve now had six straight weeks of below freezing weather here in the normally cool-but-not-cold Cascade foothills. I can make BioDiesel, but I can’t wash or dry it. I have a backlog of waste oil. Please, can we have temps back in the 50s again? Pretty please???
Back in the day “Special†didn’t mean the short bus. It meant something unique and different. This car is one of those legendary Specials from the 50s. A car which was built for pennies in a California garage and went out to beat legendary machines made for “cubic money” in places like Maranello and Stuttgart. Do you know its name?
Obviously from Maranello, but which exact model?
Alpine:
Dauphine:
Which would you rather drive?
Thanks to Wiggie for the second photo.
Apparently a photograph of me & my father, driving in the 65E appears in the March 2009 issue of “Classic Motorsports“… I guess as part of the article titled “Jaguar E-type Buyer’s Guide.” I have yet to confirm this however.
Today at lunch I went to a local Barnes & Noble bookstore to see, and unfortunately could only find the January 2009 issue. I did note a British car magazine with a D-type on the cover so I flipped through it. As I was about to slide it back on the rack I noted a familiar image on the backside.
Sure enough, the famous “Miss January” shot of the 65E, which has graced the very first XKEdata.com calendar, as well as won the first annual SNG Barratt photo contest. I guess SNG are getting good milage from the image.
I didn’t buy the magazine, as it was $10.50(!) so I just snapped a photo with my cell phone. 😉