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Title: The last member
Post by: Chris Thauberger on December 14, 2024, 12:54:30 PM
I have to say this is the first time I have read this story from The Shelby American, Volume 5 No 6, December 1980 and the best word I can find to describe it is precognitive.

I would have normally added this to those were the days... a glimps of SAAC Historical Publications (https://www.saac.com/forum/index.php?topic=28180.0) but I think it deserves its own thread.





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Title: Re: The last member
Post by: doublemyv on December 14, 2024, 01:41:23 PM
Wow, I never saw that story before.  Read it with a little imagination, and you will tear up like I did.  Bravo.
Mark
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: Hov on December 14, 2024, 01:59:15 PM
Hence, SAAC 50 or Bust.
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: JohnSlack on December 14, 2024, 03:36:55 PM
Nice story I could hear Rush in the background singing the red Barchetta.
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: Chris Thauberger on December 14, 2024, 04:22:38 PM
Quote from: JohnSlack on December 14, 2024, 03:36:55 PMNice story I could hear Rush in the background singing the red Barchetta.


Ha Ha  that was my exact thought part way through...great minds...
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: JohnSlack on December 14, 2024, 05:17:15 PM
Quote from: Chris Thauberger on December 14, 2024, 04:22:38 PM
Quote from: JohnSlack on December 14, 2024, 03:36:55 PMNice story I could hear Rush in the background singing the red Barchetta.


Ha Ha  that was my exact thought part way through...great minds...

Unfortunately with all of the political operations going on I can now see rumblings below the surface of something I once couldn't imagine. Banning the muscle cars, and eventually all private owned cars.


John
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: rkm on December 15, 2024, 11:33:00 AM
An appraiser came over to see me last summer to appraise the cars for their insurance policies. After looking over the cars, he said, "where do you drive these things". In Toronto, as in other urban centers, the traffic has become so terrible that we can no longer go for our Sunday morning drives because  we can't get back into the city when we're finished. And we have to worry about people following us back home to steal the cars.

But every time we drive them, we do change a few hearts in minds.
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: csheff on December 16, 2024, 09:03:56 AM
That was a great read frm the past. Like they say: Out of site out of mind but never forgotten.
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: GOAT12 on December 16, 2024, 10:14:18 AM
The reading reminds me of Brave New World or 451 Fahrenheit.
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on December 16, 2024, 12:42:19 PM
Visions of National Treasure and the barn find phenomenon
Title: Re: The last member
Post by: CharlesTurner on December 16, 2024, 02:34:38 PM
Great read!  I also thought about the Rush red barchetta song, one of my faves.