Okay, so it's another Buick. This time, it's a Wildcat coupe, and a frequent neighborhood visitor at that. I have been trying to shoot this car all summer, and my efforts seem to have paid off; I caught it at two different places in 3 days. The exterior seems pretty solid for a Buick (or any car, really) of this vintage, so out came the Kodak Z885. Granted, it has a front damage, and it has the inevitable cancer, but still. The paint color is so 1960s/1970s GM it isn't even funny. It has the common but good looking Buick rally wheels, too.
The interior looked MUCH better than the body. The seats had very little wear and tear, and the dash looked PERFECT. the shifter was intact, and so was the steering wheel. The only downside was the aftermarket speakers, but hey, it's a 30+ year old car with a (likely) AM radio.
A huge, 400+ cube V8 lurks under the hood, too, so gas mileage is dismal at best. It doesn't have ABS or airbags, either, so it likely takes a football field to stop from 75 MPH. The owner probably gets about 10 - 12 MPG in mixed driving conditions, so it wouldn't be a terribly practical on the gas mileage front, either.
But that's beside the point. It's a 30+ year old car, and it's still prowling Minnesota's roads in search of a new longer life.
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