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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, August 24, 2021

Brooks Stevens and the 1947-65 Jeep pickup.

From Jonathan Welsh on Deer Isle, Maine. Willys-Overland and Kaiser Jeep built these no-nonsense pickups from 1947 to 1965 with surprisingly few changes. Engines gained displacement and power, eventually growing to six cylinders from four. But visually they all seem pretty much the same. Grille details place this one in the 1950-53 range. Renowned industrial designer Brooks Stevens penned the truck and later came up with the Jeep Wagoneer, which also had legs (produced from 1962 to 1991 and making a comeback, in name at least, this year).
AL: See the 1954 Willys Jeep station wagon we caught a while back. And a '59 Jeep Pickup this spring. Yer basic Willys Jeep CJ in Colorado Springs. A 1957 Willys Jeep FC-170. And, oh yeah, the Willys street rod.





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