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 drove a Pinto 1973-1975. I got rear-ended twice, and no sign of fire, fuel leak, or explosion. Just a bent bunper and a dented trunk lid. Traded it for something that had a better time with the roads and snow around Minot AFB, ND.
Drove one from 1974 to 1977 and loved it. Had a 1968 Corvair for a few years that I drove for a few years until I ordered a 1992 Ford Explorer from the factory which I still drive with 364000 miles on her.
All these vehicles were deemed too dangerous to drive by useless carbon based life forms that tried and unfortunately succeed in making a name for themselves amongst the least evolved.
The more things change the more the stay the same.
I was working in Detroit around that time. The major paper ran a cartoon that showed 2 statee's talking next to the suggestion of a wreck. One says to the other "He was driving a Pinto with Firestone 500 radials. The coroner's gonna call it a suicide." Can you imagine that being printed nowadays?
I drove a Pinto 1973-1975. I got rear-ended twice, and no sign of fire, fuel leak, or explosion. Just a bent bunper and a dented trunk lid. Traded it for something that had a better time with the roads and snow around Minot AFB, ND.
ReplyDeleteOl' Hans the Gunner kind of got launched, didn't he?
ReplyDeleteDrove one from 1974 to 1977 and loved it.
ReplyDeleteHad a 1968 Corvair for a few years that I
drove for a few years until I ordered a 1992
Ford Explorer from the factory which I still
drive with 364000 miles on her.
All these vehicles were deemed too dangerous
to drive by useless carbon based life forms
that tried and unfortunately succeed in making
a name for themselves amongst the least evolved.
The more things change the more the stay the same.
Scene from 'Top Secret!' ?
ReplyDeleteYup. I recognized it too.
Delete"If everybody had a twelve gauge,
DeleteAnd a surfboard too,
You'd see 'em shootin' and surfin'
From here to Malibu..."
I remember that Ford quickly pulled an ad campaign that stated "Pintos give you a warm feeling..."
ReplyDeleteI was working in Detroit around that time. The major paper ran a cartoon that showed 2 statee's talking next to the suggestion of a wreck. One says to the other "He was driving a Pinto with Firestone 500 radials. The coroner's gonna call it a suicide." Can you imagine that being printed nowadays?
ReplyDeleteOne idea of a bad start to your day is when you're behind a Pinto at a toll booth with an Audi behind you.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, OK that was awesome. I remember seeing bumper stickers on these cars that said silly things like "flammable" or "Explosive"
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