Old Cars on Shilshole Bay Marina

A lot of folks store their extra car in the big lots out where Ballard meets the water. There are quite a few curiosities parked out there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three old VW buses in one shot. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chevy redesigned the Corvair in 1965 after the car's reputation was pretty much already ruined. As to whether this second-generation Corvair Corsa was safe or not, I don't really have an opinion. Some of these cars were turbocharged. Those rims are from a BMW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not the same car twice, just the same color. These old Benz diesels are hard to kill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty of old Beetles in the land that rust mostly forgot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This MG is immaculate. It must only be here for the day.

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, on the other side of the road. If you own a 1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI and a 1966 Dodge D100 van, you are my kind of weird.

 

 

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13 Old Cars on a 6 Mile Drive

Here's an exercise to demonstrate just how many old vehicles one can see just a few minutes driving around Seattle. I spotted all of these vintage vehicles (and more I didn't stop to photograph) driving along Elliott Bay through Ballard.

Chrysler was still working on its formula for sporty cars when it built this 1965 Dodge Dart GT. It was only a year later that the company would build some of the most legendary muscle cars of all time, such as the Plymouth Satellite and Dodge Charger. I believe this Dart pioneered the vinyl roof.

This 1965 Dodge A100 van belongs to Mean Sandwich. They make a pretty mean sandwich.

Someone is trying to restore this 1961 Thunderbird. They have a long way to go.

This 1983 Mercedes 240D is pretty much impossible to kill.

 

 

Here are 3 of the many older Ford pickups I saw on this drive. There's a 20 to 80 year old truck on every block in Seattle; Fords predominate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Through 1976, the Chevy Blazer was a full "convertible" with the roof removed, this is the slightly later model with the roof only removable from the bed.

 

If you think old VW vans are everywhere out here, you are correct.

 

 

Toyota SR5 pickup, circa 1982. Another vehicle hard to kill.

 

I hadn't seen a single Datsun in years before I moved to Seattle. These B210s from the late 70s turn up from time to time.

 

And finally, another microbus, this one crazily converted to a water-cooled engine, and another Blazer.

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