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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.

Friday, August 21, 2015

Streets of Amsterdam: the DAF 33, and the Dutch Variomatic.

 from Guido Goluke, in Amsterdam: "Hey Peter, here are some fotos of the daf33 with the most intelligent stick shift ever, aka the Variomatic. This one was as yet spared the fat bumpers that new owner Volvo put on later to make it look safe and Swedish."--GG
 Three years ago, when I was at NIAS, in Wassenaar NL, we thought about buying one of these, and a Dutch friend said, yes, great, if you like driving in reverse.
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