Peter Behrens's Blog, page 77

1940 Chevrolet pickup, Brooklin Boatyard

 

Various things come together at the Brooklin Boatyard.

1975 Chevrolet El Camino Laguna S3

 

Caught it at The Brooklin General Store, Brooklin Maine. We have posted many an El Camino.

1968 Chevrolet Nova plainjane

Almost all the Novas of this era you see for sale are wearing the SS package, whether or not they came out of the factory so equipped. Caught this plainjane in Cambridge a while back. Some cars, without ever being cherished as 'classics', still hang in there for 55 years and become wonderful survivors. It usually turns out that they belonged to someone's grandmother for a good long time.  

1938 Ford V8 Coupe

  Done as a postwar mild custom. Caught at the NAPA store in Blue Hill, Maine. Compare to the 1940 Ford coupe we posted in June.

1968 Ford F-150, I-93, New Hampshire

 

Henry Behrens photos.

Citröen 2CV. Chambord

  From Matt Dallet, at Chambord, in the vallee Loire, France. We posted another 2CV, from Cambridge, Mass.,  a few weeks back. 

1990s Ford F-150 Baby Blue

From Stephen Hendrickson: "Random baby blue, looks fresh and new.  Unusual for rural PA."

Renault 5: Le car

 
From Jonathan Welsh: The Renault 5 helped define the supermini category in Europe in the early 1970s. It arrived in the U.S. as the Le Car in 1976 and made a mark after Renault struck a deal to sell it through American Motors dealerships. Front-drive hatchbacks were still novel in the states and the Renault's high gas mileage endeared it to buyers during the 1970s energy crises. This one turned up in Montclair, N.J. Still stylish today.AL: In Montreal c. 1976, driving the Cinq was almost mandatory, if you were a Québècois nationalist. Which was weird, since they were all built in Europe whereas le Camaro, for example, was built at the Ste-Thérese, Quebec assembly plant. Plenty of chic, not famed for reliability.That's back-to-back Renaults here on AL--did you see yesterday's post from Paris?

Le 1925 Renault est à Paris

  Matt Dallet caught the truck in Paris, "on the Pont Alexandre III, opposite Les Invalides."AL: There was a time when Montreal cops squeezed into Renaults. Here's a Renault 4CV at the end of the road. speaking of French trucks, here's  le Citroën camionette.

Purposeful 1987 GMC 3500

 From Jonathan Welsh: I was taking our son for a Covid booster at the CVS in Bloomfield, N.J., when I spotted this rig parked nearby. Not sure if this one is a contractor vehicle or part of a municipal fleet, but the inspection sticker suggests it has not seen much action lately. Still has a purposeful look that I find appealing.