Peter Behrens's Blog, page 2

1966 Ford Bronco

 From Reid Cunningham: "If you like 'patina', this truck is for you. Unrestored is an understatement, but that's its charm. Long may it run.  This was in a line of much more mundane cars for a youth soccer game in Amherst NH.   Taking your child to their soccer game sounds so much more fun in a unit like this than in an over-restored, or retro-mod Bronco of the same year that sells for well north of $100k and serves as mostly a show piece.  I'll add that the modifications are minimal.  A roll bar, a t-handle on what looks to be the original shifter, an AM radio in what looks like a hacked hole in the dash, and a tach.  Zooming in the red line indicator is somewhere near the 3,000 rim mark, which make me think this may still have a straight 6 under the hood."AL: hers's a c.1970 Bronco we posted from Cambridge, Mass., with links in that post to whole herd of Broncos.

1962 Volkswagen Transporter Pickup.

 From Jonathan Welsh: "We spotted this gem while walking to breakfast in Peacham, Vermont. We do not see many of the pickup truck versions of the Transporter in the states, where the van was more popular. Owner Cynthia Camber mentioned that many of the pickups that did find there way here became flower trucks. We picked up a resupply of lavender."

AL: we've posted a Transporter pickup from the 1970s. And c. 1965 VW dropside we caught in LA last winter. Then there was the 1988 VW Transporter dropside in New Hampshire. Then there were 2 in Tuscany,

c.1976 Chevrolet Blazer. Santa Cruz, Calif.

 

Jill Goldman photo ©2025

c. 1973 Saab Wagon

 

From Reid Cunningham: "Driving home from Vermont I took the back roads and ended up behind this lovely Saab wagon.  When I pulled into a local hardware store I followed to get a few quick shots.  I heard the owner telling another admirer of the car about its free-wheeling transmission...no engine braking with this manual!  The car had a set of Saab alloy wheels, I have no idea of they are period correct but they looked great (maybe from a Saab Sonnet?).  Small two door wagons were popular through the 70's, a species of car that has completely disappeared."

AL: here's another Saab-with-tailfins wagon, out in West Texas.   

Mercedes 180D. York Harbor, Maine.

  And here's a 1961 Mercedes 190D we posted from Cambridge a while back. Another 190D from Coney Island. And another 190D we saw on the road from Cimarron to Taos, New Mexico.

1953 Jeep CJ 3. Burlington, Vermont.

From Reid Cunningham: A trip to Vermont proved fruitful for interesting old iron.  This beautifully restored Jeep was parked at a strip mall in Burlington.  I appreciated it having been kept essentially stock, no new motor (as far as I could tell), lift kits, fancy bumpers or the like.  I appreciated the dash plaque with instructions, but was stumped for a few moments seeing shift patterns for three levers (transmission, transfer case engagement  and transfer case hi-low), but there being 4 levers!  Finally I realized the last one was the parking brake!  The weather all week was glorious for early fall, 70's and sun every day,  perfect for driving this with no top.

Another day, another schooner.

Lots of schooners on the Reach in September, mostly out of Camden, Maine. 

1930 Franklin Model 145

Stephen Hendrickson photos, from a car show in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Stephen caught another 1930 Franklin for us a while back.

1935 Chrysler Airstream

 

Stephen Hendrickson photos. Car show sponsored by the Boy Scout troop in Tunkhannock, PA.

c. 1977 Chevrolet C10 squarebody stepside.

  Ried Cunningham photos. And how about this 1955 Chevrolet 3100 step side?