Peter Behrens's Blog, page 505
October 23, 2013
Longboards at Colorado College
The campus at CC is a few inches from the limestone wall of the Front Range. It's the edge of the high plains, so it's pretty flat, and skateboards are great for getting around. You often see them stacked outside classrooms or the library.
October 22, 2013
1952 Ford wagon and Kom-Pak camper
This startling 1952 Ford wagon and Kom-Pak camper unit is for sale on ebay. 38k miles. I guess that's a few hundred every summer.
October 19, 2013
The Maine International R-110
I have been seeing a lot of these lately, including one of my all-time favorite trucks in Colorado Springs last month. They have lean and simple lines and I guess were/are pretty hardy. I remember trying to buy one when I was a kid working on a ranch in Sundre, Alberta.I looked the truck over in the lot at Sundre Motors, tried to seem cool. Asked "How much?"Salesman said, "You take a look under the hood?" "Uh, no.""That truck don't have an engine, son."Saw this one yesterday in Arundel, Maine. I think it's for sale. Call Larry 207 590 6170. My last Maine truck for a while: I'm heading to Wichita, Kansas for a month. I suspect that Kansas, like Saskatchewan, is another retirement zone for old trucks, so I will be looking for some interesting machines. I was last in Kansas when I drove across the country on U.S. 40, trying to follow the exact route George S Stewart had taken on his classic work of photojournalism/geography, "U.S. 40", published in 1952. I had a camera and I did my best to capture the same frames he had shot 50 years beforre, to see what in the landscape, roadscape and townscape had changed, and what hadn't. Most of the changes were not improvements. For a people who talk a lot about patriotism, we certainly treat the actual, physical land of our country like, well, dirt. I intend to post those photographs along with Stewart's on AL once I have enough time at home to dig through the files.So....Wichita. I've heard the Flint Hills are wonderful. I like the plains a lot. I'll miss this October sea, however.
Boats for Sale in Brooklin Maine (Boat-building Capital of the World!)
The first fleet of 4 are for sale at North Brooklin boats, just down the road. Below those, have a look at the Blanchard sloop that Eric Blake & Molly Dwyer are selling. And the Handy Billy (I think) launch is for sale at Eric Dow's boatyard.
Here is the Blakes Blanchard sloop'. It's up on http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/4032996032.html
And the launch is for sale at Eric Dow's boatyard in Brooklin, Maine.
Here is the Blakes Blanchard sloop'. It's up on http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/4032996032.html
And the launch is for sale at Eric Dow's boatyard in Brooklin, Maine.
October 18, 2013
1954 Pontiac Station Wagon
I don't know how ordinary cars like this survive 60 years in such good shape but I'm glad they do and I'd like to know the story. This was at Larry's Arundel Place garage in Arundel, Maine. Have a look at the '54 Chevrolet wagon Alex Emond caught in Banff last week.
October 17, 2013
Steve White's Houseboat
The houseboat was built over the summer in Brooklin, Maine for Steve White, owner of the Brooklin Boatyard and one of the owners of Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine. Steve will use it for living quarters in Belfast Harbor. The project began as a couple of steel shipping containers.
