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 vividly remember seeing a few of these beauties in the parking lot outside of US Marine 5th Tank Battalion barracks on Camp Pendleton. I never had a desire to own one but they sure looked nice.
It was a nice idea, but I always remember the 442 as an oversize squishy luxury boat pretending to be a muscle car.
ReplyDeleteyeh, so what's your point ? it was Xactly what it was intended to be.
DeleteAggie, it was a muscle car for professionals. My dad(an OB/GYN) bought one in 1968 and he LOVED that thing!
ReplyDeleteFor it's day, it handled really well and was very luxurious compared to a pedestrian Chevelle(for instance).
Plus, it was pretty fast...
Now? A Honda Civic could smoke it...
'64-'65 442's were great cars. After that it became a "squishy, luxury boat".
ReplyDeleteAll 3 of you are nitwits.
ReplyDeleteSnippy as usual, always respectful of other people and their opinions.
DeleteYou really should change your heavily soiled thong.
DeleteI vividly remember seeing a few of these beauties in the parking lot outside of US Marine 5th Tank Battalion barracks on Camp Pendleton. I never had a desire to own one but they sure looked nice.
ReplyDeleteCONTINUATION: That was back in the spring of 1969 just before they handed me my DD-214 and I became a PFC (Proud F*ckin' Civilian)...
DeleteCutlass 442. ‘72. Great fun, rocket 350.
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