I’ve had GMC and Chevy trucks on the brain lately (along with Ferdinand Porsche’s war-time work, 1955 Hot Rod Magazines, and some vintage Road and Tracks), so when I saw this splendid GMC “cannonball” somewhere deep in Curtis Perry’s Photostream, I bit. And it’s got some stellar company, somewhere out in the West, Nevada most likely.
An older GMC COE is keeping it company.
Looks like the cannonball once earned its living in Iowa.
My favorite step van, an International Metro.
This Jeep pickup looks like it might be almost road-worthy.
A Dodge school bus.
With a stove pipe, and some fine curtains.
A Dodge Royal.
And a ‘5s Chevy, whose Super Highway bias-ply tire looks fairly new, somewhat surprisingly.
re: The Dodge school bus…calling Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.
Great patina on all of them. They don’t look abandoned…just parked for a while, and they look like it wouldn’t take much to get them back on the road.
Nice photographs and I quite like the Dodge school bus. Wonder how much harder it is to get the rear wheels off due to the fender skirts?
1953 Chevrolet.
Always liked the rounded off edges on the International Metro vans. Here’s one with lots of windows all around. I bet the owner always gets a chuckle from all the VW bus double takes.
The cannonball looks more like a bulldog than any truck Mack ever made. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those before, COEs are so cool
The low sun shining on these well weathered old relics give each photo a look of studio magic. Curtis Perry is quite a talented photographer.
1950 Chrysler Royal…not Dodge….
FLASH! The Font makes ‘Royal” look Cyrillic.