so needed a break from seriousness

the 1964 Lightburn Zeta was literal spit-my-drink

so I liked the Valiant wagon, ~like Ramblers under George Romney

My maternal grandfolks always got 3-y.o. Plymouths from great-uncle who got the SD family farm,
1/

automobilemag.com/news/ugliest-c…
and after driving for a visit every 3 years, he would take the Passenger Train home & buy a new one.

As to the Checker Marathon, in early 1990s ran into retired owner of Yellow Cab Seattle. As Checker wound down, he ordered a Sedan. It had started down the line as a Cab, so

2/
it has the wiring for a rooftop cab light inside the headliner, he said. Classy dark blue paint.
So now his daughter has it, & she is in The Wife's knitting group at Epiphany...

3/
The Renault R16 I also like. The front end is copied by a bumper-car carnival ride maker

Before Kindergarten in a Quonset Hut, we lived on 2nd floor, with me put in Attic when my Sister was born, in a 1880s house in Nieder Ohm, near Mainz am Main, W. Germany

@StillNotLeia

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The landlords were empty-nesters on 1st floor, with an R16 and a decent-sized camping trailer they towed with it.

A trailer at least as big as our 1958 Aloha, so dining & sleeping at opposite ends for 2

5/
The Valiant wagon, with a roll-down rear window, the original car A/C

White car roofs to reflect off heat was a Good Idea we have lost, along with wing windows

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Recently, teaching The Daughter to drive pre-Learner's Permit...

The XC ski parking lot tomorrow will be another opportunity.

Low Range on transfer gearbox behind 5-spd.

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