1962 Chevy II

 

Oxford County in western Maine. The Chevy II was introduced in 1962: the Nova was originally the top model in the Chevy II lineup but ended up taking it over. This car looks like it might be spending some time at the nearly Oxford Plains Speedway.

1954 Kaiser Manhattan

 

Saw the K-car on a blazing hot day in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Never have seen New England looking quite so dry at this time of year.  The last Kaiser we ran was that 1951 Kaiser Traveler here in Maine. And a bunch more Kaiser encounters are posted within that Traveler post.

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1968 Ford Mustang convertible

Watertown, MA . A second-generation pony car in all its glory. Owner said he was in the Iaraeli Army in 1969, hitchhiking across the Negev Desert, when a red Mustang convertible passed him by and he thought to himself, "Hey,  I want one of those!" Twenty-five years later his children bought him this one. Another American dream machine.

  

1980s Land Rover Series II

 

Caught the Land Rover in Cambridge MA. It's a jungle out there. Funny how often you see these machines in the more well-groomed places in the world, like Wassenaar, a banker/diplomat suburb of The Hague, NL. And what about these handmade African Land Rovers?

1962 Jaguar Mk 2 (3.8 litre)

 

From Reid Cunningham: "Fairport NY.  Simply a beautiful car. Smaller than I remembered, and compared to most American iron of 1962, downright petite.  Just beautiful."

Here's a 1960 review of the Jag Mk 2 in Motorsport.

Jaguar slogan of the 1950s: Grace, Space, Pace.

We posted a 1959 Jaguar Mark IX saloon, the fat Jag, a while back. And how about this 1949 XK 120? Another XK in Maine. And an XKE in Cambridge MA.

Marfa to Maine

 

Our truck's twin never made it out of West Texas...

1959 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop

 

Something flat-out crazy about the 1959 GM flattops. The cat's-eye Chevy version is maybe the wildest of these American dream machines. This 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan is on the block today at Hemmings. We posted a 1959 Chevrolet Impala convertible cruising in the Bay Area a while back. And a 1959 Chevrolet El Camino up in Vermont; another '59 El Camino tucked into an underground garage in Banff, Alberta. Also this 1959 Chevrolet Impala coupe spotted in Cambridge MA.

1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Custom

 

From Jonathan Welsh: "This was the first year of the seventh generation of the Olds 88, which began with the 1949 model. General Motors redesigned the 88 and the rest of its large B-body cars for '71 and made them a bit bigger. This lovely example, which looked original, not restored, turned up in Clifton, N.J."

1992 Dodge Ram 150

Cap's just right for the era. Dodge trucks of this period--another example here, as a Power Wagon 150--were cleaner and simpler in style than the bulksters that followed beginning in '94. Caught this example in early spring, out on Naskeag Point.