Peter Behrens's Blog, page 205
May 22, 2020
Mexican Ford
from Michael Moore: "I thought this might be the color, “Matador Red” that I had my 1960 VW cabriolet painted after the first time I wrecked it but when I asked the guy what it was all he knew was that it was 'orange…maybe Toyota color'…Ah well; tiny mags, saggy stance…Mexican Ford"
May 21, 2020
Lost Wheels
Dieter Klein's photos of abandoned cars and trucks in Europe and America. Thanks to John Bronson and Brian O'Mahoney for the heads-up. Klein's book is Lost Wheels
May 20, 2020
Mercury M-350
From Alex Emond: "More than just a Christmas decoration, this was a one ton beast, back in the day. This truck is out front of a farm alongside Hwy 4 between Swift Current and Cadillac. Sooner or later somebody is going to make an offer and haul it away . Really nice artifact that will ride again , hopefully. Saskatchewan is slowly opening up, cautiously
May 19, 2020
May 18, 2020
Deuce Coupe, Bonneville, 1964.
©Jeff Pierce photograph
May 17, 2020
1967 MGB-GT
The poet Eva H.D. spotted the car in Toronto, before the May snow. Those red wire wheels...I guess the choice would have been the MG or the Volvo 1800 ES.MGB-GT on the block at Bring A Trailer.
May 16, 2020
More Van Nuys Boulevard, 1972.
More Rick McCloskey photos of the scene on Van Nuys Blvd., Los Angeles, 1972.
1958 Chevrolet Bel Air
May 15, 2020
1960 Chevrolet. Humboldt County, Nevada
from Michael Moore.
1960 Chevy, Duferrena Rim, Humboldt County Nevada, 1973 Have a look at Auto-biographies
1960 Chevy, Duferrena Rim, Humboldt County Nevada, 1973 Have a look at Auto-biographies
May 14, 2020
1971 El Camino, Vermont
from Reid Cunningham: "Springfield VT, pretty rusty. The brown interior had a bench seat, I thought the SS came with buckets so either a different seat or not a SS. Would bet on the latter."
May 13, 2020
1951 Buick Eight
On the road from Banff to Santa Barbara a few years back, saw the Buick just across the border in Northern Idaho. There was November snow up in Canada and this Explorer had hit the skids on the Banff-Windermere road, just south of Vermilion Pass, in Kootenay National Park.
