Early Summer Cars

6/8/20 to 7/9/20

Like the Spring spotting entry, we're grouping these together because these were found all on separate days. Most of these were also taken from inside a car, so that explains the weird quality on most of them. I apologize for that, but there are a lot of cool cars that deserve to be on here.

6/8/20 - VW Type 181 "Thing"  (David)

Here we have a VW Type 181 Thing that was spotted in Edgewood, an area on the east side of Cranston. You don't see these a lot, but when you do it's definitely an experience. Its such a bizarre looking vehicle, yet its so cool looking, especially in this orange color. 

6/15/20 - Datsun 1200 Coupe (David)

This is an early Datsun 1200 coupe. This car was produced between 1970 and 1973 in this body style. I like these early Japanese cars, as they're so simple and very over shadowed by their later counterparts. This one appears to be in really good shape, and it looks like a driver, so props to this guy for keeping it on the road. There is that engine in front of it, but I'm not sure what it belongs too.

6/16/20 - 1960 Chrysler New Yorker (David)

The early 1960s were an interesting time for American cars as it was a change from the large fins, to the more conventional "boxey" vehicles. I think this Chrysler perfectly represents that, as its the best of both worlds. Its got the front of a 1960s vehicle with the fins of a 50s car. 

6/17/20 - Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Wagon (David)

This car belongs to my neighbor who occasionally drives it, but it mostly sits in a garage. This is a 1980s car with1970s designs and technology. GM also kept this design of cars into the 90s. I find it crazy that Plymouth Reliants and other K Platform cars were dominating the American car market at this time, and yet something like this was able to exist. 

6/17/20 - 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible (David)

This is such a nice, car but I saw it in passing, hence the crappy quality. Whoever drives this car has a perfect summer cruiser. I also saw this coming back from Sam's house for a visit.

7/5/20 - Custom 1968 Chevy C-10 (David)

This '68 Chevy has received some modifications. I love how this looks. Modded trucks like this, with some custom rims and are lowered a bit look amazing. This is a great looking truck, and the owner did a great job.

7/9/20 -  1973 Chevy Caprice Convertible (David)

This is the beginning of the malaise era of American cars, and like that '76 Charger from a few months ago, these are always a cool sight to see and awesome that someone would save something like this. The Caprice is essentially an upscaled Impala, and both of these became more of a luxury car after 1970. The quality is bad, but this car is a survivor. It has a little bit of patina, but overall its a beautiful, well kept car.

July 2020 - Chevy C-10 Shortbed (Sam)

This was spotted on one of my return trips from the radio museum I volunteer for in CT.  It was a really nice example of a patina C-10.  I think I gave the owner a thumbs up as I passed.