Our friends across the lake from us at our summer cottage got married that day. She was putting on her wedding dress when someone came in to the room to tell her the president had been murdered.
I had just turned 6. I remember the look on my parents faces that day though...
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Dad used to have a '66 Biscayne. One day he had to leave it overnight for service & they gave him a loaner. It was a '64 Laurentian, black with red interior. I congratulated dad for getting the Pontiac (it was a '64 & this was in '68). He corrected me and said it was just a loaner. Those boomerang tail lights made an early impression on me. Later after we moved, a neighbor's daughter-in-law used to visit in her '64 Parisienne Custom Sport convertible (Silver Blue & MINT). I always hoped that one day I would own that car. After the owner died in late '82 I saw the car for sale in Ancaster near the border with Whitney in Hamilton in '83. I couldn't come up with enough on the spot and the car was sold. It would be sad but almost expected that the old girl went through a series of owners that kicked the can down the road rather than dealing with any stuff (ever heard the term "third hand Chevy"?)
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
never forgot that day, never will.i was sitting in my chair in class in Prince of wales school in Peterborough Ontario staring up at the plywood with gold cloth speaker on the wall. the teacher was crying I realize now she knew what they were going to say.the girl sitting in front of me had asked to go to the washroom and was told no,wait until after the announcement. she wet herself. it was dripping on the floor. we were told to go home. I thought the world was coming to an end. I was 7
