Peter Behrens's Blog, page 71

I-H Scout. Arlington, Virginia

Matthew Sheehey caught the Scout in Arlington VA. "I didn't like the cow catcher when I first saw that truck a few years ago, but it has grown on me."

AL: In far-West Texas that's an Antelope Grill. We caught a 1980 Scout II in Blue Hill, Maine last year, and that post has links to a bunch of other Scouts we have posted,

 

Volkswagen Pickup. Arlington VA

Peter Sheehey caught the VW at a neighborhood community center In Arlington VA. "We had never seen it before. I hope it sticks around." AL posted a later edition of the VW pickup, from down in Marfa. And the earlier (1966) edition, from San Francisco.

1956 Olds Rocket 88. Denver

 

From Markus Anstadt: "The owner had pulled his 1956 Old Rocket 88 out in order to work on recently purchased Citroen CX25 GTi. I couldn't get great shots of either, but unusual sightings none the less."

We posted an earlier Rocket 88 from the Sierra Nevada. And another '56 Oldsmobile 88 from Maine.

And how about this 1968 Citroën truck, from the Ardennes? And a 2CV in Cambridge a few weeks ago.

1986 Chevrolet Suburban Custom Deluxe

 

David Branch caught the demobilized Fire Dept. Suburban in way-West Texas. AL caught another F.D. Suburban over in Eagle Nest, New Mexico a while back.

Stephen Salmieri & the 1962 Coupe de Ville

 

Stephen Salmieri photo from current show at Joseph Bellows Gallery in LaJolla. Thanks to Craig Manning for the heads-up. We posted a 1962 Cadillac convertible a while back. And another '62 Coupe de Ville...and Danny Shot's poem Cars which we posted with a (1961) Cadillac.

c. 1970 Ford F-350 Project

 

Buck's Harbor, Maine. No, it's not carrying the boat. Yet. 

c. 1977 Corvette

Henry Behrens caught it on the Vineyard. We posted a Vette of this era from downtown El Paso. Never improved on the Vette c.1966, we think. Here's a 1960 Corvette we posted in Maine a while back.





 

Shawn Colvin: Naive Melody

 

"Home–that's where I want to be  
 (but I guess I'm already there)"

1941 Plymouth Super Deluxe Business Coupe

Thanks to Matt Dallett for the heads-up on this:

From Portland Press-Herald:
"A rosary on the dashboard. A stuffed frog in the rear window. A little American flag. These mementos were in the 1941 Plymouth Super Deluxe Business Coupe when Kaja Veilleux looked inside for the first time. The car – and, presumably, the frog – once belonged to the late U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith. Veilleux is the owner of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, and the car was part of a private collection in a town Veilleux would not disclose. This piece of Maine history will be auctioned Sunday as part of a major summer sale at Thomaston Place with a starting bid of $7,500, but the auction house estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount..." Here's Jim Christy's poem about a '38 Plymouth. Here's a 1950 Plymouth coupe for sale in Idaho a few years back. Maybe our favorite coupe of the era is the '38 Ford we saw in Blue Hill Maine this summer.

1998 Volvo 960. Last of the Line.

 

It was the last rear-wheel drive Volvo and a direct descendant of the 240's we have featured so often. The car is in North Texas and now For Sale at Hemmings.  Here's a 960 wagon we caught in Cambridge last year. And you must remember this Volvo P-210!