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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 13:51:44 GMT -5
My pics have gone the Hurricane route but found this as mine was, only difference mine had wire wheel covers, same color, black interior, I loved that car! Nice! Same color as my 71 T-bird.
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Post by urbino on Mar 18, 2024 15:17:05 GMT -5
In 1965 I was single, bought a 65 Ford Galaxie with 427, 2 4bbls, gas was cheap, later got married, traded it on a Volkswagen,cried that night! We had a '67 and then a '72 when I was a kid. There's a long story about that '67 involving my brother getting badly choked and my folks trying to rush him to the hospital from out at my grandparents' farm. Dad was so pissed at that car because he couldn't get it to top 90 on the road to town.
Turned out he had the parking brake on.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 18:51:26 GMT -5
In 1965 I was single, bought a 65 Ford Galaxie with 427, 2 4bbls, gas was cheap, later got married, traded it on a Volkswagen,cried that night! We had a '67 and then a '72 when I was a kid. There's a long story about that '67 involving my brother getting badly choked and my folks trying to rush him to the hospital from out at my grandparents' farm. Dad was so pissed at that car because he couldn't get it to top 90 on the road to town.
Turned out he had the parking brake on.
Well, these things happen. I drove for a week with the parking brake on. Didn't know why it was running so bad until I put it on the ramps and went to set the parking brake. We usually never use them in Houston as it's so flat. I suppose your brother wasn't damaged too badly?
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Post by urbino on Mar 18, 2024 19:19:19 GMT -5
We had a '67 and then a '72 when I was a kid. There's a long story about that '67 involving my brother getting badly choked and my folks trying to rush him to the hospital from out at my grandparents' farm. Dad was so pissed at that car because he couldn't get it to top 90 on the road to town.
Turned out he had the parking brake on.
Well, these things happen. I drove for a week with the parking brake on. Didn't know why it was running so bad until I put it on the ramps and went to set the parking brake. We usually never use them in Houston as it's so flat. I suppose your brother wasn't damaged too badly? He was alright, yeah. It was a piece of hard candy and it melted enough in his throat that he was getting a little air. In fact, I think he had coughed it up and swallowed it by the time they got to the hospital. He's still very sensitive to any signs of choking, though. When his kids were younger, he got very agitated very quickly whenever any of them got choked for a second.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 22:00:31 GMT -5
Well, these things happen. I drove for a week with the parking brake on. Didn't know why it was running so bad until I put it on the ramps and went to set the parking brake. We usually never use them in Houston as it's so flat. I suppose your brother wasn't damaged too badly? He was alright, yeah. It was a piece of hard candy and it melted enough in his throat that he was getting a little air. In fact, I think he had coughed it up and swallowed it by the time they got to the hospital. He's still very sensitive to any signs of choking, though. When his kids were younger, he got very agitated very quickly whenever any of them got choked for a second. We were at the inlaws house for Easter lunch and our 3 years old son got a piece of hard candy and was choking. We didn't notice until my wife's BIL had him on the floor and got it out. I didn't like the guy before that, but I changed my mind.
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Post by urbino on Mar 18, 2024 22:21:07 GMT -5
He was alright, yeah. It was a piece of hard candy and it melted enough in his throat that he was getting a little air. In fact, I think he had coughed it up and swallowed it by the time they got to the hospital. He's still very sensitive to any signs of choking, though. When his kids were younger, he got very agitated very quickly whenever any of them got choked for a second. We were at the inlaws house for Easter lunch and our 3 years old son got a piece of hard candy and was choking. We didn't notice until my wife's BIL had him on the floor and got it out. I didn't like the guy before that, but I changed my mind. Heh. That'd do it, I guess. Both Mom and Dad had stuck their fingers down my brother's throat to try to dislodge it. No dice. So, it was rush to the hospital, then not need it, then get new brakes on the Galaxie.
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Post by tree16 on Apr 2, 2024 12:56:32 GMT -5
Heh. That'd do it, I guess. Both Mom and Dad had stuck their fingers down my brother's throat to try to dislodge it. No dice. So, it was rush to the hospital, then not need it, then get new brakes on the Galaxie. That reminds me of a impromptu fire drill we had on a family road trip a couple years back. One of my kids had some goldfish in a snack cup and started choking - fortunately we were just getting back on the road from a pit stop and my wife had looked back and saw her color changing. I threw on the flashers and rushed to get her out of the carseat to do the heimlich. Fortunately it came out with just a few taps. There was a car behind us that freaked at first but then came over and checked on us. They were worried I had gotten road rage with how I popped out!
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 2, 2024 13:36:10 GMT -5
You pulled a trailer at 90MPH? Yep. That was just keeping up with traffic. It was a SeaRay on a trailer. New tires all around. I know it's crazy, but everyone pulls trailers fast in Texas.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 2, 2024 19:04:11 GMT -5
I worked for CFS Continental back in the 80's and they had a free CPR / first aid class offered to employees on a Saturday...no pay but you got the certificate for free. A week later, my firstborn was choking on a piece of meat, and I immediately knew what to do with the Heimlich maneuver. Everyone in the room was stunned at what they saw...no hero here, just really thankful that the company sponsored the event.
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