Ferrari 360 Modena, Second Street and Eighth Avenue

1956 Ford Thunderbird, Second Street and Seventh Avenue

Cadillac Series 75, Slack Street and Penny Street

 

As always, exceptions to my regional remit can occur in remarkable circumstances. This hearse or possibly ambulance was recently discovered in the woods very near my house in Vermont. The dog is also named Bentley.

UPDATE: One of my neighbors has sent me an account of the car's story from one of its drivers. I can make no assurances as to its accuracy, but it's just too good not to include here verbatim. Please note that the Neil referenced in this tale is Neil Young.

"That car is the one Neil and I drove from Needles, California to Nova Scotia when we were writing Powderfinger. Was an awful winter. We dumped the heap somewhere in New England and thumbed the rest of the journey. Some chick who smoked dope and had nice legs picked us up and drove us to New Brunswick. She was from southern Iowa as I remember. She smelled of butter, sweet corn and

sensimilla. I smelled of woodsmoke and wine. Neil ditched me in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. I headed on to Newfoundland where I eventually  helped E.A.Proulx write The Shipping News."

Ford Bronco, Sixth Avenue and President Street

1964 Studebaker Avanti, Caton Avenue and Rugby Road

 

The last gasp of Studebaker, a great defunct Indiana car manufacturer along with Deusenberg and Auburn. It was a remarkable car in several ways, but ultimately the final act for a venerable firm. The preceding Champion and Starliner models became enduring classics, to name but two, and Ray Loewy was again called upon to knock together this strange fiberglass car to wow the public at the 1962 New York Motor Show. Sadly, labor strikes, price wars between GM and Ford and high production costs ultimately meant that out of the planned production run of over 20,000 cars, only 4,600 made it out of the factory, with just 809 produced in this, its final year. The company itself limped on for another couple of years, then closed its doors.