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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, April 13, 2014

1953 Chevrolet truck.







 
The truck belongs to Frank Ohlin and I've seen it parked next to a GMC truck of the same era which he owns, and which has been posted a couple of times on AL. The Chevrolet is mostly original. We like trucks that are being driven, as this one is. Trailer Queens are kinda boring. Frank told me that in '53 these trucks got the pop-up vent in front of the windshield, the push-button door handles, and--oh yeah, painted (instead of chromed) grills--chrome shortage due to Korean war.

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