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.
Richie Ginther, a few years before he died, had a chance to drive the 550 he raced at the start of his career. He drove a couple of laps and brought it into the pits and just sat in it for a bit after he shut it off. Somebody asked him what he was thinking. “Hell, I never knew what a bad car it was,” he answered.
I can't drive 55.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a U-47.
ReplyDelete"With leather...?"
DeleteCool car, 550 spider. Rare in 2026. That beautiful design is over 70 years old.
ReplyDeleteRichie Ginther, a few years before he died, had a chance to drive the 550 he raced at the start of his career. He drove a couple of laps and brought it into the pits and just sat in it for a bit after he shut it off. Somebody asked him what he was thinking.
ReplyDelete“Hell, I never knew what a bad car it was,” he answered.
That is an excellent story!
DeleteAlong came a spider took him down the road to eternity
ReplyDeleteAll that hand formed aluminum, works of art.
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