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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, January 11, 2014

Plain Jane. The Chevrolet C10. Donald Judd. Marfa.


The C-10 is about as basic a truck as exists. Though it is badged as a "Custom Deluxe", it ain't either. Come to think of it, any model called a "Custom" by Detroit was usually close to a stripper. Weren't Ford Custom sedans shrunk-down Fairlanes and Galaxies?  Anyway, the C10. Something about its plainness and boxiness of line appeals. I want to keep taking pictures of it. It's a very Judd-looking truck. Seems to suit Marfa landscape. No cruciform doors...but you know what I mean. A rigorously organized shape.
This truck spent most of its life employed as a work truck by the City of Marfa, painted schoolbus yellow. I bought it from Lencho three years ago. Hector Sanchez painted it for me. BB picked out the color: she liked the ivory of Roy the Ford guy's mid-70s F-150, so we went for Ford ivory. Came out well. Maybe bigger tires next time around.














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