Weekend Wheels

A fellow whose blog I follow told me that I need to post regularly if I am going to get folks to read and respond to my blog.  Makes sense.  As I said in my last post, I am attempting to make them "not quite so long", but the post I've been working on is still a work in progress.

So, I thought I'd just post some pics of some cars that I saw over the holiday weekend:

Mid '70's Chevy Nova - I saw this gem while out walking Tiny (my dog).  Now, I know that these were not from the era of well-built GM cars, but I think this generation of Nova was actually quite a handsome car. 

 

You don't see many of these around, but I think this one wou;d be quite popular on Craig Fitzgerald's clunkernation.com. Craig was an editor at Hemmings for many years (and the editor of my favorite car mag, Hemmings Muscle Machines), until he struck out on his own. His blog is about regular cars owned by regular folks, which I really like. 

69 Pontiac GTO Judge - I saw this at Zamudio Auto Sales (#3) on Clark St. on the far north side of Chicago.  They actually have several nice muscle cars inside the shop.  If anyone's interested, they are asking $52,500.  The salesman tried to seel it to me.  I just laughed and told him I was just stopping to take some pics, so he left me alone. 

This mean machine (not to be confused with AMC's Rebel muscle car 'The Machine') was intended to be a low buck stripper version of the GTO to go up against Plymouth's inexpensive Road Runner.  By the time they were done, it had morphed into this fancy and relatively expensive beast.  'The Judge' was actually an homage to Flip Wilson's Laugh-In skit "Here comes the Judge!"  For you young'uns, check Flip Wilson out on You Tube. 

 

 

1963 Chevy Impala - As my friend Matt and I left brunch after swim team practice on Saturday morning, I snapped this very well-kept Impala.  It all happened so fast (and there were so many people crowding the car) that I did not even see if it was an SS or not.  That fellow in the snazzy hat is the owner. 


Panoz Esperante - Talk about a car you do not see every day.  I don't know much about these cars other than that they are made in Georgia. 

I saw this beauty on my way to Costco on Sunday. (I finally break down and go for the first time in at least 9 months, and I see two cars worth photographing.  Do I have my good camera with me?  No!)

1969 Buick Wildcat convertible - After failing to get a front view of the Panoz while driving on Ashland (you know, safety concerns and all that...) I turn onto Diversey and see this beauty.  I love the 65-70 Wildcats, and this one is a drop top, to boot.  My friend Chris is working on a '69 Buick Electra 225 convertible that is going to be awesome when he's done.  I've never owned one (if you don't count the '68 Beetle convertible I bought for my mom so I could have her brand new '79 Mercury Bobcat), but I think a full-sized convertible is in my future.  They are the ultimate cruisers. 

So, these are my "Weekend Wheels".  What did you see this weekend?