So to start, I feel like I should mention something. My car history knowledge is very spotty. Most of what I know about cars, I know from magazines like Muscle Car Review and Motortrend. Seeing as how one focuses on a very popular, but still niche type of car from a certain period of American history and the other focuses on modern production cars, there's quite a few gaps. So I'm learning all of this as I go along. So when I go on these outings, I take pictures of cars that catch my interest, then go home to look them up on Google and piece these things together. Case in point? Today's Firebirds are the only things I can mention of from memory. The other cars? I used Google-Fu. So by no means, don't take what I say as any expert knowledge, cause it's not, I just really like finding stuff out. So with that, onto cars . . .

To start out, I'm gonna share a better picture of the red Licoln Continental I shared in my previous post. The snow has melted and the car is a little more accessible, letting us get a better 3/4 profile view. Personally, while I love the patina on this car, now that we're able to get a better look at it I don't think the design of the body has aged all that well. The combination of squared off corners, curves, and general flow of the car all seem to conflict with each other. That said, the headlight design stands out to me as an otherwise exceptionally beautiful feature.

Here's a shot of the inside. Sadly, the door seemed busted so I was hesitant to try and open it. If you look at the passenger foot well you can see some of the trim pieces that have been removed from the body of the car.

Remember that third Continental that I mentioned in my last post? This time I was able to get a picture of it. As you can see, it's missing its front grill and engine, so the front end is riding a little high since there's nothing to weigh down the suspension. I noticed that the Black Continental was no longer on the lot, seeing as it was in the best shape of the three, here's hoping it went to a lovely home. Who knows? Maybe the missing engine went with it.

Here is a 2nd generation Firebird. You can tell from the 5mph bumper that matches the body paint that this one was probably a '75 or '76. The best that I can recall, the '74 Firebird had an all black bumper and the front end of the Firebird was redesigned in '77 to sport quad headlights. Now, I know what you're asking, you're asking “Well, what does a '77 Firebird with quad headlights look like?” to which I have to ask you “What? You never seen Smokey and the Bandit?”

They look like this Trans Am!

This car gets a plus 1 for a beautifully aged screaming chicken. Unfortunately, it gets a minus 1,000 for a missing engine. No major loss though, the malaise era engines were crap. Still, if you want this car, you're gonna need to call a tow truck.

Now, I know what you're all thinking. You're all thinking rd95, these are all boring cars. Show us something unique. Show us something cool. Well, I can't show you cool. But I can show you unique.

How's about an Edsel Bermuda Station Wagon? Huh? Huh? Yeah! I'm not gonna lie. I kind of geeked when I saw this in the lot. I don't know much about Edsels, but I know in general they were not very popular cars. Edsel was a Ford Marque that didn't last for very long due to horrible sales. The Edsel Bermuda itself was a single production year car, because people hated it. They hated the way the cars looked, they hated the reliability and awkwardness of the Teletouch Transmission. They just all around hated these cars.

Yeah. I can see how the looks of these cars can be kind of polarizing.

The dash is kind of interesting though. The speedometer is a pretty unique design though I wonder how easy it would have been to read, let alone how accurate it actually was. I didn't know what the Teletouch Transmission was when I was photographing this car, otherwise I would have paid attention to the steering wheel. It wasn't until after I looked up the Wikipedia article on it and took a second look at my pictures to see that this particular car did indeed have one. If you look at the very bottom of this picture, there sits the Neutral Button on the top of the steering wheel. God. That was a bad design idea. kleinbl00 should take a mental note of that one.

I want to end this with a few more pictures of the Dodge Wayfarer Sportabout. I was excited to see that the car was still there, to the point that I asked the mechanic if it ran. It does. He says if I want it, it can be mine for $13,000. Sadly, I don't have a place to put it nor do I have $13,000 to spare. So no. It cannot be mine.

For such a good looking car, the dash is surprisingly spartan, almost bland. I kind of like it. Plus the steering wheel emblem? That's just a work of art right there. In the last post I mentioned that I was pretty certain this particular model was a '50. According to the mechanic, it turns out I was right. The man who owns the lot had bought this intending to keep it for himself, but decided to put it up for sale when he found a '51 in better condition. It's sitting in the garage now, getting tuned up.

Lord Mercy. I think I'm in love.