Ralf K titled this shot “Mopar Lovers Live Here”. True That. But there’s some others in the area he was shooting in too.
Somebody’s been loving this ’66 Charger to death, or nearly so.
This ’61 Valiant wasn’t exactly found at someone’s home, but undoubtedly someone loves it dearly. A rather interesting two-tone paint job too.
Given the unusual white paint on this, does it make it look even more like a toilet seat or a faux wide whitewall spare tire?
Toilet seat.
Great photography and subtle photoshop work as well. Well done.
Thank you Ralf K.
One of those 61 Plymouth sedans is for sale in my area, same red and a six under the hood. That 64-65 Barracuda was a really good looking little car.
The “Plymouth” script on the back of the Valiant looks like the same piece that was used on my 59 Fury.
Another vote for toilet seat.
I remember thinking the ‘Cudas like the one in the top picture were VERY cool when they came out (I was 9-10-11 or so).
And the other car in the first pic reminds me of our neighbor’s sky blue Dodge Pioneer.
Padded toilet seat.
Even more consistently wonderful shots Ralf. Cheers
Toilet seat
Great shots, Ralf!
I could almost go for that Valiant V200. When I was growing up in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, first generation Valiants weren’t very well loved, so just about all of them I remember were junky old beaters. Also, they skewed towards the low buck models.
The subject Valiant, however, looks pretty as a picture, toilet seat and all. 🙂
I always loved those first gen Valiants. I do a lot of photography of classics and antiques, and it was a 1960 Valiant that got me started. And I still remember, when I was 7, the head of MIT Day Camp had a brand new Valiant station wagon. One day, for some reason, he took me and my brother home after camp. I was thrilled to be riding in that thing. I like the wagons even better than the sedans.
Of those photos, I like best the two mopars up top.
Nice pictures. I’m not usually a fan of post-processing but the colors and tones match the feel of the subject. And count me in as one who has grown to like the early ‘Cudas over time. I was 7 when they came out, and they looked too much like a Valiant (thus unsporty) then but the shape has aged well. And who can forget “Baccaruda”?
Toilet seat.
That first picture is just great. You can just picture 50 odd years ago that being real.
The young, newlyweds come to visit the folks for the weekend, pulling in on a Friday night behind the family Plymouth. Little brother out first thing on Saturday checking out big brother or big sisters new Barracuda.
That to me is the mark of a talented photographer, when the picture writes its own story.
Great shots, I always preferred the second S model Valiant we got here sans toilet seat but thats me love the red Barracuda
I’m a Mopar lover but those are some of the most unloved Mopars, ha.
The ’61 Plymouths have grown on me lately so I would pick that one from this mix, although I think the wagons look best. I never cared for any of the pre-’67 Valiants but they have their following, and yes, that’s a toilet seat on the trunk. 66-67 Chargers look good when done right and have one of coolest interiors of the musclecar era but I would hate to have to restore one. I had a blue ’66 fishbowl Barracuda for a couple of months with a built 340 on slotted mags that I street raced for one summer before I got orders to transfer from New York to Virginia and that was a seriously fast car
Great shot! If only there were a fuselage Satellite and K-car Reliant to continue the legacy.
Beautiful photography. I vote Giant Eyeball.
Back in the day, our next-door neighbor had a 61 Belvedere 4-door sedan in beige similar to the one in the first photo. We always had Chevys and the neighbor on the other side was a Ford man.
I had to;
This generation Barracuda has really grown on me over the years. Really a distinctive, beautiful design. This one looks great with those styled wheels and without that tacky racing stripe down the middle.
Never cared for the tailights on the ’61 Plymouth. It’s like they were stuck on as an afterthought.
I’ve grown to like these Barracudas, a lot actually. The Formula S package really woke these cars up, but I’d prefer mine without the stripes. Weren’t they affectionaly nicknamed “fishbowls” back in the day? Saying that out loud makes me realize AirTemp a/c would need to be a must.
Found a 61 Plymouth on Vancouver Island last year…318 V8!
Toilet seat. But Paul’s comment up there about the giant eyeball gave me a good chuckle! Thanks!
That Barracuda does it for me. I knew several people that had them, they were sweet little cars. But, I do favor the 1967 and later ones more.
Interesting two tone and mirror placement on the Valiant.
I have a `61 V200 hardtop coupe, 1 of 18,586 built.
The factory optional mirror is on the door.
That Barracuda brings back memories. Dad bought one new in El Paso while in the army. Because it was Texas, they didn’t offer rust proofing, which turned out to be fatal once it came back to Ohio. It was red on red with those same full wheel covers with exposed lugs and the 273 V8 with a Hurst shifted 4 speed.
While in Texas he acquired a 1937 Ford project car that he flat towed back to Ohio with the Barracuda. Almost lost both when all 5 lugs came loose on one of the Ford’s wheels. Thankfully he heard the rattling and pulled over and started popping wheel covers.
I was born after they got home and grew up riding in the back of that Barracuda. We’d go to the drive in movie and my sister and I would lay down in back and watch the Disney movie and fall asleep during the grown up movie. Dad would drive home with us asleep under that big window.
It was one of their daily drivers until 1982 when it was t-boned and totalled by a potato chip truck. That big rear window seemed to pop out in one piece and shatter on the ground. It was gone and no glass in the cargo area.
It had about 125K miles on it and was full of rust holes. I was going to start driving the next year and had already started working on dad to give me the Barracuda. He figured it was too much car for a new driver and probably too wore out. He was probably right.
Dad’s still got a few parts from it, including those wheel covers.