The Manta has escaped its decades long hibernation in the carport! But I’m not sure that’s a good thing. It looked a lot safer there than out here in the bushes. I wonder why it got moved? It’s been in there for ages. If this weren’t an automatic, I’d be knocking on their door.
A familiar sight. This is why folks keep these old Fords around, decade after decade.
Uh oh; there’s a warning tag on the windshield. It’s been here so long, someone finally called the parking police (in Eugene they only do this if someone complains; I’ve seen cars parked in the same spot for decades, with grass growing under them out of the pavement). This is a ’64, last year for the solid front axle.
A T2 Type 2.
Oooh…a very pristine Lexus SC300, in front of a nice house.
Looks to be a regular driver too.
A Roadmaster. Not my cup of tea.
Another old Ford; this a “unibody” from 1962.
Suburban with fading paint. What else is new?
In front is a more interesting three-some. Two Audi 5000’s and a gen 1 Saturn. And another Sportage.
A rather rough looking Nissan 240SX. Ironically it’s RWD.
Like the Aerostar.
Eclipse convertible, I presume?
A very clean gen1 Jetta.
Another Beetle, this one hiding a bit.
A gen3 Civic hatchback. Where did they all go? Honda heaven?
A frontal view.
A Volvo 142. Now that’s a rare sight anymore.
Dual “bulgeside” Ford pickups.
A Trofeo!
What’s that?
1969 or 1970 C20.
A Mark VII hiding in the bushes.
And out front is a gen1 Insight. An odd couple.
Someone working on their hardbody Nissan.
A Buick.
And a rather rare gen1 Neon coupe.
A former US Forest Service Cherokee.
It was starting to rain and I headed for home. But I had to stop for this Eagle wagon.
The end of the trip. Now to get home and take a leak.
Once again, Paul and I agree on a car (Opel 1900/Manta).
Love it, want one again, preferably the Sportwagen upgraded with a later 5 speed!
Delayed CC Effect: last weekend I saw an immaculate Manta parked at a local surf spot. In fact I saw it twice; on my return down the coast several hours later, it was pulling out with boards on the roof.
Perhaps the only “drive by shootings” that I approve of.
I would think the 240SX is intended for drifting and has the cheap wheels on the rear in order to cheaply replace them.
Or for less traction to make it easier to drift.
Paul,
Is there a big time difference between the orange plates and the light colored ones?? Where I live, plates are revised every 5 years or so. Annual registration is enforced via a decal on the lower left or right corner of the plate.
The Jetta looks to be in very good shape. Always liked this iteration.
@3SpeedAutomatic
Oregon has not had a license plate recalls since 1956. Also, license plates in Oregon stay with the vehicle even when transferred to a new owner so that Hardbody has had the same plates since new and same thing with the Lexus. Here is a photo gallery of Oregon plates since the 1960s.
http://15q.net/or.html
That Mark VII looks to be an LSC if the wheels are any indication. And I have never seen an Insight without its aerodynamics-improving fender skirts.
In this admittedly non-random sample it strikes me that in the ten or more years you have been shooting the area the 60s cars seem to have finally reached the end of their useful lives as vehicles while the trucks still seem well represented. Time waits for no car.
That red Jeep is either a CJ5 or a longer wheelbase CJ7.
I think it’s a 5. The 7s had a squared-off door cutout, but the 5 had that weird cut owing to the shorter wheelbase.
Poor Manta. Looks like it has been kicked off to the side and things may not go well for it. The 64 F-100 is interesting since one can rarely see a 61-66 which hasn’t had it’s front bumper tweaked either forward or backwards (see the Unibody). The Gen 1 Jetta oh where have you all gone? Had two friends in the 80s that drove them, both female, with one gas and one diesel. I don’t know about that diesel, a seemingly dirty car. I have only driven two Volvos in my life. A stick 142 in 1970 and a auto 240 Wagon in 1992.
Geez, a Trofeo !
Red pickup or an Eagle 4×4? It seems I need to go to Oregon
The SC300 might be my favorite here, particularly if it’s one of the rare manual transmission 300’s. Oh, and I’d take it with that house too.
#2 for me would be the Roadmaster; #3 the Eagle.
The variety here is incredible. And I had no idea that there were Park Avenues in Eugene!
It would take me five years of driving around central Indiana to find this many CCs, and I’d never find the AMC or the Honda.
I have a 5 speed Getrag box from a 88, I’ll ship it to US.
I see you hit the Amazon neighborhood. The back alleys are chock full of goodies too. How about a ’70 Toyota Corona coupe, a E28 BMW 524td or a ’60’s era IH crew cab? Lots more too.
BTW, the yellow ’86 D21 is my truck -recently purchased from the St. Vinnie’s lot. Who knew it would show up on CC! Such fame!
Neons are rare in your backyard? To my astonishment I captured one just the other day down the road from me, a 95 or 96.
Of all of your pictures, if I could pick only one of them, I’d get a Beetle, hopefully four speed.