tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post6301201650485675688..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: ♪♫ If I Were a Rich Man, Ya-Ta-Dadda-Dadda-Dadda-Da... ♫♪ Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-50609111539918880082014-05-19T16:47:18.282-06:002014-05-19T16:47:18.282-06:00On the right older model car, whitewalls look amaz...On the right older model car, whitewalls look amazing. On new cars, not so much... it's a little strange, isn't it?Danohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477455161050442125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-40884088755588449602014-05-16T16:33:57.301-06:002014-05-16T16:33:57.301-06:00Isn't it funny/strange how whitewalls have gon...Isn't it funny/strange how whitewalls have gone the way of the dodo?Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-15039079397986466082014-05-16T14:30:23.784-06:002014-05-16T14:30:23.784-06:00Love those whitewalls. Sweet!Love those whitewalls. Sweet!Danohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477455161050442125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-80296352775209934112014-05-15T18:35:12.210-06:002014-05-15T18:35:12.210-06:00ONE owner? Oh my - that's just beyond rare.ONE owner? Oh my - that's just beyond rare.Kris, in New Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185696221729269932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-81624613434494938322014-05-15T15:48:12.997-06:002014-05-15T15:48:12.997-06:00I'd LOVE to take that car to the Woodward Ave ...I'd LOVE to take that car to the Woodward Ave Dream Cruise. One of my (minor) claims to fame is participating in the first Dream Cruise, about which, this:<br /><br /><i>Greg, TSMP, and I had one truly embarrassing moment before the Caddy was completely road-worthy… when the Caddy stopped dead…right in the middle of Woodward Avenue somewhere in Birmingham during the First Annual Woodward Dream Cruise. The three of us wound up pushing the car several blocks to Greg’s house, which (thankfully) wasn’t all that far away when she quit. And we got her running again…</i><br /><br />That's in regard to my '<a href="http://exileinportales.blogspot.com/2010/08/sunday-re-run.html" rel="nofollow">'54 Caddy</a>... which was a fun car... but not NEARLY as much fun as that '66 Nova would be...Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-8396261195735372212014-05-15T14:25:13.131-06:002014-05-15T14:25:13.131-06:00Just think how much fun it would be to take it to ...Just think how much fun it would be to take it to Reno for <i>Hot August Nights</i>...<br /><br />...or to Royal Oak for the Woodward Ave. Cruise...<br /><br />...or both!!!(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-79848314374010004892014-05-15T13:21:11.114-06:002014-05-15T13:21:11.114-06:00But if you were a rich man you'd have people t...But if you were a rich man you'd have <i>people</i> to maintain the car... all you'd have to do would be drive it. <b>;-)</b><br /><br />That said, I hear ya. I remember doin' the "points and plugs" thing all TOO well, and too often. This modern age has spoiled us to a great extent.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-9688772009472691952014-05-15T12:52:16.493-06:002014-05-15T12:52:16.493-06:00Me, from ages 14-44: "I want that car so bad...Me, from ages 14-44: "I want that car so bad. It is frickin' awesome!"<br /><br />Me, today, age 45: "Solid lifters so I'd have to set the lash every five minutes... It's too expensive to risk actually driving it... Points? Really, I have to mess with point gap?.. A modern Mustang or Caddy CTS would blow its doors off AND get better mileage..." etc etc<br /><br />Dunno how it happened, but I have crossed some invisible line and now reside in Old Fart Land.innominatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365636738022339985noreply@blogger.com