Tat from NY suburbs Aug 13th 2014 update

[barrett]

Blimey, great update! I have to agree with chaseracer, that black '55 is utterly gorgeous. Loving all the abandoned 'Cudas and stuff also. Must be owned by a bit of a mentalist the way prices for those things are these days

[andrew e]

 

We start with this tiny thing, I know the US had a 5 minute fling with the 'Smart' but I could not identify this.

 

I thought it was one of these.

http://www.micro-car.co.uk

But it seems not. I reckon its something French with about 500cc.

 

Pretty sure its the current version of the Think! electric car, I drove one once and it had phenomenal acceleration.

[andrew e]

http://www.think.no/Presse/Pressemeldin ... n-New-York

[Rusty Pelican]

Great update , is this an Edsel

 

[tonedepear]

Many years judiscious watching of Herbie says it is, yes.

[eddyramrod]

It is, it's the 1959 facelift. I thought I'd seen all the Herbie movies, where does an Edsel fit?

[RoadworkUK]

That Sterling doing Sterling service stateside brings a tear to my eye. Sort of. I love those US headlamps with the marker lights.

[fordpoplier]

Yikes, nearly 6 months since I posted any spots. Nothing dramatic here but certainly a few grim motors.

 

One from the work car park, noone parked within a mile of it

The picture doesnt show just how much wag was slapped on this thing

Will it be barried up or painted normally?

Some new stock at my favorite upstate car dealers

Pretty little Buick out shopping in the snow

I can't remember what this one was but it was shagged

Seen hooning around NYC

These were at a local garage

Silly green thing on display in NYC

 

another from the office car park, this hasn't moved for months

being worked on in a public car park

and finally some random chod

Be Good, Ian

[AnthonyG]

If no one wants that Mustang in your office car park, I'm happy to pay shipping costs to a UK port of your choice!

 

That knackered looking white sedan is an AMC or Eagle Medallion, a badge engineered Renner 21 from the short lived period when AMC was owned by Renault (about 81 to 87 I think). When Chrysler bought AMC, to get hold of Jeep, the remaining Renault based cars were renamed 'Eagle' in a new 'division' alongside Plymouth, Dodge etc. The Eagle Premier, a sort of Renault 25 sedan, was the most interesting of these, but Chrysler took very little interest in the French designed stuff, as might be expected really.

 

Eagles then became badge engineered Chryslers and Mitsubishis until the 'division' was canned at the end of the 1990s.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Premier

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_(automobile)

[eddyramrod]

 

Yes please!

 

Love that blue Cadillac in the car park too, and the Mustang, and... and...!

[Ross_K]

Fantastic Spotting!!!... If you came across any Sunbeam Arrow please take a snap for me!

 

I spotted this New York-registered Sunbeam Arrow in Ireland in 2008... Crappy quality but the guy pulled out in front of me and I had 0.5 seconds to focus.

 

[eddyramrod]

Now THAT is a spot!

[Split_Pin]

[fordpoplier]

Howdy all, I happened to be back in the vicinity of that AMC renner so got a few more spots but the sad news is that my inlaws have now moved away from the area so I won't be back upstate for a while. Here we go with the frog in the land of the free

The local Pug perv has kept his collection topped up

Some fake wood

And some loverly hubcaps in the office car park

Shite for sale

Some fins

not long for this world

I wasn't sure what this was, maybe a 'Spyker'

Some Germans

A showoff in NYC

Shopping

And everything else left over

I'm off to rural France tomorrow to visit my father so I hope to get a few shots of Renault 4s containing chickens at the local market.

[Volksy]

I wasn't sure what this was, maybe a 'Spyker'

 

 

It's one of these:

http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/en-us

[fordpoplier]

Hello all, my first few spots are from a recent trip to France:

Ubiquitous still at local markets

Dead R18 & Pug

Home made pickup French style

And back to the US but a few more frogs

First Moke I have ever seen here

I am sure we could add a few captions to this one, mouse riding elephant chasing a wagon

Rabbit

Jensen

The joys of a drive through the Bronx

And assorted shite

Well, that’s it folks, be good.

Ian

[fordpoplier]

Have not posted in this thread for a long time. These are spots over the last 12 months, most local, some on a Florida trip.

And my brother sent me these whilst stationed out in the Congo:

The local firestation

And watch out for the palm trees

http://s182.photobucket.com/user/poundsandpence/slideshow/081314