Tag: Irvine
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Irvine Cars and Coffee Sightings: June 14, 2014
It was a beautiful day for Cars and Coffee, so there was a huge turnout. Arriving at 6am helped! The Oddimotive Brown Z was in attendance, along with the Model A Woody. Why not a classically odd vehicle right up front? This Pinto Wagon MPG edition was parked right next to us. Interior was pretty…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee Sightings: May 3, 2014
Here we have one of the later Dodge Darts, which shares sheetmetal (and a lot of other parts) with the Plymouth Duster. This one is a Demon 340 and, yes, it had a four-speed. The 340 was a high revving, often underrated engine, so this car is probably a blast. Here’s another shot with the…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings: December 28, 2013
I didn’t get a ton of pics on Saturday, but found one highly desirable odd car and a couple just odd. I threw in a neighborhood sighting as a bonus item. First up is a 1950s Duetsch Bonnet (AKA DB). I’d never heard of this brand, but it is extremely cool – tiny, elegant and…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings: August 24, 2013
I attended Irvine Cars and Coffee today with Oddimotive HQ. Fog was rolling in off and on, which was a cool effect. I love MGB GTs, but had a hard time figuring out the direction of this project. Land speed records? This Bristol was a highly unusual sighting. Got badge? Just any old M Coupe…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings: August 10, 2013
Today’s visit was quick and spectator-only in order to catch up with a good friend I hadn’t seen in too long. As such, I didn’t get too many photos, but the oddness level is still pretty high. This seems to be a crowdfunded project called Pendler Motors. It’s a motorcycle/car combo, obviously. Pretty interesting! This…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings: August 3, 2013
Your humble host missed Cars and Coffee for several weeks, but was back in action today. The marine layer kept it cloudy, but the turnout was great, nonetheless. As usual, we just feature of few of the stranger vehicles. The possible star of the show (from our unique perspective) was the Jowett Jupiter in Stars…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee: June 8, 2013
June Gloom didn’t keep the interesting stuff away today… This custom jobby was interesting…not sure what parts of what cars are under there. The fiberglass work left something to be desired – from a distance, the bubbles looked like hail damage (interesting concept for fiberglass!). We’ll let readers decide what car this once was. It…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings: May 11, 2013
Not sure what was up with this interestingly-bodied MG, but the color combo rules. That’s no Biturbo… It’s a Maserati Shamal, not originally imported to the US. Tasty tan Porsche. Nice to see an E34 M5 with the weird original wheel covers. They look more like whitewalls from other angles. Avantis are always welcome here.…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings (April 6, 2013)
There was some pretty good stuff this week – click for images. How often do you see a Mazda 616? This is an Austin America interior…excellent plaid covers (presumably not original). Vehicross! Does it get more odd? A coupe older RWD Toyotas (Corolla and Cressida). Note sure what’s up with the air dam on the…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings (3/23/2013)
Squareback – was owner’s first car and he managed to keep it. So rare to see one stock and in good shape. Nice guy, too. Amazon wagon! Jag XJ6 with 502 V8 in it Nice brownness… A legendary race car, but also a Lancia and thus odd.