A stroll down memory lane long before my marriage to Pat for sure. I was in high school the year that Daktari premiered with Marshall Thompson and Cheryl Miller, who protrayed his daughter, Paula; it was off the air except for repeats by the time I graduated. I went to a 3-year high school.
At that time I owned an MG and most of the guys and girls that I worked with were into Healeys, Triumphs, Sunbeams, Porches etc. not many Land Cruisers in that crowd, they came later.
On exceeding the speed limit, which I believe originally started one of these later threads, an unnamed friend of this era, was dating a "cop," and they took his Porsche out "above the speed limit" and failed to properly negotiate a clover leaf off the Long Beach Freeway. They both survived, for whatever that means, both with permanent injuries. They landed below the freeway on the street. The Porsche was not recognizable, top sheared off, they don't know who was driving, and could not find his service revolver in the mangled wreckage. She was in the hospital for months and went from a beautiful 20 year-old young, vibrant, full of energy and personality girl to someone that you would never recognize again. He was a little luckier, most of his injuries were internal, including the loss of his liver.
Gives me pause, and something to think about as I stroll down memory lane while thinking about saving and restoring cars.....well worth the effort as long as common sense is employed in driving and having fun with them.