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.
Say what you want about the cars of the '50s and '60s at least there was no mistaking a Ford for a Buick. '61 Plymouth Fury, one of Virgil Exner's last designs. Looks like it has the square steering wheel. Al_in_Ottawa
Based on the other cars on the street, this picture aunt taken anywhere near 1961, not even the same century, so the prices seen a little more reasonable.
Something about that picture makes me wonder "what is in the trunk " lot of space there
ReplyDelete8241 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga, CA if anyone is hungry...
ReplyDeleteIf on the way to the drive-in, about 6 kids.
ReplyDeleteBoth my parents and I (as a parent) would always take the big old Chevy station wagon to the drive in theater and park backwards.
DeleteSay what you want about the cars of the '50s and '60s at least there was no mistaking a Ford for a Buick. '61 Plymouth Fury, one of Virgil Exner's last designs. Looks like it has the square steering wheel.
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I look out at the parking lot here and 3/4 are SUVs and they all have the same outline... slightly different maybe but not by much.
DeleteVirgil Exner was an... interesting dude...
ReplyDeleteThat "party pan" seems extremely expensive for that time period.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's right at $5.45 per person. 1961, $5 got you a pretty decent meal.
DeleteIt's California though...
Based on the other cars on the street, this picture aunt taken anywhere near 1961, not even the same century, so the prices seen a little more reasonable.
DeleteGood catch, DWW.
DeleteFor some reason, I think that's a Chrysler product. If so, it could have a hemi innit.
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