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Even I don’t recall exactly what car this is. I know the marque, but not the model, though perusing the wikipedia page for the marque leads to a mildly snoozing memory cell in my head. I’ve photoshopped out the logo that was displayed prominently on the nose of this car to make it a bit harder. Do you know it?

(If I told the story of taking this photo it would give away too much, so I’ll save that for later.)

This is the business end of an exhaust fitted to a car in a most unusual fashion. The car should be pretty easy to guess for those that are studied sports-car spotters. The exhaust fitment is decidedly NON-stock, so disregard that when you’re making your guesses.

This car was seen on the Monte Shelton last year. It was navigated by one of those women with a very loud voice, whose laugh and conversation could be heard over the din of any crowd… perhaps it was because she was deafened from riding in this car all day? 😉

I saw this car in a museum, at a rest stop at a Vintage Rally last year, the New England 1000. If you attended that rally, (you know who you are, and so do I!) you’re ineligible for guessing. One of my favorite domestic brands here, and one of their early models. Do you know what car it is?

Be patient with me getting back to you on your answers though, as Nicholas & I will be running the Tulip Rallye all day up in Skagit County. Wish us luck!

A nice shot of a famous engine bay. Know the car?

(yeah, it’s an easy one, but get ready for the weekend!)

Speaking of the weekend stumper, the Tulip Rallye is tomorrow. Nick & I will be there, how about you?

While we’re waiting for the carspotters to finally get yesterday’s CPotD nailed down to a specific model, here are a few images, some old, some new, that can’t be used for carspotting fun since they are all plainly labelled with badges. The above shot is from a monstrous Oldsmobile Four-Four-Two that participated in the GTTSR a few years ago, driven by a nice newlywed couple from Arizona. I’m not a connoisseur of Muscle Cars, so perhaps my readers can wax poetic about the virtues and history of this whale of a machine in the comments.

Here are a couple more “400-series” (I just made that up… I think) badges from other American Cars:

Speaking of that model of car, here is what passes for a domestic “sports car” from that era:

This Corvette belongs to a very nice guy here in my hometown who has owned it since it was “almost new” and has recently completed a “rolling restoration.” Very nice paint. I always liked the looks of the C2 Corvette, but I’ve always found it curious that it has been labeled a sports car. In reality it is GT, but that seems to be a lost term here in the States.

Speaking of GTs:

I’ve run this photo before, but I’ll run it again as it is such a historically significant car. And “Mad Dog” loves it, so maybe this will bring him out of his fortress of solitude over there in Bellevue! It is a Lancia Aurelia B24 considered to be the very first GT car, emerging to a stunned post-war world. This particular car met a rather infamous and gruesome end at the Monte Shelton rally a few years ago. Its rear suspension broke (a welding flaw in the original late-40s construction, finally coming out!) and the car rolled into a blackberry filled ditch in rural Tillamook County, Oregon. Driver and Navigator were shaken, stirred, but unhurt. The car did not fare so well. The whole rally collectively mourned for the poor machine. Truly beautiful.

Speaking of Lancia’s here’s a pre-war Lancia small saloon car I saw at a local car show on Whidbey Island a few years ago. I’ve shown it before and it stumped the carspotters.

Speaking of pre-war Italian cars, here is an honest-to-god Grand Prix winning Alfa Romeo race car. I’ve posted it here before, so I won’t drone on about its history. Instead I’ll just look and admire: This thing was the ultra-high-tech of its day, truly akin to our F1 cars now. Look at those big drum brakes. Look at that gorgeous middle-mounted chain-driven twin-cam straight-eight! I love the number painted in the grille!

Speaking of grille’s this is what it looks like when you are being eaten by a hungry Jaguar:

Speaking of Jaguars, here is Jerry Mouton’s famous ‘MIK 182″ S1 FHC E-type, photographed in VERY low light after I met up with a bunch of Jag-Lover’s folks at a beach-side restaurant in San Francisco many years ago when I was there on business. What a great night.

Hope you enjoyed the photos. I have a few hints to apply to yesterday’s “stumper” (and here I thought it was an easy one!) so check back.