Three red cars
May. 29th, 2007 11:55 amI know I haven't done Vehicles du Jour in a while, but I'm going to catch up a little here by rhapsodizing about three pretties I've seen recently, one of them yesterday.
The first vehicle was a Chevy SSR. That's one of those retro-looking truckish luxury rides---it has a bed like a truck, but the cab has a convertible roof. I've drooled every time I've seen one drive past, but I saw a stationary one in the Wal*Mart parking lot a few weeks back. It was red and shiny, and I spent about ten minutes just circling it and drooling. I was lucky in that the owner came out and was friendly---he let me peek inside while he was loading his purchases in the back---leather interior, OMG! The only thing better than "that new car smell" is "that new car with a leather interior smell"!
Then, a couple of weeks ago...wait, let me backtrack. On the route I most usually take to work, I pass the courthouse, and most weekdays, there's been an old red convertible there. And I DO mean old---circa 1963. Zipping past doing 30-ish, I haven't stopped for a closer look, but I *thought* it was a Pontiac Bonneville. However, the owner came over to my part of the world, probably for the Chinese buffet, and parked right next to my rustbucket Honda, so I had a good chance to circle and drool. It isn't a Bonneville, it's a Buick LeSabre. Sweet! Now I know.
Which brings me to yesterday, and the sighting, on US1, heading North as I was going South, of a cherry red '67 Impala with a HUGE chrome blower sticking out of the hood like the figurehead on a ship. (Gee, Dean, that's one way to hide in plain sight, although she's probably pissed about that hole in her hood.)
Yes, I am still car-mad, even though I'm being a little more low-key about it!
The first vehicle was a Chevy SSR. That's one of those retro-looking truckish luxury rides---it has a bed like a truck, but the cab has a convertible roof. I've drooled every time I've seen one drive past, but I saw a stationary one in the Wal*Mart parking lot a few weeks back. It was red and shiny, and I spent about ten minutes just circling it and drooling. I was lucky in that the owner came out and was friendly---he let me peek inside while he was loading his purchases in the back---leather interior, OMG! The only thing better than "that new car smell" is "that new car with a leather interior smell"!
Then, a couple of weeks ago...wait, let me backtrack. On the route I most usually take to work, I pass the courthouse, and most weekdays, there's been an old red convertible there. And I DO mean old---circa 1963. Zipping past doing 30-ish, I haven't stopped for a closer look, but I *thought* it was a Pontiac Bonneville. However, the owner came over to my part of the world, probably for the Chinese buffet, and parked right next to my rustbucket Honda, so I had a good chance to circle and drool. It isn't a Bonneville, it's a Buick LeSabre. Sweet! Now I know.
Which brings me to yesterday, and the sighting, on US1, heading North as I was going South, of a cherry red '67 Impala with a HUGE chrome blower sticking out of the hood like the figurehead on a ship. (Gee, Dean, that's one way to hide in plain sight, although she's probably pissed about that hole in her hood.)
Yes, I am still car-mad, even though I'm being a little more low-key about it!