Wednesday, July 14, 2021

More Madness from The Concours d'Lemons

The Concours d'Lemons is a car show, "Celebrating the oddball, mundane and truly awful of the automotive world."

This 1954 Nash Rambler has been repowered by some kind of Ford turbocharged engine.

A nice 1967 Dodge Dart GTS. This one is just about ready for legit car shows.

This 1994 Autozam AZ-1 is a minicar from Japan.

Somebody decided to save a 1982 diesel Chevette. Neither the Chevette nor GM's diesels are remembered with much fondness.

This Diamond T truck has been turned into... something. I once saw it driving on I-5 in downtown Seattle.

This 1961 Fiat Jolly might be worth $150,000. Crazy but true.

This 1950 Morris Minor has been repowered with a Mercedes AMG engine. I'm surprised that engine doesn't bend the frame on this car.

The Citroën Méhari. Life in plastic, it's fantastic.

Monday, October 17, 2016

1958 Mercedes 190D

Older, diesel-powered Benzes are very popular here. This is the oldest one I've seen. In the 40s and 50s, Mercedes was a company that made simple products in a country rebuilding from the war. Now in the late 50s, it was once again becoming a technology leader. That doesn't particularly show in the old 190D here, however, it was in 1959 that Benz introduced the first car with front and rear crumple zones to absorb kinetic energy. Known in the US as the 220, I'm sure that car will be making an appearance on this blog.