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.
When cars actually had style and you could identify the make and model from three blocks away. Unlike today when you can't tell the difference between the two soap bubbles on wheels you are standing in between .
About '68, we had a '60 Chrysler Crown Imperial. Had a fuel feed problem. Open the secondaries up, and real soon the engine would die, along with the steering! Not to mention you had one stab at the brakes, let off, and the pedal would turn into a brick. Full power steering, not power assisted, like the rest of the auto world. Had one of those rectangular steering wheels. Fuel filter was clogged.
Nice Imperial.
ReplyDeleteNote thw not round steering wheel
ReplyDeleteI would smile with that in the driveway.
ReplyDeleteWhen cars actually had style and you could identify the make and model from three blocks away. Unlike today when you can't tell the difference between the two soap bubbles on wheels you are standing in between .
ReplyDeleteAbout '68, we had a '60 Chrysler Crown Imperial. Had a fuel feed problem. Open the secondaries up, and real soon the engine would die, along with the steering! Not to mention you had one stab at the brakes, let off, and the pedal would turn into a brick.
ReplyDeleteFull power steering, not power assisted, like the rest of the auto world. Had one of those rectangular steering wheels. Fuel filter was clogged.
Style!
ReplyDeleteJust about everything about that car was big.
ReplyDeleteYou could fit about anything into the trunk, and just imagine what you could do in the back seat.