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Old 12-15-2013, 06:22 PM
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when my parents met in felton, california in 1977 this was the car my mother was driving.
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:24 PM
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i was born in 1979 in south lake tahoe.
the black goat was our daily driver.
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:25 PM
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one late night on the highway my mother narrowly avoided a direct head-on collision with a drunk driver who crossed centerline coming over the crest of a vertical curve in the grade.
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the only thing salvaged from the wreck was the muncie 4 speed manual transmission and the hurst shifter seen in this photograph.
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:26 PM
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they found another goat not too long after that.
we drove it up the alcan highway when my father moved our family to alaska in 1982.
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:27 PM
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my father fired that car up every spring so we could rip around town in it during the summer.
we always talked about fixing it up, but dad never thought he would have the time or money.
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:28 PM
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my father died in 1998.
i was 19 years old.
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:29 PM
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the goat didn't get too much attention in the years after my father's death.
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when i look at this photograph it's easy for me to understand why this project is so important to me now.
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Old 12-15-2013, 08:04 PM
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Where is the car today, and what have you done to her so far?
It's easy to see the emotional connection here. Tell us more!
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They're 17's, but I keep em clean!
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