1948 Pontiac Streamliner

           

From Michael Moore, in California: "I got to see this 1948 Pontiac [!] Fleetline being tastefully upgraded at Express Auto Upholstery in Vallejo. The sign over the desk says I have five children; No Discounts A treat to see…thought you’d like it too.  I had only known there were Chevy Fleetlines..." (LATER CORRECTION from MM: Pontiacs, late Forties [looking VERY much like Bruce McCall illustrations in their ads], were not Fleetlines.  They came in two other flavors - Torpedos and, what I sent you, Streamliners.)

AL: here's a Chevy Fleetline we caught in Cambridge a while back; and one that was for sale in Wiscasset, Maine. Our fave is this '46 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan in Aneroid, Saskatchewan. That car inspired an Alex Emond watercolor (below). 

c. 1977 Chevrolet K-10. Black Canyon City, Arizona

 From Jonathan Welsh: "I think this sun-bleached workhorse is a 1977 model, give or take a year. I love how it shows its age without being rusty. Clearly hasn't lived in the Northeast. Still handsome."

Square and High

 

From Jonathan Welsh, in N.J. "Three guys in their 20s rolled up in this square-body with at least an 8-inch lift. It must seem like an ancient artifact to them, while for me it is a high school flashback. A classmate drove a similar would-be monster truck with a row of roof-mounted floodlights. Very cool in the mid-1980s. This one is running a newer LS-series engine but has not lost its past-perfect feel..."

AL's personal favorite Squares: the '75 Sierra; the '86 Custom Deluxe.

Yer Basic

 David Branch photo. Alpine, Texas. c 1980 Dodge Custom 300

The Analog Auto Experience: Mercedes Benz 240D; Lowell, Massachusetts

Not great shots, we know. Apologies. But AL was stunned to see a clean California car on the campus at UMass Lowell. Those look like European (French?) headlights. We posted an almost-identical 240D--yer basic Benz-- up in Maine a couple summers back. And an older 220D that was on the block at Hemmings a while ago. There seem to be a bunch of these for sale at Classic Cars. We posted on Lowell, Jack Kerouac, and P'tit Canada a while back. Here's a Top Gear piece on the rugged 240D

 

Keep the Lonely Places Lonely

Basha Burwell photo ©2023 Marfa, Texas.

 

1970 Chevrolet K20. Benicia CA

 

from Michael Moore: "Another profile, but these things just seem to be turning up; 4x4 1970 Chev, again while being dragged down First Street by Sumi, a large black dog…350 V8... might have a little rust under the door[s] but otherwise quite straight…