Peter Behrens's Blog, page 198
August 4, 2020
August 3, 2020
Pontiac Tempest
Basha Burwell photo. Is that a 1967 Pontiac Tempest? Kittery, Maine.
July 31, 2020
1968 Chevrolet C20 Longhorn
from the poet Eva H.D., in Toronto. "Delaware Ave. The street on which I wrote Rotten Perfect Mouth. She’s a little punched up, as you can see. But I love this era. The awkward teenage phase, forever.
July 29, 2020
1974 Dodge Polara
...as a Montreal police car. On y va. Aidan O'Neill found it; photographer unknown. We have posted an earlier generation of Montreal Police cars: a pack of 1964 Ford Customs.
July 28, 2020
Ford F100 Explorer
from Alex Emond: Here's a good looking Ford, ready to tow a boat, maybe up to Lake Diefenbaker, or Lac Pelletier . This is Swift Curren, Saskatchewan and this truck seems pretty much original I could be off by a year or two but my guess is 1969. Cheers , AlexAL: If you try F100 in our search widget you'll get a bunch more trucks, like this '68 in West Texas.
July 27, 2020
1973 Buick LeSabre
BB caught the car. Big road warriors, getting toward the end of their run in oil-shock year.
Gas Shortage Sign in Connecticut During Energy Crisis (Photo: Owen Franken/Corbis Historical/Getty Images)July 26, 2020
Rick McCloskey, Van Nuys Blvd.
It was all about bare feet in the city in summer of '72. We were organic.
You may have caught some of Rick McCloskey's photos of the Van Nuys cruising scene of the early 1970s on Aultoliterate. You can buy McCloskey's book here.
July 24, 2020
July 23, 2020
'57 Chevrolet 3100
from Greg Phillips: "A peach of a truck. I tried to capture some of the design features that made this a great truck. How many can you find? All are long gone now resulting in the modern truck, in most cases, being no more than a street legal shopping cart. Last dispatch for a while from Florida's Forgotton Coast. This gem was in Eastpoint, FL, on Apalachicola Bay; your typical Florida fishing village with a Covid-19 problem."AL: if you try 3100 in our search widget you'll see a bunch more Task Force-era trucks, including this 1958. Searching for Apache turns up several more, like this one--where else--Saskatchewan.
July 22, 2020
1961 Buick Skylark
After the vast and hulking Belchfires of the late 1950s, by the early 1960s all Detroit were bringing out their "compacts" . Maybe the Falcon was the most successful. The nifty little Skylark was Buick's version. Pontiac has a Tempest, Olds a Cutlass. Who wouldn't want to drive a car like this on a summah day in Maine? California plates, but it's another Maine summah car.
