Let’s give a few minutes of attention to the many finds Cohort contributors have been uploading in recent days. We’ll start with a 1978 or so Chevrolet Monza caught by J.C. with the optional 3.8L V6 Buick engine and a very 1970s brown on brown color combo. These GM H-bodies were once fairly common, but had already become quite rare by the 1990s. Considering the junkyard fate of most of these, this one looks pretty good.
Going to Europe, here’s the familiar shape of the Fiat 600 captured by Benóit, but in its Yugoslavian-built version, the Zastava 750 LE.
Corey Behrens uploaded this 1973 BMW 2002 Touring in the Netherlands. The hatchback body on these is a distinctive, if acquired taste. If you wish to read more on them, Aaron S. covered it a while back.
For something far more artsy and done to someone’s liking, here’s a 1980s (?) GM van found by nifticus392.
There are fans of American muscle all over the world; this 1973 Dodge Charger SE was found by car_spot_aus, near Sidney, in Australia.
Many didn’t enjoy the unusual insect-like looks of the 1998-2003 Fiat Multipla, but quite a few seem to survive to today. A cult car? This one was uploaded by Guillaume Vachey.
Early Civics still rolling have become incredibly rare. Here’s a second-generation hatchback, caught in traffic, by Mike Hayes.
From what I read, utes are (or used to be) a thing in Australia, and here’s a handsome one; a 1979 Holden (HZ) ute, also uploaded by car_spot_aus. A related model was covered by Don Andreina a while back.
There are always some Mini Mokes to brighten life. Another upload by Guillaume Vachey.
Old American iron for today’s gallery appears in the form of a 1974 Ford Torino, captured by Hyperpack in Pennsylvania. A car for Starsky’s retirement?
Roshake always has some nice Eastern European cars to share on his feed, and here’s a late Samara. Lada’s boxy modern 1980s offering, originally launched in 1985 and that would have a long life, with continued production until 2013.
For a different flavor of classic, a second generation Fiat 124 Sport Coupé uploaded by F. Abbot. Want a closer look at the classic further down the road?
Here it is, a late 1930s Chevrolet in a pretty shade of turquoise/blue. Someone has eclectic taste with their classics on this street… either that or two collectors live next to each other?
Far more utilitarian, this is a Damas kei truck van, Daewoo’s version of the Suzuki Carry, a car found in some form or another across the world. This one was uploaded by riveranotario.
Just like the Mini Moke, there is always a vintage Beetle to brighten the day, even if in lesser numbers than there used to be. Here’s one in Ontario, caught by campeador. A nice way to close today’s Cohort tour.
A nice well chosen variety. My favorite as a car is the Fiat 124; I actually prefer that restyle to the original front end, though both are really excellent designs. Of the others, I owned a second gen Civic so seeing one that’s running and obviously cared for is a treat, though the wheels/tires and the color don’t work for me. And I’ve ridden in a Multipla and very briefly drove a Moke, as well as a Monza, though in my case the Chevy was the hatch in Spyder form, with a V8. As for the purple Charger in Australia, I think I’d like it better if it were 1/25th scale and plastic 🙂. Thanks for pulling this together Rich.
There can’t be a weirder-looking car than the Multipla, which looks like it was designed by hammerhead sharks. And it may be partly due to perspective, but it looks downright huge compared to the cars behind it.
The Fiat 124 and the BMW 2002 Touring are extraordinary finds.
I’ve never heard of a Daewoo Damas, and I actually took a double-take with that photo because the background and the van’s angle make it look like a brochure shot.
I took the pictures in a parking lot of a seaside restaurant in Waihi Beach on the North Island of New Zealand March 12th…There were about half a dozen vintage cars parked in the lot and on the street near a restaurant on the beach. Looked like a car club was having lunch there? Other cars included a very nice 1959 Ford, a Morris 8, MGB GT, and a pre WWII MG all in excellent condition… BTW the 38 Chevy had right hand drive and did not have IFS.
That Daewoo Damas is still in production in Uzbekistan under Chevrolet name and is enormously popular in that country.
Probably the tiniest Bowtie currently being built
https://chevrolet.uz/damas
8 headlights on that GM van! I’m getting Family Truckster vibes. Wonder what the back looks like?
For me the RHD 1938 Chevrolet gets the nod .
All these are pretty neat to see in any case .
-Nate
How to cause an eclectic fit!
I’m drooling over that 124 BC – most I’ve seen had holes in the kickplates one could lose a child through.
That’s a very weird picture – not least because of the Chevy, but also across the road in a Tomcat convertible. Not a ‘meh, Civic’, but the Rover 200 Coupe-derived convertible. Had a rocking horse taken a massive dump in the middle of the street, too?
As for a second-gen Civic, ref. the 124…massively sought-after with a long waiting list, once.
I have a sneaking regard for the matter-of-factness of the BA3-2108. Yes, I know they’re crap really…but that was then.
I think the last time I saw a Ford Tomato it WAS red with a stripe. It was most likely a replica. People tried it with TC Cortinas too – and just looked sad.
Behind the 72 Fiat and the 1938 Chevrolet is a 1992-99 Rover 200 convertible. NZ was one of the few markets this car made it to outside the UK