• Down On The Street

    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.


    1941 Chevrolet Pickup




    1950 Ford




    1956 Ford F-100




    1958 Mercedes-Benz 220S




    1960 Volkswagen Transporter




    1962 Ford Falcon




    1963 Dodge D100




    1963 Porsche 356




    1964 Ford F-100




    1964 Chrysler 300




    1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone




    1965 Mercury Comet




    1966 Buick Riviera




    1966 Dodge Coronet 440 Convertible




    1966 Mercedes-Benz 250S




    1967 Plymouth Barracuda




    1968 Porsche 912




    1968 Mercury Cougar




    1969 Volkswagen Beetle




    1969 Ford Mustang




    1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville




    1971 Chrysler Newport Royal




    1971 Chevrolet Blazer




    1971 Dodge Dart




    1973 MGB




    1974 Ford Maverick




    1974 Chevrolet Camaro




    1975 Chevrolet El Camino




    1976 International Harvester Scout II




    1977 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser




    1977 Fiat 124 Sport Spider




    1977 Volvo 244DL




    1978 Dodge Monaco Brougham




    1979 Porsche 928




    1980 Plymouth Arrow Pickup Truck




    1981 Fiat Strada




    1982 Datsun 280ZX Turbo




    1982 Toyota Corolla




    1982 Mazda 626 Luxury




    1983 Toyota 4x4 Pickup




    1984 Plymouth Reliant




    1984 Jaguar XJ6




    1986 Pontiac Fiero GT




    1987 Mitsubishi Starion




    1989 Alfa Romeo Graduate




    1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS



    1969 Cadillac Sedan de Ville




    1965 Chevrolet C10




    1983 BMW 633CSi


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