And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's a 1964 Mercury Monterey "Breezeway" model. Notice the rear window goes up and down, hence, Breezeway.
Some of those old Mercury's were getting to the point of gaudiness with all their adornments, see this "Turnpike Cruiser": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Turnpike_Cruiser#/media/File:1957_Turnpike_Cruiser_(8106404537).jpg
I remember the good old days when "heavy medal" meant a 2 ton, 2-tone sedan with fins. 'Sigh", Gone forever
ReplyDeleteThe cactus and palm trees reminds me of Palm Springs or San Diego. The license plate looks like about 1968. What year is the car?
ReplyDeleteIt's a 1964 Mercury Monterey "Breezeway" model. Notice the rear window goes up and down, hence, Breezeway.
DeleteSome of those old Mercury's were getting to the point of gaudiness with all their adornments, see this "Turnpike Cruiser": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Turnpike_Cruiser#/media/File:1957_Turnpike_Cruiser_(8106404537).jpg
I remember Arnold Palmer doing a commercial hitting a ball through the rear window in '64...
DeleteI am fairly certain that it is a Montclair, rather than, a Monterey.
ReplyDeleteI believe you may be right. That trim work between the tail lights is the give away. Booth models are very similar in appearance.
DeleteFrom the looks of the photo I'd say it must have been taken in 1882.
ReplyDeleteBack when So. Cal was a paradise instead of a cesspool.
ReplyDeleteAnd weed was $10 a lid
DeleteMaybe, but it was also 2-5 years if you were caught, and took you 2 days to earn that much money then.
DeleteNostalgia is for suckers.