As I PM'ed Tony, earlier today, as my daddy insured a Fart dealership,
in Toledo, he
replaced his 57 CRL 2-dr HT with a terracotta/terracotta/white 350
Sunliner convertible
in 1962--cried, when he brought that thing home, un-announced, to me.As I was 12, I never got to drive it, but, did learn to drive, at 17, in 1967, on our 390 1965 Fart Galaxie 500 convertible (white w/blue/blue) .As I mentioned to Tony, in the summer of '68 , on a SAT noonish, after a bud & I had gone (unsuccessfully) fishing at a large county park, I was feeling good, so, I opened the car up (with top-down, natcherly) on the 2-lane road, heading back to the main-road, and saw 105 on the speedo, before approaching a small, slightly elevated stream-bridge. When I got onto the bridge, the car launched itself (going in a straight line) and I distinctly remember all 4 wheels touching down, independently, in slow motion, as I noticed, for the first time, that there was a slow-ishly moving car approaching that bridge, but whose presence had been hidden by that elevated bridge.The poor-driver's first indication of my car's presence occurred during my car's touch down maneuvers!HooooooWHAMmmmmmmmm ; I really felt sorry for scaring the sh!t out of him; I know that I was plenty scared (after it was too late to do anything about my fortunately [w-] reckless driving.)Could easily have done a Joey Chitwood flying T-bone on that guy, or someone else. Thought that that car was 'fast', until 1969, when my uncle landed into town, driving a rental Charger R/T.An impromptu freeway-onramp drag race saw the Charger walk-away from the Fart. Sometimes we survive, despite our youthful stupidity. Adult stupidity is not forgiveable. Neil Vedder Paul Holmgren wrote: I leaned heavily upon my boys heads, brain, and gut reaction, when it came time for them to plan on their 'first' car Somehow "Dear Ol Dad' located each of them a drivable C-body to start out with. Took em to go look, and coached from the sidelines as they dickered the $$. Excellent learning experience for both of them, both a life lesson and the wrenching time they got to spend with 'The Keeper of The Tools' (who just happened to know a lot of tricks on fixing on the cheep too)--Paul Holmgren 2 57 300-C's in Indy Hoosier Corps #L6 A generation which ignores history has no past -- and no future. - Robert A. Heinlein> On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Anthony C. Boatman wrote: > Hi Neil, > Well, the odds of him getting this car range from slim to none. First > of all, as a new driver I'd feel much more comfortable with him in a car > with more safety equipment than a pair of seatbelts. I'd like him to be > in a car with as many airbags as possible. > Secondly, with a 318 V8 this car has way too much power for a teenager > to need going back and forth to school. Something nice and heavy with > four cylinders would be ideal. > Tony B. > Boise ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go tohttp://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1> ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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