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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.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Nomad Wagon, Safari Wagon. Bushwick, Brooklyn.

When I first saw these photos on Scouting New York I thought they were of that legendary lost car-pound. You know--the lot somewhere in the outer-outer boroughs, where trangressive cars are hauled and impounded after bad parking choices are made. The car-pound that's never been found; the pound lost in time and Brooklyn. 
          But what this really is a someone's collection of pretty good cars, stored on Myrtle Avenue, in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It's not Jay Leno's garage, but some of the machines are far more appealing than standard-issue collector auto-baubles. The owner seems to have a trope for station wagons: I see a '55 Chevrolet Nomad and a 1955 Pontiac Safari, and what look to me like two or three 1954 Pontiac or Chevrolet wagons. Also, a 1957 Ford, and a Checker sedan from the early 1970s. I am definitely making the trip to Bushwick next time in NYC and will report when I'm on location. Thank you, Scouting New York.













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