Tag: 1960 Ford Fairlane 500 Town Sedan
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HIGHWAY TO THE HEART OF IT
The ’60 Fairlane 500 rolled into Fort Stockton like a tired preacher’s sermon—dusty, low, and held together by conviction and a few well-placed prayers. The black hood was sun-scorched matte, the coral body faded but proud, the whitewalls chalky as communion wafers. Out back, the chrome letters still spelled Fairlane in a crooked grin that…
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MISS ELIZABETH BUYS A FORD, Part II
Part 2 of 2: Tracy offered his customer a cup of coffee, which she initially declined, but then reconsidered and took him up on. “Just one sugar, no cream.” She was specific in her coffee, just like everything else in her life. “Exact same way I drink mine,” Tracy said. “Be right back.” He returned a few moments later…
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MISS ELIZABETH BUYS A FORD, Part I
Part 1 of 2: “I’m sending my aunt to see you. She’s buying a new car. I’m telling you ahead of time to treat her right, not that I don’t think you would anyway. But I mean treat her right.” Doug Dvorchak was leaving nothing to chance. Tracy, his buddy from college, had been in the car game for long enough…
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JUST OUTSIDE THE BATTER’S BOX
One of the strongest advantages of the Bring a Trailer website is the community that has grown with the website. One of the disadvantages is that the community has no way of interacting outside the BaT environment, at least not without jumping through some hoops to figure out a way to contact each other. One of the things that has been an…