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
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