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.
My Uncle Carl, who was always finding adventures for the cousins, took us to the Ford plant in Hapeville, an Atlanta suburb to watch them assemble '54 Fords. I didn't see them climbing into the engine compartment but my main memory is watching them settle the engines in with long metal pipes.
I miss the days when I could sit inside my A108 Dodge Van and work on a tune-up etc.nice and dry. Then my Power Wagons I could sit inside the engine bay and do the same, just being sure to no sit up too high. Being 5'6" I was better off than my little brother.
My Uncle Carl, who was always finding adventures for the cousins, took us to the Ford plant in Hapeville, an Atlanta suburb to watch them assemble '54 Fords. I didn't see them climbing into the engine compartment but my main memory is watching them settle the engines in with long metal pipes.
ReplyDeleteSweet trucks, they look marvelous. To have one right off the line today. Mount the body on a modern chassis, always wanted to do that.
ReplyDeleteWent to a Caterpillar factory in the 70s. Fascinating watching patterns being made for engine heads. No heat welding. Don't remember much else.
ReplyDeleteI miss the days when I could sit inside my A108 Dodge Van and work on a tune-up etc.nice and dry. Then my Power Wagons I could sit inside the engine bay and do the same, just being sure to no sit up too high. Being 5'6" I was better off than my little brother.
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