The Jeep looks surreal in that setting. Love it.

The jealousy...it is so encompassing.

I heart California. I saw an old Saab 96 in front of a Rite Aid drug store yesterday morning.

i'm guessing the owner had a bad fishing trip, and had to pop in to buy some fresh fish.

Maybe Alan Alda ran outta 2 buck chuck

With so much silver gray in this picture, I felt that you, Murilee, hand tinted the greens to give highlights to an otherwise dull B&W print. You stated that there's a Peugeot in the background. It's just lost in a sea of gray!

That GPW doesn't have the right windsheild though...isn't that from an M38 or A1?

This is car heaven. Once they pass through the pearly gates...they end up in Alameda.

@El Bentomino SS: Nice

Trader Joes? Looks like Fillmore has had quite the affect on old Sarge.

That does appear to be an M38 windshield. The GPW/MB used a windshield that was flat under the glass…….

The M38A1 is entirely different.

It get as good a MPG as most of the stuff parked there.

I was just in SoCal (Ontario/Fontana area) last week, and my favorite car sighting was a Peugeot 505-- bright red, looked to be very well cared for, parked at a Mexican restaurant.

Of course, I did also spot a bunch of Beetles on the freeway, as well as a sweet mid-60s Galaxie.

This week, I was in Missouri, and someone at my company's plant there daily-drives a 60-66 Chevy C-10. I wish I A) brought my camera and B) could have gotten some of what I saw off of company property for some shots.

Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas are packed with ancient, daily-driven trucks. It's amazing.

I saw a daily runner 505 Pug today in Newport, RI...they're all over the place. Someone must have the patience of Job to keep that running...

@Paul Y. is Going Dumb at the Sideshow: i live in the inland empire, and since i've been reading on this sight, it caused me to look around alot. between rancho cuchomanga, fontana, and rialto i've been seeing ALOT of old cars. the really old ones, i think they come to pay homage to foothill blvd(the old rte 66).

There's only one car worth owning in that parking lot, and it's the one that came from the factory with flat paint.

@El Bentomino SS: LOL - I was trying to think of a M*A*S*H* comment - I was thinking along the lines of Clinger - but yours was good.

@Rock517: Something like:

Looks like Radar move from Ottumwa to Alameda.

@El Bentomino SS: Radar went into Kimpo to get feed for Colonol Potter's horse but got lost.

Isn't Trapper John from the Bay Area?

Just trivia, I have no witty comment to throw in with it.

MM, I bet you could have went in the store and picked out the owner with no problem.

@DannyBN: No, BJ Honeycutt (sp?) is from the Bay Area (Mill Valley).

Photoshop.

Just kidding, but it really looks bizarre. The camera phone quality makes it even more surreal.

@Maxichamp: Oops. I was lost in spin-off land.

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@DannyBN: Trapper was from Boston, I thought it was Hunnicutt who was from San Francisco.

I tried to get a job at that TJs...failed the math test...

When did TJs start selling MREs?

That's the one Radar shipped back from Korea!

@skyln95: I wish I had more free time (as well as my camera, of course) when I was out there.

There's always next time, I suppose. I'm sure I could find some interesting cars without half-trying-- it's just not what I had my mind on at the time.

@clinto: It's definitely the same one I shot for DOTS. I went by the build tag to get the year of manufacture; no doubt it's been heavily modified over the years.

@dculberson: I just got a new phone with a better camera, so there will be no more of these 640x480 shots from me.

@Rock517: BTW, thanks for wasting 2 hours for me. I went to Wiki to get the correct spelling of Radar's hometown, and have been reading the write ups on the characters ever since.

It's really weird - my family were huge MASH fans, watching every episode & all the summer reruns (the only show my dad would watch reruns of). Reading all that was like reading about long-lost family & friends.

@FreeMan: Wikiholes are seductive and evil.

@Paul Y. is Going Dumb at the Sideshow: i may just do that. there are 2 cars of interest i know of parked at my apartment. and, every time i'm sitting on the porch of my girlfriend's apartment on foothill, i see something pass by every time i'm out there. it's good to see amidst the lifted trucks w/ dirt bikes in the back.

I like how it makes the Mercedes SUV look frivolous. Which it is.

I saw a Peugeot 505 wagon last week in a Target parking lot. I tried to explain to my wife how unusual a sighting it was--when did they stop importing those into the US?--but she didn't care (which is nothing new).

Last week I saw a Peugeot 505 wagon in a Target parking lot. I tried to explain to my wife how unusual a sighting this was (when did they stop importing those into the US?) but she didn't care, as usual...

Argh, sorry for double-posting...

it does speak to the other cars, "you don't know shit."

@Murilee Martin:

Yes, I realized that. My windshield post was a response to the poster who felt the windshield wasn't a correct GPW item.

I suppose I should mention that the distance between this Jeep's home and Trader Joe's is about 6 blocks. But still, 63 and driving!

@Murilee Martin: Probably drives as well as most 63-year-olds, too. Which is to say, well, but slower and with more funny noises.

This makes my day. Why? Because I bought a '56 Willys Station Wagon two days ago for a daily driver/surf wagon/dog hauler. What I love about these things is that they are the most basic, simple, utilitarian box on wheels, and they still have more soul and character than a lot of stuff on the road, even from the same vintage.

This image perfectly proves my point that parking lots are now a blur of silver jelly beans. When you look at old pictures with parking lots or watch an old movie you see the infinite variety in design, color, style, trim. What a falling off was there!

Somebody said the Jeep looks "surreal" in this setting. Nothing looks surreal in Alameda. MM, now you're beginning to flaunt it. I'm waiting for a Hudson Big Boy pickup idling in front of the drug store while some Navy widow picks up her bridge mix (two for one sale).

That is manly.

@ConnorW: That's pretty funny - I was just driving through downtown Santa Cruz yesterday morning behind a '57 Willys pickup. Blue. With Old Man in Hat driving & 2 dogs in the back.

lol, ive seen this car about a million times.
i see him at south shore alot, and i think the guy lives on san jose ave.