"He who seeks beauty will find it."

196- Triumph TR4A.

Dumbo.

And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon England’s mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On England’s pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land.

And did those feet in ancient time”, Wm. Blake.

Today — another wet day in the Big Apple (where clouded skies and rain is the new normal) — is a good day for this nineteen sixty-something Triumph TR4A, and a little William Blake.

Posted at 12:00pm and tagged with: British, black, convertible, Triumph, TR4A, Blake, William Blake, Jerusalem, Brooklyn, Dumbo, car, vintage,.

1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle.

Kensington.

This nice blue Veedub has appeared around the corner from the editor’s apartment. An early theory of his is that it is owned by, or is in some way connected to, the gentleman who owns a rather clean, early-nineties Volvo 240 sedan that has been observed.

Either that or Kensington is gentrifying more quickly than previously thought.

Posted at 12:00pm and tagged with: VW, Beetle, Super beetle, blue, Volkswagen, German, 1302, Bug, Veedub,.

1961 Dodge Seneca.

Windsor Terrace.

Certainly, the Dodge Seneca was named for the Native American tribe and not the Roman philosopher. The latter would be more intriguing however, and perhaps more fitting given the cars highly unconventional design. Who but Virgil Exner could have come up with something like this.

Posted at 12:01pm and tagged with: American, Dodge, Chrysler, Seneca, white, Mopar, Virgil Exner,.

1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II.

Dumbo.

The thing about owning a fancy or expensive car is that you still have to use the same roads everybody else does. You can’t turn your Rolls right on red in the city. You still have to feed the meter, and move it for street cleaning, observe the posted limit, and yield to pedestrians. Oh, and pigeons will inevitably s— all over your two-tone Silver Shadow II.

Posted at 12:00pm and tagged with: British, Rolls-Royce, RollsRoyce, Rolls, Silver Shadow, Silver Shadow II, green, Dumbo, Automobilist, Brooklyn, luxury, car, vintage, wealth, affluence,.

1967 Ford Mustang.

Bethany Beach, Delaware.

Always have your camera with you. Over Memorial Day weekend, while in one of Delaware’s “Quiet Resorts”, your correspondent ventured out to run a morning errand with only his iPhone to document this ‘67 Mustang.

Shown in Frost Turquoise with convertible top and luggage rack. 

Posted at 12:00pm and tagged with: American, Ford, Mustang, convertible, turquoise, FoMoCo, 289, Stang, Automobilist, vintage, car, classic,.

1967 Volkswagen Type 1.

Carroll Gardens.

The nineteenth century thinker John Stuart Mill once observed that “on all great subjects, much remains to be said”. The VW Type 1, and the story of its birth as the KDF-Wagen and decades-long production run, is indeed a great subject. Nevertheless, the Automobilist will leave the saying to others, such as Walter Henry Nelson, author of ”Small Wonder: The Amazing Story of the Volkswagen” (Little, Brown & Co., 1965). At least for the moment. 

Posted at 12:00pm and tagged with: German, Beetle, VW, Volkswagen, Type 1, black, gray, roof rack, Walter Henry Nelson, KDFWagen, Automobilist,.