I think this is a fair time to recap Mom's car ownership history (dates and models are estimates. photos are renderings only, not the real McCoys).
First, the 70s: the famous, the slow, the stylish, the timeless, you know it folks: the 1973, pale yellow, two door, AMC Hornet. a/k/a God's gift to automotive craftsmanship and rounded styling. (for you Hornet junkies: go to http://www.amchornet.com/ to relive the golden days). If it wasn't for Sean's well-documented chainsaw massacre of the Hornet's roof, the little bug (I mean bee) would still be in Mom's driveway today. Remember those plaid covered, rough seats? Who could forget piling a family of six in there, all the gear, plus Fay and Grandma, and sometimes some friends and heading off to Cranford pool. God bless the state's lax safety laws of the 70s. Who was cooler than us?
Next up, the 80s: the powerful, the iron workhorse of Mom's collection. This grey on grey beast transported all of the kids to and from for all those neon, big hair years: Oldsmobile's Cutlass Sierra.
Lastly, the 90s: You know it well because it almost carried Mom into 2010: continuing with the grey, four door theme: the Chevy Lumina, faster than sin, exhaust sounded like something that should be on a Harley, red interior, and despite the long and gruelling commute to and from Union Hospital, it only had 12,000 miles on it! It's life and legend cut down too early and snuffed out by a gentleman not paying attention while trying to figure out what kind of car Mom was driving, and then SMACK! (no injuries). The kind gentleman was nice enough to pose in front of the car's undamaged side. He wanted the photo for Car and Driver's archive collection. Thank you sir and let the legend live on. No hard feelings.
4 comments:
Ee, u should have been a journalist man. The way you captivated each vehicle in such a precise way. This is tooo cool. I will miss the exhaust system. I got to give it one last riiiipp for all of us. I know we all enjoyed gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasin that ride.
Though I had to vote for the Hornet b/c like u said, Seans chainsaw massacre. I believe we have a picture of me in my jammies sitting on the back; right after the massacre went down.
Adios - Dat women
Sue:
You are so right. I remember that photo! I wish I had for it the blog.
-E
MY CHEVY LUMINA WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. IT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY CAR I EVERY HAD THAT WAS GOOD TO ME.
MOM
Roger that Mom.
-E
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