New Year's day was brisk (for Charleston) and a good one to get out and exercise after the foodfest of the holidays. I was thinking about resolutions (like how I never keep them) when I spotted not one, but two nice old classics that I hadn't seen around before. Mind you, this is a rather small city, and after living here for ten years, I've mentally catalogued any interesting vehicles older than say 1972. What surprised me is that these were both local. One was a 1957 Thunderbird and the other I'm pretty sure a 1960 Oldsmobile 88, neither of which have been at the car shows. Makes you wonder how many other nice rides are hidden away in their owner's garages only to be driven on rare occasions. I happened upon one of those last summer while looking at some real estate. I was suddenly more interested in the 66' Galaxie convertible hiding under a tarp in the garage then hearing what the agent had to say about the house. As for resolutions, I resign myself to stop eyeballing that 1963 Riviera down the street with the For Sale sign on it. Definitely not in the budget right now.
