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.
Sunday, October 10, 2021
I saw this, and thought, "My dad's uncle had one of those." Found the picture.
My Dad's first new car ever was a '56 Ford Wagon. He bought it in Fresno and it didn't have a radio or heater, believe it or not. Optional at extra cost, and us 3 kids were cost enough for him back then. That car had an oil leak from day one, and after getting the run around from the dealer for six months my Dad insisted they get a factory rep on the phone, whereupon he told him in a voice loud enough for everybody in the building to hear- "If you don't get this thing fixed I'll be driving this car through this dealer's showroom window".
He was told to leave the car at the dealer and he could pick it up as soon as they could get a new engine in it. It took a week. Other than that one problem it was a good car. He kept if for about 7 years before he traded it in on a new '63 Dodge Dart. Slant 6, push button automatic.
In '61, I bought my uncle's '54 Customline with Crestline interior. You could do stuff like that in those days. When I told a cousin that I'd bought it, he asked if it had, "The Big Heater". Meaning "MagicAire", they called it. Ford and Chevy people didn't talk about A/C. I had another '54 Mainline, really basic with add-on radio and heater. No defrost on the heater. Just a fan speed knob.
gonna git the door tore off that purty thang
ReplyDeleteI had one. Black and white. Wore slap out.
ReplyDeleteI had a 1956 Ford "custom" back in the day. It was a nice solid dependable car, but 12 years later my new 1968 Galixie was a piece of junk.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad's first new car ever was a '56 Ford Wagon. He bought it in Fresno and it didn't have a radio or heater, believe it or not. Optional at extra cost, and us 3 kids were cost enough for him back then.
ReplyDeleteThat car had an oil leak from day one, and after getting the run around from the dealer for six months my Dad insisted they get a factory rep on the phone, whereupon he told him in a voice loud enough for everybody in the building to hear-
"If you don't get this thing fixed I'll be driving this car through this dealer's showroom window".
He was told to leave the car at the dealer and he could pick it up as soon as they could get a new engine in it. It took a week.
Other than that one problem it was a good car. He kept if for about 7 years before he traded it in on a new '63 Dodge Dart. Slant 6, push button automatic.
In '61, I bought my uncle's '54 Customline with Crestline interior. You could do stuff like that in those days. When I told a cousin that I'd bought it, he asked if it had, "The Big Heater". Meaning "MagicAire", they called it. Ford and Chevy people didn't talk about A/C. I had another '54 Mainline, really basic with add-on radio and heater. No defrost on the heater. Just a fan speed knob.
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