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Street Sighting ~ Chrysler Valiant (wagon)

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Preface: Got too drunk after finding more drinks and never finished this.     Guzzo lean. I can confidently say that my fuel for writing about the cars I see is beginning to run low. But not empty. Tonight I can't imagine anything worse than sitting at my computer and writing about some family guzzler catching rays on the side of the road, but here I am. (Spoiled of me, but I was feelin blue about the ex missus) Here because, I think back to pulling over for some respite, having a stroll and for a moment being happy. If it makes me smile, who knows someone else might get a kick. So I raise this shitty cider I pinched from my brother to the big green wagon on your screen. Keep on clockin it lad. I took these pics right in the middle of the fuel crisis with petrol hitting a bit over 2-dollar-fitty a litre. It really did have me grinning to see the Oz owned fuel rep sticker. It was also a reminder that people should support local radio stations by slapping on a sticker and givi...
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INTERNET GHETTO

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After some years of ig admiration, I met up with @internetghetto to set scenes n' chase aesthetics. In 25’ I wrote about the Silvia sitch in Oz floating it to Luke - @internetghetto , for his ten cents. The car in that write-up was first owned in Oz by a Christies beach police officer. So for a shoot staring Luke's machine it made sense to head down the road, past the cop-shop and make some magic in the projects. Luke grew up on the mid coast and has watched its rapid gentrification. "yeah it was definitely a lot more hectic here in like 2006." "You gotta watch that @BOBSTA video where he does a walkaround." Overall the mid coasts reputation for being a gronk stomping ground is shifting, (but still present) . In a housing crisis the chance to live closer to the coast is hot product. Scenes like this housing trust will eventually change - the same way you won't see headz sliding Jap beer cans around the Hackham indusso . "What happened to the ...
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Street Sighting ~ Toyota Cressida

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Noosa surf sled. This one's the '79 MX36  model. I loved the patinated but lustrous cherry red, mismatched wheels and tires, beach-bum interior, and particularly the chrome wind deflectors - probably some rare dealer option. But what I liked most about this car is it is keeping the surf bum trope going. I've been road-tripping lately, from Southern NSW to Noosa so far. It seems that in the 2020's, with old cars being ever rarer and more valuable, the surf bum's traditional ride has been replaced with 2020's options. Best case is a free candy  spec white van, and worst case is an E-bike with a surfboard carrier . I'm not much of a surfer, but still reckon it's a pretty integral part of Aussie culture. To see just what the Aussie surf bum car culture of the 80's onwards was like, I reached out to my dad, who grew up in Torquay. I sent him a pretty specific message asking for pics of his (and mate's) old rides with surfboards strapped to them. I fig...
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