| Ole Blue |
Memory Lane Cruisers
| Clarksville, TN. |
| "WE'RE A BLAST FROM THE PAST!" |
| By Starvin Marvin |
| "Ole Blue" |
Part 1
| Just thought this might be of some interest....I am from Southwest Viginia...Washington County....30 miles Northeast of Bristol.....in the 60's, we had some harsh winters in as far as snow was concerned......My Dad owned a 51 Chevrolet 2 Dr sedan....Windsor Blue....As Dolly Partin has said." we were poor and didn't know it"....My Dad never owned a power tool, (chain saw, drills, etc)....nor did he ever own a pair of snow tires, or chains for this car.....yes, on many occasions, we had a snow on top of a snow...so driving was treacherous.....he worked for a chemical company in Saltville, Va. Which was 7 miles away....a lot of the time, he worked "graveyard" shift...so he would leave the house about 11:00 PM for his overnight work during these heavy snows..... He would have me help him leave the house!!!!!!!!!...He would back out into the road (US Hwy 91), and I would physically give him a "push" to get him started "over the mountain"...Yes, he would be riding on those 670-15 plain tread tires and half-worn out....now, we did not have "level roads"..My area was hilly with lost of curves in the road....so....i would consider this a "driving challenge" for my Dad....but, guess what, he knew exactly how to drive that car in those conditons...he would say..."don;t ever touch your brake...keep it in "second" in the worst places and this car will go right on....well....i would have to say that Dad never ended up in the ditch, and thru his advice, i drove in some of those conditions myself, and by the Grace of the Good Lord, neither of us ever ended up in the ditch!!!!!!!!!..I cherish those memories of growing up in my little community of McCalls Gap in Glade Spring, Va.................thanks for reading..............*Starvin' Marvin PS: we kept that car 14 years and that was my FIRST car as Dad gave it to me later on in years... |
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