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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.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Sleek: the Bugatti Type 57 & Citroën Traction Avant


"Sleek" is not what AL typically asks for in a vehicle: the 1951 Chevrolet pickup is perhaps our ideal set of wheels.
Nonetheless, the 1934 Bugatti Type 57 here at the Louwman Museum  in the NL was an eye-popper. Aluminum body on the Type 57 frame. 135hp (less than my Volvo) Top speed 155km/h.
The Europeans at their best tend to do "sleek" rather well, for example the Citroën Traction-avant.
Apologies for the chopped-off photo of the Bug (below):  I was wrangling two 6-year-old criminals doing their skillful best to get us banished from the museum.


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