Cars You Don't See Everyday
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This Citroen delivery truck was a staple in the Union Square area of San Francisco. It delivered for a now out of business restaurant called Anjou. I wish I knew where the truck went and the restaurant too. Let’s call it a 1965. At least it was built after 1960 from the front grill.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
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I remember this car. My best friend Richard and I borrowed one of these from a friend of his back in 1965 or so. We had it for less than a week. While driving along on our first day, the oil light came on; funny we are low on oil. Well we filled it up with oil and soon, the oil light came on again. Oh, something was wrong.
We looked carefully and saw the leak somewhere near the front of the car. We filled the car with more oil and headed for this “foreign car” dealer. With their help, we determined it was coming from the front timing chain cover and the dealer was willing to lend us some tools and we disassembled the car in their back lot. We found the gash in the cover and walked to a shop nearby and had the gash welded shut. We then purchased the timing chain tension spring from the dealer and reassembled the car. It worked like a charm and I’m not sure we ever mentioned anything to Richard’s friend.
This was over 40 years ago but I think about that event every time I see one of these cars.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
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I think this is a 1974 Volkswagen Thing. It was also called the VW Safari in some countries. It’s a bare minimum car. It does not appear to have seat-belts, padded dashboard or any other safety features like air bags. It was basic transportation. I believe these were only sold for two years in the U.S. 1973 and 1974.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
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This is a quite unusual car. Apparently, Ford introduced it when the Ford Falcon was released. According to this web page, it was a great success.
When Ford released its compact Ford Falcon line of cars in 1960, it immediately supplied an open-bed pickup body and called it the Ford Falcon Ranchero. At the same time, it began dropping this body style and name from its lineup of full-size cars.
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Quite some time ago I was walking south of Market Street in San Francisco when I spotted this car. I did some research and to the best of my knowledge this is a 1955 Citroen traction avant 4 door sedan. I think that means front wheel drive in French. The car is a classic and may be featured in a wedding or other event. It surely is a stately looking automobile.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
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One day a few years ago, I went to our local supermarket on 18th Street. When I came out, this 59 Nash was sitting right there. I don’t know why, but I love the way these cars looked. My aunt had a convertible from about 1959 that looked a lot like this car. Talking to my cousin, he recalled it having a top that slid along the top of the car so it was just the middle part of the roof and the rear window frame that was canvas. Nice car.
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I almost purchased one of these (non-convertible) in 1960. I saw it advertised in the newspaper and I wanted to buy it, just to work on it. This car was an early British import that had very little market success when gas was about 30 cents a gallon. This car belongs to someone in our neighborhood. I see it parked quite often.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
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This is an updated 1973 Chevrolet Malibu muscle car with a 350 cubic inch V8. At least that’s what the emblems say. The rims and tires are certainly not stock, but the rest of the car looks very clean and quite standard.
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P.S. These pictures were taken with my brand new Canon S90 pocket camera. Great for taking pictures like these.
It was a cloudy afternoon and we were driving along the back side of Barnagat Light in New Jersey when my wife spotted this car. I took the quick shot above just in case, then we followed the car for less than a mile. The owner pulled into his driveway and then began to back into his garage. Wait, I called as I approached, camera in hand.
Roger Halbing is the owner and a great guy to talk to about Kaiser motorcars. His is a very rare 1954 Kaiser Manhattan. Essentially, this was the last year the car was manufactured in this country. Kaiser did produce some 1955s but they were nearly identical to this 1954.
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Note the padded dashboard. This was a key feature of this car line.
When Kaiser stopped its run of Kaiser motorcars in 1955, it moved production to Argentina. There production continued for a few years after that.
My father had a 1951 Kaiser. It was our families first new car. In fact, my parents flew to Detroit to pick up the car in 1950. I was about six years old but I remember this clearly. My father had extreme pain in his leg and difficulties walking and shortly after we purchased the car we (mother, father, 3 kids) drove to Hot Springs Arkansas from Jersey City New Jersey where my father took special baths to ease the pain. We stayed about sis weeks and he never had trouble walking again. The other thing I recall is that the car overheated on the trip many, many times. My mother was upset. We purchased a new car and still had reliability problems. We sold the car in about 1955.
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Introducing the 1991 Alfa Romeo Milano. I took this shot in 1994. It is truly a Car You Don’t See Everyday.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009