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.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
1947 Ford Woodie. Imagine the labor involved with doing that.
I was 2 years old when that came out. There was no television in my life, and the radio was filled with music by adults, for adults. All I wanted was to grow up into that world.
Somehow, Dad ended up with a Ford and a Chevy, both late 20's vintage, as part of some deal. This was early 60's. I was amazed at how much wood those cars contained.
That woodie gave me a woody, but I am a carpenter and always keep some hardwood around.
ReplyDeleteI had a neighbor who collected classic cars. One day his garage burned down and his Woodie went with it.
ReplyDeleteIt took him 5 years but he completely rebuilt it himself. Beautiful in the end.
When Ford's motto of "Quality is Job One" actually meant something.
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I was 2 years old when that came out. There was no television in my life, and the radio was filled with music by adults, for adults. All I wanted was to grow up into that world.
ReplyDeleteBy the time I was 10, of course, it was all gone.
Somehow, Dad ended up with a Ford and a Chevy, both late 20's vintage, as part of some deal. This was early 60's. I was amazed at how much wood those cars contained.
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