DOTS: From street to shop edition

This has been a great week for DOTS, though pretty much entirely terrible in every other respect. I guess that makes up for some of it.

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There are a whole lot of classic Toyota Land Cruisers around town. I don’t believe I had seen this one before, and another unfamiliar gray hardtop drove by less than 30 seconds before I saw this one. There is an always parked red hardtop in addition to the yellow hardtop and the white convertible I always see at Kroger.:

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I just never see Imprezas of this era anymore.

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The exterior of this Del Sol was a little faded, but I was awestruck at the sight of the immaculate interior. No cracks in the dash and the upholstery was perfect. I am guessing this is just super low mileage but always kept outside.

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Nice Mustang.

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I would argue that this earlier brown example is much more appealing sans automatic transmission. This has got some character to it for sure.

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This was the same shop where that perfectly sculpted brown nugget of a Jeep J10 sat.

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Also present was this mean looking survivor of a Mercedes 300CD Turbodiesel. This is also one seriously slow car, but you’ll look good going by slowly.

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Very cool and very clean old Buick LeSabre too. This one has been around the block, so to speak.

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This old SL out back has seen better days, but seems savable.

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It might someday look as good as this purple one I spotted earlier. That is a seriously nice shade of plum.

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Back to the shop, I can’t identify this forlorn Chevy. I wanted to say Beretta but that was the coupe. I’m drawing a blank. At any rate, there aren’t many of these left anywhere.

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Sweet rallycross looking Mazda Protege. I swear this is the most common car for me to see in yellow, which is a good thing because these look great in that color.

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Ooh, two door Defender! And in minty green too! I would take that over anything else in that row, even the Bentley!

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And finally, I saved one of the most imposing looking cars I’ve ever seen. That is a movie villain’s car if I’ve ever seen one (I haven’t).