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.
Two days ago I saw a pristine Metropolitan in a restaurant parking lot at lunch. The classic turquoise and white two tone. Brought back memories of an old relative who drove one back in the day.
Those were neat little cars. Practical for around town use, but not for highways.
Dad had a couple Mets in his used car lot in '66, the summer I spent playing attendant. Learned to drive a stick using them. His partner kept playing with the shift linkage, so the shift pattern could change randomly from day to day. No idea why he fiddled with them, but it was instructive in learning the dynamics of gearing and clutches. Dad had quite a selection of cars there. Had a couple Corvairs, a Stingray Corvette, a beautiful '57 Chevy 2dr HT (might have been the genesis of my attraction to them, I eventually had 7 of them in highschool), and a '62 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (which I got from him a few years later), The lot held about 30 cars total. No pickups. That was not a normal vehicle for personal use back then. They were for work, not transportation.
It's good to see what someone with imagination can do! A bit of humor too... who didn't smile the first time you saw this?
ReplyDeleteTwo days ago I saw a pristine Metropolitan in a restaurant parking lot at lunch. The classic turquoise and white two tone. Brought back memories of an old relative who drove one back in the day.
ReplyDeleteGuy across the street had one for decades.
DeleteRule 34 but for automobiles.
ReplyDeleteevery suburban wife's car, after the old man tried a minature foreign job.
ReplyDeleteBut does it's horn go "beep beep"?
ReplyDeleteLink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayTJtVzHOLs
I bet it can pass the Cadillac.
but can it get out of second gear?
Delete(about wore that 45 out when I was growing up...)
You can't polish a turd but you can sprinkle it with glitter. Now we know where that saying came from!
ReplyDeleteThose were neat little cars. Practical for around town use, but not for highways.
ReplyDeleteDad had a couple Mets in his used car lot in '66, the summer I spent playing attendant. Learned to drive a stick using them. His partner kept playing with the shift linkage, so the shift pattern could change randomly from day to day. No idea why he fiddled with them, but it was instructive in learning the dynamics of gearing and clutches.
Dad had quite a selection of cars there. Had a couple Corvairs, a Stingray Corvette, a beautiful '57 Chevy 2dr HT (might have been the genesis of my attraction to them, I eventually had 7 of them in highschool), and a '62 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (which I got from him a few years later), The lot held about 30 cars total.
No pickups. That was not a normal vehicle for personal use back then. They were for work, not transportation.
Kit build on a golf cart chassis...?
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