Friday Photo: The One We Left Behind

Don’t you love the aviation cues were were still getting on our cars in ’56?

Despite my desire for a classic car of our very own, at this point the desire to capture them on camera is still stronger, even in cold, driving rain.

The car, as you can see, is in fine shape body-wise for a ’56; not perfect, but awfully nice and definitely drivable. The interior is *perfect*. Apparently she needs brakes and a tune-up, but isn’t that one of the reasons we buy old cars? To mess with them? It’s part of what gives us a real ownership of the beautiful old dames, the labour and consideration that goes into bringing them back into fine working order.

The neatly typed sheet taped into the window read, “1956 Buick Special/Needs Brakes/Motor Tune Up./Some minor repairs/$6500.00 or any reasonable offer/Apply at House or call XXX-XXX-XXXX”

“Honey…can we just…pick it up on our way back home? Please?”

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