Re: Car from Childhood
During my childhood my parents owned 3 1967 Olds 98's.The high compression 425's all sounded so good.I could always tell when dad was home{usually with a nervous lump in my throat} by the blub blub of that bigblock.When he later replaced his 67 with a 1970 88 with a 350 in it I actually told him that it sounded like it had tin cans for pistons{pretty asute observation for a 10 year old}.He sold his dented up 98 for $25 and my moms much nicer one for $400 back in the 80's.When I first layed eyes on what would be my first car I just knew I had to have it.A 1967 Olds Cutlass 2 door.Man I wish dad had just kept the 425 out of that car he sold for $25,it ran so good.That car had his old pipe tobacco smell in it,rode like it was on a cushion of air and he would manuver it through parking lots with just the tip of one finger on the steering wheel.
Anybody remember the good old dayz when preparing for the family vacation started out with going down to the local parts store and picking up a few cans of freon and soaking them in hot water and charging up the AC so it would stay cold all week?No suprise they outlawed that stuff.Heck,who am I kidding,I was doing the same thing all summer long with my Trans Am and cans of that"freeze 12" replacement stuff.Some old habits die hard.
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