Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

Alzero

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My wife and I sold our home in Los Angeles several years ago and ran away to sea for a few years of living on a boat on the Eastern coast. Once there were Covid vaccinations we sold the boat, returned to California, sold off nearly all of the rest of our possessions (kept the Laverda!) and began our travels. All along I have been snapping pics of any interesting cars and bikes that have caught my eye here are a few in rough chronological order.35F32F5F-7020-4D8B-BE9D-55969BD13E31.jpeg6EFDAB87-EDCD-42EA-8942-2E49731C1D3E.jpeg4663CCF7-6072-4DAF-B7BC-2AD0E9EEAF78.jpeg
Citroen DS, very rare in California.
 
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The Citroen DS brings back memories. When I was 9 years old, we (mum, dad, brother and me) travelled around Europe in a rented Citroen DS. My dad was so impressed with the car that he wanted to buy one when we got back to Australia, but there was no dealer or service agent in Tasmania.
 
This should get a reaction, I can always tell even when I haven't seen the start of a French film, and I don't know why, it just feels French. When I was a kid a mate's family owned a DS station waggon, compared to typical oz cars, HQ Holdens, it was from another planet.
 
As a former lifelong resident of Encino and growing up in the 60's SoCal had EVERY possible car or
motorcycle within L.A. County boundaries. Personally,I kind of liked watching pretty blondes on
Triumph twins cruising Sunset Strip or pretty blondes on small bore Honda's at UCLA....aah memories..
 
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A very traditional hot rod parked outside of the grain elevator in Templeton, CA. Flathead with dual Strombergs, Duval windscreen, drilled drop axle. Is it a 32 model A? I like Mexican blanket upholstery.
 
Vehicle roadworthy rules must be pretty lax in USA. There's no way you could drive that hot rod in Australia. You'd be stopped by the first cop that saw you. They wouldn't just give you a ticket for driving an unroadworthy vehicle, they'd ban it from being driven at all and wouldn't even let you turn around to drive back home. You'd have to call a tilt tray truck to come and pick it up from wherever they stopped you.
 
They're very strict on exposed tyres and anything that might impale pedestrians. As if getting hit by a mudguard would not be practically similar anyway. I guess it's the Isadora Duncan Effect.
 
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