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looks more like a pond after the rough winter we've had...
should be ready to swim in next week - needs more shocking and vacuuming...
Walking back to my daughter's car, I was happy to see that someone still had faith in us all by leaving the top down and his leather coat draped over the captain's chair.
The temptation to touch Ford's absolute redemption for unleashing the 1958 Lincoln on our eyes was great, but I resisted.
I think the color is Ford's Midnight Blue Metallic. Maybe the Lincoln Division had a sexier name for it. I think it was the ultimate color to be seen on a car like this at summer's twilight.
Happy memories of the captains of these ships never turning on the FASTEN SEAT BELTS and NO SMOKING lights and always having the freedom to move about the cabin at will.
No stability control, anti-lock, air bags or navigational assistance.
Nor were there massive A and B pillars and interiors that felt like coffins. Today, in order to see the USA in your Chevrolet, you have to stop, unbuckle, and get out.
The visibility was amazing, both ways. As long as you emptied a can of Rayette hairspray on your 'do, these were/are the ultimate 'look at me!' cars. The view of the world was like riding a motorcycle, only less bugs in your teeth and marginally safer.
When my friend's dad would bring one of these home from the Glass House executive car pool, he somehow almost always got the keys on a Saturday night. Convertibles afforded a teen to productively effect a 180° moon field-of-view, offending substantially more crosstown rivals per moon.
Probably the best grocery-getter this patch of blacktop has seen in a long time.
well my brother forgot to cover the pool over the winter and this is what happened. lol chlorine, anyone?
A little trip down south of the border. As blogged at www.katewares.com/2012/08/10/august-break-2012-day-10/