The *other* reason I don’t share many original photos with you, apart from the danger factor, is that I am usually a very poor photographer. This picture gives as much emphasis to a beautiful Plymouth Satellite as a quaint folding chair. Which thanks to perspective looks as though it’s the same size as the MG Midget in the far left. The pictures were taken, funnily enough, at an anime convention.
Tanabata is a traditional celebration taking place in July 7th per wiki “it celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar.” It’s all lovely really. And being how Latin America as a whole loves itself a little Japanese culture, we set up a small anime/manga/Japanese culture convention around those dates. Some members of the Honduran classic car club were there to liven the parking lot.
Have we done a Satellite coupe in this pages? Yes we have, in any case I wouldn’t be able to make it justice. It’s really the sort of vehicle you should have first-hand experience with to truly appreciate. Seeing one in such a mint condition mad me smile. As did that thing to the right of the MG.
A Crown! Have I mentioned that I love the Toyota Crown? Because I love the Toyota Crown. It’s also on the list of “because I don’t have enough money to import it” cars. This is a fourth-gen model, so it could be from any year between ’71 and ’74. Maybe it’s the perspective thing again but seeing it side-by-side with that Mustang makes it seem positively tiny. Japanese cars from this vintage did tend to be slight, reflecting their narrow-minded tax code. Speaking of Mustangs…
It’s Dad’s car! Well, a high-powered version of it, the one that I pictured when he told his story. I’m glad to see that there actually *is* a car culture around here. It’s just that it’s spectacularly well-hidden.
I love the Crown too. Colour-coded bumpers make it a pre-1973 S60, even nicer.
Crappy pics forgiven, since all I saw was that Satellite. I may be all by myself here but I think the car actually looks better in ’73/’74 with the 5mph bumpers. Is there any other car on earth that improved its looks in those years?
I’m with you on this. The ’71-’72 with that gaping mouth looks like a cartoon version of an angry car. It feels like they designed the Roadrunner first, and then had to try and dial it back for the other models.
Japanese are indeed a part of the Latin American cultural mosaic. After the US closed the door to Japanese & others in the Immigration Act of 1924, many went south instead to countries like Brazil which already had a 1907 immigration treaty with Japan.
Anime & manga are very successful Japanese cultural exports. Manga inspires a lot of Asian-produced TV & movies.
ANY car show including Mopars & Mustangs is a GOOD show, regardless of size or location!! 🙂
That Crown is cool! Also, crappy photography can be made better by cropping the picture to compose it as you like and give emphasis to what you want to show.
Also, shooting head-on is just about the worst angle. Walk in a bit closer, and shoot the cars from a front 3/4 view, which makes them much more visible.
Scooching down to the car’s level can work better than looking down at it too, especially if it’s a low car.
Agreed, and doing the same for small children and pets works the same way!
Here’s me doing the “scooch” in front of a 1966 Toronado.
Small shows are great. An odd mix of well-loved cars can be more rewarding and memorable than fifty Vettes in a row.
And as Ramon says, with a little cropping, we can see the cars, the pretty blue sky and palm trees, and the propeller I missed at first glance. 🙂
Yes – I spotted that old Crown in the first picture. Really surprised to see how narrow it looks next to the 68 or 67 Mustang.
A little of that is optical illusion from the Crown being head on to the camera while the Mustang and MG are angled — the Crown IS significantly wider than the MGB, although it doesn’t look it here.
C and C (Cars and Chairs) With Gerardo!
No offense, interesting post.