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WildBill wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:I looked, but couldn't find a picture of a black 1960 Austin Healy 3000 that I could copy and paste. I bought it in 1962 with my own money when I was 20. My new wife of 5 days and I worked on opposite sides of Nashville in 1963. I was on my way from Old Hickory to Hillsborough to pick her up after work when a '56 Chevy coupe pulled out in front of me on Shelby Avenue. I T-boned the Chevy and totaled my Healy.

(How can I remember these details when I can't remember what, or if, I had lunch today?)

I have a nice scar on my left forehead acquired while riding shotgun in an Austin Healey 3000.

This was before mandatory seat belts. I hit the windshield....but it wasn't my time to die. I walked away unscathed - but without a car.

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The Annoyed Man wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:I looked, but couldn't find a picture of a black 1960 Austin Healy 3000 that I could copy and paste. I bought it in 1962 with my own money when I was 20. My new wife of 5 days and I worked on opposite sides of Nashville in 1963. I was on my way from Old Hickory to Hillsborough to pick her up after work when a '56 Chevy coupe pulled out in front of me on Shelby Avenue. I T-boned the Chevy and totaled my Healy.

(How can I remember these details when I can't remember what, or if, I had lunch today?)

I have a nice scar on my left forehead acquired while riding shotgun in an Austin Healey 3000.