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gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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Headed into Idaho and towards Moscow this afternoon to take these pics and on the return stopped off in Lewiston to snap a couple more.

 

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On the left here is Idaho (Lewiston) and on the right of the river is Washington (Clarkston)

 

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Train shite in Lewiston - no sign of Casey Jones though... :roll:

 

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That looks like a fucking by v-engine to me?

 

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View from the cab:

 

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No price on this VW in Clarkston - probably for good reason...

 

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Meanwhile over at Walmart:

 

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And further West in Pomeroy:

 

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That's my Sunday snaps for ya'll :mrgreen:

gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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It's in Lewiston in Northern Idaho - do you want me to swing by and ask for details?

 

It's only about 3 miles from where I'm staying.

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It's in Lewiston in Northern Idaho - do you want me to swing by and ask for details?.

 

You sure it wasn't in Bumfuck, Idaho?

 

Great shots 8)

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I seriously need to go to America for a shite spotting holiday. Is it possible to do a Fly Drive holiday with a 1970 Dodge Charger? :mrgreen:

gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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It's in Lewiston in Northern Idaho - do you want me to swing by and ask for details?.

 

You sure it wasn't in Bumfuck, Idaho?

 

Great shots 8)

 

Certainly right next door to the Bumfuck Idaho van :mrgreen:

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Amazing spots!

The Bumfuck Econoline is really great, as is the 850 Spider. I quite literally flipped my lid the first time I saw a Fairlady Roadster over here... seen a couple since but no pics as of yet.

 

Keep up the good work!

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How much is a chunk of old, early 70's, full size Yank sedan type shite over there at the moment... and how hard is it to get into the US nowadays?

 

I sense a stupid roadtrip plan, and a Buick.

gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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How much is a chunk of old, early 70's, full size Yank sedan type shite over there at the moment... and how hard is it to get into the US nowadays?

 

I sense a stupid roadtrip plan, and a Buick.

 

Best bet would be to check out the local Craigslist.org postings.

 

Shite up this way doesn't appear to be unreasonably priced - probably because it's so remote?

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I seriously need to go to America for a shite spotting holiday. Is it possible to do a Fly Drive holiday with a 1970 Dodge Charger? :mrgreen:

 

I would be very surprised if there wasn't somebody offering that service.

gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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Some snappings, mainly from today..

 

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Rear engine conversion?.... :roll:

 

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School bus route half a century ago...

 

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I seriously need to go to America for a shite spotting holiday. Is it possible to do a Fly Drive holiday with a 1970 Dodge Charger? :mrgreen:

 

Nice idea, but sadly, most of the 'classic car hire' stuff I've found is, erm, a bit European. :roll: And they seem to be quite twitchy about letting their cars go out of their home state. Actually, there's one in Las Vegas on this map, who want to discourage you from driving from LV to LA, 'cos it's about 270 miles, which is the same distance as London to Paris'. C'mon, this AS talking! Your point is...? :lol:

 

I think I'm in love with that l'il Datsun Fairlady tho'. :oops:

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That schoolbustruck is incredible - what a camper that would make. If only I liked camping.

CreepingJesus Rank: Renault 16

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If you like the Fairlady how about this one in the UK?

 

Very lovely! I'd imagine it must be a rarity here, not so in the USA?

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If you like the Fairlady how about this one in the UK?

 

Very lovely! I'd imagine it must be a rarity here, not so in the USA?

 

As far as I'm aware the Fairlady wasn't officially imported into the UK so any that are kicking around are probably imports.

 

The red one was a car used by BMC to analyse the Japanese upstart :mrgreen:

 

They are not that common over in the USA but you do see them from time to time - a bit like seeing an MG on the roads back home in the UK nowadays I suppose!

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As far as I'm aware the Fairlady wasn't officially imported into the UK so any that are kicking around are probably imports.

That's what I was thinking. But I wasn't sure if maybe one or two would've come from the Continent.

 

The red one was a car used by BMC to analyse the Japanese upstart :mrgreen:

Fat lot of good it did them. Ditto with the bikes.

 

They are not that common over in the USA but you do see them from time to time - a bit like seeing an MG on the roads back home in the UK nowadays I suppose!

Living in God's Waiting Room, I see plenty of MG's; I'd rather see one of these!

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Some further reading with regards the UK/Euro connection with Datsun here:

 

Sadly, the Fairlady Roadster was never officially sold in Britain. Nissan was a late arrival to England in 1968, some 8 years after entering certain other European markets. The first range from Datsun UK included the Sunny 1000 saloon (B10), the Bluebird 1300/1600 4 door saloons (510), and the 2000 saloon and estate (Cedric). According to Mark Dixon, writing a Fairlady1600/MGB comparison in Popular Classics magazine (November 1994), 'We should be grateful that Datsun didn't sell the Fairlady in Britain during the 1960s, or we'd have a Datsun on the front of every other classic car magazine today'. Praise indeed, and perhaps Datsun UK got it wrong all those years ago.

 

http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/Europe.html

 

Oh and mention of the red Roadster/Fairlady too:

 

The first unofficial Fairlady imported to the UK was the 1500 brought over from America for testing by Standard Triumph in 1964. This car was recently being sought by the son of the second British owner, who Triumph sold the car to in the mid 1960s. When last seen the Fairlady still sported odd front tyres following an incident at the famous Mira testing grounds during testing by Triumph. An enthusiastic apprentice over-inflated both front tyres and caused both tyres to blow out at the same time on a rolling road.
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According to Mark Dixon, writing a Fairlady1600/MGB comparison in Popular Classics magazine (November 1994), 'We should be grateful that Datsun didn't sell the Fairlady in Britain during the 1960s, or we'd have a Datsun on the front of every other classic car magazine today'.

 

Yeah, because that would be a terrible thing right. Just goes to show how recently people were horrified at the thought that Japanese cars could be considered cla***cs

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According to Mark Dixon, writing a Fairlady1600/MGB comparison in Popular Classics magazine (November 1994), 'We should be grateful that Datsun didn't sell the Fairlady in Britain during the 1960s, or we'd have a Datsun on the front of every other classic car magazine today'.

 

Yeah, because that would be a terrible thing right. Just goes to show how recently people were horrified at the thought that Japanese cars could be considered cla***cs

 

I'm sure a lot of folks still feel the same way today, unfortunately... :wink:

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Latest snappings of shite:

 

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Shite weather too: Click to see video

 

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gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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Nice sunny weather today and headed to the Asotin County Fair - saw lots of Cowboys, Horses, Pigs & Goats etc...not really my scene ;)

 

Meanwhile, 6 miles down the road I caught the tail end of this lot...

 

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And now for a rather rare Honda:

 

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Christ that was hard work - this fucking "upgrade" to IE9 is shite! :evil:

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wow nice work!

That 3-dr Impala wagon must be serious rocking horse poo - don't think I've ever seen one before. I saw an E-body 'Cuda today too, in Alpine White and the reg plate was 'OOOOH' !!

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GR9 update, theres some choice chod round your parts

 

wow nice work!

That 3-dr Impala wagon must be serious rocking horse poo - don't think I've ever seen one before. I saw an E-body 'Cuda today too, in Alpine White and the reg plate was 'OOOOH' !!

 

Indeed, I like to think I know a little about US tin and I can't say Ive ever even seen a pic of one. LUSH!

gtd2000 Rank: Renault 16

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Well this may well be my last week up here in Washington state and then heading down to Florida at the weekend.

 

Here are a few more spots at the local Walmart car park :)

 

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