Monday, July 23, 2012

On 7/21/12 across the road from the Hannaford in North Brookfield, MA at the bottom or a little hill next to a brick building I saw a green Ford Model T truck from the 1920s. The green Ford Model T truck from the 1920s that I saw at the 2012 Old Sturbridge Village car show. Or at least I think that it was the same one. I think it was the same one because the body looks exactly the same and the owner of it at the car show said that he lived in North Brookfield. And I think that the truck lived at that brick building because when I drove by there two days later the truck was still there. I am going to look for it there when I drive by other times.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

On 7/21/12 a few hundred feet from Tip Top Market in Brookfield, MA driving down the road I saw one of the most rare cars ever. In the whole world. Any Guesses? Anyone? It was a orange 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray hardtop. That was the one that had a split rear window. It was the first production stingray and it was the only year that had the split rear window. It could go from 0-60 MPH in 5.4 seconds nad it had a top speed of 152 MPH. It is one of my favorite Corvettes ever.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

On 6/11/12 I went to a car show at Klems in Spencer, MA. It was supposed to be 1950s cars but there were lots of other ones. One of my favorites was a red 1975 Corvette Stingray. It had a T-top roof and a huge engine. There was hardly any trunk space because there was a big hollow section under the tail. It was for sale. There was also a black 1964 Corvette Sting Ray. There was a bright yellow heavily customized Ford Model T. It had a black ragtop. The back wheels were four times as wide as the front ones, which were as big as normal modern car tires. It had a big V8 engine and had twin four-in-one collector pipes that ran on the sides below the doors and let the exhaust right before the rear tires. it had two seats. I will try to post my pictures from that car show soon.

Monday, July 9, 2012

On 7/6/12 in Rutland, MA, I saw a AC Cobra 427 . I LOVE Cobras. They were made when a car company called AC teamed up with Carroll Shelby, a race car driver from Texas. Ford supplied the engine because GM didn't want to help the development of a car that could compete with the Corvette. The 427 was the most powerful original one. The one I saw was green and had a small roll cage over the driver seat.
On 7/6/12 in Templeton, MA by the side of the road I saw a Corvette Stingray three. It was purple. Here is a link to an article about it: 1992 Stingray III I think that the Stingray III is a very cool car. There aren't many cars that can go 225 mph, and even fewer ones that are from before the year 2000.
On 7/6/12 in Winchendon, NH, I saw a VW Microbus on the side of the road. I think it was a T1 Microbus camper. It had a two tone paint job - orange and cream colored. The top part was orange and the bottom was cream colored. I thought it was pretty neat. It was in very good condition but it didn't have any hubcaps.  I've heard that the engines in them are very bad, however. I've heard that they produce 40 horsepower and they are water cooled and they broke down a lot.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

On 7/6/12 in Jaffrey, NH, I saw a white 1961 Ford Falcon driving down the road. I like the Falcon a lot, even thought many car magazines hated it. they said that Ford was bringing back the Tin Lizzie (Model T) and that it would be even more of a flop than the Edsel, which was produced for under 3 years and lost Ford $350 million. The Falcon turned out to be a huge success, however. It came with a V6 or V8 engine and was produced for ten years.
On 7/6/12 in Marlow, NH parked by the side of the road in a parkinglot was a black Ford Model T truck from the 1920s. It had a hardtop and instead of a pickup truck bed it had a wooden delivery back. Trucks from that early are not very common now and that was the only delivery truck from around then that I've ever seen except for in a car museum. I am not sure what the parkinglot that it was in was for. There was red  printing on the wooden delivery back of the truck but I did not get to read what it said.
On 7/6/12 in Rindge, NH, I saw a what looked like a 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V. I think that cars Continentals from around then make amazing lowriders, but this car was the normal height off the ground. I think cars from around then do not usually look very good unless they are somehow customized. I think that they are too boxy. I think my favorite Lincoln Continentals are the 1956 Mark IIs.
On 7/6/12 in Rindge, NH, I saw a new Corvette. It was blue.

Friday, July 6, 2012

On 7/6/12 in Winchendon, MA, parked by the side of the road I saw a maroon-ish colored 1971 Corvette Stingray. I like Corvette Stingrays a lot. Or at least I like the old ones. GM is designing a new Corvette Stingray Prototype, which I do not like at all. This is the sight where I learned about the new one: 2009 Corvette Stingray Concept . Behind the Corvette there was a original Ford Thunderbird from 1955. It was bright red.
On 7/6/12 in Baldwinville, MA, I saw a bright red Ford Galaxy 500 with a landau roof. It was for sale. Many Ford Galaxies  from that time had a hardtop roof that mechanically folded down, which was impressive. Even more impressive was the fact that it was very reliable.
On 7/6/12 in Hubbardston, MA, I saw bright banana yellow Chevy El Camino. It was a normal edition - not SS (Which stands for Super Sport). It was driving down a pretty main road. I like El Camino Super Sports best because the front ends look like the front ends of muscle cars. Right after it was a Ford Thunderbird Squarebird. I do not like Thunderbirds that much and Squarebirds are my least favorite of any Thunderbirds.                                                            Also, this Thunderbird was a very ugly shade of maroon.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

ON 7/3/12 in the North Brookfield, MA Hannaford I saw the same light blue Buick 1965 Riviera GS. I noticed that the rear wheels had shiny chrome spokes but the front ones were modern normal car wheels with no hubcaps. I also noticed that more bits of the paint were different colors. I also noticed that the non original bits of paint were different colors than each other.

Monday, July 2, 2012

On 7/2/12 some were in Hardwick, MA, I saw a dark red Ford pickup truck. I think that it was a Model A Pickup from the 1930s. It looked very well restored and everything was shiny, including the nonexistent chrome. It was very similar to one that I saw at the Old Sturbridge Village car show this year except the one there was dark green.
On 7/2/12 in a parking lot across the street from the Hardwick Farmers' Co-op in Hardwick, MA, Next to a Dodge Ram 1500 that was for sale, there was a sky blue Oldsmobile 442 with two white stripes running down the hood. It looked like it was a 1969 W30 Coupe. I am not sure if it was for sale or not. It didn't have the twin hood scoops that 442s from around then had-it didn't have any hood scoops at all, for that matter. My opinion of the Oldsmobile 442 is listed in the precious posting.