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.
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Big Mack: 1969? Mack DM600
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
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Friday, March 23, 2018
Langon Clay's Night Cars: The '63 Chevrolet wagon
Langon Clay photograph. See his book, Cars: New York City, 1974-76.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
For sale: 1964 Holiday Rambler
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"
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
1966 Ford F-100
Basha Burwell caught the truck in St Louis.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
ROBERT BECHTLE: " '61 PONTIAC"
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."
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