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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.

Saturday, September 18, 2021

1974 Jeep Wagoneer

From Jonathan Welsh: "Many folks associate the industrial designer Brooks Stevens with "planned obsolescence." But his Jeep Wagoneer seemed to hang on forever, or at least from 1963 to 1991. Not much changed in that time except the grille and headlights. Today people are dropping six-digit sums for the rarest vintage models in mint condition and for Jeep's 2021 reboot of the nameplate.
"Early Wagoneers stood out among 1960s SUVs because they were truly car-like and surprisingly comfortable. Rough machines like the Ford Bronco and Chevy Blazer fell short. This 1974 example might have faded a bit but I think that is original Omaha Orange paint."

AL: Here's a Wagoneer we caught in LA a while back. Another Wagoneer in Portland, Maine. And a 1964 Wagoneer in Colorado Springs.
Before the Wagoneer, there was the Studebaker Wagonaire.
A 1969 Wagoneer went on the block a few years back at BaT. So did this 1988 Grand Wagoneer. Everything in America gets Grand, or Grande, eventually.





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