Peter Behrens's Blog, page 203

Blazers and a Willys Jeep Station Wagon

Reid Campbell saw these units in Vermont: "Some high school stories to go with these. 40 years ago in high school a friend had a first year Blazer with a straight six and a 3 speed along with 4 wheel drive. New England winters had dissolved a lot of the body but it would still pull hard on dirt roads in the state forest where we went to engage in activities far from the disapproving eyes of our elders.
The Willys brings back a memory of looking at a early 50's one that I found in the swap ads. The guy was asking $500 but realistically would have probably taken anything to get it out of the yard so his wife would stop complaining. It had a later mid 50's Willy's F-head 6, where they took the flathead and to up grade it on a shoe string added a head so the intake valve was in the head and the exhaust valve was in the block. It was advertised as non running but I was hesitant to buy it if the block was frozen. After an initial look I went back with a friend a some tools, gas and a six bolt battery. We got it to spin on the battery. If I was older and had the wisdom of age I would have stopped then. Unfortunately we then decided to pour some gas down the carb while it turned and it started running. Suddenly this cheap Willy's wagon was with much more and the price was now out of reach of a high school kid earning $3.27 an hour. Lesson learned the hard way.

1963 Chevrolet C10 longbed--Alturas, CA

from Michael Moore: It was just down North East Street from a lone “Trump- Pence” yard sign [wouldn’t it be nice to just add another “Trump” to that; “Trump Trump AND Pence”?]

EL 4x4, Maine.

 We've posted a herd of El Caminos, of various eras, on AL. We saw a ro.ugher, streetwise version of this car in Cambridge last year.

#vanlife, Van Nuys Blvd., 1972

Rick McCloskey photo. More photos of the Van Nuys Boulevard cruise scene in 1972 are up here.

Resto-mod 1977 Chevy K-10

 Looks like a solid 43-year -old 4wd Squarebody reconfigured for now...on the block at Hemmings.

1956 Chevrolet, the Cruising Scene, Van Nuys Boulevard, LA. 1972

Rick McCloskey photos. More up here. 

1983 Chevrolet C10; 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

Reid Campbell caught these in the line-up at Springfield, Vermont.

At the boatyard. Sedgwick, Maine.

Volvo P1800 ES. A bunch of Volvos winter at the boatyard.



 She is going in this week. That's another Volvo under wraps.
 Packed pretty tight.

1965 Chevrolet K10

Looks very clean to me, though you might want to meet the truck in person. There were not a lot of these 4wd's from the factory. On the block today at B-A-T.

1971 Buick Skylark Ragtop Day

At the boatyard in Sedgwick, Maine.