catching up

here are some pics that have accumulated and need immediate posting. The top is a bike I spotted in Atlantic Beach. The sailboat and tractor were submitted by Dave B., the BOVB's Indiana correspondent.

Jeff

Been a long time

Sorry for the delay in postings, folks, but the BOVB staff has been on a combination of vacation and furloughs as we try to reinvent the blog reading experience. Our editors have been fanning out across the nation attending cutting-edge seminars designed to make your visit to the BOVB a more meaningful and exciting one.

That said, we know many of our contributors have been a bit flustered lately with the lack of posts. Rest easy, we have all your pix and will start posting them more regularly as the most important season of the year -- college football -- nears.

This'n here was submitted July 12 via Facebook by Anna Adams, who spotted it (I believe) in California, or at least somewhere out there on the Left Coast. "This Orange baby is perfect for sharing a nice top-down summer ride with that 'special someone,'" she said. "Or, a balls to the wall night time swamp bogging expedition."

Woot.

Jeff

BIG BOVB spotted by super sleuth

Man, you gotta love these old-timey pre-SUV SUVs. BOVB's roving correspondent Clay Logan spotted it parked in the front yard of a Jacksonville mobile home recently. Kudos to Clay for seeing it, snapping a pic and sending it in to the BOVB! (WTG, dude!)

BTW, Clay is our youngest correspondent to date, which a) makes him really cool and b) should send a message to parents everywhere that their kids should be contributing to an awesome cause like the BOVB.

Jeff

Sweet Old, Orange Tractor

So I was gonna do laundry then realized I needed to post this awesome Orange tractor instead.

I stole the photo from the BOVB's new Indianapolis Correspondent, Dave, who posted it on Facebook. Here's what he reported about the vehicle:

"I got this in 1996, it is a 1954 Allis Chalmers WD45 wide front end, power take off, pulley, and 'snap-coupler' (a forerunner to the more popular 3-point hitch.) This was a POWERFUL tractor for it's size and made easy work plowing three rows back when two rows at a time was standard. 45 HP four cylinder straight gas engine was standard but you could get it in diesel or liquid propane. It had an adjustable draw bar that would raise or lower depending on the load that it was encountering. I got this from the original owner to use clearing and leveling our property before we built our house here in Zionsville. I used it to cut grass, haul rocks, clear snow, grade our driveway, plow a garden, and pull a float in a parade. "

Sweet. And on top of all that, it's Orange. Dave may be sending more pix along. When he does, I'll post them.

Jeff

Worth a repeat

Those of you fortunate enough to have been following the BOVB for the past couple of years (the blog'll turn 3 in January 2012) may remember this oldie-but-goodie OV: a 1950something Chevy. Clearly Orange. It's been posted here before (not sure of the date) but since most of the BOVB staff is on vacation for the summer, and since I found this baby sitting outside my YMCA on Sunday, figured I'd snap a pic and re-run it. Enjoy.

Jeff

PS -- is it just me, or does it seem like it's taking forever for College Football to get here? Jeez Louise.

rObOtics

Check out this sweet semi robotic OV submitted by Shannon, the blog's Seattle correspondent. Most rockin.

Jeff

La ciudad de vehículos anaranjados

Went to Miami-Dade for a couple days this week on a biz trip, and saw a TON of OVs. In fact it was one of the most common vehicle color types I saw down there. These pix are just a fraction of what I saw in the City of Orange Vehicles. Awesome.

Jeff

AnOther reason to go to the beach

Here's a sweet OV, an Audi spotted by Travis C., the BOVB's new Beaches Corespondent. He spotted the vehicle in a parking lot in Jacksonville Beach today. A gorgeous catch.

Jeff

Sand tank . . . ?

Yes, that's what this thing is called, according to the BOVB's Colonial Correspondent Logan Lark up on the Delaware seashore. "This is a sand tank (someone just told me)," Logan said in his dispatch.

The blog's research department has confirmed that, like the post just below, this marks the first "sand tank" in BOVB history. Thanks Logan.

Jeff

Fernandina OV

TU health writer Jeremy Cox sent this one in to the BOVB staff, saying he spotted it in Fernandina a few weeks back. The staff researcher looked into it and concluded that the blog has hitherto never published a photo of any sort of motorized tricycle OV. WTG for breaking new ground, Jeremy.

Jeff