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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    "Uncle Dirty Duck"? Look, I'm sorry, but...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    01/27/09

    @FluffyPushbroom: That was his club name- I didn't actually call him that.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Well, we see where Murilee gets the good taste in cars, outlaw tendencies, and damn fine looks!
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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    01/27/09

    @NovaloadMissesPolar: She's damn cute, that's fer shure. Reglar Annie Oakley.
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    Image of JeffDOZ JeffDOZ
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Right hand drive Savoy in the US...?? I guess someone scanned the old negative backwards.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    01/27/09

    @JeffDOZ: OK, reversed the image. Just your usual slide-backwards-in-scanner mistake.
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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Speaking of British cars, anyone notice that the steering wheel of the car in the picture is on the wrong side?


    And rolled up short sleeves when there is snow on the ground? Dude, you aren't supposed to be your own best customer!

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    01/27/09

    @JDisnidiet: I blame my antique SCSI slide scanner. Yeah, that's it!
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    I heard a story (circa 1990's) about some guys in an old Holden Sandman panel-van like seen below...



    They were from Sydney and drove south west to Adelaide (1000 miles each way) to score a pound or two. They thought they were smart by hiding the weed in the spare wheel compartment (in the rear valance behind the licence plate).


    Now a Holden Sandman regardless of whether it has a mural on the side or not; is a car that screams to Mr Pious Plod "I'm am a pot smoking hippie and I've come to collect your daughter" and were travelling between two cities known for it's pot trade.


    Needless to say, a couple of cluey cops pulled them over to check their bonafides and noticed the spare wheel sitting in the back and not in it's usual spot. Lets just say that Sydney was a few pounds light on happiness that week.

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    Image of A Benz Apart A Benz Apart
    01/26/09

    @LandofMinos, is back to bake your cake.: That is so f'in awesome. Why didn't they make those here? Although I might take mine with Warrior Princess or Unicorn and Maiden theme. Is that the same as the orange one in Mad Max?
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/27/09

    @A_Benz_Apart played piano like a swing-axle in the rain: Each of the Aussie big three had youth orientated panel vans in the 70's.

    Ford Sundowner, Chrysler Drifter, and the most remembered Holden Sandman.


    Commercial vehicles with velour velvet trim where the tools and products normally go.


    All were available with V8's and floor shifted 4 speeds.

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    Image of abgwin abgwin
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    well, my dad liked to tell the tale of his post WW2 days bootlegging in still-dry Oklahoma from Kansas in a Cord 810 Beverly sedan. He bought it for $25 but sadly it sank in a Louisiana swamp when his friend took it for a date.


    Sigh.

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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/26/09

    @abgwin: His friend didn't go by the name of Kennedy perchance, did he?
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    "...British cars- which he believed were genuinely superior machines..."


    This strongly suggests he might have been dipping into the cargo a bit along the way.

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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/26/09

    @Tanshanomi: ditto
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    I bet a 1957 Plymouth Savoy could hold enough pot to keep Snoop Dogg high for 5 minutes
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Awesome story. It has everything...classic automotive history, anti-establishment hijinx, and international mystery.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    I don't know why, but after reading that story, I have totally got the munchies.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/26/09

    @graverobber: Philip Landrigan Edition: Dude, stop bogartin' the Cheetos!
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/26/09

    @engineerd: Hey man, I'll buy if you'll fly.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Gotta appreciate that entrepreneurial spirit and good ol' American know-how. I'm sure your forebearers would be proud to know you're carrying on the family traditions, one way or another!
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Ah, the good old days when drug smugglers tucked in their shirts and had crew cuts.
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    Image of SmaartAasSaabr SmaartAasSaabr
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    The Jaguars were superior to him... he was a Jag mechanic... probably a better racket than the weed
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    Image of JaguarChick JaguarChick
    01/26/09

    @SmaartAasSaabr:


    Sad but true. As a Jag and MG owner, even a septum destroying cocaine habit is cheaper than owning a British car. Only good career choices have kept me off my knees for the love of my cars.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    01/26/09

    @JaguarChick: Uncle Dirty Duck made good, good money as a British car mechanic- way more than he ever made in the penumbral economy. He never thought of his customers as suckers, in spite of the vast sums they'd have to spend to keep their machines running; they were wise consumers who understood that sometimes true quality isn't cheap.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/26/09

    In reply to 1957 Plymouth Savoy, Reefer-Smuggling Family Legend!
    Back in they days when men were men, and marihuana was spelled with an "h"
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