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We all miss the inimitable POLAЯ , but at least we've got some DOTSBE photos that he shot on the streets of his native Toronto before running off to become Maximum Warlord of the Trilateral Commission. First up is this remarkably unrusty '59 DeSoto; make the jump to see the entire gallery and read some classic POLAЯisms galleryPost('DOTSBETorontoFireflite', 9, '1959 DeSoto Down On The Toronto Street'); This is one of two beauties that are within a block of each other, parked on a main artery in downtown Toronto! First up, I found what I believe to be a 1959 Desoto Fireflite four door. While taking the pictures at 10:30 a.m., a guy three sheets to the wind stumbles out of the house it's parked in front of, and although he's not the owner, he tells me that he knows the owner and says the car has not been not restored! She's beauty marked with some rust here and there, but aside from that she looks pretty solid for an almost 50 year old automobile. Drunk...
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Time to go west again, as we check out this 1953-55 International Harvester pickup captures by General Dearthair MacArthur . Since he could only get two shots (read the explanation post-jump), he included a Bonus Saab for us. galleryPost('DOTSBEVancouverIHC', 3, 'International Harvester Down On The Prince Rupert Street'); Thought I'd share shots of the sweet beast parked outside my workplace today. I took a whole whack of photos, but the cameraphone seems to have trouble when taking shots into the sun. Or towards the sun. Or facing west. Or during daylight, darkness, movement, moments of happiness, sadness, while smoking, while drinking, while breathing... you get the idea. So to compensate for only supplying two mediocre shots, I included a shot of an absolutely beautiful old Saab that bumbled past us in Vancouver. I know, who cares... but the point is, this was in the middle of shooting a scene of Smallville. (If you notice in the background, there are movie-car definitely...
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