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.
Beautiful! In 1966 Buick was just starting to build its drag racing program. I had a 1966 British racing green Buick Skylark Gran Sport that beat a GTO tri-power (three twos). After a tune-up at ******* it was 50, 70, 90 for the shift points of my 4-speed. Got caught by an officer of the law at 90 in a 25 mph school zone. He was a friend of my boss so just a verbal warning. I loved that car.
My Uncle, Harley Ismeal Mitch, had bought a brand new one in Atlanta, drove down to our place in south Miami, took us kids for a ride! the interior was white and we had a blast in the first convertible we ever rode in! He always drove fast and spent lavishly! His tag on the front was HIM on every car he had, seemed he had a new car each year. We still reminisce still on occasions about HIM and that convertible!
Nice! In high school a classmate had a 10 year old ragged out 69 Wildcat that had a one year only big block engine. It looked good on the outside but the interior was very worn.
My Dad had a '65.....Silver Grey Metallic with a black vinyl roof....loved the factory custom wheels and the fact that I once made it from St. Pete to Daytona in an hour and a half back when I-4 was a ghost road....
My Dad had a '64 convertible. Fastest car I had driven up to that point. Probably the best drum brakes I ever saw, finned aluminum drums almost eliminated fade. Zero to one hundred (indicated) to zero in 20 seconds on a stop watch.
Our family car was a 65 Wildcat. It was quick. Only ate ethel. Dad would snap his fingers and this light would appear on the speedo. We tried and tried to snap our fingers like dad to make it go on and off. (dimmer switch). It had a tattle tale for speed. We used to beg dad to make the chicken squawk. He'd set it at 70... Then bump past it a bit to make is "brawwwk".... Neat car, I think it had a speaker in the middle of the back seat.
When I moved into my first home, the next door neighbor and his wife had one just like this. It was a nice car and he used to tow an old scamp travel trailer behind it. During the summers he and his wife would go away for weeks at a time. As they got older I used to shovel their driveway and walks well as some of the other neighbors. Before he died, he went to Home Depot and bought me one of the biggest snow blowers on the market to handle the Colorado winters. He said it was for my doing all of the walks. It's been 25 years since he and his wife have passed. I moved, but I still have the snow blower. I used it to help all of my new neighbors until arthritis caught up to me. Now my 5 boys use it to help me and their neighbors during the big snows in Colorado.
After all the Citroens even a Nash Cosmopolitan would look good.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! In 1966 Buick was just starting to build its drag racing program. I had a 1966 British racing green Buick Skylark Gran Sport that beat a GTO tri-power (three twos). After a tune-up at ******* it was 50, 70, 90 for the shift points of my 4-speed. Got caught by an officer of the law at 90 in a 25 mph school zone. He was a friend of my boss so just a verbal warning. I loved that car.
ReplyDeleteJust waiting for some pinhead to lower and drag along the boulevard… it’s perfect as is.
ReplyDeleteMy Uncle, Harley Ismeal Mitch, had bought a brand new one in Atlanta, drove down to our place in south Miami, took us kids for a ride! the interior was white and we had a blast in the first convertible we ever rode in! He always drove fast and spent lavishly! His tag on the front was HIM on every car he had, seemed he had a new car each year. We still reminisce still on occasions about HIM and that convertible!
ReplyDeletecouldn't afford it then, couldn't afford it now. damm !
ReplyDeleteNice! In high school a classmate had a 10 year old ragged out 69 Wildcat that had a one year only big block engine. It looked good on the outside but the interior was very worn.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad had a '65.....Silver Grey Metallic with a black vinyl roof....loved the factory custom wheels and the fact that I once made it from St. Pete to Daytona in an hour and a half back when I-4 was a ghost road....
ReplyDeleteThese days, it’s an hour and a half between Lakeland and Orlando. I despise driving on I-4.
DeleteMy Dad had a '64 convertible. Fastest car I had driven up to that point. Probably the best drum brakes I ever saw, finned aluminum drums almost eliminated fade. Zero to one hundred (indicated) to zero in 20 seconds on a stop watch.
ReplyDeleteOur family car was a 65 Wildcat. It was quick. Only ate ethel. Dad would snap his fingers and this light would appear on the speedo. We tried and tried to snap our fingers like dad to make it go on and off. (dimmer switch). It had a tattle tale for speed. We used to beg dad to make the chicken squawk. He'd set it at 70... Then bump past it a bit to make is "brawwwk".... Neat car, I think it had a speaker in the middle of the back seat.
ReplyDeleteYour dad was the coolest.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteMy '79 Electra Limited had those exact same Buick Mag wheels. Classic look!
When I moved into my first home, the next door neighbor and his wife had one just like this. It was a nice car and he used to tow an old scamp travel trailer behind it. During the summers he and his wife would go away for weeks at a time. As they got older I used to shovel their driveway and walks well as some of the other neighbors. Before he died, he went to Home Depot and bought me one of the biggest snow blowers on the market to handle the Colorado winters. He said it was for my doing all of the walks. It's been 25 years since he and his wife have passed. I moved, but I still have the snow blower. I used it to help all of my new neighbors until arthritis caught up to me. Now my 5 boys use it to help me and their neighbors during the big snows in Colorado.
ReplyDelete