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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, March 21, 2014

1946 Mercury, Spring in Maine


The famous Mercurys are the next generation of lead-sled era cars with the original sleekness applied by Ford Motor Company then developed by a couple of generations of hot rod & custom guys. This 1946 Merc isn't sleek, but it was a welcome sight on a grey day in Maine March with the first drip/splash of mud season out here on the Wolfe's Neck Road. Kind of a warmish day, maybe 41 degrees, and suddenly Maine cars are breaking out of the barns. This one has a pretty close to original body; most of the running gear is from a mid-90s Crown Victoria. The engine was a tight fit, but a fit.





 


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