Jalopnik: Alameda

Mythbusters accidentally fires cannonball through a home, minivan

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:30:00 EST

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The team at legend-disproving show Mythbusters busted more than myths yesterday while filming a scene at a Northern California bomb-disposal range. Their homemade cannon launched a projectile past the range, through someone's house, and finally into a minivan. More »

1976: Chevy Beauville and Fiat 128 Combine Fuel Economy, Reliability

Murilee Martin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Going through some old photos, I've discovered a couple of shots of my sisters posing with the Martin Family Motor Pool, circa 1976. Yes, you could still get 620 roll film as late as the Gerald Ford Era! More »

1990: The Great Pinto Extinction Proceeds

Murilee Martin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Back when I was more serious about photography (i.e., when I thought it was cool to huff Dektol fumes in a darkened closet), I would reload disposable 35mm cameras with Tri-X 400 black-and-white film and shoot images like this. More »

1979 Chevrolet Corvette

Murilee Martin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. What are the odds that two '79 Corvettes would live a mere two blocks apart? More »

1989 Merkur XR4Ti

Murilee Martin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Yes, I'm back in California this weekend, so it's time for an Alameda flashback! More »

1974 Plymouth Gold Duster

Murilee Martin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I'd planned to post this during my Alameda visit last weekend, but... Server Hamsters refused. More »

1969 Volvo P1800

Murilee Martin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I'm back in California to take care of some business, so let's return to Alameda! More »

1970 Datsun 240Z

Murilee Martin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. How about a nice early Datsun Z? More »

1963 Ford Falcon Futura

Murilee Martin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. It turns out that the '81 Strada we just saw was an old DOTS car with new paint. More »

1981 Fiat Strada

Murilee Martin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I think I've seen a total of two Stradas during the last 20 years, both in Alameda. More »

1964 Chevrolet Impala Convertible

Murilee Martin — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We haven't seen many Impalas in this series, and today's car is our first Impala convertible. More »

IMZ Ural Motorcycle With Sidecar

Murilee Martin — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I don't know much about motorcycles, but I do know that we need more Russian vehicles! More »

1978 Datsun 280Z

Murilee Martin — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's one of the nicest street-driven 280Zs I've seen in a while. More »

1952 Chevrolet Pickup Truck

Murilee Martin — Sat, 22 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Yet another of The General's old soldiers keeps working in Alameda. More »

1969 Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto

Murilee Martin — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Several Alfa Spiders have appeared in this series, but they've been final-days-of-Alfa-North-America 80s cars... until today! More »

1969 AMC Javelin SST

Murilee Martin — Sat, 15 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Somehow, a Javelin has been hiding mere blocks from my house! More »

1967 Plymouth Belvedere I Station Wagon

Murilee Martin — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Now that Belvedere Adrian is back in Alameda, Belvederes are everywhere! More »

1974 Volkswagen Thing

Murilee Martin — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I've found quite a few interesting cars while making runs to Pagano's Hardware. More »

1962 Ford Fairlane 500

Murilee Martin — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. There's a real shortage of mint-green Fairlane sedans in this world! More »

1982 Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup

Murilee Martin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Alameda has quite a few Rabbit pickups seeing daily-driver service, so let's check one out today. More »

1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE

Murilee Martin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Another visitor to Alameda's downtown makes it into Down On The Street. More »

1962 Sunbeam Alpine

Murilee Martin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Finally, 563 cars into this series, a Rootes Group car on the Alameda street! More »

1972 Volkswagen 411 Sedan

Murilee Martin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's the first 411 I've seen on the street in at least a decade. More »

1973 Alfa Romeo GT Veloce 2000

Murilee Martin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. The ITRF will never run out of great cars! More »

1964 Ford Falcon Futura

Murilee Martin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles on the the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Readers spotted an XR4Ti in photos of last week's DOTS R107, so I went back… and found this Falcon instead! More »

1969 Ford Mustang

Murilee Martin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's one for the Mustang purists! More »

1976 BMW 2002

Murilee Martin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I've been passing this car by for a few months, because I mistook it for this 2002Tii. More »

1975 Jeep Cherokee

Murilee Martin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We're up to DOTS Vehicle Number 557, and finally it's a Cherokee! More »

1972 Mercedes-Benz 350SL

Murilee Martin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen quite a few late R107s in this series, so now it's time for an early one. More »

1961 Volkswagen Beetle

Murilee Martin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. It's time we got caught up on the DOTS Beetle Backlog. More »

Why So Many Old Alameda Cars Park On The Street

Murilee Martin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Can you fit a '69 Dodge Polara in a garage made for a Model T? Most of the Island That Time Forgot had long since been built up by the time it became clear the automobile was here to stay. More »

1952 Willys Jeep Station Wagon

Murilee Martin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. How many towns have three Willys Station Wagons parked on the street? More »

1948 Plymouth Deluxe Six

Murilee Martin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. You say Alameda is running out of good cars for this series? That will never happen! More »

1970 Chevrolet El Camino

Murilee Martin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I've been neglecting this very clean El Camino in my neighborhood for long enough! More »

1970 Volkswagen Transporter

Murilee Martin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Even though TITRF is home to numerous T2 Transporters, I've sort of ignored them. No more! More »

1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo CL

Murilee Martin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. All this time and we haven't seen a single GM G Body in this series? More »

1969 Pontiac GTO

Murilee Martin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. How about a clean GTO that really does park on the street every day? More »

1988 Alfa Romeo Milano

Murilee Martin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen a 164 and two Graduates, but the complete set of 80s Alfas requires a Milano. More »

1971 BMW 2002

Murilee Martin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I believe Alameda has more 2002s than E21s. More »

1993 Ford Tempo

Murilee Martin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Ford Tempo Fanatic has chosen a difficult path. Today we honor his devotion to the Tempo. More »