This is a 1952 Oldsmobile. I owned one like it during 1958.
This is a 1941 Ford. I owned one like it from 1953 thru 1955. It was my second car.
This is a 1954 Austin Healey 100. I bought it in early 1962, and I was T-boned in an intersection by a person who ran a stop sign in July of the same year. It was destroyed, and nearly killed me.
I had many other cars during my life, but these were at the show, and brought back fond memories. I was surprised that not one 1941 thru 1948 Chrysler product was there. Nor a single 1958 Chevrolet. I expected, and hoped, to see a 1948 Tucker but it was absent. Only 53 of them were built.More on next post.
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How fun to go to a car show and see your old friends! (Not the exact same ones, I realize that . . )
Yea, Heidi, that's a good way to put it. Thanks.
Wow - i don't think I ever heard the story of your T-bone accident. What were your injuries? Having recently been in an accident myself, I can identify a little bit with the trauma of a collision (even though my accident was minor compared to what yours must have been).
Those are amazing cars -- as beautiful as they are, it seems kind of wasteful to pour that much money into something like that. Especially the one of a kind one. Only in America, huh?
I was knocked unconscious, when I came to, I thought my arm was twisted off, up at a strange angle. But it was only numb. My nose was broken, it took 42 stitches to repair it. The doctor did a wonderful job. If I hadn't had my seat belt on, it may have been a different ending, and seat belts weren't required or even factory installed in those days.
After waking up, the only thing I was concerned about was who ran the stop sign. It was the other driver. They laid me on the grass by the intersection, and a dog came and smelled my face.
Yes, it's quite a waste of money, but then, what kind of a cook sends thousands on an old boat?
An old boat guy kook, that's who!
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