THE NEXT VALLEY

Reborn

Al noreste, en la esquina. Techo de Navarra.

Engine stories

After three years under repairs and much time invested, our old American friend returns to the asphalt.

Bought by my grandfather in 1964, my mind goes back to the times when my family used to travel from Navarre to Galicia. All the way through the north of Spain, going up to eight people in this same Oldsmobile F-85 and which is again looking for new destinations.

I can see my grandmother carrying my 4-year-old uncle Fernando on her legs, I can see my father holding his little sister at the backseat while wondering “have we already arrived?”, and I can see the oldest brother watching the passing fields on their way to the Pyrenees.

These were times when everything seemed to go at a completely different pace and I think it gave a purer meaning. So I wanted to experience a piece of it.