“Vintage CJ” has to come to mind when you see this photo, and time has modified this folding windshield jeep to give it an “articulating” frame. The lake middle left side is Canandaigua.
This is a photo from a month ago; by now along this road, snow lies on the grass at the foot of bare trees.
Certainly a seasonal photo of a truckload of Christmas trees coming out of the Adirondacks.
This is the first UPS EV I’ve ever seen, taken recently in lower Manhattan. Here’s more on UPS’ embrace of new power vehicles.
Here the second Rivian delivery van I’ve seen in Amazon colors. It was one of a batch crossing the VZ bridge. I saw the first one (and batch) leaving a facility about a month ago in Connecticut. Unless I’m researching this too quickly, Normal IL is the launch point for all these Rivian vehicles. How far back do electric vehicles go? Answer at end of this post.
I’ve read references to a food truck revolution. I had planned to use Buenos Nachos Amigos in a Halloween post, but the time came and went too quickly.
Here’s an unusual drink truck I saw at a wedding recently . . a 1933 Ford, just a month ago in a place where snow and sleet are swirling right now. Maybe working at a food or drink truck truck would be a fun part-time job.
Hummers certainly attract attention even when they’re painted a sedate color, as this one is not.
I had to get this photo on a northbound highway. Is this a Kenworth towing a Hinckley?
It was still summer when I saw this approximately 60-year-old Willys pickup looking like it had just been manufactured. All restored, it has every bit as much vintage as the lead photo.
All photos in the past few months, WVD, whose truckster! posts represent a lot of fun for me and go back to my demon wanting to make mischief back on April 1, 2015.
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Drive safe, sober, and clean.
Might it be fun to do a truck calendar . . . best of truckster! . . . this year . . . Have you seen an extraordinary vintage truck on your local roads, trails, and highways? Send me a snap?
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November 19, 2022 at 3:42 pm
VENNARD David USA GUEST
If I interpret my knowledge of boats correctly, based on the insignia on the side it is in fact a Hinckley—you have a good eye.
Love the Truckster posts.
Dave Vennard
November 21, 2022 at 5:30 am
tugster
Thx, Dave. I lust for very specific things, one of which is a Hinckley, of course a desire that though recognized will never be satisfied.
November 20, 2022 at 8:36 am
Trucker~Tim
We had one just like the red and white pickup you have pictured here. I’ll send you a picture. (Wish we had her back)
November 21, 2022 at 5:31 am
tugster
Thx, Trucker~Tim– I got the photos you sent, and am preparing the next truckster! post . . .
November 20, 2022 at 9:44 am
Bryan West
Yes indeed! Rivian comes out of Normal, IL. Fun fact, the building they are in is the former Mitsubishi Diamond Star plant where they made many of the cars shares between Mitsubishi and Chrysler back in the 80s thru early 00s.
November 21, 2022 at 5:32 am
tugster
Thx, Brian– I remember those Mitsu-rylster products. Am glad to hear the old plant is working again.
November 20, 2022 at 12:33 pm
ws
Today, The average car on the road is ~ 13 years old..
We don’t have to go to the classic car show, just look out the window
November 21, 2022 at 5:35 am
tugster
ws– I love hanging in places where salt doesn’t devour cars and old ones are still working, like these chugsters: https://tugster.wordpress.com/tag/cuban-classic-automobiles/
November 20, 2022 at 3:02 pm
Anonymous
WILL , I REMEMBER THE RAILWAY EXPRESS TRUCKS OF THE 1940’S WHCIH SHUTTLED CARGO FROM THE SHIPS AT THE PIERS ON THE HUDSON TO RAILWAY CONNECTIONS. THEY WERE ELECTRIC, CHAIN DRIVEN MACKS. REGARDS, CARL SCHUSTER
November 21, 2022 at 5:36 am
tugster
Carl– I did not know about these. will have to do some research . . . . Thx.
November 21, 2022 at 9:07 am
Ws
EV’s are like the cicadas, returning every 17 years