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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, November 8, 2020

1973 Opel GT

from Jonathan Welsh: "I was on my way to Deer Isle to fix a few things at the house late last month when I saw this rare bird parked outside Verona Island's famous Rock Shop.
"Many people growing up in the 1970s might have called the Opel GT a "baby Corvette" but I used to think it more clearly channeled Bertone (Lamborghini Miura) or Pininfarina (Ferrari Dino 246). In fact it was Brissonneau & Lotz, a French builder of locomotives and railcars, who turned out these beauties for General Motors' Opel division.
 "The owner confirmed this is a 1973 model -- last of the line that started in 1968. Original paint and yes, it came from the factory with those 13-inch wheels. Wow."

AL: The last Opel we posted was the hardy little Kadett, which is a whole 'nother story. No one would ever mistake the stubby K-wagen for a Lamborghini.




 

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