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1977 Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 Road Trip

Friend of The Brown Car Blog, Davey G Johnson, recently drove a Mercedes Benz 450SEL 6.9 2000 miles from LA to Huston.

A 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 popped up. A brown 450SEL 6.9. It was so physically and metaphorically brown that there is a strong argument to be made for it being the Brownest Car in History.

You should read his account of the journey over at Car and Driver.

1974 Porsche 914 2.0L I will never own a Porsche 914. I must keep telling myself this. Davey G picked up a 914 a few months back and I’ve been hearing tell of how awesome it is just about ever since. I will never own a Porsche 914. I’ve no patience, and in truth, barely enough skill, for replacing fuel pumps, re-installing jacking points and chasing down sneak currents. And I live in a country where the number of worthy, and indeed unworthy, 914s can probably be counted on, if not one, then both hands. I must resist the stern modernist lines. I must resist the gloriously optimistic 1970s German palette. The minimalism so severe as to make an MX-5 seem Baroque. I will never own a Porsche 914. /via Clemson on flickr. You should check out the whole 106-image set. Click for high-res photo

1974 Porsche 914 2.0L

I will never own a Porsche 914.

I must keep telling myself this. Davey G picked up a 914 a few months back and I’ve been hearing tell of how awesome it is just about ever since.

I will never own a Porsche 914.

I’ve no patience, and in truth, barely enough skill, for replacing fuel pumps, re-installing jacking points and chasing down sneak currents. And I live in a country where the number of worthy, and indeed unworthy, 914s can probably be counted on, if not one, then both hands.

I must resist the stern modernist lines. I must resist the gloriously optimistic 1970s German palette. The minimalism so severe as to make an MX-5 seem Baroque.

I will never own a Porsche 914.

/via Clemson on flickr. You should check out the whole 106-image set.

Brown Turbo! I could wax lyrical about how good the ‘78 Saab 99 Turbo is. But I won’t. Because all you need to know is that the car1 is better than the brochure. /via Davey G And, yes, I’ve driven a 99T. Everything in this video is accurate. They’re that good. ↩ Click for high-res photo

Brown Turbo!

I could wax lyrical about how good the ‘78 Saab 99 Turbo is. But I won’t. Because all you need to know is that the car1 is better than the brochure.

/via Davey G

  1. And, yes, I’ve driven a 99T. Everything in this video is accurate. They’re that good. ↩

Perfect for picnicking and weekending Davey G may or may not have been at Laguna Seca for the Monterey Historics and he took some lovely photos of the Eisen iron that was out and about. This ‘79 911SC was the brownest and is quite perfect. I’d also recommend the delightfully worn-in steel-bumper 911 though the Lobster Car is perhaps too obvious. And not brown enough. Click for high-res photo

Perfect for picnicking and weekending

Davey G may or may not have been at Laguna Seca for the Monterey Historics and he took some lovely photos of the Eisen iron that was out and about.

This ‘79 911SC was the brownest and is quite perfect. I’d also recommend the delightfully worn-in steel-bumper 911 though the Lobster Car is perhaps too obvious. And not brown enough.

Ferrari 308 GT4 After Davey G and Drew PA Smith and I got on to the 308 GT4 today on the twitter I thought I’d be super clever and google up a brown one. And what do I find, but what seems to be the only brown GT4 on the interwebs and it’s in a post from autofiends from November 2008, that’s nine months ago, and it references Davey G. The man is a brown car GOD. Click for high-res photo

Ferrari 308 GT4

After Davey G and Drew PA Smith and I got on to the 308 GT4 today on the twitter I thought I’d be super clever and google up a brown one.

And what do I find, but what seems to be the only brown GT4 on the interwebs and it’s in a post from autofiends from November 2008, that’s nine months ago, and it references Davey G.

The man is a brown car GOD.

4 Door Porsches of days past (via Davey G Johnson and CarScoop) Click for high-res photo

4 Door Porsches of days past

(via Davey G Johnson and CarScoop)