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Commer Cob Down On The Punta Arenas, Chile, Street [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

Ever heard of the Commer Cob? British truck builder Commer based it on the Hillman Husky, and this solid example is still alive in Chile. Punta Arenas-based Pulloa got some shots for our enjoyment.

Pulloa, who also brought us the Punta Arenas Peugeot 404, has this to say about his find:

What I've got here, is a (to me) a very rare car. Its a Commer Cob. As I am fairly young , before this, (and a previous encounter, where I took pictures with my cellphone, but they were crap, so I never sent them) I have never seen this car before. After my first encounter with this unknown car, I told my father about it, and he told me that Commers were very common in my city a few decades ago, but there have totally disappeared. I found this example in a parking lot in my city, Punta Arenas, Chile.

I searched wikipedia for more info about the brand and the model. What I got is that Commer was a "British manufacturer of commercial vehicles which existed from 1905 until 1979" and that "The Commer brand was exported widely, with examples, albeit collectors' vehicles, still running far from the UK manufacturing base". Just like this case.

The Cob, was a small delivery van based upon the Hillman Husky. If you search pictures of it, you'll notice the similarities. Strangely, the Cob was, as I said before, the delivery van version of the Husky, so the majority of the photos I found in Google show versions with no rear windows.

As you can see in the pictures, is in pretty good state, mostly because, i believe, it's not used as a daily driver, probably used more like a weekend car. Nevertheless, I think it's a pretty cool car, in very good shape.

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Seven Vintage Machines Down On The Edinburgh Street [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today we've got seven machines shot by Battles in his hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland. Jump for the gallery and Battles' descriptions.

Morris 1000 Wagon: This nice, well used Morris 1000 Traveller caught my eye while I was trying to check some details on the Quattro/quattro I sent you photos of. The DVLA shows it as a 1000cc 1970 car but it’ll probably be a 1098cc car. I see this little lawbreaker jumping red lights and parking on pavements all over north Edinburgh but I’ve yet to get a good look at the driver.

Bentley Turbo R: Spotted in Roseburn, a nice area of Edinburgh next to the national rugby stadium. It was sandwiched in between two cars with homemade for sale signs in the window, it’s an area of town with little restriction on parking so I often see cars dumped there while they’re for sale. I don’t know if the Bentley is for sale but fuel at £1.10 a litre, I’m not sure if it’ll find a home. The DVLA records show this to be a 1997 car, the last year of production, and it really was in great shape.

Ice Cream Truck: Spotted on Princes St in Edinburgh, adjacent to the National Gallery of Scotland. The van is a 1970 BMC 250JU, 1970 was the last year that the BMC name was used, they were Austin Morris branded by the end of that year. It’s an evolution of a 1956 design that was the first uni-body van BMC produced. It’s powered by a 1.8 litre version of the B-series four cylinder engine, the ‘U’ in the name denotes that the engine was underfloor. The ice cream was decent, but hardly first class and they lacked even the most basic sprinkles and sauces. My Special Lady Friend refused to pose at the van, she didn’t seem to understand the honour of appearing in DOTS for the second time (she’s in the background of the Porsche photos I sent ages ago).

1966 Jaguar S Type: Spotted in Murrayfield, a really plush area of Edinburgh full of Georgian townhouses. It’s a 1966 Jaguar S type with the 3.8 litre XK engine. It’s almost just an update to the Mark II, it shares lots of bodywork and mechanicals though it had independent rear suspension and new lights at the front and rear. This car definitely works for a living, I’ve been chasing it for weeks and it’s never parked in the same place for long. Despite living on the streets, it shows no signs of corrosion and no bodywork damage, really amazing.

Audi Quattro: This is rather mysterious Audi Coupe that may or may not be a pukka UR Quattro. It’s a 1987 registered car with a 2177cc engine according to the DVLA, which would be possible if it had been first registered long after being built, nearly a year afterwards. The flared arches are correct, the interior looks correct but the badges and wheels are wrong. I think this is just a well presented and carefully modified Audi Coupe quattro (with a deliberate lower case Q) though it could be an original Audi Quattro (with a deliberate upper case Q) that has led an extremely hard life and undergone running repairs on a tight budget. It is nice but I’m a snob and I was disappointed that it wasn’t a definite UR Quattro.

Opel Monza: Spotted this Monza on the way back from brekko on Sunday. It’s a couple of streets away from my place in Trinity, north Edinburgh. When I was growing up, I always wished my Dad would buy a Monza. As it happened, he always drove Saab Turbos so I now understand that the Monza would’ve been a downgrade. As with most Opels in the UK, there was a Vauxhall badged version but it was never as cool as the Opel.

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Ancient Arizona Kaisers Have Never Experienced Rust, Believe Life Is Eternal [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. You don't see many 1940s cars that live outside and haven't succumbed to the dreaded Rust Monster, but iron atoms have a tougher time getting together with oxygen in Arizona's dry climate. 57Sweptside has spotted this pair of '49 Kaisers in Phoenix, and they look pretty solid. The Traveler is an especially interesting find, due to its weird but functional hatch feature that makes the car into an ahead-of-its-time crypto-utility vehicle. Jump away for all the photos and 57Sweptside's description.

I spotted this 1949 Frazer Manhattan (?) and 1949 Kaiser Traveler before, but I forgot where they were. I stumbled across them again on my way to pick up a radiator for my 1980 Z28 project. There are actually spider webs between the tires and ground. Nobody was home, so I had to make due with the exterior pics only. I had no idea how cool the Traveler was until I googled it.

After finding these in a "historic" neighborhood, I correctly concluded that there would be other classics around. Unfortunately, they were all in driveways. I snapped a few shots from the street. The Ford truck was on the street.

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Circling The Wagons In Denver: Chevy Biscayne, Olds Cutlass, And Plymouth Suburban [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. I just got back from Denver, where I photographed a few cool old cars parked on the street, including a very nice early Mini… but you don't get to see that today. Instead, you get something even better! Denver-based Kitt and EJacobs continue to send in good stuff found in their neighborhoods (south and northwest Denver, respectively), and today we'll be admiring a trio of vintage Detroit wagons that continue to remind us that SUVs didn't always reign supreme in the family-hauling department. Make the jump for many, many photos.

The Olds and Plymouth wagons were shot by Kitt.

Here's what EJacobs has to say about this Chevy Biscayne wagon: This sucker still does trailering duty for lawn mowing equipment. Much respect for being such a raw, old working 'mobile. Probably would survive most apocalypses. And it's a wagon. The interior is disintegrating. And the rear seats are...folded down, I guess. Somehow, I think that's a permanent feature.

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Gun-Barrel-Equipped Hummer, Monte Carlo, Mustang II Send Swedes Fleeing In Panic [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today we've got some really puzzling cars found down on the Gotland, Sweden street by RobHolcombe. Yes, the same guy who shot the legendary Turk & Stanyon cars in San Francisco had his camera while on a Baltic visit… and the mind reels when trying to imagine what Swedes make of the most Hummer-parody Hummer we've ever seen. Jump away to see all the photos and read Rob's description.

As promised a while back! Some shots of some Detroit steel as found on the streets of Gotland, Sweden....a great big island in the middle of the Baltic. Maybe there's something here you wanna post...maybe not.

Here's the shots of a god awful Hummer H2. Who in their right mind pays to gas that thing up at $10 + / gallon? I can't even imagine with all the great european cars out there. There's a word for it but I'll skip the potty mouth. Imagine that! I mean check out the freaking chromed machine gunnies on the hood (and note the playboy chick on the hood too!). And for the piece de resistance we have the American Flag door pulls....I risked life and limb getting that shot. Who knows where the muscle head was.....

And then this old Mustang fastback? 1974? 1975? I love the racing stripes and the rust....racing to its end!

And finally the Monte Carlo....huh???? I mean of ALL cars.....

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