Pomeroy41144 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 1975-76 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, Burnham Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. I owned a couple of these over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 This old Dodge Pick Up tows a small fishing boat/trailer rig on regular basis. Near Shirley Drive, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 1973 (?) Oldsmobile Delta 88 near Superior Street in Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 It'll take more foliage than this to hide this early 70s Buick Skylark from my roving eyes. Michigan City Road, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 1966 Chevrolet at Grelecki Brothers Automotive, Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) I went over to Shamrock Auto (see post # 28 from May 16 2013) to get a shot of a copper colored 1977-78 Eldo Coupe but it was gone. The copper color can be striking if done up right. I had seen the Eldo there before. Saw that they had pulled it out and had the hood open. Went back and it was gone. But Surprise! The early 1960s Lincoln 4 door sedan was back. Also the green 1967 Chevrolet Impala that was there in the photo is now gone too. A 1975-76 Buick Electra 225 can also be seen. Edited June 29, 2013 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 1927 Nash at Bob's Body Shop, State Street and Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Saw these two almost literally out my front door (not technically "parked"). One of my neighbors has a similar 356 but it was fun seeing these two cars that appeared to be traveling together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Another 1972 Cadillac Eldorado on Pulaski Road, Calumet City, Illinois. Just need one more 1971-72 Eldo, this Eldo, the Eldo in post # 27, and $40,000, and we might end up with one good Eldorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 1914 LaFrance Fire Truck seen at the Calumet City Fire Station No.1 on Friday, July 5, 2013. Calumet City Fire Dept purchased this unit new in 1914; it was the CCFD's first powered unit. The truck was retired many years ago and it was purchased by private collectors. Several years ago a Calumet City firefighter was able to track it down and re-acquire it. The truck runs and the Dept is currently restoring the historic engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) 1952 Chevrolet at Blair's Automotive, Burnham Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Cool roman numeral license plates on the Old Chevy (MCMLII); I spear-headed that craze 25 years ago. Edited July 12, 2013 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Always liked these slab sided Lincolns from the 1970s. My friend had a 1974 Lincoln Town Car and I have to say that it was probably the most comfortable automobile I have ever ridden in. Edited July 16, 2013 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 I spied this lovely Porsche on my street just a bit ago, a quite lovely blonde/white haired lady in her 50's stepped out and visited with neighbors for a while. I heard that familiar air cooled engine start up and peeked out in time to see her driving away. These are popular cars in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 1973 Buick Riviera near Shirley Street, Calumet City, Illinois. This guy has had this car for a long time. I haven't seen it around in quite a few years. Glad to see it is still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Another Buick Riviera. Gordon Street, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 This 1970s Mopar beast looks as if it is ready for a Mad Max movie. This car was displayed at the local cruise night recently. At 156th Street and Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) Early 1980s Oldsmobile Cutlass. Near Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Edited July 27, 2013 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Mid 1970s Chevrolet. Cornell Street, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Old Chevy Pick Up Truck on Green Bay Avenue in Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Another 1980s Cadillac. I see a lot of these. Near Lincoln Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 1980s Buick Park Avenue, Sibley Blvd, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 The owner of Bob's Body Shop owns this very nice 1938 LaSalle Convertible Sedan. I always liked this car. There is often something interesting going on at the antique car-friendly Bob's Body Shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Technically not "parked," but rather, rolling along on the roadways, surrounded by "mundane" modern traffic... I had a couple of interesting sightings lately (& had my compact "travel camera" handy), including a '60s Impala Convertible (with CT antique plate) getting onto the Merritt Parkway northbound in Stratford, CT, eventually crossing the Housatonic River Bridge, and exiting onto the "Milford Connector." The date was Monday, July 29th, and it was early evening, as I think is evidenced by some headlights on in one of the views:Then the following morning (Tuesday 7/30/2013) in commuter traffic on I-95 southbound in East Haven, CT, an Acura NSX with, I think, RI plates (my flash was unintentionally on and tendted to wash out the reflective plate): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Technically not "parked," but rather, rolling along on the roadways, surrounded by "mundane" modern traffic... I had a couple of interesting sightings lately (& had my compact "travel camera" handy), including a '60s Impala Convertible (with CT antique plate) getting onto the Merritt Parkway northbound in Stratford, CT, eventually crossing the Housatonic River Bridge, and exiting onto the "Milford Connector." The date was Monday, July 29th, and it was early evening, as I think is evidenced by some headlights on in one of the views:[ATTACH=CONFIG]206365[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]206366[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]206367[/ATTACH]That's a '68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 I found these over the past week or so, the 190SL on the trailer is technically "parked" right? The MG owner has apparently resigned himself to British Car Ownership and knows to carry a full garage's worth of tools in the back. The International Harvester Travelall in the last photos was even more beautiful in person but I have a kind of love/hate with perfectly restored old trucks, I feel they will never again be used as intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Here's a cool '70s Eldorado Convertible from New Jersey that was spotted in traffic on Interstate 95 northbound, this past Friday afternoon, August 2, 2013. My photo series starts around West Haven, and finishes at Long Wharf in New Haven, CT, where you can see some of the ongoing work scene with revising the intersection of Interstates 95 and 91, which is also associated with work on the new I-95 bridge crossing the Quinnipiac River, known as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Saw this early Thunderbird at the local grade school. I think it is the same car I saw at Bob's Body Shop a few days earlier. Yes, same car. Old car spotted on the street twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 1938 Ford V-8 Pick Up Truck on Burnham Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Pomeroy, your shots of the slick red Ford pickup made me remember that I also saw a funky & cool red Ford pickup parked at a local supermarket in Branford, CT, back on Tuesday evening, June 18th, 2013:I'm not good on the model years of these--what would you say--late '40s or early '50s??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) One parked and one idling (close enough?) As usual both cars were shot in my neighborhood, but this time within a block. I still can't get over how many great cars I see daily that I don't even get a chance to snap a pic of because they are driving. Portland really is a car crazy town. Edited August 22, 2013 by MarrsCars punctuation (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Inspired by Stock Steve's Eldo in Motion posted above here is my contribution: 1968 Cadillac Coupe DeVille in motion on Burnahm Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Inspired by Stock Steve's Eldo in Motion posted above here is my contribution: 1968 Cadillac Coupe DeVille in motion on Burnahm Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois.Cool shots! That's a very handsome era for Cadillacs. Good quick-on-the-draw with your camera, Pomeroy!The real question, though, is whether you are driving something nearly as cool as my hi-miles '92 Ford Taurus while you're taking the pictures! Ha! I actually saw another '70s Eldo convertible get onto the highway ahead of me more recently (this one was black with a black convertible top--it looked SWEET--looked to have Connecticut antique plates on it also...), but I knew that the Taurus would either shake itself apart, or explode, if I attempted speeding up to try to catch the Eldo, so I had to keep my appreciation of it to myself! Edited August 19, 2013 by stock_steve (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 One parked and one idling (close enough?) As usual both cars were shot in my neighborhood, but this time within a block. I still can;t get over how many great cars I see daily that I don't even get a chance to snap a pic of because they are driving. Portland really is a car crazy town.Good sighting, Marrs! I don't know Porsches that well, but I am pretty sure that double-grille engine lid is something more special than your "garden variety" 356... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 This early Ford Thunderbird is being worked on at Blair's Automotive on Burnham Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. My wife loves them. Me, not so much. I can think of dozens of other cars I would buy first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 And a few weeks later, another vintage Ford Thunderbird being worked on at Blair's Automotive, Burnham Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois. Blair's have been doing a lot of antique car work as of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Pomeroy.......does anyone in Calumet City ever buy anything NEW?....... ........LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 1937 Ford Standard Tudor driving on Wentworth Avenue near US Route 6, Calumet City, Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Good sighting, Marrs! I don't know Porsches that well, but I am pretty sure that double-grille engine lid is something more special than your "garden variety" 356...It seems you are correct! I don't know them very well either having only owned modern Porsches, but I saw the "C" designation marked on the back of that red car and Wikipedia states this about the C variant:"The last revision of the 356 was the 356C introduced for the 1964 model year. It featured disc brakes all round, as well as an option for the most powerful pushrod engine Porsche had ever produced, the 95 hp (71 kW) "SC". 356 production peaked at 14,151 cars in 1964, the year that its successor, the new 911, was introduced to the US market (it was introduced slightly earlier in Europe). The company continued to sell the 356C in North America through 1965 as demand for the model remained quite strong in the early days of the heavier and more "civilized" 911. The last ten 356's (cabriolets) were assembled for the Dutch police force in March 1966 as 1965 models." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 An Old Buick finds a new home. I hope that this one does not end up Chopped, Shaved and Slammed. It is off the trailer now and sitting in the street presently. On Freeland Avenue, Calumet City, IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) This poor VW Type 181 "Thing" looks to have been sitting for QUITE some time, in a driveway in Branford, CT. I took this picture earlier this year, on Monday evening,May 13th, 2013:Believe that Things were only sold in the U.S. during the 1973 and 1974 model years, so presumably this is one of those two years. If I had a view of the rear fenders, and could look for those added-on air intake "boxes" ('74s had them--'73s did not), I could probably narrow it down. Edited August 27, 2013 by stock_steve (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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