Comments on: Farm Car ~ Highland Park http://www.lataco.com/taco/farm-car-highland-park "Celebrating the Taco lifestyle in Los Angeles" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hadley http://www.lataco.com/taco/farm-car-highland-park/comment-page-1#comment-11 Hadley Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:57:59 +0000 http://www.lataco.com/taco/farm-car-highland-park#comment-11 They just don't make 'em like they used to, Scott! They just don’t make ‘em like they used to, Scott!

]]> By: Scott Mercer http://www.lataco.com/taco/farm-car-highland-park/comment-page-1#comment-10 Scott Mercer Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:32:40 +0000 http://www.lataco.com/taco/farm-car-highland-park#comment-10 I was raised on the East Coast, land of rusted-out cars. You'd almost never see a car older than 8 years old on the road. Most cars were less than 5 years old. If you did see a car that was 20, 30, 40 years old, it was some immaculately restored collector's vehicle out for a Sunday drive in the summer. And that was like spotting a UFO. But in California you will occasionally see cars 30,40,50 years old that have been in continuous service. Daily drivers first built when Harry Truman was President. People just keep fixing them, no matter how destroyed the finish is. Clem here is about the oldest one I've ever seen. This is no restoration job, kids. This sucker has done some hard work in its day, and is still going. Amazing. I was raised on the East Coast, land of rusted-out cars. You’d almost never see a car older than 8 years old on the road. Most cars were less than 5 years old.

If you did see a car that was 20, 30, 40 years old, it was some immaculately restored collector’s vehicle out for a Sunday drive in the summer. And that was like spotting a UFO.

But in California you will occasionally see cars 30,40,50 years old that have been in continuous service. Daily drivers first built when Harry Truman was President. People just keep fixing them, no matter how destroyed the finish is.

Clem here is about the oldest one I’ve ever seen. This is no restoration job, kids. This sucker has done some hard work in its day, and is still going.

Amazing.

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