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PHB

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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.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Living Large in 1974: Mercury Monterey & Chevrolet Impala

These were the dinosaurs, already rolling off assembly lines when the 'oil crisis' hit with the Middle East war in October 1973. and pump prices started going up. The Merc is an extraordinarily clean car, looks like everything's original, and it's for sale. The Impala is not quite as pristine but appears solid and original. Probably these were grandparent cars. A road trip in either would be like driving your living room cross-country.  Found them within a couple blocks of each other, in the Patty Jewett neighborhood on Colorado Springs.
















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