making Orange history

Back in olden times, we used to march out of Neyland Stadium chanting "it's great...to be...a Tennessee Vol, I said it's great...to be..." etc, over and over again. That was awesome. 

That was also, like, 100 years ago. I think the last time UT defeated another SEC team was the same year Stonewall Jackson led the charge of the lite beer brigade against the Germans at Pearl Harbor during the Spanish-American War of 1812.

In other words: Practically never. 

Meanwhile, while Orange Nation awaits its messiah, check out today's OV. It comes from AOPA's Air Safety Institute Facebook page. (Tennessee's football program came immediately to mind when I saw it.)

Orange-o-Plenty

In honor of the Thanksgiving theme of gratitude and stuff, the BOVB will be providing readers with an Orange-o-Plenty during the next couple of days. The purpose of this niceness is twofold: to show a seasonally appropriate spirit of givinghood, and to clear out a year-plus supply of OVPs (Orange Vehicle Pics) to make way for the new year. Lucky you. 

This top pic was provided by Rod "Rodneyla" Brumley, which I presume he snapped in Knoxville, center of the Orange universe, aka unOverse and OrangeOverse (yes, I made that up, it's trademarked and copyrighted).

Next up is a UT Mustang that Hoosier Dave posted on my FB page a zillion years ago from somewhere up in Indiana.

This last one for today is weird little VW Bug a Knoxville dude named Eric tagged on FB. Thanks, man.

Peace, everyone.

No longer AWOL

The BOVB is back, y'all! Let us all share a moment of silent joy to soak up the gratitude that this momentous moment.  Then feel free to dance around your home in celebration.

OK so what happened was I got busy in the summer of '11, did a bunch of traveling and then forgot the password to the BOVB site. It didn't help that the Vols sucked really bad, neither. 

Resetting the password of the blog and related email accounts required skills on par with Bletchley Park and Joe Rochefort's boys at Pearl.

Enough of that. Just feast your thirsty eyes on this beautiful Orange Porsche spotted by Dave Brake up in Indiana sometime in '11. 

There's a huge backlog of pix to get through, but if you spot a cool OV, snap it and send it in to orangevehicles@gmail.com. In the meantime, feel free to just scroll through the last few years of OV pix on the site.

Signed,

No Longer AWOL

 

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