Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #8I've got a survival story that beats just about everyone's.
Our family had one of these:
My dad bought it new in 1960. Just like the one pictured - even to the baby crap green color. Not only did we survive it (Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed" notwithstanding), my dad ended up putting over 100,000 miles on it.