1965 Volkswagen

 Maybe the best year of the Beetle? Tradewinds parking lot, Blue Hill, Maine.

Summah Cah. Buick Skylark convertible.

 Looks to me like a '71 Buick Skylark. So this unit has been around for near 1/2 a century. Could be out a year or two. Tradewinds parking lot, Blue Hill, Maine. Summah cah.

1931 Ford Model A pickup. Sedgwick, Maine

Faux Porsche Speedster

 It's a replica. Would that be a Volkswagen under the sleek skin? Saw it for sale at Motorland in Arundel Maine

1938 Plymouth, Blue Hill Garage, Blue Hill Maine.

1960 Chevrolet Apache C10

from Michael Moore's auto-biography: 1960 Chevrolet Apache C10; Duferrena Rim, Nevada. 1973

Beals Island Lobsterboat

 35' Beals Island lobsterboat.

Going with the Grain, and in the Sprinter.

Our friend Craig Manning, the geochemist, has been planning an extensive North American road trip attuned to the geologic grains of the continent. Tracking the ice sheets and more. But,
"When I went to DMV to pick up my vanity plates, the African American woman behind the desk goes, “What’s that mean, white grain?” I think she thought I was trying to sneak some nazi slogan onto my plates. I said that it meant "with the grain". But she had her suspicions and had me explain the meaning and details of the trip and the larger idea, and I blathered on about things--grains, the grain--being well-seen and better understood by working one's way along them. “Whoa, sounds sciency” was her response. You never know when you are going to have to explain some ill-formed private thought. And you never anticipate how quickly it will be dismissed. By a DMV desk clerk, even.

1958 Chevrolet Apache

Thanks to Greg Phillips who caught the Apache in Apalachicola, FL. These trucks are always turquoise.

1978 Dodge Adventurer SC 200

7800 original miles. Towing package. Up for auction at Owl's Head, Maine this August.

Studebaker Power Wagon

from Michael Moore: Those tough roughies from Maine brought to mind some things in my archives such as this PowerLark [LarkWagon?] shot in Gerlach, Nevada in the mid-seventies. And while looking for that, I came upon a bunch of my early works, cars I painted around 1971: like this ’56 DeSoto.

1957 Ford Ranchero

The car is for sale at Motorland in Arundel, Maine. AL has posted a herd of Rancheros, like this '59 a few years back. And a bunch of Falcon Rancheros.