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've seen one of those in operation a few years (it was pre-Covid) and talked to the owner who restored it. Hydraulics and micro-switches galore and the roof is hinged just above the driver's head so if the seal leaks "you experience the Chinese water torture while driving". A cool car, I want one. Al_in_Ottawa
Wow, what a throwback. If you are ever in Downey CA on a summers eve…
ReplyDeletesmell that hot oil 8 blocks away
ReplyDeleteAnd the exhaust. My neighbor has a ford van that the catalytic convertor was stolen from. I'd forgotten the smell of exhaust.
Deleteand the raw gas
Delete'57 Ford Hardtop convertible. Stepdad had one, he let me drive it to my Senior Prom.
ReplyDeleteI've seen one of those in operation a few years (it was pre-Covid) and talked to the owner who restored it. Hydraulics and micro-switches galore and the roof is hinged just above the driver's head so if the seal leaks "you experience the Chinese water torture while driving".
ReplyDeleteA cool car, I want one.
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