Peter Behrens's Blog, page 407
June 21, 2015
Marathon Moto Guzzi
from Dan Picasso in far-West Texas: "Wellsir, I'm Ed-Norton-ing toward getting ALL vehicles rolling again after spending a year or so working on the motorcycles. The little Guzzi is now a full-on Cafe bike with all kinds of owner-made parts. It's terribly proud of itself, starts/stops on a dime and is fast and terrifically loud. The other bikes are running well; tanks hold real gasoline and not a gelled and stinking Bush-era glop."
June 20, 2015
1970 GMC Sierra. Echo Park, L.A.
Oh boy, I miss the vernacular trucks of LA. Like what you find parked on the street on any fifteen-minute cruise through a neighborhood like...Echo Park. I'm guessing, but I would say 1970? GMC C-10. Thanks to Jarrod McCabe for the eye and the photos.
June 19, 2015
Jarrod McCabe: Ranchero Ventura
It's a 1965 Ford Ranchero. Thanks to Jarrod McCabe for these. We've seen some great cars in Ventura, like this El Camino. And how about a '61 Pontiac Ventura?
1961 Meteor Montcalm.
That's a 1961 Canadian Meteor Montcalm. Canadians like to name cars after generals who lose important battles. From the other side of the Canadian psyche, there's the Mercury Monarch. It wasn't named after the butterfly, either.
June 18, 2015
1956 Meteor Rideau
"Just before Christmas last year, his neighbour dropped by to ask Ron Doling whether he wanted his parents' car, last licensed in 1974...."
It's a Meteor, and they spell neighbor with a U, so even before you see the Vancouver plate, it's a Canadian story, eh? In the National Post. Thanks to Aidan O'Neill for the heads-up
June 17, 2015
Bobwahr S-10 Blazer
Michael Moore spotted it at "Four Seasons Hardware, Alturas: the Bobwahr S-10 Blazer [Bobwahr a relative of Picketwire (River) aka Purgatoire down there around Trinidad, CO];
June 16, 2015
1600 Mk II MGA
Compare to that 1966 Austin-Healey we caught last fall. British sportscars of the postwar era spoke a nimble language all their own, until (was it c. 1970?) those disfiguring black rubber bumpers got slapped on MGB's sold in the US.
June 15, 2015
74' Germain Freres sloop launches at Brooklin Boatyard
She gets wet on the high tide, 10:57 PM, tonight at Brooklin Boatyard. Frank Gehry was responsible for the interior design but Eric Blake at BBY was responsible for turning an enormous, constantly changing set of ideas & plans into an amazing SAILBOAT. By the way, our friend Lee Buck had designed a stylish and very useful app for calculating tides: Ocean Watch is downloadable for free.
June 14, 2015
Chevy Sleeper: the 1964 Impala Wagon
"This 1964 Chevrolet Impala started life as a 327 powered car but now runs an LT1 and matching 4-speed, electronically controlled automatic from a ’96 Impala SS, itself essentially a cop car repackaged for public sale. Described as a rust-free, San Francisco-sourced car, the seller says it runs and drives well despite the need for some final detailing..." Find out more on B-A-TBelow a 1964 Biscayne 409 sleeper from Colorado, one of our favorite cars.
