When gas hit 30 cents a gallon in the early '60's, my dad and my uncle had a discussion about moving to smaller, more fuel efficient cars. We wound up with a '57 Beetle (oval window, but not split oval window), uncle bought a new Morris Minor. You can guess which one lasted longer. I rode in the Morris a couple of times, and it was just, well, tinny.
When I was going into my senior year in high school, I really wanted my own car. Mom wanted me to save for college, and made a deal with me- If I'd save my money, she'd buy a new VW, and I could use it whenever it didn't interfere with her use. Nice, shiny red one. I took her to her car pool in the AM, then it was mine for the day. VeeDubs were not looked down upon in those days- the head cheerleader had one, too, as well as some other kids.
One time a bunch of us lifted up the back of the cheerleader's bug, and with the swing axles, when you put it down, the back wheels tilted in at the bottom. We all stood around pointing at it, until she came out to see what was up. We got her worried enough to call the local mechanic (who knew all of us). He told her to drive it forward a few feet, as sometimes the axles "would do that" when you backed up while turning. Which of course was a bunch of bull, but he didn't want to blow our prank. He did give us "the look" when he left, and said in a low voice "You guys knock that (stuff) off. Next time I'm tellin' the truth." Of course, there was no next time.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Pat Browning. The setting is rural Wisconsin, halfway between East Troy and Elkhorn, on Hodunk Road, our nation was at war, and I was 6, 7 and 8 years old. George was our "threshing neighbor." He was the one with the threshing machine, a JI Case on steel wheels, and he pulled it to our farm with a JI Case standard tractor also on steel. In those days, steel wheeled implements were common. The roads were general gravel, so the lugs cutting into them wasn't a problem. George would set up the thresher, s
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