Cool off topic pics of off topic stuff

I forget what this car is but I had never seen one before

 

TVR. Cool cars.

 

And then a pro-street ranchero

 

What country are they from ?

 

They were a British company, they didn't sell very many. Even though are very cool looking I believe they had similar problems as other British cars did in the 60's and 70's. At some point in time they were bought out by a Russian company. Not sure if that's still true today or if they're still in business.

 

Some info,,,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3coJrgn3nlI

 

They went bust a couple of times since they started making cars in the 1950s, have been in limbo for about 10 years now. I’ve had two

1966 Grantura


and 2002 Tuscan

 

Me and my 70 chevelle back in the mid 80's, probably should've kept that one




At the same time I had a 73 Hurst/Olds, a heavily optioned car that got stripped by a shady employee at a transmission shop while I was away deployed to Panama.



In Panama during that time



After the Chevelle I had picked up a 59 short bed fleetside chevy pickup, no photos but exactly like this one



After that and the Hurst/Olds ordeal I built a sbc 73 Datsun pickup using a Hooker Headers kit that included motor mounts, headers and a fiberglass firewall, man it was hot inside but a fast little truck. My fabrication skills and necessary tools weren't great but at 18, 19 and 20 I learned a lot and had decent rides during those years, then came marriage and a child by 21 lol

 

I got conned into moving to New York state by the new pregnant wife at the end of 1987, sold the V8 Datsun because it wouldn't be any good in Buffalo snow.
Took a couple yrs to get settled and back into the swing of the new rust belt I was living in, I found decent old cars weren't as easy to find here.
I did find this 58 short stepside chevy



Did a Camaro subframe and rear flip kit



Then pro-streeted it



Ended up with a big block and mini blower



My daily driver was a 69 short stepside chevy I brought up from South Carolina, put a V8/auto in it, lowered it and put the newer grill and bumpers on eventually, it didn't like the snow much with it's low suspension and 4.56 gears.



At one point around 91-92 I had the 58, the 69 and my 41 that I still have today.
In this photo you can see the 69 in the garage, the 58 was in the front lawn.



A divorce and loss of the house put a kebash on car stuff for a couple yrs but I managed to pickup a really nice 86 T-Type Buick that got many performance upgrades and also had a rigid shovelhead Harley and of course still had the possessed 41 pickup.




The Buick regrettably got sold and the rigid shovel, but I still have a shovel I built in the stable, this time with shocks though.

 

The Shovel is a bad boy ! I’m a no hard tail rider anymore also. I have 2 Shovels one a pogo seat the other is frame mounted seat . The frame mounted seat gets tough at times .