It’d been 12 years. A lot had changed. I moved. I got married. I changed jobs. Yet the car that sparked my love affair for all things automotive remained in the same spot I left it. There it waited, waited for that opportunity to bask once again in the sun.
It’s not that I didn’t…
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My aunt had basically this car. It was a '75 Eldo converticle with the 500 CID Caddy, same brilliant red, but with the white interior, which I prefer to this car's dark. Her license plate referred to the gas mileage, "SLURP". She took us in the car to a trendy fern bar/restaurant in the mid-80's, complete with ferns and young staff in collar up polos and blazers with the sleeves pushed up, and the car took up two of the E30 sized parking places in that lot! I was sorta upset when my cousins told me that she had gotten rid of it. It was probably the perfect car to drive in a parade with dignitaries or beautiful people waving at the crowd. Would I have kept it in storage all of these years? Maybe not. But I wish I had had the chance to do so.
PT_SHO said:My aunt had basically this car. It was a '75 Eldo converticle with the 500 CID Caddy, same brilliant red, but with the white interior, which I prefer to this car's dark. Her license plate referred to the gas mileage, "SLURP". She took us in the car to a trendy fern bar/restaurant in the mid-80's, complete with ferns and young staff in collar up polos and blazers with the sleeves pushed up, and the car took up two of the E30 sized parking places in that lot! I was sorta upset when my cousins told me that she had gotten rid of it. It was probably the perfect car to drive in a parade with dignitaries or beautiful people waving at the crowd. Would I have kept it in storage all of these years? Maybe not. But I wish I had had the chance to do so.
A fern bar? That sounds interesting. Yes, a white interior would certainly not hold the heat from having the top down - the black leather gets hot! It's a great car for parades, not so much for parking spaces, as you alluded to. Thanks for sharing your story!
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