Saturday, August 21, 2010

1988 Yugo, 13th Street and First Avenue


Ahh Yugo. The butt of all car jokes since its introduction. Basically a crap Fiat slightly improved by Serbians and sold to us Yanks as the next beetle. Famous for being driven into lakes in movies, blown off a bridge by a stiff wind (true story), and having a timing belt that fails every 35,000 miles, blowing up the engine.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

1996 Alfa Romeo GTV Spider, 47th Street and Park Avenue


I have no idea how this car is in America. I've never seen one in the states, ever. These materialize for sale every once in a while on Canadian want-ad sites, but to my limited knowlege was never offered by US dealers who pulled out of the US market in 1995. On a side note- please Alfa, come back. I would kill to buy the Brera 3.2 that replaced the GTV.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

1967 Pontiac Bonneville Hearse, South Third Street and Wythe Avenue


I've never even heard of a Pontiac hearse, and this example has carted a lot of corpses in its day, judging by the faded paint and cracked leatherette roof. Also judging by the alloy wheels and fat Bridgestones, someone's looking to turn this into a bit of a muscle car. I particularly like how on the rear wings the chrome letters spelling BONNEVILLE were selectively removed to leave EVIL.

1979 Ferrari 308, St. Mark's Place and First Avenue


I think this would be an extremely pretty car if the federal government hadn't interfered and slapped a chunky bumper on it. Rather like putting Burt Reynolds' moustache on Natalie Portman. A fun and accessible entry point into vintage mid-engined motoring.