I learned to drive in this thing- mostly doing what we called "pig trailing" on the backroads around Lake Travis, Liberty Hill, all the Texas Hill Country. . . mostly looking at the White Tail deer for hours on end. . .
. . .I went to high school in Her: me, a short haired little introverted nerd with a blue lunch bucket, a plastic wind breaker. . .
. . .had my first minor wreck in her trying to get on the highway in the rain ahead of an 18 wheeler. . .that man had to have chewed up his own seat cover as I spun a 180 right in front of him as I hydroplaned out of control into the guard rail. . .
. . .got her fixed and painted back up. . .
. . .spent my time learning how to work on her, tuning her up, polishing her up. . .cruising Georgetown and Austin on the weekends in her. . .
. . .got my first ticket in her. . .
. . .did College in her. . .
. . .dated girls in her. . .
. . .totaled a Subaru DL in her in Austin going to work; towed her home and replaced waterpump forward on her from junkyard parts. . .got the same guy to do the paint and bodywork again for me that did it in High School. . .
Honeymooned in her in Estes Park Colorado; drove all over the Southwest in her. . .
. . .put the second motor in her in a weekend with a buddy, worked all weekend on it- and broke it in and drove it to work that Monday morning with no sleep. . .
I have been in heat, rain, hail, ice, snow, name it in this car. . .been scared in her, mad in her, tired in her, excited in her. . .
. . .drove my new Son home in this car. . .
. . .and my new Daughter. . .
. . .and finally, finally, finally parked her after over 300,000 miles and 4 engines, and lots and lots of memories made.
