My First Ride

Murph dropped me a line about noticing a ’62 Plymouth Valiant on the road today and being struck by how ugly it was. It got me thinking about a post I’d been meaning to put up for quite awhile. A short tribute to the best car I ever owned. Flat-head 6, the last year of the 6-Volt battery and front-seat like a living room sofa: my 1954 Pontiac Pathfinder. The grill was a little dinged, and I was missing a headlight rim. Replaced that rim once from the Barrie Flea Market but hit a deer on Highway 12 and that was that the end of it.

It was a two-door coupe with a mint interior. What a beauty.

And it was also the perfect car to do bad James Dean impersonations in front of…

My First Car - 1954 Pontiac Chieftain

Wikipedia has a great entry about my first car.

Some of the more interesting optional items available for the first generation Chieftain included a radio with seven vacuum tubes, tissue dispenser, under seat heaters, and a Remington Auto-Home shaver.

Ah, those were the days!

Mind you – mine never looked this buff:

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Music For Losers

My all-time favourite lp cover. Via lpcoverlover.com.

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Posterous Ponderings

For those readers who noticed my last two posts — simple pictures with simple text — those are the result of the new blogging service called Posterous.

I’ve been looking for a way to integrate interesting links, images and videos into my blog without the runaround of a full-fledged post. That way when my faithful readers (I’m looking at you, Murph) what to comment on a link, they don’t have to atach it to whatever blog post happens to be at the top of the list.

So there’ll be a lot more drivel here over the next little bit. But you will be able to comment on it.

 

Enjoy.

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This is the end.

Of the beginning.

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Print for Dailies

Let's give this a whirl!

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