Peter Behrens's Blog, page 147

Plain Maine

Castine, Maine. Yeah, I could write a novel in there, maybe. And today at Harvard Books I picked up a $2 copy of Sara One Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs which Willa Cather, in 1925, called one of the 3 American books guaranteed to endure. And the others were...Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. "The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett's finest work, described by Henry James as her 'beautiful little quantum of achievement.' Despite James's diminutives, the novel remains a classic." You can decide for yourself by reading the book at Gutenberg.org
 

1952 GMC 3800

 

If you needed an illustration for a dictionary definition of "truck", well here it is. Alex Emond found this unit somewhere in Saskatchewan or eastern Alberta. (Grain bins are the tell.) Truck probably has been used as a grainer.

Yes but can He get me Logan in time for my flight?

 

In godless Harvard Square, PTL.

Chip Lord: List of the Cars I Have Owned So Far

List of the Cars I have Owned So Far, 1983, mixed media drawing. Photo: TW
 from  Looking at Pictures: Chip Lord in Conversation with Theadora Walsh

Icon 1953 Chevrolet 3100 Thriftmaster #16

Icon's Thriftmaster #16

From Alex Emond:  Here's a truck that is absurdly perfect . The company does quite a job . Don't even think about what the price would be . You have to think like Ted Turner or Ralph Lauren . Just put it on your card ...I can't think of a single thing I would change . Maybe some fuzzy dice hanging off the mirror???  

AL: Here's an earlier Icon Thriftmaster we posted a while back.And a Thriftmaster from Winfield, Alabama.

1956 Chevrolet 3100, No. California

 From Chip Lord: "Restored and like néw! Never seen one this clean, 1956 I believe.  Note the dashboard, looks like a Chevy car." 

AL: we've posted several of these trucks, usually (but not always) in turquoise.

Jeep J-10

 From Reid Cunningham: "Manchester NH. Yet another Jeep Pickup J-10, they must be sending out signals. Early 80's?"

AL: another J-10 posted. Puis, one autre.

 

Summer Car: 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible

On the block this week at BaT.  Lincolns of this era got it right. Compared to say, the '59 Lincoln Belchfire.


 

1968 Buick LeSabre 400 Cruise Machine

With the “400 High Performance Option,” it would handle like a high-powered living room. On the block at Hemmings.


 

Chip Lord: Looking at Pictures

Chip Lord, 1974, in front of Ant Farm’s Studio at Pier 40 with a Cadillac Ranch reject. Photo: Doug Michels
From SFMOMA's Open Space:
Looking at Pictures: Chip Lord in Conversation with Theadora Walsh
1974, Cadillac Ranch by Ant Farm (Lord, Marquez, Michels). Reproduction of original 1974 proposal.