I walked up to Palomino today for a bottle of milk. As I began my short climb up through the parking lot, this car turned in and parked just behind me. The first thing I noticed were the overlapping R's on the emblem on the back of the car. Wow, a Rolls Royce, I thought.
As the owner climbed out of the car, I asked him, "What year is it?"
"It's a '74," he said. "I've always wanted one and so a few years ago I found this one and paid $35,000 for it.
He guessed that I was a Canadian as we walked toward the Superette and I gave him my standard, very abridged story, of how we came to live here. He bought a loaf of bread and I, my milk and found ourselves once again together at the checkout. We continued to talk and when we reached the car, he offered me a ride home. Well, I certainly accepted that in a heartbeat.
This model is the Silver Shadow
Look at the curves and angles across its hood.
Part of the instrument panel
Jack is the owner's name. He must treat the leather with something because it sure smelled good. And it wasn't because he had a little cardboard pine tree hanging from his rearview. ...Thanks for a great ride. -djf
What a nice guy Jack was to give you a ride home in such style! He sure has a lot of reason to be proud of this beauty and was probably so pleased in your interest! I hope you run into him again.
ReplyDeleteI like the Fairlane in your current cover picture - and few posts ago there was a car you featured not sure what make/model it was. Did you ever get an answer on that?
I confess I'm not as big a car fan as you, but I do notice the high-end, vintage and just different vehicles I occasionally see around here. Now with Halloween drawing near, I wonder if I'll see the Ghostbusters van?
Fred says that the Impala was probably a 1959. He wondered if it had the aluminum engine that was available in that model that year. That would be something to ask the owner if I ever see him again.
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