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02-03-2018, 08:28 PM
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Largest Orange Grove
OK, my bar for cool is pretty low, but I thought this was cool. I work in the town of Temple Terrace, FL. I picked up a co-worker that was having car problems and saw this historical marker that says that in 1921 Temple Terrace had the World's Largest orange grove. Everything went great until there was a freeze in 1927 and a Great Depression in 1929. My little Falcon continues to run magnificently.
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02-04-2018, 02:14 PM
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Out for a spin
Cool, thanks for sharing. The town I grew up in was Haysville Kansas. While I was a kid, it was called the Peach Capital of the World. There were thousands of trees in huge orchards. I worked at one when I was in my early teens.
If you go to Haysville now, I don't think you would find a single peach tree. It is believed that the oil companies pumped salt water underground to extract more oil which killed off all the peach trees along with thousands of the huge elm trees in that area. I used to go out in the summer, sit in those peach trees and eat them all day. Wonderful memories. Larry
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02-09-2018, 10:31 PM
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Dennis - these days I think all of our cool bars are low.
Is that a vintage or reproduction bumper sticker? Was it on the car when you got it?
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02-16-2018, 04:37 PM
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25,000 miles!
Wow! I have now put over 25,000 miles on The Wonder Falcon!
 That has averaged at about 5,000 a year. The car runs marvelously and is super fun to drive. Quote:
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Dennis Pierson Tampa, FL "The Wonder Falcon" '63 Futura Hardtop (260, Ford-O-Matic, bench seat) Last edited by ew1usnr; 02-16-2018 at 04:41 PM.
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#126
03-08-2018, 06:21 AM
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You travel stories are very inspiring.
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