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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 22, 2015

Reo Gold Comet



from Alex Emond, last October, in south Saskatchewan, "Honk if you love Jesus. That old bumper sticker plea popped into my head when I saw this truck . I hit the brake , did a U-turn and grabbed the camera .
It has seen better days but imagine this when it was new. I don't think that there were many of these up here in Canada , ever. This is in Assiniboia at a shop that fixes tractors and combines . I'd like to think that it is slated for restoration too . Somebody with more money than brains who knows just how rare this truck is . The search for the holy growl continues ... Cheers , Alex ps speaking of combines ... these are wider than the road ... you just have to pull way over and let them squeeze by"-AE
There was a 1964 Reo Gold Comet up on Bring-a-Trailer last year.
 




2 comments:

  1. It’s a shame that the windshield was busted out! This is one cool REO! Would look better in my driveway here in Ohio. Email: paulporter51@yahoo.com

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  2. It’s a shame that the windshield was busted out! This is one cool REO! Would look better in my driveway here in Ohio. Email: paulporter51@yahoo.com

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