Strange Sighting

[UncaGrunny]

Strangest car, there's a AMC Pacer for sale I wouldn't mind one of those either.

The Pacer... my dad seriously considered buying one new, went for a Mercury Monarch instead. Sitting inside the Pacer made you feel like it should make "Jetsons" noises.

Pacer always looked to me like somebody seriously overinflated a Gremlin.

My folks had an Isetta around the time I was born. I suppose I "saw" it, but I only remember it from family photos.

 

[don5]

I had an old Porsche pass me on the intestate last summer. It was a 50's model. I had to look twice as it went around me. No, he was not speeding either.

 

[deadin]

 

[Marshwheeling]

Personally, however, about the only thing French that I partake of is French Fries or French Toast.

The French Letter has gotten me out of more than one jam.

 

[gm272gs]

The French Letter has gotten me out of more than one jam.

If there's jam in it, you have more problems.

 

[beagleye]

Saw a good one the other day-

 

[CW Spook]

My first car was a '59 VW...36hp with the kick-over reserve fuel tank. Had a college student radio station friend with an Isetta that I rode around in a time or two. I spent six months trying to sell cars at the local BMC dealer which made me no money at all but let me drive Austin-Healy 100-6 & 3000s, back & forth to school. The head of the speech department at the university had a vintage RR he used to drive to campus once in a while and the psych prof had a beautiful Jaguar Mk VII. Fun times....

 

[Marshwheeling]

If there's jam in it, you have more problems.

For some reason, I keep coming back to the expression "jelly roll". No problem.

 

[cass]

It just screams for a small block Chevy.

My 1959 Met had a 1600cc Austin Healy engine with a one barrel oil bath air cooler. I replaced the carb with two side-draft carbs, and it would easily peg the 90 mph speedometer. My room mate got eight stitches on the top of his head from the driver door handle - during a date - figure that one out! Sure wish I had my Met back.

 

[Sebago Son]

Anybody heard of the Simca?

Once I was offered a Simca for sale... to my regret I bought the Borgward instead. Mostly for the Blaupunkt.

 

[Doug M.]

My junior high music teacher had a Citroen, and we were impressed with what she could get into it. My parents bought one in ... '73, maybe. It was fascinating with that suspension, had great aerodynamics, even with the roughly 2000 cc motor and 4 speed on the column it performed well and got pretty good fuel mileage. I never really got to drive it before they traded it.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Once I was offered a Simca for sale... to my regret I bought the Borgward instead. Mostly for the Blaupunkt.

Once I went to a house in Kokomo with a buddy of mine to drag a Fiat 500.
I kept asking 'why do you want this piece of ****?'
Turns out it was owned by a Delco engineer who worked on new radio development. Delco bought all the leading competitor equipment so they check it out. Then they 'sold' the units to their employees. This Fiat had a then state of art Blaupunkt. Now I get it!
He didn't want that Italian boat anchor car. He wanted that radio for his Porsche.

 

[Arik]

I would love to get a hold of one in good condition. Those cars were so unique I always wanted to have one. The last time I saw one was maybe 5 years ago.

Occasionally I see the Peugeot 405 and 505.

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[rburg]

Here you go

In 1987 a buddy and I were walking the streets of Idaho Springs and came upon one of those. We both thought it was pretty cool. I've driven back many times and looked but the old Stude isn't there.

 

[vito]

As a little kid in NY in the years after WW22 I saw Isettas, Messerschmidts and other odd little cars from Europe.

 

[mike from st pete]

Someone mentioned a small block?

 

[Muley Gil]

My wife and I were sitting on the front porch a few summers back and we saw an older Toyota FourRunner driving slowly down the road, followed by a full size hog! No, not a Harley, but live pork, BBQ on the hoof, etc. The SUV and the hog went by and then came back a few minutes later. The Toyota went up a dirt road across from my place and then came back a little while later, sans hog.

Now THAT was a strange sighting, even though we live waay out in the country.

 

[shouldazagged]

Back in my drinking days, over 35 years ago, while drunk I bought a 1975 Pacer, used. Mint green. Hey, I said I was drunk.

Very drunk.

Before I disposed of it, the rack-and-pinion steering had 110º of play.

Those were the days...

 

[BaldEagle1313]

After this thread topic, and the posts about Simcas, one of which I haven't seen in maybe 35-40 years, I'm driving to a job site Wednesday evening crossing the I-90 bridge, and what do I see in the slow lane? A Simca. Couldn't believe it. Also couldn't believe the woman driving it, both hands at twelve o'clock on the steering wheel, holding her cell phone up in front of her eyes texting while going 50...

 

[KKECK5]

The citroen is one ugly car. Always has been......