From Don Culbertson in West Texas: "My father is 94 years old. not only did we take his keys, I took the truck. 1982 ,with a V8. It’s spent it’s entire life on a ranch."
Trucks, cars, highways, landscape, good writing. "You cannot travel on the path, before you have become the Path itself."
Friday, December 31, 2021
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Crown Vic : Martin Gotfrit
After 75 years at the wheel,
Phil's driving days are almost done, and my finish line is closer too.
A lifetime ago
when I rode up front with him,
I dreamed
we were detectives
roaring to a scene
in a Crown Vic.
They were big cars those ghosts:
but we could spot them
by their antennas and hidden lights. Sometimes though, they were cabs - filled with old smoke and always
a quiet radio murmuring from the dash.
All warm and welcoming in the night, they'd fit six easy as we slid in from the cold.
My friend Chris said "only ever own what you could move in a cab"
but he was talking Crown Vic -
it's a different story these days.
Getting old is realizing
Most folks won't know a Crown Vic And riding shotgun with Phil
now spins different scenes.
My car, with its spaceship display from another century,
isn't rushing to adventure.
I just want it to get me home
so I can dream.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
1967 Chevrolet Corvair in the Rain
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible
Monday, December 27, 2021
Sunday, December 26, 2021
International B-100, Vancouver
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Beannacht and best wishes!
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Autoliterati and especially to the wonderful gang of contributors who, from all points of the compass, have broadened our scope and opened our eyes to all kinds of old metal over the past year. Long may you roll.
The lobsterboat? Brooklin, Maine-built. Arno or June (short for Junior) Day.
Friday, December 24, 2021
1943 Willys Jeep, New York
From Jonathan Welsh: "Something about the ancient Jeep parked among modern machinery on Washington Street in December screamed "Greenwich Village." Just another car, right? Passersby didn't seem to notice."
We posted a '66 Kaiser Willys Jeep from West Texas a while back. And an earlier version of the CJ (maybe 1960) from Colorado Springs.
Volkswagen Rabbit/Golf
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Not a Kandy Colored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby
And may be time to read that Tom Wolfe book again.
Monday, December 20, 2021
1959 Catalina convertible & our '59 Pontiac Thing.
If you've followed Autoliterate, you know about our thing for 1959 Pontiacs, especially Catalinas. This unit in. on the block today at Hemmings. I'd lose the whitewalls and wheel covers, but if you want a summer cruiser, this is about as definitive as you'll find.Here's another we caught in Windo Rock, Arizona a while back..the original Wide Track. Here's the Canadian version, a Strato Chief, doing duty as a police car a Montréal. A '59 Laurentian wagon. And our Ur-car, the '59 Catalina coupe.
1960 Buick Electra
Eva H.D., the writer, caught the Buick in Brooklyn.
For GM, 1960 was a step back from the wild cars of 1959, like this '59 Electra. 1961 Buicks were even more buttoned-up. And the 1961 Buick Skylark was doing its Compact thing.
Sunday, December 19, 2021
The Street-Legal Ford GT
"...On the 50th anniversary of Ford’s 1966 Le Mans victory, the company came out with an all-new Ford GT racing car, went back to Le Mans, and won again in this car’s class. The company also announced they would be making a street-legal version, in very small numbers. The new GT was technologically leaps and bounds over the 1960s version, and the shape far more aerodynamic. In 2016, Ford announced the first Heritage Edition GT, with a paint scheme exactly like the car that won Le Mans in 1966. Only 27 were built. Other Heritage Editions followed, commemorating legendary Ford GTs from the ’60s..." from A.J. Baime's piece in the WSJ on the Heritage edition Ford GT.
And have you seen the movie, Ford vs Ferrari?
Saturday, December 18, 2021
The e-crate Blazer, and recreating the Sierra Grande