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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.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

1954 Ford Crestline Victoria, original


from Michael S Moore, in Northern California: (the car belongs to a neighbor):
"A month or so ago he told me he'd found this Craigslist Ford, and a bit of its story;  turns out the car was bought new by a woman in Martinez, CA who shipped it to Europe [not sure when but probably shortly thereafter] for a grand tour, then brought it home where it stayed, always garaged. When she passed away a neighbor kid got ahold of it, took it to a local mechanic to fix and then couldn't pay the bill...at which point it went up for sale and my buddy spotted it, cut a deal to buy it in good running condition [which it wasn't, though nothing horrible - fuel system, brakes, battery, tires] and subsequently drove it home, where I just saw it.  1954 Ford Crestline; hadn't been registered since '91.  Sounds solid!  OHV V-8, overdrive, tinted glass and all the original trimmings. Red motor, yellow [and white] exterior; blue interior - primary colors!  Anyway, he's happy as a duck, fussing around with the thing, and the second registered owner."--MSM



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