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OutdoorWriter
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LAST EDITED ON Jul-12-19 AT 06:07AM (MST)[p]My first car in 1959 was a red & white 1956 Ford Victoria like this, except with the full cruiser skirts:
In 1960, I had a minor fender bender at college in Dayton, OH. I had the body shop "nose" and "deck" it and then put 16 coats of black lacquer on it, sorta like this one without the hood louvers:
When I got married in 1961, we used $1,500 of the money we received as gifts to buy a 1956 T-Bird. It was sort of rare because it had a 312 CI instead of the standard 292 V8 and a 3-speed manual instead of an auto tranny.
In 1962, we migrated from NJ to AZ, driving the Ford and towing the T-Bird. With a growing family n 1964, we sold the T-Bird for $3000 to put a down payment on a new house. I wish I still owned the T-Bird. It would have greatly contributed to my retirement.
TONY MANDILE
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In 1960, I had a minor fender bender at college in Dayton, OH. I had the body shop "nose" and "deck" it and then put 16 coats of black lacquer on it, sorta like this one without the hood louvers:
When I got married in 1961, we used $1,500 of the money we received as gifts to buy a 1956 T-Bird. It was sort of rare because it had a 312 CI instead of the standard 292 V8 and a 3-speed manual instead of an auto tranny.
In 1962, we migrated from NJ to AZ, driving the Ford and towing the T-Bird. With a growing family n 1964, we sold the T-Bird for $3000 to put a down payment on a new house. I wish I still owned the T-Bird. It would have greatly contributed to my retirement.
TONY MANDILE
How To Hunt Coues Deer
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Back about 1960 my mom drove a 56' Chevy. She liked it because she said it was the most dependable car she ever had up to that time. She also said it saved her life one night.
She was driving to choir practice one stormy winter night and she stopped at the stop sign at the end of the road we lived on. There was no street lights there back then.
She looked both ways, didn't see anybody so started to pull out and the car just died. Just then, a car with no lights on went roaring by going about twice the speed limit.
After it went by, her trusty 56' Chevy started right up and she continued on her way.
She told that story for the rest of her life.
She was driving to choir practice one stormy winter night and she stopped at the stop sign at the end of the road we lived on. There was no street lights there back then.
She looked both ways, didn't see anybody so started to pull out and the car just died. Just then, a car with no lights on went roaring by going about twice the speed limit.
After it went by, her trusty 56' Chevy started right up and she continued on her way.
She told that story for the rest of her life.
Dear Mr. Eel.
Matters such as you wrote.....(above post) are to me, = special moments when we mortals SEE How God's Hand protects (Some of us). Most of our time we never see such actions, they just happen. Some folks say aloud: "The Lord Is With Us".
No offense meant to your Mothers feelings or story. I really do mean; No Offense intended.
I enjoyed your post as I do with everything you post.
Hugs
Jagerdad
PS: If any reader that attends church can print Eels post and hand it to their Church Pastor, Preacher, Father...It just might be included on a given Sunday.
Matters such as you wrote.....(above post) are to me, = special moments when we mortals SEE How God's Hand protects (Some of us). Most of our time we never see such actions, they just happen. Some folks say aloud: "The Lord Is With Us".
No offense meant to your Mothers feelings or story. I really do mean; No Offense intended.
I enjoyed your post as I do with everything you post.
Hugs
Jagerdad
PS: If any reader that attends church can print Eels post and hand it to their Church Pastor, Preacher, Father...It just might be included on a given Sunday.
