I love history.
I find what happened in the past to be far more interesting that what's happening around the place now and I hold little hope for the future of mankind so yeah, I like to delve into history and learn, understand and enjoy what came before me.
Nothing is off the table really but war history is my main focus.
I like natural history (plants, animals, the planet, evolution and so on) but human history is very interesting too. I also look into my own history and find many lessons there which help me create a better present and future for myself and those around me whom I love - A lot can be learned from the past.
Anyway, I've recently been going through a lot of family photos and have found some amazing images that transported me way back in time to when they were taken. It's been an interesting time. One I found, as above, was of a vehicle - not my own.
That's a Chrysler Valiant, Charger (the Australian made one) and it was owned by my brother who was, at the time, a motor mechanic. It was the fastest accelerating 6-cylinder car of its era although was also released with the Hemi 318 V8 engine. It was used widely as a race car, but this one was a daily driver.
At the time I had a (fucken nice) 1970 VG Valiant Coupe (with the 318 Fireball engine) which I'd spent a lot of money on restoring and we'd go cruising together and drive (probably) way too fast; our girlfriends didn't mind though and we thought we were cool.
I sent this image to my brother, now married with a son, and we later had a good chat about the car and the good times. It was nice to remember.
Sadly, I sold my coupe - it would be valued at some $50,000-$70,000 today - and the Charger above was also sold. You can see from the image that it's sitting at our country property looking rather forlorn; sad really. But, that doesn't diminish the memories and it was so nice to talk shit as we remembered those days fondly.
What valued item from your own personal history do you remember and what memories and emotions does it inspire in you?
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