Feeling a little poky this morning? Just head on over to the CC Cohort Flickr page, and it’ll be lunch time before you (or your boss) knows it. There’s so much to see, and so little time. I picked a few random shots to share, but don’t let that satiate you. I tend to grab shots of cars that I don’t have, or give me a tug on the heartstrings, like this Divco milk delivery truck still at work in North Providence, RI.
Thanks, improbocat, for reminding me of dear old Mr. Breese, who kept my childhood chocolate-milk addiction well fed. If chocolate milk isn’t going to do the trick, how about some Chargers to get you charging into the week?
This Australian Chrysler Valiant Charger 770 was sent by Davo, who took it and some great other vintage drag racing shots in 1984. It sports a 360.
These are getting so hard to find, except in garages or on a sunny Sunday. This one is by carnivalofsorts13.
Here’s one more, with a 440 no less, by Walter Sobchak. Feeling a bit perked up yet?
I can’t ever pass up a Corvair, especially a Monza four door, my first car. This one by jimandmandy.
Our first Avanti, even if it is a late-model Avanti II. And its designer is lovingly honored on the license plate. This by Davo.
Here’s another car that has eluded me since starting CC. I’ve been saving up its story for so long. This by carnivalofsorts.
improbocat found this gem of a Heinkel scooter.
And our finale, an appropriately golden-hued ’58 Olds, to make it look even more like a centerpiece of a Baroque altar. By larsupreme.
Thanks, one and all. It’s inspiring, humbling and most of all, fun!
Am I the only one that the Avanti leaves cold? I know as a car guy I’m supposed to love them or something, but, uh…
This Avanti does nothing for me either. Bland grey color, dirty, no chrome, large plastic bumper covers. This example may have come from the era when they adapted the body to some GM platform too, as the body looks unusually tall.
I agree; I could never really warm up to the Avanti II, right from the beginning in 1965 when they changed the original Avanti’s faired-in round headlights as well as jacking up the ride height in front. The later ones got increasingly and desperately off-key, in their attempt to make it look “contemporary”.
One of these days, when I find an original Avanti, we’ll do a whole piece on the original and they II.
For what it’s worth, though, the Avanti II was America’s closes attempt at replicating the Bristol, keeping the same basic design going and going. It worked better in England than here.
I saw either a 1963 or 64 shortly after I shot that Olds yesterday. But I was in traffic. Here’s hoping the owner does his Sunday Produce Shopping the same time I do.
And, oh yeah. I went with the 280E.
Love the Charger rare car nowadays rust never sleeps. The guy I got my project Hillman from has 30 0dd Vals several are Chargers but he wants moonbeams for them.
Paul, you have just got to stop this sort of thing. Seeing the Divco milk truck made my Monday morning! That takes me back 55 years ago when we still lived in the northern edge of the city of St. Louis with sycamore-lined shaded streets, alleys, ice cream and sno-cone men and – milk delivery! In those days before Ike took ours and thousands of others’ homes to build I-70, me and my sweaty, grubby friends would sit in a row on the curb, eagerly awaiting the milk truck, as the driver would always give each of us a big, crystal-clear chunk of solid ice to suck on and to cool off with! Those, indeed, were the days and memories to cherish forever!
Question: Why are Australian cars so cool looking, and that we don’t get them here? That Charger is sweet!
I love the milk truck shot!
Made my day. Not because I remember them, but because I always thought that it would be a great job to have.
One of the highlights of my week is when the ‘MorningDew farms’ Divco rolls up the driveway for my weekly gallon of 2% and assorted yogurts. They have the identical vehicle as appears in picture. I’ve already ‘threatened’ the sales person that if they stop using the Divco, I’ll start shopping at a supermarket for my milk
🙂 LOOOOOOve those milk delivery trucks—they’re timemachines to me…. instant transport to 1930.
“These are getting so hard to find, except in garages or on a sunny Sunday. ”
I did photograph that Charger on a Sunday. Given the climate around here, I would guess that the car is not a daily driver.
Iwas unlucky enough to own a Studebaker Avanti. And it had to be a “real” Avanti, not the kit car Avanti II. What do you want to know? Better yet, you’re better off not knowing…