Studebaker moderne

The truck was somewhere between Downeast Maine and Franconia, NH. Studebaker always had moderne sensibility. Check the chrome ornaments and  insignia. We have posted a restored and refined version of the Studebaker pickup here. Also, a 1955 Studebaker truck from Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, which is in the Flint Hills, where we found that Speed Shop in Strong City, KS

Studebaker snow.

 

I can't remember, but that looks like Saskatchewan or southeast Colorado.

1964 Dodge Dart (+ push-button transmission)

Slow, bare green spring seems a long way off but it will happen. We found the Dart in--I think–Bath, Maine a couple Aprils ago. And here's a Dodge Dart Pioneer from only a few years earlier but a different era  when Chrysler was still deep in Exner/Batmobile style.

This time of year in downeast Maine the days have their own sharp and plangent beauty...

Saab story

 

Saab 900s At one time these were a common sight in New England, even in downcast Maine. Cranky but smart cars. Remember that ignition switch on the floor? We posted a newer Saab convertible last summer. And this Saab Viggen post has links to other Saab sighting.

Truck

 

AL likes SWB 2-axle dump trucks; also that Boston vernacular pin-striping.

Ford Lightning

 

First we have seen in Cambridge. Kinda same old, same old, though. Big black overblown regular Super-Duty Fords and mega-Chevys, also usually black, are always chasing us up and down the Maine Turnpike. Lone males in massive trucks, coming up fast–"outta my way!" You know the ride. Okay, yeah, truck size...the crisis in masculinity...the election...it's all connected, somehow.

c. 1966 Ford F-250, Marfa, Texas

 

"1st pass with pressure washer!" Another from David Branch's rehab ranch for old West Texas trucks.  The antelope grill is a local essential.