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Classic case of Monumentalism
CLASSIC CASE OF MONUMENTALISMBrash! Bold! Dashing! Tucked alongside a country road in rural PA was this mammoth testament to executive power. Thanks to Sarah from Everywhere for this luxurious...
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Show Car Sunday denied! Ugliest vehicle of 2016 awaits
BACK TO THE TERRIBLE BASICSI originally started this blog because I couldn't believe how far people would let their cars go while still driving them. The city is a bubble where you can limp these...
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Greenwood box coupe
GREENWOOD BOX COUPEI was recently walking past the mighty Greenwood Cemetery when I saw this boxy beauty.This is a 1979 Chevrolet Impala in original two-tone Carmine over Red (with a single Dark Blue...
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Let the Eagle soar!
LET THE BROWN EAGLE SOARI was poking around the furthest backwaters of Central Pennsylvania near a nuclear power plant when I passed by what seemed to be an forgotten old gas station of repair shop...
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You talkin' to me?
A TRUE NEW YORK CITY ICONFew cars are associated with a place, especially if that place differs from where the car was actually produced. The Checker cab is forever thought of as driving around NYC...
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Keep on Vannin'
KEEP ON VANNIN'Somewhere in the greater Bushwick area I found this Crayola-colored lunchbox. With its white outlined eyes and fun color it looks eager to please! Let's take a closer look.This is a 1977...
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Today we're featuring the ultimate bro-car
PANTHER!I was riding my bike way out in the hinterlands of deepest Brooklyn when I passed this muscle bound punk looking for a fight. That wide-eyed stare was unnerving to say the least. This is...
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East Village Swinger
EAST VILLAGE SWINGERI was walking through the East Village with a couple of friends recently when I stumbled upon this smart little beauty:Sweet! This is a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger in Dark Green Poly...
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Quirky Swedish instant classic
LÄTT NÅGONSIN quirkiest bilen gjordeI was strolling along the mighty Gowanus Canal this past winter when I stopped to regard a still-common car before it's too late. History is rife with cars that were...
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Hodge Podge Poncho
FRANKENSTEIN'S PONTIACI was driving aimlessly through the furthest reaches of Queens recently when I found myself revisiting the oft-ignored neighborhood of Broad Channel. This out of the way little...
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This is my 299th post so here's a 300 preview!
300 FOR 299With the post after this one being my 300th I started going through my many unused pics to see if indeed I had ever shot a Chrysler 300. It turn out I did, but only through a driveway fence...
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Today I'm featuring THE automotive icon for my 300th post
THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN CARI was walking near Smith Street the other day in Boerum Hill when I stumbled upon what is perhaps the most famous single model year of automobile ever produced:Ladies and...
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Identity Crisis!
IDENTITY CRISIS!!!I was walking through the East Village recently when I stumbled upon an old friend. I called out my friends name but the car ignored me. It turns out that this car has had many an...
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A fox dressing up like a Cougar
FORGOTTEN FOX FOOTNOTEFirst of all this represents the first time I was run off of someones property for snapping some pics of languishing cars! I've been asked to not take pics and move along please...
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Show Car Sunday gets its due with a knockout punch of a classy classic!
THE CLASSIEST UNICORN IN THE FORM OF A WASPTake a minute to soak this all in.Here I am standing between Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO with a classic in front of me that's so rare I can't even find...
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The transitional car from the bloated '70s to the squared-off '80s
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN QUAALUDES AND COCAINE I was biking along the industrial waterfront of red Hook in Brooklyn when this gently colored ride presented itself:This is a 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix in...
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Kicking off the work week with a yellow-bellied varmint!
OL' YELLERThe neighborhood and waterfront of Red Hook was cut off from Carroll Gardens and the rest of Brooklyn by the BQE. From Atlantic Avenue to Hamilton Avenue the highway sits in an open cut 30 or...
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Big Bill Blass with loads of S.W.A.S.S.
BIG BILL BLASS WITH LOADS OF S.W.A.S.S.First of all S.W.A.S.S. is the 1988 debut album of the legendary Sir Mix-a-Lot. If ya don't know now ya know. Unfortunately I wasn't listening to Sir Mix-a-Lot on...
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One of the great design ideas found in the Bronx
BEAUTIFUL VISTA CRUISEROn a long wandering drive I recently found myself in Locust Point, the sub-neighborhood of Throggs Neck in the Bronx (the traditional spelling has two Gs). This is one of those...
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Glatte schwarze Schönheit bereit zu stürzen!
Glatte schwarze Schönheit bereit zu stürzen!I was sleep walking down my block for some coffee one morning when I noticed this sweet German waiting patiently for its owner:This is a 1985 Porsche 911...
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