Curbside Classic Outtakes: Suddenly It's 19??
It’s a slow news Friday, and I have way too many of these random street scenes, so let’s keep busy for a while identifying and praising these old timers. We’ll start with a real easy one I just shot a few hours ago, and increase the challenge factor. And BTW, one or more of these cars is a future CC, so fear not if you feel it’s getting short shrift today.
So the idea is to determine what is the oldest possible date these shots represent; i.e., the newest car vintage would determine that.
This one’s a little trickier. Do ignore that one obviously newer dark car behind the tree and bush in the driveway. I can’t tell what it is, but it’s too new, for sure.
Just for good measure, we’ll step across the street and shoot the same block from a different perspective.
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Okay, a little off topic, but I saw in two different parking lots yesterday, 1) a 72 or 73 Torino station wagon, pretty straight with no visible rust, tracking straight and sounding good, and 2) an absolutely pristine Toyota 4wd SR little (Corolla?) station wagon. The latter looked to me like an original car, not restored.
The Rabbit is a 1982 model. I had a 1980 Diesel, and was an expert at spotting year diffs on VWs in the 80s. Note the wide tail light assembly. That changed in 82. But it retains a vestigial curve to the tail gate steel where the 79—81 smaller tail lights were located. In 83/84 that curve went away.