You can read it from the begining for more of the narrative.

Everybody is asking, what became of the 1965 Ford Country Squire? What about the bare knuckle fist fights? What about the ever present cooler of cold tall boys? What happened to the glory, the path to the west, industry and the American Way? Have you given up on Ford and, by proxy, the American Dream?

Yes, I'll read more.

He really needs a Pinto in his fleet. : )

I love O'Keefe and Merritt stoves (had one in a house when I was a kid). I hope to own a house that will merit (ha!) having one installed.

i had an ancient gas stove in one house, very modernist modern
i miss gas

I love O'Keefe and Merritt stoves (had one in a house when I was a kid). I hope to own a house that will merit (ha!) having one installed.
posted by deborah 13 July | 18:27

I've got me one of those, with a griddle top and a Grillevator(r). It's beautiful and it works great, but it's a bitch to keep clean. Also, the oven vents into the kitchen, not outside like smart ovens do.

Oops -- just now scrolled down.

Holy shit, that's my stove! (Mine doesn't have the racing stripes, though.)

I think it's the same one my mum bought as well, mudpuppie, sans racing stripes. We actually rented the house but it needed a stove. She found a fully reconditioned one for $200 if I remember correctly. This was in 1978 or so. The house we lived in was built in 1917. She's still pissed off because she left her old Revere-ware pot lids in one of the bottom drawers when we moved out.