{"id":2816,"date":"2008-10-30T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2008\/10\/stopping-traffic\/"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:00:57","slug":"stopping-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2008\/10\/stopping-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chances are you’ve decorated your home for Hallowe’en, even if with a simple jack-o-lantern<\/a>. A few years ago someone sent me this picture of a Vermont home with a witch driving<\/a> a Crosley<\/a>. She and her bevy of goblins exemplify the spirits that abound on All Hallow’s Even<\/a>. What that says about the Crosley I’m not sure.<\/p>\n

Cars, however, do make good lawn sculpture. Dennis David’s uncle keeps his a Farmall Cub<\/a> in a flower bed as yard art, and some time ago<\/a> we showed you a Volvo<\/a> that advertises a clothing boutique<\/a> in Quechee, Vermont.<\/p>\n

It’s become quite common for garden centers to use tractors and trucks as eye-catching signs. A horticultural supply business<\/a> at the end of my street has an old Farmall M<\/a> out front, and our local Agway store draws in customers with a green a Willys Jeep pickup<\/a>. I wondered how all that a greenery<\/a> affected the engine. It doesn’t, for the engine’s been removed<\/a>. Over in Wallingford<\/a> is a farm shop that draws in customers with a ‘29 Chevy truck<\/a>. After they’ve stopped they’re further intrigued by a McCormick 10-20<\/a> tractor in the barn.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the ultimate automotive signboard is this posey-puking<\/a> Ford F350 at a Smith’s Acres<\/a> in Niantic<\/a>. I make it to be a 1961-66 model<\/a>. Are there any motoring marquees in your neighborhood? Send ’em in<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chances are you’ve decorated your home for Hallowe’en, even if with a simple jack-o-lantern. A few years ago someone sent me this picture of a Vermont home with a witch driving a Crosley. She and her bevy of goblins exemplify the spirits that abound on All Hallow’s Even. What that says about the Crosley I’m….<\/span>
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