Peter Behrens's Blog, page 485
February 5, 2014
Bill Burleson: New Mexico Chevrolets, etc.
Some old New Mexico iron, mostly Chevrolet, from Bill Burleson. This time of year in Maine, I find myself longing for that wide-open light of the West.
February 4, 2014
Marfa and Rio Bravo
Two great barbershops in town. One barber is the former sheriff of Presidio County. Hey, John Wayne was the sheriff of Presidio County in Rio Bravo. Wonder who cut Ricky Nelson's hair ? Oiled it, more likely. Anyway, at either of these shops, it doesn't matter what you ask for. You get el haircut. Suits me fine.
February 3, 2014
The 1971 Saab wagon (with tailfins)
Why did Saab pack it in? Those cars were popular in New England starting in the late Sixties. There used to be a bunch of Saab-only mechanics here in Maine. Renowned winter machines. Quirky but solid. This sprightly wagon, racing stripe, tail fins and all, is in CM's collection in Alpine, Texas. It has a 1700 cc V4 produced by Ford in Germany.
February 2, 2014
Crowley Theater, Marfa. William Geisler Photograph
©2014 William Geisler
February 1, 2014
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s 1966 Dodge Charger. Alpine Texas
It wasn't the fastest car, but it had the most radical fastback. Rear visibility was...limited. But this was the Sixties, and no one was looking back. Napoleon Solo drove a Charger in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
January 31, 2014
1942 Chevrolet Panel Truck
I was becoming morose about Maine winter and the lack of interesting metal on the roads hereabouts--almost anything noteworthy in New England is tucked away in a barn until spring. I was about to circulate a whining note to Autoliterates in the South & West asking for some photographic input, when out of the blue Michael S Moore sent these shots from the Bay Area:
"First day in Benicia and, lacking the rain we so sorely need I ride my bike down to the jetty to find this 1942 Chevy panel truck...the rarest of the rare [it having been wartime and all;
It lives in Vallejo, the guy's owned it for thirty years, drives it all the time [says he's on his third engine - a crate 350 with less than 1000 miles on it]...
Inspired me to pull the tarp off the '45 and see if it would fire up. It did. Ah, California...record drought makes for year-round driving weather..." --MSM
January 30, 2014
Bill Burleson and A John Ford Kind of Porch
Bill Burleson's New Mexico photographs knock me out. He seems to be trying to add another dimension to the flat surface of the photograph; they're all about layers and texture-- high/low, rough/smooth, foreground/background, foreshadow/flashback, now/then. See below for titles.
1. Canyon Road gallery at Christmas.
2. Dune and Blade of Grass, White Sands Nat't Monument
3. Galisteo Basin
4. Glorieta NM
5. Great Kiva, Chaco Canyon.
6. John Ford Kind of Proch
7. Plaza Gathering
8. Rio Grande Gorge, Taos
9. Rio Grande, Northern New Mexico
10. White Sands National Monument
1. Canyon Road gallery at Christmas.
2. Dune and Blade of Grass, White Sands Nat't Monument
3. Galisteo Basin
4. Glorieta NM
5. Great Kiva, Chaco Canyon.
6. John Ford Kind of Proch
7. Plaza Gathering
8. Rio Grande Gorge, Taos
9. Rio Grande, Northern New Mexico
10. White Sands National Monument
