Day 270
’49 Buick Super
September 25th, 2012
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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9,326 miles walked
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I learned to drive in one of these. Hard to imagine, today, in my Chevy Impala with OnStar.
My dad drove a truck for Pate Coal Company in Winfield, Alabama and Pate owned a chevrolet dealership, dad was always driving a trade in home to test out for Sterling Pate. Dad must have liked the buick like this one except it was green, he bought it and put with another one at the time a 1938 or 1941 plymouth, this was in 1960. I remember the Plymouth had plenty of play room in back seat and left a trail of smoke 2 to 3 miles long.
I was also wondering if this one is a 3 speed on the column as most of pre 50 cars were.