Running an errand yesterday, I noticed a CC hadn’t seen before. And then I saw the temporary license permit on the rear window: a recent acquisition by another proud new CC owner. Here’s another look:
And like most new CC owners, it was a young kid. Old cars are eminently cool, especially a green Corona with a vinyl roof! Doesn’t get better than that. When I pulled up next to him, I could see how stoked he was about his new ride.
What really killed me is that later I went out to get drywall in my truck, but forgot to bring my camera, and missed a whole slew of similar new/old iron on the road, that I hadn’t seen before. A bunch of kids in a Colonnade Cutlass Supreme coupe, rough but running, three of them in the front seat, and looking all of seventeen. And then, my first sighting of a Peugeot 504 on the road here! And no camera. And quite a few other goodies…another day. I should just wear a tiny camera on my head, like a headlight.
“I should just wear a tiny camera on my head, like a headlight.”
Or get a phone with a decent camera. Without my cameraphone, I don’t know what I would do. The pictures certainly got better after I realized that I need to wipe he fingerprints off of the lens before every photoshoot. 🙂
Aw, man, still waiting for that Peugeot (sedan) 504 write-up!
It is interesting, however, how old cars are being rediscovered and driven by younger people. It may have always have been that the people with the least money and most time drove the oldest cars. But i think there’s something else going on here. Which is why in the Bay Area (East Bay, Richmond) you see (as i did a few weekends ago) a 63 Falcon Futura convertible driven by a heavily inked 30ish woman and her hipster friends (and big dog) -it’s not a dollar driven thing anymore
Always makes me smile to see a younger person driving older iron.
Nice find! I just keep a cheap camera in the car.
All those teenagers in the Cutlass need is 1979 playing on the radio.
I can’t tell you how many times I hauled around folks with that playing in my Colonnade Cutlasses!
I remember around 1998 getting ready to take some kids in the youth group at my church somewhere in my Cutlass Supreme, and the two teen boys wanted to ride up front, so all three of us piled in on the split front bench, they loved it!
How soon we forget Paul – this is a prior Curbside Classic. Right down to the license plate…
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-asian/curbside-classic-1978-toyota-corona-baseball-apple-pie-and-a-corona/
Good spotting someone recoloured the roof it was tan last time around, good to see its still on the road though
I didn’t really forget; that was my first thought, that it was the same one because I’m very familiar with it, but when I saw the roof was green, I assumed it was a different one. I don’t memorize license plates. 🙂
It explains why it’s not in its usual location anymore, where it had been for years. Funny about the roof re-paint.
Maybe it’s just covered in moss…
I’d say they have stripped the vinyl roof off.
The last couple of years there has been a re-painted (bright red!) Corona of this vintage pop up at some of the classic car shows. Still see the odd one as daily transport, often with original owners on board.
They were good cars with the exception of the Starfire powered versions