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My dad moved from an 88 to a ‘73 Imperial. I had to use that for my first driving test. Like parallel parking a house.
A friend won the local demolition derby with it years later.


30 posted on 05/10/2024 2:10:53 PM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: sasquatch

[My dad moved from an 88 to a ‘73 Imperial. I had to use that for my first driving test. Like parallel parking a house.

A friend won the local demolition derby with it years later.]


That’s the thing about these classics. Familiarity and age breed contempt. Rust (and Big 3 unreliability) apart, it’s one reason you don’t see many of them on the roads any more. Takes decades and scarcity before these classic designs are treated with the respect they deserve. Contempt morphs into reverence.


42 posted on 05/11/2024 11:03:36 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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