Peter Behrens's Blog, page 157

1949 DeSoto for sale.

 

AL spotted the car between Bangor and Bucksport.



That would be area code 207...

1941 Ford COE

 Reis Cunningham in Wilton, NH: "I was driving by and jumped out for a few quick pictures and then was back in the car. Only later did I realize that my phone camera was in wide angle, so the weirdly distorted pictures. I like the truck enough to send you pictures to enjoy even if I don't think they are up to Autoliterate standards for the site."                                                                                                             AL: How about this Ford COE out in the Nevada desert? And this Chevy 5100 COE in New Mexico? And a '47 Dodge COE in Colorado Springs.                                                                                                        p.s. AL is still trying to get the resident 15-year-old to explain how the AL  iPhone Pro camera works, or doesn't.

1962 Chevrolet Impala

 from Michael Moore in Colorado--"North end of Pueblo, 104 in the parking lot of the Cactus Flower, a geriatric white people’s Mexican restaurant…"

1930 Ford Model A. And yes, it's an automobile.

Jonathan Welsh caught the car on Deer Isle, Maine. " I think we have to call this one an "automobile". Ford's Model A had the difficult task of succeeding the company's ultra-best-selling Model T, which was in production from 1908 to 1927. The A ran for just four years but sold well and helped Ford catch up with competitors whose vehicles had surpassed the aging T in styling, comfort and performance. Model A production totaled nearly 5 million. The cars came in a range of configurations from a basic roadster, starting just under $400, to a fancy town car at $1,400.The asking price for this well-kept coupe, in 2021 dollars, is $19,500."

Robin Grove and CARS

 
from a Bloomberg piece on Robin Grove. The chief executive officer of Classic Automotive Relocation Services (CARS), Grove moves most of the blue-chip cars that descend on the world’s most prestigious car show and auction event, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend in Carmel, Calif.

"...Rates range from around $10,000 to get a short-wheelbase Porsche 911 to LA from, say, Amsterdam—the smaller size means the car can fit on the cheaper lower deck of the cargo plane. To move a Bizzarrini from London to Carmel can run $40,000, because it’ll need to be inside its own wooden crate. It can cost as much as $67,000 to air freight, say, a Ferrari F40 into LA from Hong Kong—to be sure, the far-flung distance and special cargo-box air freight command a high sum, but it’s just a fraction of its $1.6 million overall value..."  

1964 Triumph Sports 6

 

A more sedate version of the TR4. Nice little car, seen at Motorland in Arundel, Maine. I was surprised to be reminded of how many Triumph we have posted over the years, for example this 1963 TR3A and last week's TR4A. You'll find many others if you try our search widget. 

1995 Ford F-150

from Reid Cunningham in Franklin, N.H.  "I think the perfect combo: the big straight 6 and a 5 speed manual.  Nicely optioned with power windows, AC and the upgraded trim."  

1976 Eldorado, Eggemoggin Reach, Maine.

The car is a kinda beautiful, over-several-tops steel boat, in the land of wooden boats.







 

1979 Ford Courier Chinook Camper

 

From Jonathan Welsh:" I spotted this rolling time capsule at India Point Park in Providence, R.I. Current trends in camping and other VanLife pursuits seem to have made these cooler than they were the first time around. The Chinook company built the campers using chassis from a number of automakers. I understand the Ford Courier version is especially rare. This one looks almost new except for a couple of faded decals."

(from Blue Oval Trucks) The first generation Ford Courier was introduced for the 1972 model year and sold for a little over $3,000 USD (equivalent to $17,969 in 2018) when introduced. The Courier was manufactured by Mazda (Toyo Kogyo), and imported and sold by Ford Motor Company as a response to the unforeseen popularity of the small Toyota and Nissan (Datsun) pickups.

AL: Too bad Ford didn't take that size truck and run with it; they might have developed into something like the Tacoma today. Maybe not in Texas, but certainly here in Maine, Toyota, not Ford or Chevrolet, seems increasingly the truck of choice, while the others look like bloated and chrome-festooned giants, the 1958 Buicks of our era, vaster and sillier every season. BYW we spotted a 1978 Toyota Chinook in Blue Hill Maine last year.

1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass

 

I think maybe the '68 Cutlass was the biggest selling car in America. This here car is not claiming to be a 4-4-2, which was the hot Olds, but it is nice specimen of what's known around here as a 'summer car', in its natural habitat, the Blue Hill (Maine) Country Club.

There was a 1971 4-4-2 for sale in Searsport a while back. Close relative would be the 1972 Buick GS.  Here at AL, perhaps our favorite Olds is the '59 Dynamic 88. We caught a 1970 442 in the parking lot at LL Bean in Freeport.

And how about this 1958 Oldsmobile Fiesta swag wagon? 1958 was an atrocious year for GM but they followed it with the '59 sheet metal which was, somehow, a whole 'nother story.