My car
I drive a MINI Cooper now, but when I was in high school and college, I had the greatest car ever. It was a 1969 AMC Ambassador Station Wagon. The thing was HUGE. The hood was just a hair under 6 feet long, and it had a wheelbase just over 10 feet. It probably got less than 10 miles to the gallon, but gas was less than a buck a gallon then.
But this blog is about the military and aviation (mostly), right? Why did I bring up a car?
Because it looked like this.
Posted by Jeopardy
On July 14th, 2007 under Humor, Military, relics.
Comments: 6
Comments
Comment from Michelle
Time: July 14, 2007, 2:52 pm
Ready for take-off, huh?
I had an AMC once, a little one, forget what the model was now. There was a piece of junk if there ever was one! Couldn’t drive it if there was the slightest hint of mist in the air because it would either stall or simply not start. And forget going near puddles!
My boyfriend and I painted it one day. Now that was amusing!
Best thing that ever happened was the day it got totalled because another vehicle went through a Stop sign. The book value was more than I ever could have sold it for 
Comment from Skippy-san
Time: July 14, 2007, 4:27 pm
Guy I was XO for loved AMC cars. He had a Gremlin and he had their version of a sports car-I forget what it was called but it was beautiful when he got done restoring it.
Comment from craig mclaughlin
Time: July 14, 2007, 7:16 pm
Skippy-san,
Javelin, maybe?
Comment from Skippy-san
Time: July 14, 2007, 9:35 pm
Yea , that was it. It was beautiful car-he given it a very shiny blue paint job and redone the engine so that it purred-rather loudly.
Comment from OldRetiredChief
Time: July 15, 2007, 3:53 am
Ol’ VP-23! I bet it worked pretty well on the snowy streets of Brunswick and Topsham!
Comment from SoCal Pir8
Time: July 22, 2007, 4:12 am
Great memories of Brunswick, Topsham, Bath, Freeport, LA…
Wanted heavy cars to drive up there. I filled up sonobouy containers with sand and put in the back of my truck and beemer.
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