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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.

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Alfa Romeo Spider

 

From Jonathan Welsh: "I loved today's item on Volvo 240 wagons, which also were preferred conveyance in Montclair through the 1980s and '90s. Such classics! Saab Turbos and BMWs challenged for the title off and on but the Prius eventually took over about a decade ago. Today it's all crossovers and luxury pickups in these parts. Kinda boring. There are exceptions, though.
"This mid-1980s Alfa Romeo Spider turned up at a Montclair NJ body shop. If it is a customer I'd say it has received high-quality treatment. Looks great. Many people recall the earlier "round tail" Spider from "The Graduate" and Alfa marketed Graduate-badged models like this one from '85 through '90. Over its decades-long run, the Pininfarina-designed Spider evolved with occasional increases in engine size and tweaks to its overall shape. Sales in the U.S. ended with the 1994 model."
AL: here's a '86 Spider out in Manitoba.






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