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.
That in cream white, a white suit, a Panama hat, and a bombshell blonde, and you're all set for a leisurely cruise down to the Del Coronado in SD, or down to Key West.
Why can't designers create great cars again? Over the past few years I've seen Chryslers that I've mistaken for Bentleys, and vice versa. They all look like they were stamped out of a single mold and different names and chrome work slapped on them. I think the prevailing material they use is Ticky-Tacky.
Peak Art Deco design...
ReplyDeleteThat in cream white, a white suit, a Panama hat, and a bombshell blonde, and you're all set for a leisurely cruise down to the Del Coronado in SD, or down to Key West.
I wonder if Jay Leno has one of these.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a picture of a great aunt standing next to "our Graham sedan". I didn't know they were supercharged.... Wow....
ReplyDeleteThey weren't all supercharged, Like Cord they were an option. This one looks to have a custom body by Darren perhaps?
ReplyDeleteVery nice. From back when this country had soul. No, not that heavily tarnished negro version.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't designers create great cars again? Over the past few years I've seen Chryslers that I've mistaken for Bentleys, and vice versa. They all look like they were stamped out of a single mold and different names and chrome work slapped on them. I think the prevailing material they use is Ticky-Tacky.
ReplyDeleteMostly due to European pedestrian impact standards. Since all car bodies are now to be world-wide standard (for cost).
DeleteGraham Sharknose!
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