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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.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

1932 Ford Tudor

Sunday morning on Coast Village Road in Montecito, there's a weekly gathering called "Cars & Coffee" which just about sums it up. Some nice machines, maybe a little too shiny for my eye, but
a nice scene. So much eye-candy I got a bit frazzled. The problem with even informal shows is that the cars get parked too close to one another, so taking photographs is a challenge. But plenty of zoom in not very much room.

'32 Fords of various profiles are of course an icon and we've featured a few before, including a pickup in No. California and a woody in Maine. And a different animal, a 34 Ford Deuce convertible, was spotted in Colorado in September. This car is cool. In Maine you still see a lot of fuzzy dice, too much chrome, too much paint, and hideous upholstery---but maybe we're getting back to old-school style hot rods, too. Nothing on the road here until May, though. (Road) Salt season will be running long this year.
One of the best finds of the year was the Speed Shop in Strong City, Kansas--remember this?

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