1967 Volkswagen Type 1, Tuscany

 

Henry Behrens photographs. Here's an MG-TD we posted from Italy a while back. I learned about and never forgot the MG-TD and MG-TC while reading Don Stanford's The Red Car when I was 10 or 11. Still a great book; seems impossible, or crazy expensive, to find--though you can stream a copy for free on Open Library. A few year ago, we posted a TC  for sale at Olympian Cars. But, to return to the subject at hand, which is Volkswagens: here's a piece on Carl Hahn, who made the Beetle huge.

1967 Jaguar Mark II 3.8 Saloon, New Hampshire

 

From Reid Cunningham: On the way to a work event, I came across a small repair/restoration/sales auto business that specializes in British cars.  Brit Bits is in Rye NH.  I'm including pictures of a vintage Jaguar that was for sale, out front, and then (later posts) a random selection of cars in various states of repair or decay next to the shop.  I appreciated how ecumenical they are when it comes to British cars: they had MG's, Jaguars and Triumphs. Also a TVR and a Rover!  

Lobsterboats on the hard.

 

Lobsters are getting anxious.

Fiat Fun

  

On I-95 between Boston and Augusta ME,  mega-trucks blast by. Several on every trip. I'm not talking 18-wheelers: those are predictable, and they stay out of the left lane. I'm referring to the testosteroned faux-masculine beefcake pickup trucks, usually 3/4 ton Ram or Chevy 2500s. F-250s. Often the trucks are black. Always jacked up 4x4's on massive tires. White guys at the wheel,  ball caps and beards...okay, maybe I'm racially-profiling. But they seem to radiate a kind of anger, a self-involved fury. Maybe the drivers are very much in debt...with all the gewgaws, those trucks  are crazy expensive, and at 80mph they must be sucking gas. I'll shut up now. But the monstrous trucks are why Autoliterate has been promoting the concept of the wheelbarrow truck, which is not exactly catching on like wildfire. Trucks these days for a lot of guys seem to be more mission statement than tool or transportation device. Sports cars and muscle cars--Healys, Camaros-- rocketing by always looked like someone was having fun;  monster trucks doing the same 80 mph hurtle seem to radiate unease-suggest someone is very pissed-off.  Anyway, as an antidote to such, we happily present the Fiat beach car, photos by Henry Behrens, spotted in Pietrasanta, Tuscany.

Land Rover, Tuscany

 

Henry Behrens caught the Land Rover in Pietrasanta, in Tuscany. We're not experts on these, despite multiple L-R postings on Autoliterate...many from Europe. Guessing this to be a c. 2000 Land Rover Defender. 

1953 Dodge 1/2 ton, Massachusetts

 

Basha Burwell caught this truck in Norwood, Mass.,  pr. Nahwood. We saw a version  in Clayton, New Mexico a while back. Miss that Hi-Lo country.   and a 1948 Dodge coupe in Del Rio, Texas

Surfing Series 1967 Land Rover pickup.

 

Basha Burwell caught the L-R in Boston's Seaport neighborhood. BB's new book, The Maine House II will be out in May. We posted another Land Rover pickup, in Portland ME and many, many others: try Land Rover in the search widget.