Category Archives: Local Finds

Interesting cars I come across and photograph.

Interesting micro three wheeler at local swap meet

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

As usual I attended the Lethbridge Early Bird Swap Meet and was struck by this interesting three wheeler micro truck. It did not have any markings or badges so the identity is a bit of mystery. Doesn’t quite look like … Continue reading →

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Rarely seen Canadian Optima found in the junkyard

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

I needed to get a part for my Micra yesterday and found myself making a trip to the local scrapyard. There is always something interesting there and it didn’t disappoint this time. I came across an Optima GSi which is … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 16, 2011 by

I came across this quite nice Volkswagen Fox the other day. These are getting to be quite rare around here and I haven’t seen one in a while especially in the sedan body style This one looks to be a … Continue reading →

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Custom Colt

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

On a recent visit to Calgary I came across a rather interesting and customized Colt. Not sure if it was a Dodge, Plymouth or perhaps even an Eagle Vista (Canada only) but definitely a fourth generation Colt. Even a stock … Continue reading →

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Mirror repairs

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

I get the fact that parts and repairs can be expensive but sometimes a bodge is really not worth it. Case in point with these two mirror repairs that I saw on the same day. One owner went with a … Continue reading →

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The Swinger RV

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

This could only have come out of the the Seventies. The colour is that odd pea green that was popular for kitchen appliances, carpet and apparently motor homes. And the name? Swinger! Is that a name or invitation? It looks … Continue reading →

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New one to me: 1975 Plymouth Road Runner

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

How is it I never knew this car existed? Sure I knew there was a Fury but I never knew that the Road Runner had its own version. I remember the early ones and the Volare variant but not this … Continue reading →

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Austin A40 Devon in a hill

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

You can just see the bit of this from a path in a park/nature reserve in Lethbridge. The Banjo wheel gives it away as a vintage car. Looked rather Austin like to me. A closer inspection revealed it to be … Continue reading →

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Volvo Lady – reclaimed Volvos!

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

I came across Volvo Lady in Abbotsford who sells reclaimed not used Volvos! They even have a Volvo spa. I found it all rather amusing. They have a website (warning contains music) www.volvolady.com/

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Classics and icicles

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

The continued cold weather with just an afternoon of warmth in the last couple weeks has led to some impressively size icicles being formed on non-moving cars. I came across this rather nice Buick LeSabre adorned with many icicles. Interesting … Continue reading →

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