1953 Jeep M38A1

 

From David Branch, in Marfa, Texas. "Working on this at the moment. ‘53 M38A1.  It’s pretty rough but motor has compression and mostly wants to run ...Got it started but not building oil pressure. Lots of headaches getting it timed right. Drive gear to distributor indexed wrong. Needed modifications to rotate into time. Dropped the pan last night. Cleaning all sorts of sludge out. Hope I didn’t tear it up too bad, cranking on it w/o oil flowing...Won’t move under its own power yet. Steering also frozen up. But if it gets mobile I’ll update you...

1948 MG TC

 

Had a thing for the TC ever since reading The Red Car in--what, Sixth Grade? This unit is on the block at Hemmings. 

Snowy Jeep Cherokee, Cambridge, Mass.

We also caught a bunch of Cherokees in Charlotte, North Carolina

Ford F600, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Volvo 240 wagon. Soho, NYC

Basha Burwell photos. Yeah we have a thing for old Volvos. Like this 122 on Union Wharf in Portland ME we posted a while back. And another 122, in Freeport ME

 

Willys Jeep

 

David Branch photo. West Texas.

Alpine Fire Department.

 

David Branch photo. West Texas.

Dodge Power Wagon 150, polar vortex.

You have seen it before. Hands-down our favorite truck in Cambridge, Mass.

Dodge Challenger, Avon Hill.

There are some over-several-tops houses in that part of Cambridge, MA...

..so the Challenger with its "Workers Unite" sticker was an unexpected sighting. Here's other Cambridge Challenger. And a (1972-75) original in New Hampshire. Another original, caught on the Maine Turnpike

builder: Nissan GT-R

 

Leo, third grade, is a builder. I know for a lot of people, the car thing got into gear just  this way.

1983 Lincoln Continental Mk VI

 

Caught in Cambridge Massachusetts. A very occasional winter driver.  We have posted a 1970 Mk III. 1959 to 1960 was the big transition for Lincoln. See out post on The Lincoln, Rethought

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Mercedes-Benz 560SL

Winter in Cambridge. More snow coming. We have posted this car before...and how about a 280SL we caught in Cambridge last spring...

 

Saab Story

 

From Reid Cunningham: "It's fun discovering small shops that specialize in  off-center brands, like the British motor specialist I found last summer.  Or like  JG Saab Service. in Lunenburg MA --they work on Saabs of apparently any vintage.  I finally had a chance to stop in daylight and catch a few winter scenes. Hope to catch some more-exposed Saabs on an another trip. "

Icelandic 4x4's

 

This was Iceland. Photos from our intrepid friend, Guido Goluke, who translated Kerouac's On the Road into Dutch.

1987 Chevrolet K-10

 

from Greg Philipps, in Florida: "Really nice '87 pickup in Apalachicola. Good story with it. Present owner's friend has a business in Georgia called Southern Picture Cars and Trucks. He rents out vehicles for film and print production. This truck was a regular on many TV series over the years.  It was a favorite of a particular Producer who wanted to rent it as a beater truck and, thus, wanted a sledgehammer taken to it.  Company owner said he would instead give him an already beat-up truck instead of this one.  So this got saved and was sold out of the business.  I complimented the owner for not having billet wheels.

1965 Corvette convertible. Soho, NYC.

 

Photos by Basha Burwell. We posted a silver  '66 Corvette in Blue Hill, Maine. And a 1967 Corvette Sting Ray last summer. This body style could not be and never was improved upon, though the laster editions have their fans. Here's a 1977 Corvette, also in Maine.