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.
He came home from WWII, worked on the family farm, started making tractors, started a hughly successful HVAC installation/service company, got rich, owned several Ferrari's, kept blowing up clutches, approached Enzo about supplying clutches, was dismissively turned down, vowed to build a superior gran turismo super car, did so.
My grandfather had a Lambo tractor that was a dedicated spray rig. He bought it instead of a Ford Jubilee because it had a few more HP and was $150 cheaper.
Things I learned, quite surprisingly, from Jeremy Clarkson.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing them for sale in the Napa Valley area in the 60s. Rutherford, I believe. Surprising, for sure.
ReplyDeleteThey still make tractors as far as that goes. Gotta give them credit for not forgetting where they came from.
ReplyDeleteHe came home from WWII, worked on the family farm, started making tractors, started a hughly successful HVAC installation/service company, got rich, owned several Ferrari's, kept blowing up clutches, approached Enzo about supplying clutches, was dismissively turned down, vowed to build a superior gran turismo super car, did so.
ReplyDeleteAnd Studebaker got their start making wheelbarrows for gold miners.
ReplyDeleteUnless that's intended for irony.......
DeleteThat's not even possibly true; many miners got to California in a Studebaker wagon in the first place.
I always tell my wife I'm a tractor not a Lamborghini. I hope she doesn't find out about this!
ReplyDeletePorche made beautiful tractors, too.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather had a Lambo tractor that was a dedicated spray rig. He bought it instead of a Ford Jubilee because it had a few more HP and was $150 cheaper.
ReplyDeleteFascinating. They could even make a tractor look like a land rocket...
ReplyDeleteLaverda motorcycles were made by an Italian combine manufacturer. Owned by a Count, IIRC.
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