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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, December 13, 2022

1970 Chevrolet C-50

 

Yeah, I know. But I want this truck. It's up at Hemmings. Always had a thing for old western farm trucks. Drove a 1968 International Loadstar 1700 for a couple of seasons on the wheat harvest in Alberta, offloading combines on the run and hustling the grain to the Alberta Pool elevator in town or to granaries on the farm. More on that episode posted here. They started threshing when the dew was off the crop and went at it until 1 or 2am. We were always watching the weather--like sailors. This blue truck was outfitted for hauling beets (side dump) but I sure like that blue. More grainers, and grain elevators, are posted here. 


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