Peter Behrens's Blog, page 435
January 19, 2015
January 17, 2015
Autoliterate Truck of the Year 2014
If there was one truck that pretty much summed up what we like about old trucks, this was it. Caught it at the Blue Hill dump on a wet day in November.
But if it weren't the Ford, it might have been the Chevy we saw, later that same day, in Camden ME.
But if it weren't the Ford, it might have been the Chevy we saw, later that same day, in Camden ME.
Joshua Lott & the Other Detroit Auto Show
Joshua Lott's photographs were up on the NYT blog last week, while shinier machines were being shown off at the Detroit Auto Show. Thanks to Larry Nordell for the heads-up.
January 16, 2015
January 15, 2015
The Day Is a Woman Who Loves You
Driving Montana
The day is a woman who loves you. Open.
Deer drink close to the road and magpies
spray from your car. Miles from any town
your radio comes in strong, unlikely
Mozart from Belgrade rock and roll
from Butte. Whatever the next number
you want to hear it. Never has your Buick
found this forward a gear. Even
the tuna salad in Reedpoint is good.
Towns arrive ahead of imagined schedule
Absorakee at one. Or arrive so late--
Silesia at nine--you recreate the day.
Where did you stop along the road
and have fun? Was there a runaway horse?
Did you park at that house, the one
alone in a void of grain, white with green
trim and red fence, where you know you lived
once? You remembered the ringing creek,
the soft brown forms of far off bison.
You must have stayed hours, then drove on.
In the motel you know you’d never seen it before.
Tomorrow will open again, the sky wide
as the mouth of a wild girl, friable
clouds you lose yourself to. You are lost
in miles of land without people, without
one fear of being found, in the dash
of rabbits, soar of antelope, swirl
merge and clatter of streams.
--Richard Hugo
1939 Oldsmobile; the dance hall at Antelope Lake.
From Alex Emond: "It seems to have been repainted it's original colour but the interior is immaculately untouched. Obviously, this owner never had Blue Heelers. This vehicle was also at Antelope Lake, Saskatchewan. The first photo shows you some of the dance hall."-AE
January 12, 2015
Alejandro Cartagena's Mexican Carpoolers
from Matt McCann's piece on the NYT Lens blog:"A bridge is situated on a highway that goes from the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo — across the United States border in Laredo, Tex. — due south to Monterrey. In the early-morning hours last winter, Alejandro Cartagena stood there, pointing his lens down at the passing cars, like a distracted spy."He was peeking into the backs of the pickup trucks, where construction workers pile together on their way to earn an honest living. His photo series, “Car Poolers,” is an effort to peer inside these tiny worlds that straddle public and private..."
Rena Silverman blogs on Alejandro Cartagena and "Carpoolers" at NPR.
Horn Please: The Graphic Trucks of India
“It's not this constant death trap. It’s a delicate dance of everyone moving together.”--from Jordan Teicher's Slate piece on photographer Dan Eckstein's new book, Horn Please: The Decorated Trucks of India
Mopar! 1965 Plymouth Fury III
from Alex Emond: "Hey Dad , can I borrow the Fury? This all original car was in sunny Kincaid, Saskatchewan last summer. The original owner's grandson gets to cruise around in this dream. I like the big open window. It doesn't "do" winter which is why it is still looking so good. Mopar!"--AE 
