GOT MILK BOTTLE CAR?

And I thought the Oscar Meyer Weiner Car was cool! How about the Milk Bottle Car?

Actually, the grille looks a little like the old
Edsel. What a car and what an idea. America just wasn't ready for it. Or the Tucker. Or the DeLorean.

When I see old cars and identify a 1955 Chevy or a 1960 Ford Fairlane, it must bug my son and daughter. I know they can't identify anything. Nor can their generation. I mean how could you? Most of the cars from their time are clones of the 1992 Toyota. Then SUVs took over. For the most part they're quite similar, too.

Not back when. Not when gas was dirt cheap and steel and chrome were plentiful. When paint, even though lead based, lasted. When cars actually wore out. When America made the only good cars in the world except for the really high dollar ones. However, that may not be right. Peugot made a very good car, for example, but there was no US availability.

And that was kinda nice. Factories and assembly lines gave lots of people their living. And it was a good feeling of nationalism.

There's a good feeling of a world market and world economy and relatively cheap clothes and great technology today. But somehow it's different. For some reason I liked it better when Made in Japan meant junk.