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 I was in high school in 1977 I knew this kid from a well off family and his dad had bought him an immaculate 66 white GTO that he abused, drove around like a maniac, totaled, and then laughed about it. Unbelievable. I worked at Mcdonalds to be able to afford an old used pickup truck that I took care of and drove for years. I think about that every time I see one of these.
A man would buy a new Porche every year. He gave his 'old' last year's Porche to his daughter for her 16th birthday. She had been driving a five year old XKE handmedown from her sister. Within that first week she totalled the Porche by wrapping it around a light standard.
Rick, I was told that most Porsche 911 accidents were a result of leaving the road going backwards. Single car accidents. Got that from a towyard back in the day.
I went to skool with a lad whose daddy bought him a 1954 Chevy convertible, blue with a white top and baby moons for his first car. It was gorgeous. He rolled it about seventeen times and then his daddy bought him a brand new 1969 Chevelle 396 and it took him about six months to blow that engine into Mars orbit. Nobody I knew who ever got into that car with him repeated the experience. Then his daddy got him a VW Bug, possibly where he should have started, but I digress. Anyway, that was about the time VW had a commercial where they shoved a Bug into a big tank of water to show how airtight the coach work was. This mook drove his Bug into the local river to see if the commercials were true. And, they were, for about 45-minutes before it sank. I don't know what happened after that because I joined the goddam army and a-way I went, good morning, Viet Nam and all that. Good times.
My brother had a '67, which I believe that is. He was newly married and it was costing him a fortune. Late one night a semi truck with a flatbed trailor grabbed it and dragged it along a roadside row of large concrete sewer tile, totaling it. Problem solved, he and his wife bought a VW and saved a down payment for their first house.
Notice, too, how clean cut those young line workers are. What has happened to pride in appearance?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school in 1977 I knew this kid from a well off family and his dad had bought him an immaculate 66 white GTO that he abused, drove around like a maniac, totaled, and then laughed about it. Unbelievable. I worked at Mcdonalds to be able to afford an old used pickup truck that I took care of and drove for years. I think about that every time I see one of these.
ReplyDeleteA man would buy a new Porche every year. He gave his 'old' last year's Porche to his daughter for her 16th birthday.
DeleteShe had been driving a five year old XKE handmedown from her sister.
Within that first week she totalled the Porche by wrapping it around a light standard.
Rick, I was told that most Porsche 911 accidents were a result of leaving the road going backwards. Single car accidents. Got that from a towyard back in the day.
DeleteI went to skool with a lad whose daddy bought him a 1954 Chevy convertible, blue with a white top and baby moons for his first car. It was gorgeous. He rolled it about seventeen times and then his daddy bought him a brand new 1969 Chevelle 396 and it took him about six months to blow that engine into Mars orbit. Nobody I knew who ever got into that car with him repeated the experience. Then his daddy got him a VW Bug, possibly where he should have started, but I digress. Anyway, that was about the time VW had a commercial where they shoved a Bug into a big tank of water to show how airtight the coach work was. This mook drove his Bug into the local river to see if the commercials were true. And, they were, for about 45-minutes before it sank. I don't know what happened after that because I joined the goddam army and a-way I went, good morning, Viet Nam and all that. Good times.
DeleteWhere's the GTO? Hell, where are the old geesers working on it? I figure they are about 80 now, if they survived Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I always think about when I see pictures likes this...where are they now.
DeleteThat GTO is a bunch of soup cans now.
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There is one at Tmac's home.
ReplyDeletePossibly another senseless trip over Glacier View, Alaska as part of a 4th of July Car Launch,
ReplyDeleteMy brother had a '67, which I believe that is. He was newly married and it was costing him a fortune. Late one night a semi truck with a flatbed trailor grabbed it and dragged it along a roadside row of large concrete sewer tile, totaling it. Problem solved, he and his wife bought a VW and saved a down payment for their first house.
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