Car du jour question du jour

If you could turn into a automobile of any kind, what would you choose, and why?

Oooh, baby. What a great question. First of all, it would be a classic. None of your over-engineered contemporary cars. I'm into uncomplicated; a decent mechanic ought to be able to lift my hood and recognize all the parts---no goddamn black boxes, where you need a computer and an "automotive technician" to fix a problem.

My first thought was "Muscle car". Oh, there are so many sweet powerhouses from the 60s. I've been a Mustang fan for as long as there have been Mustangs, and I knew what a Shelby GT 350 was LONG before the remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds". (Yes, the Nic Cage version was a remake; the original was from 1974 and starred nobody you've ever heard of.) Plus, I've got a crush on Carroll Shelby. I don't know that that fits my personality, though.

I think we need to go back a few years. Tailfins, baby! Something a little ostentatious, offbeat, ecclectic, rare. Something like a 1960 Studebaker Hawk:



Complete with the wide sidewall tires, because a girl's got to have the right shoes. The turquoise color is just perfect, though I'd prefer a red interior. I love the combination of red and turquoise, although white and silver would do in a pinch.

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Car du jour question du jour

If you could turn into a automobile of any kind, what would you choose, and why?

Oooh, baby. What a great question. First of all, it would be a classic. None of your over-engineered contemporary cars. I'm into uncomplicated; a decent mechanic ought to be able to lift my hood and recognize all the parts---no goddamn black boxes, where you need a computer and an "automotive technician" to fix a problem.

My first thought was "Muscle car". Oh, there are so many sweet powerhouses from the 60s. I've been a Mustang fan for as long as there have been Mustangs, and I knew what a Shelby GT 350 was LONG before the remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds". (Yes, the Nic Cage version was a remake; the original was from 1974 and starred nobody you've ever heard of.) Plus, I've got a crush on Carroll Shelby. I don't know that that fits my personality, though.

I think we need to go back a few years. Tailfins, baby! Something a little ostentatious, offbeat, ecclectic, rare. Something like a 1960 Studebaker Hawk:



Complete with the wide sidewall tires, because a girl's got to have the right shoes. The turquoise color is just perfect, though I'd prefer a red interior. I love the combination of red and turquoise, although white and silver would do in a pinch.

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What childhood toy did you desperately want that your parents refused to give you? Do you still think about getting one?

What, you mean the pony we didn't have room for in the backyard? That they said we couldn't afford to stable at a real stable? (Granted we're talking about Staten Island, NY, but there were at least two stables there that I knew of at the time.) Not that a horse, strictly speaking, is a toy, but otherwise, I had a vast collection of plastic horses (including a LOT by Breyer), an ample array of Barbies and the like, new bicycles when I outgrew the old ones---no, the one thing I really had my heart set on that I never got was a horse/pony of my own.




Reality being what it is, I don't expect to add a horse to my life, unless I win the lottery and gain a Mustang!

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What childhood toy did you desperately want that your parents refused to give you? Do you still think about getting one?

What, you mean the pony we didn't have room for in the backyard? That they said we couldn't afford to stable at a real stable? (Granted we're talking about Staten Island, NY, but there were at least two stables there that I knew of at the time.) Not that a horse, strictly speaking, is a toy, but otherwise, I had a vast collection of plastic horses (including a LOT by Breyer), an ample array of Barbies and the like, new bicycles when I outgrew the old ones---no, the one thing I really had my heart set on that I never got was a horse/pony of my own.




Reality being what it is, I don't expect to add a horse to my life, unless I win the lottery and gain a Mustang!

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