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.
Mid-60s Coupe de Ville. Growing up, the neighbors across the street had one in the garage. Impressive, but we were more interested in the neighborhood kids with jalopies of some kind. Just more fun.
I remember an old episode of Rockford Files, Jim had to rent a car and this was the only one available; "Darn thing corners like the Forrestal!" For the younger readers, the USS Forrestal was the first in class of a new "Supercarrier" aircraft carrier. Big. Very big.
Mid-60s Coupe de Ville. Growing up, the neighbors across the street had one in the garage. Impressive, but we were more interested in the neighborhood kids with jalopies of some kind. Just more fun.
ReplyDelete'68 Coupe de Ville. Mine was gray with a white top. Great car.
ReplyDeleteThey used to recycle the doors and make two Pintos out of them…
ReplyDeletePity the suspension collapsed on that one.
ReplyDeleteI remember an old episode of Rockford Files, Jim had to rent a car and this was the only one available; "Darn thing corners like the Forrestal!"
ReplyDeleteFor the younger readers, the USS Forrestal was the first in class of a new "Supercarrier" aircraft carrier. Big. Very big.
She was a bit large. I made her final active-duty Med cruise, in 1991.
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They had to install an extension on the factory to produce them fenders.
ReplyDelete'66 Coupe de Ville. Enough room in the trunk for 2 dead mafiosos.
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Big ugly old barge.
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