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    250 Vintage Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street, Trailer Queens Need Not Apply

    We've reached another milestone in the Down On The Street Series, with today's vehicle being the 250th vintage (or at least interesting) street-parked vehicle I've photographed parked on the streets of Alameda, California. It's been a little over a year since we saw the very first DOTS car, and I never thought I'd be able to find as many as I have. Doing this series has turned me into an annoyingly slow driver when I'm in Alameda, as I'm constantly cruising at minimum speed and scanning parked cars for potential DOTS candidates; by this time I've developed the ability to pick out an interesting parked car just from a nanosecond's glimpse of a grille at a distance of several blocks. So make the jump and check out the cars!


    Since our server hamsters all die when we try to show more than 200 images in a post you can just go to the 200 DOTS post to see the earlier DOTS cars, I'm just going to show you cars #200 through #250 here. Those of you with questions about why this small island city has so many old cars on the street should check out the explanations here.

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    1941 Chevrolet Pickup



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    1950 Ford



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    1956 Ford F-100



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    1958 Mercedes-Benz 220S



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    1960 Volkswagen Transporter



    62_Falcon_LH.jpg

    1962 Ford Falcon



    62_DodgeTruck_LH_Rr.jpg

    1963 Dodge D100



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    1963 Porsche 356



    64_F100_Frt_LH.jpg

    1964 Ford F-100



    64_Chrysler300_LH.jpg

    1964 Chrysler 300



    64_Cyclone_Frt_LH.jpg

    1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone



    65_Comet_LH_Bechtle.jpg

    1965 Mercury Comet



    66_Riv_Frt_RH_Qtr_1280.jpg

    1966 Buick Riviera



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    1966 Dodge Coronet 440 Convertible



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    1966 Mercedes-Benz 250S



    67_Barracuda_LH.jpg

    1967 Plymouth Barracuda



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    1968 Porsche 912



    68_Cougar_Frt_RH.jpg

    1968 Mercury Cougar



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    1969 Volkswagen Beetle



    69_MustangWhite_RH_Rr.jpg

    1969 Ford Mustang



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    1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville



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    1971 Chrysler Newport Royal



    71_Blazer_LH_Frt.jpg

    1971 Chevrolet Blazer



    70_Dart_Front_1280.jpg

    1971 Dodge Dart



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    1973 MGB



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    1974 Ford Maverick



    74_Camaro_Frt_RH.jpg

    1974 Chevrolet Camaro



    75_ElCamino_Frt_RH_High.jpg

    1975 Chevrolet El Camino



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    1976 International Harvester Scout II



    77_CCruise_Frt_RH.jpg

    1977 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser



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    1977 Fiat 124 Sport Spider



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    1977 Volvo 244DL



    78Brougham_Frt_LH.jpg

    1978 Dodge Monaco Brougham



    79_928_LH.jpg

    1979 Porsche 928



    80_ArrowTruck_Rr_LH.jpg

    1980 Plymouth Arrow Pickup Truck



    81_Strada_Frt_LH.jpg

    1981 Fiat Strada



    82_ZX_LH_Rr.jpg

    1982 Datsun 280ZX Turbo



    82_Corolla_Frt_RH_High.jpg

    1982 Toyota Corolla



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    1982 Mazda 626 Luxury



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    1983 Toyota 4x4 Pickup



    84_Reliant_LH.jpg

    1984 Plymouth Reliant



    84_Jaguar_Frt_RH_High.jpg

    1984 Jaguar XJ6



    86_FieroGT_LH_Rr.jpg

    1986 Pontiac Fiero GT



    87_Starion_Frt_LH.jpg

    1987 Mitsubishi Starion



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    1989 Alfa Romeo Graduate



    89CamaroWhite_Frt_LH_High.jpg

    1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS


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    1969 Cadillac Sedan de Ville



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    1965 Chevrolet C10



    83_633CSi_Frt_RH.jpg

    1983 BMW 633CSi



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