[quote]Mary, no wonder Rick wanted to date you! I can only guess what kind of car he was driving back then...or was he walking!
No, back then he was driving a Cadillac and had an airplane. I didn't really get to know him until he quit the "good life" and became a hippie. I saw potential, though, and have spent the last 30 years trying to renovate him and make him a conservative. Here is the result of my efforts:
Wow, beautiful car Mary, you sure had your work cut out for you though! A friend of mine from High School (Russel P. Merril the 3rd) restored a similar car. I think his was a 1926 Model A (or is it a T?) "roadster", a two seater, it looked just like that one, with the hand crank start (my job), gas lever and spark advance lever on the steering column, 3 pedals on the floor for 1st gear(down) and 2nd(up), Reverse and brakes. His had the wooden spoke wheels though.
After we graduated HS, we took a week's vacation and drove it from Hampton Falls, NH, up old route 1, all the way to Bahh Hahbahh, or for the rest of you, Bar Harbor.
You should have seen all the traffic stacked up behind us as we tried to make it up some of those hills...at about 20mph! Not Happy! But we had a great trip, camped out most of the time, and the old thing never broke down! His dad was into restoring old Model A's and T's, their family had about 3-4 of them and always drove them in the parades. Great fun!
