J.W. Burleson photo / Boquillas del Carmen, Coah.

PHB

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Brooklin, Maine, United States
We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Saturday, March 31, 2018

1952 GMC 100. Colorado Springs.


This fine truck has been up before but whenever I see it, it's like seeing an old friend. The truck just gets better every year.

 






Friday, March 30, 2018

1946 GMC panel truck, West Texas

                                                                                            ©2018 Geoff Park photograph           

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Big Mack: 1969? Mack DM600

 
 Love trucks that look like trucks. (Or like giant Tonkas, whcih pretty much defined 'truck' for my generation.) This one in our fair city, Cambridge, Mass.








Tuesday, March 27, 2018

1963 Chevrolet C10, Colorado Springs


Back in Colorado Springs for my annual spell of teaching at Colorado College. This truck is out in Colorado City neighborhood, which was a miners' camp before The Springs became the city of the  Colorado Springs, centered a few miles east. Colorado City is on the road heading up to Manitou and Pikes Peak and there was gold, for a while, in them thar hills.
I like the truck a lot--clean lines, those steel wheels in back, and the primed multicolor finish. Also that wraparound windshield--'63 was the last year of those, I think.
No snow on the ground coming in over East Colorado yesterday. A dry, dry year, though The Springs is supposed to get a dump of snow tomorrow, which usually seems to happen just about when I get here, end of March. Otherwise it has been a dry, dry winter.
East Colorado...always reminds me of Mississippi John Hurt's version of the John Henry legend/ballad..Spike Driver Blues. The way Hurt sings it,  "I walk all the way from East Colorado/Honey, that's my home/Honey that's my home"
(see below, for more on the C10)








Monday, March 26, 2018

The International Car Forest of The Last Church

©2018 Rob Hann photograph. "The International Car Forest of The Last Church, Goldfield, Nevada."

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

For sale: 1964 Holiday Rambler


1964 20’ Holiday Rambler travel trailer, complete unrestored original; $600.00, FOB 18 miles WNW Gerlach Nevada. Contact: Mike Moore at illmostro2@gmail.com





Tuesday, March 20, 2018

1951 Chevrolet 1300 Trailer Queen

from Alex Emond in south Saskatchewan: "My guess is 1951 , but I don't know exactly . It's a half ton , chained onto a flatbed trailer . This is in Eastend , Sask. on one of those colourless days ... fresh snow , dead calm . Spring is dragging its feet this year . There's still quite a bit of snow on the ground which bodes well for seeding and planting ... once the fields dry out enough . Anyway, I suspect that this old truck is going to get a makeover". Cheers , Alex"
Autoliterate: 133 was the Canadian version of the 3100.





Sunday, March 18, 2018

1957 Chevrolet Convertible

From Colin Washburn. "Rear end of a ‘57 convertible, with old Cali plates. The front end is under repair. Near Tuolumne, Ca."

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

1958 Ford F100, Bay Area


From Michael Moore in Benicia, California.. first day back in town 1958 F-100
down on the jetty



Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Monday, March 12, 2018

ROBERT BECHTLE: " '61 PONTIAC"


The painting is in 3 panels. There aren't often people in Bechtel's car paintings. There is usually that bright hard-edged California light. This one is at the Whitney. The figures are Bechtel and his family.

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Dodge 100 4x4

from Colin Washburn "Blue truck, blue sky ..... another “white popcorn on a blue tablecloth day “ in Modesto, Ca."