It’s raining out, so I’m inside, but before I draw up my foundation plans, let’s take a look at the most recent batch of submissions at the CC Cohort Flickr page. There’s a slew of terrific catches, including a couple of real exotics. But I’m going to start with this shot of a ’61 Cadillac coupe shot in NYC by wooriegi for two reasons: the ’61 coupe is one of my favorites of that brand, and the setting and condition of the car makes this shot special for me. There’s something about defying the forces of destruction that NYC streets endlessly mete out, and it also reminds me of so many aging Caddys I used to see at the curbs in front of brick row houses in the inner city of Baltimore in the late sixties and early seventies.
Now here’s a real exotic, a genuine Checker Aerobus. As the name suggests, these were used as airport limousines and other duties that today’s big vans and mini-buses now undertake. These Aerobuses weren’t just Checkers with an extension grafted into the center of their frames; they rode on a special heavy duty frame, and that crude rear-wheel cutout was to make room for a wider axle and oversize tires. You can read my whole Checker history here. This shot was sent in by junkharvester, who plies the back roads of Oregon.
Here’s another by junkharvester, with a couple of Taskmaster Chevy trucks still at work.
Here’s another exotic, shot in a highly appropriate setting. An Amphicar, lashed down on the deck of a big yacht, alongside another tender. Just the thing for getting around the various ports of call. This one by wooriegi.
Our most active Cohort contributer, larsupreme, has a number of supreme additions to his many others. I’m particularly jealous of this one, a 1962 Plymouth Fury. I’ve yet to come across either a Dodge or Plymouth of that infamous year, but hope springs eternal.
He also posted this shot of someone taking their 1940 Chevy out for a spin, in what looks like Golden Gate Park(?). I see a certain pattern in his shots…
I did a CC of a ’69 Ranchero quite recently, but this blazing orange one couldn’t help but catch my eye, especially since there’s another orange Ford pickup in the background. I have a thing for twofers, as well as orange.
One last shot of a lovely ’63 Bonneville, this one again by larsupreme. I’m out of time for today, but please do check them all out here. Thank you all for an enjoyable diversion. Now back to those foundation drawings…
Nice pics. I’m reminded that I’m such a sucker for mid-60s Pontiacs.
I took an almost identical shot of that same Amphicar/yacht back on September 11th, 2010 at the North Cove Marina. Lots of drooling was going on where it was docked. Makes for a rather eye-catching dinghy.
The 1940 Chevrolet actually was in the Berkeley Marina. I was thinking that moving to Berkeley would be a No Mans Land, but the Chevy and the Pontiac came during my first weekend here.
That ;61 Caddy stirs up a huge amount of memories. Back in the summer of 72, my family had just arrived to the states from Argentina. A few weeks later, close family friends took us to the Bronx Zoo in their ’61 Caddy Fleetwood- it was silver…. to someone accustomed to seeing Fiats, Dodge Colts, Torinos & Peugeot 404s it was a brave new world!
Our driver must have been distracted by the conversation and slipped off the highway early & proceded to lose us in the means streets of the Bronx. Some of my earliest memories of my new American life are of sitting in the palactial back seat (with about 5 other ppl) ‘desperately’ cruising the streets of the early 70s Bronx. Everywhere one looked: burnt out hulks of stolen automobiles, old furniture, oher garbage littering the streets, junkies staggering about —– scary stuff indeed!
Hell, I don’t remember if we even got to the Zoo that day……. but the apocalyptic images of that day are seered in my minds’ eye forever. t the images a 6 year old expected to see….. ‘jeez, dad…… why did you bring us to this country again???’ 🙂
A pic from the old neighborhood circa 1969??
I spy……..
1967 Cutlass Holiday Coupe
1969 Torino
1968 Camaro
1969? Coronet?
These were so plentiful and ordinary back then. I would take any one of them now.
That shot of the ’63 Bonneville could pass for a Fitz and Van vintage ad!