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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.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

1968 Country Squire

I love station wagons, and I love clean, old, original cars. So I was knocked out to find this machine here in The Netherlands. A just-like-new original 1968 Ford Country Squire with 14k miles on it. Engine is the Ford 390. This car looks untouched. Showroom new. A black-plate California car that has spent its life in a garage. The dealers who imported it to Holland changed hoses, did brakes, and replaced fluids. New battery. Everything else is original. The interior is like new. Investment-grade vinyl. The original faux-woodgrain is in perfect condition. This wagon deserves a trip via container back to the US--with that size, and that engine, it really isn't a getting-around-Holland kind of car. For sale at C&S Exclusive here in Wassenaar. They seem to specialize in classics. You can contact them at info@CS-EXCLUSIVE.NL   tel  +31 (0)70 512 17 80











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  1. Dulcimer NielsenOctober 17, 2014 at 5:37 PM

    What a waste for this 68 wagon to have sat so long instead of being driven and used like the workhorse it wants to be. Our 1968 Ford LTD Country Squire, which I bought new, has never been pampered. It lived outside through all sorts of weather. It hauled kids and hay and horse trailers and u-haul trailers. It carried us seven times across the USA. It is a member of the family and has over 413,000 miles on its original, never re-built 390 engine. So many people ask us about the car that we wrote its life story which is available on Amazon as an eBook . For a free preview just go to http://www.amazon.com/Ford-Affair-The-That-Wouldnt-ebook/dp/B00JCAH50C

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  2. Stupid Nigger NamesMarch 27, 2017 at 3:48 PM

    I used to have that car & it did what I would expect a good ford to do.
    What is the price?

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