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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, October 16, 2020

1953 Mercury Monarch

From Alex Emond, in Saskatchewan: "Power to the Purple! A seriously audacious old school custom . Very California ... for Swift Current. The Merc now sits on a 1991 Cadillac and the seats from said Cadillac dictate the interior. The doors are a strange electric trip where the window goes down then the door retracts , like a pocket door, into the body. The ass end was extended 18 inches to accommodate the Continental tire . The owner did all the work and he told me that he has put some 20,00 kliks on it ... Sunday drives , runs to car shows etc. . Time to sell . It's a bit much for me but I have to admire the workmanship. Saskatchewan area code is 306 , if anybody wants an outrageous grocery getter"

AH: Alex posted another Merc for sale a while back. And this one was for sale in Maine back in August






 

1 comment:

  1. In the fifties it was either a Mercury or a Monarch. Can't be both.

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