Friday, May 31, 2013
Donald Judd in SoHo & Marfa & the Pinto Canyon Road
NYT piece today on DJ's digs in SoHo. And below, one of our favorite spaces at Chinati, the Judd (museum? institution? cavalry post? antelope refuge?) in Marfa. And here's a link to an Autoliterate link to a NYT piece on Judd's Dodge Power Wagon. And below, below, because my whole family is missing West Texas badly, a photo taken on that old beloved Pinto Canyon Road. And hell, since we're already on the Pinto Canyon Road, may as well get a truck shot in.
1961 International Harvester 110. Fort Davis, Texas
David Branch, our man in far-West Texas, found the IH in Fort Davis. (Autoliterate discovered an original of the 1960 edition of this truck for sale in Vancouver last year.) This truck looks original-- maybe even original paint?--and if it has spent most of its life in Jeff Davis County there's probably very little rust. Drop in a new engine (or maybe just a tune-up) and she might go another 50 years.
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| all images ©2013 David Branch |
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
1971 Land Rover
New England field notes from Jarrod McCabe
"Here’s a man who drives his truck.
’71 Land Rover found in Littleton NH.
Owner, Chris Komar.has a 98 drivetrain in it.
The power is diesel and gets damn good mileage compared what I’ve heard these things normally get.
We talked quite a bit about how he keeps the rust off while driving it year round in New Hampshire.
He keeps notes on his windshield and you’ll see the names scratched into the hood of people he’s met out four-wheeling."--JM
(More Land Rover AL posts:
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2012/11/2-maine-land-rovers-series-ii-1983-lr.html
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2012/11/land-rovers-part-v.html
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2012/11/land-rover-td-5.html
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2013/02/handmade-african-land-rovers.html
"Couple" Bruce Willard poem
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| image ©2013 Basha Burwell |
You said I was the gas
and someone needed to be
the brake. We never talked
of steering, choosing
the road. I guess
we always knew
which road we were on.
You said I was the gas
and someone needed to be
the brake. But we broke
so memorably,
broke with a flair
that kept us intact
barely aware of the winding
rush of air through our
hair.
We were road-bound, driven,
Between the shoulders, our
hearts
Moved by something we knew
not to name.
"Couple" from HOLDING GROUND (c) 2013 by Bruce Willard. With permission of Four Way Books. All rights
reserved.
