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Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury!

Murilee Martin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EDT

I've shot so many interesting street-parked cars and trucks in Alameda that I can't fit them all in one post without causing brownouts along the Eastern Seaboard. Today is FoMoCo's turn!

Just click on any of the thumbnail images below to jump to the original post about that car or truck.

1919 Ford	1924 Ford	1932 Ford	1945 Ford
1950 Ford	1950 Ford	1954 Ford	1955 Mercury
1956 Lincoln	1956 Ford	1960 Mercury	1960 Ford
1961 Ford	1962 Ford	1963 Ford	1963 Ford
1964 Ford	1964 Mercury	1964 Ford	1965 Mercury
1965 Ford	1965 Ford	1965 Mercury	1965 Ford
1965 Ford	1965 Ford	1965 Ford	1965 Ford
1966 Ford	1966 Lincoln	1966 Ford	1966 Ford
1966 Ford	1966 Ford	1966 Ford	1967 Ford
1967 Mercury	1967 Ford	1967 Ford	1968 Mercury
1968 Ford	1968 Ford	1968 Ford	1969 Mercury
1969 Ford	1969 Ford	1969 Lincoln	1969 Ford
1969 Mercury	1969 Ford	1969 Ford	1970 Ford
1970 Ford	1970 Lincoln	1970 Ford	1970 Ford
1971 Ford	1972 Lincoln	1972 Mercury	1973 Mercury
1973 Ford	1973 Ford	1973 Mercury	1973 Ford
1973 Ford	1974 Ford	1974 Ford	1974 Ford
1975 Ford	1975 Mercury	1976 Ford	1977 Ford
1977 Lincoln	1977 Ford	1977 Ford	1979 Ford
1979 Ford	1986 Ford	1986 Ford	1987 Merkur

When you're done here, you can follow the links below to see the rest of the Down On The Street 450 (actually more like 491 by now) celebration:

Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: Chrysler Corporation

Murilee Martin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EDT

After the '73 Challenger and '51 Dodge we saw this weekend, now seems like the right time to honor the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth vehicles I've photographed down on the Alameda street.

I'm not including the Dodge- and Plymouth-branded Mitsubishis here; you'll need to check out the 450 DOTS: The Japanese post for the Colts and Arrows.

1947 Plymouth	1950 Dodge	1950 Plymouth	1951 Dodge
1951 Dodge	1952 Dodge	1952 Dodge	1955 Plymouth
1956 Imperial	1957 Chrysler	1961 Plymouth	1961 Plymouth
1962 Dodge	1962 Chrysler	1962 Chrysler	1964 Imperial
1964 Dodge	1964 Dodge	1964 Chrysler	1965 Plymouth
1965 Plymouth	1965 Plymouth	1965 Dodge	1966 Dodge
1966 Dodge	1966 Dodge	1967 Plymouth	1967 Imperial
1968 Plymouth	1969 Dodge	1969 Dodge	1969 Dodge
1970 Chrysler	1970 Dodge	1970 Dodge	1970 Dodge
1971 Chrysler	1971 Plymouth	1971 Imperial	1971 Chrysler
1971 Plymouth	1971 Plymouth	1972 Plymouth	1973 Plymouth
1973 Dodge	1974 Plymouth	1975 Dodge	1977 Plymouth
1978 Chrysler	1978 Dodge	1978 Dodge	1984 Plymouth
1986 Dodge	1986 Dodge	1990 Chrysler

When you're done here, check out the rest of the 450 DOTS Celebration:

Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: The Japanese

Murilee Martin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

We saw the non-German European Alameda DOTS machines yesterday, and today we'll admire the old Japanese iron that still survives on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot.

The Gawker Server Hamsters won't let me show you all 450 cars and trucks (actually more than 480 by now) at once- they go into an angry rodent frenzy that just isn't pretty when I try- but we'll get to all of them this way. Next up… maybe the trucks? The Detroit compacts? Who can say? For now, enjoy the Datsuns, Toyotas, Hondas, Mazdas, and Mitsubishis. I've included some Ford and Chrysler captive imports, such as the Plymouth Fire Arrow and the Ford Courier, since they're 100% Japanese designed and built.

1966 Datsun	1969 Datsun	1970 Datsun	1970 Datsun
1971 Datsun	1971 Datsun	1971 Datsun	1971 Toyota
1972 Datsun	1973 Datsun	1973 Datsun	1973 Ford
1974 Datsun	1975 Datsun	1975 Toyota	1976 Honda
1977 Honda	1977 Toyota	1977 Toyota	1978 Datsun
1978 Dodge	1978 Dodge	1979 Datsun	1979 Honda
1980 Plymouth	1980 Datsun	1980 Datsun	1980 Honda
1980 Plymouth	1981 Toyota	1981 Datsun	1981 Datsun
1981 Mazda	1982 Honda	1982 Datsun	1982 Mazda
1982 Toyota	1983 Honda	1983 Toyota	1983 Nissan
1983 Toyota	1984 Toyota	1984 Toyota	1984 Toyota
1984 Toyota	1984 Toyota	1985 Toyota	1985 Mazda
1985 Toyota	1985 Toyota	1985 Toyota	1986 Toyota
1986 Toyota	1986 Toyota	1986 Honda	1987 Honda
1987 Toyota	1987 Mitsubishi	1987 Subaru	1988 Mitsubishi
1989 Subaru

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Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: The Other Europeans

Murilee Martin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT

As we continue to celebrate 450 cars photographed down on the Alameda, California street, we're going to follow up the Germans with the rest of the Europeans: Italy, France, Sweden, and the UK!

Just click on any of the thumbnails below to jump to the original post about that car.

1937 Beardmore	1953 Citroën	1956 Morris	1959 Morris
1960 Peugeot	1960 Triumph	1961 Morris	1963 Land Rover
1965 Austin	1965 Alfa Romeo	1966 Jaguar	1966 Lancia
1966 Volvo	1969 MG	1969 Volvo	1969 Volvo
1969 Citroën	1970 Volvo	1971 Volvo	1971 MG
1972 Triumph	1972 Steyr	1973 Volvo	1973 MG
1974 Jensen-Healey	1975 Citroën	1975 MG	1977 Fiat
1977 Volvo	1978 Jaguar	1978 Saab	1980 Volvo
1981 Fiat	1982 Fiat	1984 Jaguar	1985 Alfa Romeo
1985 Saab	1985 Peugeot	1986 Jaguar	1988 Renault
1988 Peugeot	1989 Ferrari	1989 Alfa Romeo	1991 Peugeot
1991 Alfa Romeo	1991 Rolls-Royce

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Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: Detroit Luxury!

Murilee Martin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The Down On The Street series has been around for a couple years now, and we've seen a good sampling of big ol' Detroit luxury dreadnaughts down on the Alameda street during that time.

Let those effete snobs in Europe sneer at our Brougham Editions, faux heraldic crests, and acres of rich pleather upholstery- we know they're secretly envious! With that in mind, here are the Eldorados, Continentals, Electras, Imperials, and all the other multi-ton classic American luxury machines we've seen so far. When you're done here, be sure to check out the non-Big Three Americans, the Germans, and the wagons of the 450 DOTS Celebration.

1937 Cadillac	1956 Imperial	1956 Lincoln	1957 Chrysler	1960 Cadillac	1960 Cadillac
1962 Chrysler	1964 Imperial	1966 Lincoln	1966 Cadillac	1967 Imperial	1969 Cadillac
1969 Cadillac	1969 Cadillac	1969 Lincoln	1969 Cadillac	1970 Cadillac	1970 Lincoln
1971 Imperial	1971 Buick	1972 Lincoln	1973 Buick	1973 Buick	1974 Buick
1976 Cadillac	1977 Cadillac	1977 Lincoln	1978 Cadillac	1979 Cadillac	1984 Cadillac

Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: The Non-Big 3 American Machines

Murilee Martin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

We're actually up to 482 Alameda street-parked classics in this series, but I'm still working on chronicling the 450-machine milestone. The Server Hamsters resist in all their maddened rodential fury, but we press on!

So, in an attempt to get the 450 DOTS Celebration to show up on your computer, I'm breaking it up into sections. We've had the Germans and the Wagons, and today I've been so inspired by the beautiful DOTS '69 AMX that I've put together a collection of Alameda's street-parked vintage American cars and trucks that were not designed by Detroit's Big Three (I say "designed" because I think that the '45 Jeep counts as a Willys, in spite of being built by Ford). I believe that the trio of kit cars, the Shay Model A, the CMC Gazelle, and the Fieroborghini- based on Pinto, Chevette, and Fiero chassis, respectively- qualify here, because, well, why not? You Scout fans will find plenty of iron to admire, we've got some Ramblers and a couple of Studes, and there's even a Packard!

1943 IHC	1945 Ford	1948 IHC	1951 Willys	1953 Packard	1956 Willys
1958 Willys	1960 Studebaker	1960 Rambler	1961 Rambler	1964 Studebaker	1964 Jeep
1964 Checker	1965 IHC	1965 Rambler	1969 AMC	1969 AMC	1972 IHC
1972 IHC	1972 IHC	1976 AMC	1976 IHC	1977 IHC	1979 Shay
1980 IHC	1983 Jeep	1984 Jeep	1988 CMC	2000 Fieroborghini

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Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: The Germans

Murilee Martin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:30:00 EDT

The Hamsters are resisting our efforts to continue the 450 DOTS commemoration, but we've finally got Round Two ready for your enjoyment. Here are the German cars that roam the Island That Rust Forgot.

1956 Volkswagen	1957 Volkswagen	1958 Mercedes-Benz	1959 Porsche	1959 Volkswagen	1959 Volkswagen
1960 Volkswagen	1962 Volkswagen	1963 Porsche	1964 Volkswagen	1965 Mercedes-Benz	1965 Volkswagen
1965 Volkswagen	1965 Volkswagen	1966 Mercedes-Benz	1966 Mercedes-Benz	1966 Porsche	1966 Volkswagen
1966 Volkswagen	1967 Porsche	1967 Porsche	1967 Volkswagen	1968 Mercedes-Benz	1968 Mercedes-Benz
1968 Porsche	1969 Volkswagen	1969 Volkswagen	1969 Volkswagen	1970 Porsche	1970 Volkswagen
1971 Volkswagen	1971 Volkswagen	1971 Volkswagen	1972 Mercedes-Benz	1972 Porsche	1972 BMW
1972 BMW	1972 Volkswagen	1973 Opel	1973 Mercedes-Benz	1973 BMW	1973 BMW
1973 Volkswagen	1973 Volkswagen	1973 Volkswagen	1974 Porsche	1974 Porsche	1974 BMW
1974 BMW	1974 Volkswagen	1975 BMW	1975 BMW	1975 Unimog	1976 BMW
1976 BMW	1979 Mercedes-Benz	1979 Porsche	1979 Porsche	1980 Porsche	1981 Volkswagen
1982 Mercedes-Benz	1982 Mercedes-Benz	1982 BMW	1983 BMW	1983 BMW	1983 BMW
1983 Volkswagen	1984 Porsche	1984 BMW	1985 Porsche	1985 Volkswagen	1986 BMW
1987 Merkur	1987 Mercedes-Benz	1987 Porsche	1987 BMW	1987 BMW	1987 Volkswagen
1988 Porsche	1989 Volkswagen

Celebrating 450 Old Vehicles Down On The Alameda Street: The Wagons

Murilee Martin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EDT

We've hit another milestone, with 450 interesting street-parked vehicles in the Down On The Street series. That means it's time to have our customary DOTS roundup, but we're doing it a bit differently this time.

Rather than doing what we've done in the past and showing hyperlinked photos of all 450 vehicles in one great big post, we're going to see them in a series of posts over the next few weeks, grouped by type. While some might point out-correctly-that the Gawker Server Hamsters' inability to cope with more than a ~~ridiculously small~~ totally reasonable total number of characters in a post's HTML code is the driving force behind the new arrangement, we like to think that it'll be better this way. First up: the Station Wagons Of Alameda!

1957 Chevrolet	1960 Mercury	1963 Chevrolet	1964 Chevrolet	1964 Dodge	1965 Ford
1967 Oldsmobile	1968 Plymouth	1969 AMC	1969 Citroën	1969 Chevrolet	1970 Chevrolet
1971 Volkswagen	1973 Volkswagen	1973 Volkswagen	1973 Volvo	1973 Chevrolet	1977 Oldsmobile
1977 Oldsmobile	1978 Dodge	1980 Datsun	1985 Volkswagen	1985 Toyota	1989 Subaru