Peter Behrens's Blog, page 41

Aunt Ethel

      Jim Graham's Aunt Ethel was a car girl.

Chevrolet Wheelbarrow

 

Amy Sauber's new truck "...is a 2008 white Chevy Silverado 1500. Crank windows, two-seater, the whole 9. I love her and have never felt more comfortable in a vehicle in my life. As Jenny Lewis sings, "I'm a Chevrolet Angel." Bought in Derry, NH down the road from Robert Frost's farmhouse (The Robert Frost Farm). Poet truck, I guess you could say, hence the "poetry is not dead" David slapped on her."Amy's short story "Tart" is out in Joyland. The truck certainly belongs in our favorite truck genre, the wheelbarrow truck.

Need some Winter?

  We caught the 3100 on the road from Maine to Montreal a few Februarys ago.

1937 Plymouth PT

from Stephen Hendrickson, in NE Pennsylvania: "This must be kept under wraps in a garage, it is so minty perfect."

c. 1941 Chevrolet 5-window coupe

From Michael Moore, in California: "Benicia car show last April…
5 window coupe, 1941 maybe…"

1959 Willys Station Wagon

Rene Balcer photos ©2024   "Owner says he bought it from his grandpa when he was 16." We have posted on Brooks Stevens, who designed those Willys wagons and pickups.

1956 Ford Fairlane convertible

At the 4th of July Parade, Brooklin, Maine. Into the 1960s & 70s, Fairlanes became the medium-price Ford, displaced by countless Galaxies. Here's a '68 Fairlane. And another '56--this one a coupe--in California. And--over several tops--the 1958 Fairlane Skyliner.


 

1974 MGB for sale

 

Spotted the car  in Brooklin, Maine. We have posted several Bees.

1940 Dodge

  Colin Washburn caught the Dodge in Northern California; see another Dodge, same era--an original, and a barn find-- posted a while back.

Off-road Smart car, California

 

From Michael Moore: "Saw this crazy little gizmo at Rabbit Traxx in Cedarville…"