Grainers, wheat harvest.

Bringing in the harvest. Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba.

Over Several Tops Dept.

Stephen Hendrickson caught these at a Sotheby's auction in NYC last year. Fist Bugatti we've ever had on AL.

1958 Dodge Suburban 9-passenger wagon

The wagon is for sale. Details at B-A-T.

1959 Ranch Wagon, etc.

That's a '55 or '56 Sedan Delivery, and I know it's all about the tail lights but I can never remember which is which. They certainly had a sedan delivery thing happening at Antioch this year.

 Thanks to Michael Moore who caught these at Billetproof, The World's Least Important Car Show, at Antioch CA.

 That would be a '54 Chevy I think.

1960 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, etc.

 Thanks to Michael Moore who found these at Billetproof, "The World's Least Important Car Show" at Antioch, CA. Above: Plymouth? or Dodge? 1955?

 Packard, thought has those Buick ports.

 El Sedan Delivery. Chevy 1960.

Would that be a 1953 Ford Ranch Wagon?

More Rockabillies from Nova Scotia.

They have a unique aesthetic up there. Thanks to Stephen Hendrickson for the photos.

1932 Ford Model B

Stephen Hendrickson saw the woody in PA. We've posted a couple of Ford woodies of this era, like this one in Blue Hill Maine. They all seem to come with the metal in that taupe color. The red wheels are of course great.

Street Rod. Antioch CA

I admire that post-war, lean/mean high-school-machine-shop aesthetic. In Maine we're mostly stuck on kandy colors and fuzzy dice. Remember the speed shop in Strong City Kansas? Thanks to Michael Moore who caught the car at Billetproof, in Antioch CA, "The World's Least Important Car Show"

American Houses: 3-deckahs, Cambridge, Mass.

1940s Chevrolet Fox Beer Truck

Does anyone know the precise model year of this Chevy truck?

The Oddfellows Hall, Brooklin, Maine

It's still for sale. The building, not the truck. The price has gone up. Still with a view of the harbor--with maybe the most beautiful collection of classic sailboats in the world. The owner is selling it but I think you'd better call Jill Knowles at the Christopher Agency.

1959 DeSoto Firedome

 Thanks to Stephen Hendrickson, who spotted the red thing in Western PA.

Ford 800. Canton de Bedford, Dept. Feu

The truck was on a dairy farm just below the border, in E. Berkshire, Vermont. Bedford is the township just the other side of the line, in Québec--hostie, do I hate spell-check! It creates way more confusion than it's worth. It was a struggle to get it to agree to Bedford instead of "before".
I love those backroads all along the Quebec/New England borderland. Some of the sweetest, greenest country in North America (& some of the whitest and coldest in January). A border just makes everything more strange, vivid and interesting.
I feel lucky when I think of backroads I've been able to roam this year, from Mora County, New Mexico to the streets of El Paso to the Eastern Townships of Québec. The best roads are those going to places you've never heard of.

 

1996 Land Rover Defender Turbo Diesel (á vendre)

The truck was for sale at Frelighsburg, Quebec, a couple of miles above the Vermont border. Price (see below) would be in Cdn$.