[The_AirHawk]

The Jim Davis that runs Eastern Beaver - 'zat the same Jim Davis that used to own Motomorphic/Hawk Connection?

BTW - Nice writeup, well thought out, clearly illustrated.

 

[The_AirHawk]

Back in the day (early 70s) we used to use a very advanced technology to keep ourselves from being branded by vinyl seats on a hot summer day. We called it- the Towel®. We draped the Towel® over our bench seats and climbed in with impunity. Of course we then slapped our seatbelts on and screams erupted as we writhed in agony as the GM emblem was seared into our youthful hides.

Good times, they were. Good times.

You used Seatbelts back in the early '70s? Man, what was wrong with you?

Didn't you know it was a Scientifically Proven Fact back then that if you put one O' them things on, then crashed, you'd DIE when the buckle jammed and you'd either Drown or Burn to death, trapped screaming the whole time?

 

[The_AirHawk]

I was just wonderin'. 'Cuz I hadn't heard anything from him in like, years. Last moto I saw he had built was this Python-Skin-Covered Triumph Bobber that was cool as Hell.

 

[The_AirHawk]

The seatbelts on old cars sure did leave a lot to be desired. I loved the separate lap belt/shoulder (neck?) belt arrangement that many cars had.

If the seatbelts didn't get you then the metal dashboard certainly would.

On the upside the cigarette lighters on 70's cars would work underwater, so at least you could enjoy a healthy unfiltered camel or two as the water ominously swirled around your waist. You could struggle against the inevitable, but why bother? Those camels sure were smooth...

Winston tastes Good, like a Cigarette Should!

Yeah, my Roadrunner has that funky setup - has these clips on the headliner to "store" the shoulder belt. It looks cool, but the only thing that ever worked worth a damn was the keyhole-slot to attach it to the lap belt.

I nearly got a ticket from some nosegold-minin' Sheriff's Deputy at a Sobriety Checkpoint over that thing once - he started screamin' at me about not havin' my seatbelt on and all that crap, when I calmed him down a bit and went "click" and unfastened the lap belt then held out the end to him..........

Guess he'd never seen one before.

 

[The_AirHawk]

Yeah, my Grammar was an Old Bag too. But she sure could bake Cookies!

 

[The_AirHawk]

Wasn't Dr. Richard Ballzac the one who was falsely accused of killing his wife only to escape from incarceration, ultimately bringing the REAL killers to justice AND removing a dangerous medication from the market?

Yes, it was the One-eyed, One-armed, One-testicled, One-legged Man that was the actual Culprit............

 

[The_AirHawk]

One-eyed? Hmmmm....

Yeah, dude was a real D***!