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.
had a 62 bonnie ragtop back in high school. great car. sucked gas like mad though 421 super duty engine and a 4 speed auto trannie. and the best back seat of any car I ever had. it was better than most couches I used since. one year after getting running again, the gas crisis happened. it had a 27-28 gallon thank and at BEST, 12 mpg. but it was perfect for the highway !
The car's legacy seems to be important to know because it is part of our nation's history. But then, some folks don't care and some folks are "offended" by what went before. It's all good.
Looked at one year model, close to the above, might been a 65 or 65, had an overhead cammed straight six, manual floor shift, nice car, no title though. It sat for years.
Sweet. Learned to drive on a '62 Pawnyak Catalina.
ReplyDeleteAlways loved those wheels……
ReplyDeletehad a 62 bonnie ragtop back in high school. great car. sucked gas like mad though
ReplyDelete421 super duty engine and a 4 speed auto trannie. and the best back seat of any car I ever had. it was better than most couches I used since.
one year after getting running again, the gas crisis happened. it had a 27-28 gallon thank and at BEST, 12 mpg. but it was perfect for the highway !
high beams.....nice
ReplyDeleteIt is a 1961 model.
ReplyDeletePontiac was one of the most powerful and feared Native American chiefs during and after the French & Indian Wars.
ReplyDeleteAll Hail Pontiac
DeleteAnd what happened to him?
DeletePontiac was assassinated on April 20, 1769, near the French town of Cahokia.
DeleteMost accounts place his murder in Cahokia, but historian Gregory Dowd wrote that the killing probably happened in a nearby Indian village.
The killer was a Peoria warrior whose name has not been preserved.
He was apparently avenging his uncle, a Peoria chief named Makachinga (Black Dog), whom Pontiac had stabbed and badly wounded in 1766.
A Peoria band council had authorized Pontiac's execution.
The Peoria warrior came behind Pontiac, stunned him by clubbing him, and stabbed him to death.
i thought we were discussing the car ?
ReplyDeleteThe car's legacy seems to be important to know because it is part of our nation's history. But then, some folks don't care and some folks are "offended" by what went before. It's all good.
DeleteLove the paint color.
ReplyDeletePlumb crazy Plum!
ReplyDeleteLooked at one year model, close to the above, might been a 65 or 65, had an overhead cammed straight six, manual floor shift, nice car, no title though. It sat for years.
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