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.
I met a man who restored a '68 Fury rotisserie style. He did a fantastic job. Even the footlights for the rear seat passengers were highly polished. He was asking $68k. That was 15 years ago. I imagine today it would fetch $125k or so.
Kurt Vonnegut decried the "styling" of every car available, over 25 years ago, as jellybeans.
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ReplyDeleteI met a man who restored a '68 Fury rotisserie style. He did a fantastic job. Even the footlights for the rear seat passengers were highly polished. He was asking $68k. That was 15 years ago. I imagine today it would fetch $125k or so.
ReplyDeleteNo, not fifteen. Maybe 7 or eight. Boy, time sure flies!
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