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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.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Swiss Ranch Wagon: The 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon

Generally 1950s cars don't do much for me, until the end of the decade. In 1959 pretty much everyone went wide, flat and wild. You've listened to me rave about the wide-track Pontiacs. I also loved those cat's-eye '59 Chevrolets, and the weird '59 Buick. That year's Oldsmobile got something strange and interesting happening. Everything got pulled back a bit for 1960 but still 1959-67, those are my favorite years for North American iron.
Lowtech (photo above) is a Swiss guy with an eye. Must cost an ingot a month to keep this thing gassed up in Zurich.

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