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I thought this was fair police....

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Actually with the 1964/65 World's Fair globe. I somewhere have a picture of me at about 7yo with it when my grandmother took me for a week to the fair. We were in SW rural Oh at the time.
 
"The famous CUT 7 low-drag Jaguar E Type owned by Dick Protheroe and driven by David Wansborough in the 1965 RAC TT at Oulton Park. Wansborough went off course during practice and ended up in the lake. Impressively, it was repaired/dried out overnight to compete in the race." Bernard Cahier Photo
 
mikephillips said:
Actually with the 1964/65 World's Fair globe. I somewhere have a picture of me at about 7yo with it when my grandmother took me for a week to the fair. We were in SW rural Oh at the time.
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You are probably right about the year.
My addled brain stopped remembering the years about anything not critical unless it's the model year of some cars;).
At the time I was living in Franklin Square, Long Island just a few towns away.
Me and my best friend went with our current girlfriends, and everything was pretty cool.
I'll never forget the very cool Chrysler Turbine cars silently driving around a small track.
Truly believed that would be the future of automotive engines forever.:confused:
I bought a Vegimatic blender from the same huckster that Dan Ackroid spoofed in his Bassomatic sketch.
When I saw that sketch, I probably laughed more than half the people who saw it.
Amazing what sticks in the head and what doesn't.
 
equiprx said:
……….I'll never forget the very cool Chrysler Turbine cars silently driving around a small track.
Truly believed that would be the future of automotive engines forever.:confused:
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As a teenager I also grew up on the north shore of Long Island.
I vividly remember those Chrysler turbine cars and the small track. I actually got to ride in one. I also thought that was the future of cars.
 
I do remember riding in the Mustangs at the Ford Pavillion, but I have to admit as a little kid then it didn't really impress me. But for a small town Ohio kid, a trip to NYC for a week was something that has stuck in my brain. Staying in a distant cousin's run down Brooklyn hotel, riding the subway and some general sightseeing too. My grandmother was a great one doing stuff for my brothers and I as we grew up.
 
mikephillips said:
I do remember riding in the Mustangs at the Ford Pavillion, but I have to admit as a little kid then it didn't really impress me. But for a small town Ohio kid, a trip to NYC for a week was something that has stuck in my brain. Staying in a distant cousin's run down Brooklyn hotel, riding the subway and some general sightseeing too. My grandmother was a great one doing stuff for my brothers and I as we grew up.
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I didn't like the new Mustang at all, but even at that age I was nuts for foreign cars.
My Fiat 4 door sedan was the world to me, but I secretly lusted after any Italian sports car.
It took me nearly 10 years to finally own my Fiat 850 Spyder.
Forgiving all it's shortcomings was easy, when it worked.
As I got older, I started to dig the early mustangs more when Shelby got more involved.
 
waltesefalcon said:
The MG or the blondes?
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I don't dig their attitude but it could just be an act.
Never went crazy over a blond anyway, except Catherine Denuvé, just more class.
 
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