GLIMPSE OF PASSING PINTO FUELS FLASHBACK TO FIRST CAR

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: March 23, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

To the motorist on Interstate 164 who was the subject of wild gesticulations on my part at 11:36 a.m. on March 17:

First of all, let me apologize.

It must have been frightening to see a fellow traveler beating on his window and making fishlike faces with his mouth in a desperate bid to get your attention.

But there was good reason.

You, sir, were driving a 1971 Ford Pinto.

My first ride.

It was a hobby horse with wheels, a seventh-grade science project come to life.

I remember the emergency brake between the front seats and the clutch assembly that smelled like burning brush and how much ...

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