Wayne in BC
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As we got into the small town we lived in, and onto the pavement, i could see the power windows going up and down as the the two kids played with them and waved their arms. I was some grumpy cause i figured he got too good a deal, him having the jam to keep chiseling the price down. That car was worth 10 times what he paid!
Mom and Dad were home when we got there, having been out when we left. Dad also was excited after a quick look at the car, he had always been a Lincoln fan but never could afford even an old one and Mom always insisted on a practical "family" car. Mom reserved judgement due to the "fertilizer" still falling off in the driveway
and insisted that he move it out to the street to wash it!
Armed with brooms, brushes, vacuum, rags and a hose we set immediately to giving the 53 Lincoln Capri a makeover! I believe my sister worked the hardest, scrubbing the interior and telling Mom that she would do the laundry after it was pointed out that the back of her slacks had "chicken tracks" on them
the two of them had just rubbed the most obvious pieces of the crud onto the floor in their hurry to get away.
That old car had no dents, scratches etc, and in those days they did not rust cause they were made of real metal and had real paint rather than a hint of it! The leather interior cleaned up wonderfully, i could hardly believe that there were only a few tiny stains. Good old Pinesol masked the moldy barn smell, soon to be replaced with several hanging air fresheners. A two door hardtop was the "in thing" in those days. If i remember correctly it also had, as Ken gleefully pointed out to me, a "5 speed automatic" transmission which i had not seen before. I think it went, drive 1,2,3, then low 1,2. He reckoned that made it much more powerful, and Dad had pointed out that the engine was a big sucker, i cannot remember the displacement but Kenny was in teenage car heaven!
About three hours later it was clean and polished, looking wonderful and Kenny and Sandy were up to for a drive and some bragging at the local hangout but Me, Mom and Dad all said that he was going nowhere without a license plate and insurance and he was wanting to take the plates off my car (you could do that legit in those days). Me, (three years older) and Dad both said, your going nowhere til you change the oil, do a mechanical check, and get some tires! We reckoned he was lucky just to get it home! The old girl fooled us tho, after an oil change and quick mechanical check, we found her to be premium. Everything worked, the power windows, the fancy radio, etc. She was a beauty!
He drove that car several years, always hard and fast, and i do not remember him ever having any mechanical problems. The only downside to that car was that it increased his social status to much, and got him married to his "first wife"
One of these days i will tell you about his previous car, and how glad i was to live through it....the goof!
Everybody have a fine day
Wayne
Mom and Dad were home when we got there, having been out when we left. Dad also was excited after a quick look at the car, he had always been a Lincoln fan but never could afford even an old one and Mom always insisted on a practical "family" car. Mom reserved judgement due to the "fertilizer" still falling off in the driveway
and insisted that he move it out to the street to wash it!Armed with brooms, brushes, vacuum, rags and a hose we set immediately to giving the 53 Lincoln Capri a makeover! I believe my sister worked the hardest, scrubbing the interior and telling Mom that she would do the laundry after it was pointed out that the back of her slacks had "chicken tracks" on them
the two of them had just rubbed the most obvious pieces of the crud onto the floor in their hurry to get away. That old car had no dents, scratches etc, and in those days they did not rust cause they were made of real metal and had real paint rather than a hint of it! The leather interior cleaned up wonderfully, i could hardly believe that there were only a few tiny stains. Good old Pinesol masked the moldy barn smell, soon to be replaced with several hanging air fresheners. A two door hardtop was the "in thing" in those days. If i remember correctly it also had, as Ken gleefully pointed out to me, a "5 speed automatic" transmission which i had not seen before. I think it went, drive 1,2,3, then low 1,2. He reckoned that made it much more powerful, and Dad had pointed out that the engine was a big sucker, i cannot remember the displacement but Kenny was in teenage car heaven!
About three hours later it was clean and polished, looking wonderful and Kenny and Sandy were up to for a drive and some bragging at the local hangout but Me, Mom and Dad all said that he was going nowhere without a license plate and insurance and he was wanting to take the plates off my car (you could do that legit in those days). Me, (three years older) and Dad both said, your going nowhere til you change the oil, do a mechanical check, and get some tires! We reckoned he was lucky just to get it home! The old girl fooled us tho, after an oil change and quick mechanical check, we found her to be premium. Everything worked, the power windows, the fancy radio, etc. She was a beauty!
He drove that car several years, always hard and fast, and i do not remember him ever having any mechanical problems. The only downside to that car was that it increased his social status to much, and got him married to his "first wife"
One of these days i will tell you about his previous car, and how glad i was to live through it....the goof!
Everybody have a fine day
Wayne
