coolest thing I saw today? Bruce building a kit airplane in his garage.

 

Bruce is a cool guy, and did time in the Coast Guard, and got stuck at Adak Alaska for a year, keeping diesel generators going that powered Loran. 

Then he was an aircraft mechanic and inspector. 

His dad was a P38 pilot in WW2! 

I drove through Pt Loma to see a friend, and spotted these Mustangs, and this cool trailer, on the way

here's the view from up on the top of the peninsula, to the West is the Pacific, and 

to the East, Downtown San Diego on the other side of the bay

 

I was in a very rich neighborhood with very large 3 and 4 car garages... and no one left anything interesting out where it could be seen, except this young guy's (I met his mom) track Miata with Montana loophole plates

interesting aftermarket aerodynamic hardtop, looking though the windows I saw that the interior was stripped of carpet and insulation, a 4 point seatbelt is installed, and a roll bar. 

seen on today's walk...

This makes the 2nd 914 I've found in this neighborhood... but that's a flat front tire on the passenger side front.

what the hell is the deal with this license plate? Yellow on black would be right for this era, but this sequence isn't the 3 letters followed by 3 numbers that would be proper for this year. Must be one of the new re-issued plates, which are fine for new cars, but, it's all wrong for the cars in the 60s to have the right color plates, without the right alphanumeric sequence

first time I've seen a 80s/90s 1st generation Humvee in nearly 17 years. 

 

this car has been parked so long, the tire dry rotted and went flat, on BOTH SIDES on the back. I think it's a beemer

seen on tonight's walk, first time I've seen a seen an Austin Healey 3000 on a walkabout

this looks like it's a Halloween display... but it's just years of neglect. Hard to believe the owner walks/drives past this and sees it nearly every day

the coolest thing I saw on todays walk... this So Cal original Mustang. The license plate is the same one it was given when first purchased. That's a cool thing about California yellow on black plates, they show that a car's from here, never left, and wasn't brought in from some place it rains and rusts

this was the rear license plate originally... that's weird to have had it moved to the front. But, it's the very accurate way to say what year the car is, and that it's been in So Cal it's whole existence

Smart to put this note on the dash. Not as smart as putting a weather proof car cover over it, to keep the leaves, dew, rain, dust, etc off the car and out of the vent system... but I still got a kick out of them realizing how many people were going to stop and ask about it's possible sale price

nice freshened up Mustang under the car cover... that they do not understand how to properly put over the antenna (unscrew the antenna you idiots)

it's rare to find a 914 on the street. But this guy has a garage that must have something in it that won't ever come out, as the van has blocked the door for years. This 914 has been on this cul de sac for at least 11 years

I was only a block away from where I walked yesterday, and only found old trucks, on today's walk, so it's no surprise that I found a couple more. It's truck country

they didn't make 4 door Gran Torino, did they? Why the hell would they?

yes, I learned, they did wreck a solid decent looking Gran Torino by selling a 4 door version. That's stupid.

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as strange as it seems, these two old trucks were the only interesting cool old vehicles in the area I walked in tonight... and it's a RICH neighborhood.

and under car covers, so they barely count as being seen... what is likely a Chevelle and an Elk. 

and they haven't moved since 2011. I kid you not, 15 years in the same places, and under car covers. 

seen on today's walk... lol, a tortoise on a furniture dolly! Hey, it's got wheels! LOL!

when I was walking by the tortoise was in the front yard by the sidewalk, so I stopped to shoot the breeze with the homeowner, as I was curious, do they really like strawberries. 

They do. But it is also true that they like to eat anything red, or bright orange. I was remembering a book my mom had when I was about 10, Readers Digest "Animals You'll Remember"

and one of the stories was about a turtle or tortoise that loved to eat strawberries. 

After a bit of chatting, about turtles, the book, etc etc, I found out that it's a backyard critter, that escapes at every single chance. And someone left the side gate open, and it headed right for the front yard full of long green grass. After a bit, the neighbor came over to help get it back as it's too heavy to carry, it seems. So, furniture dolly!