Good Old Days Magazine

Our Old Friend the Goat

My good old days were the 1960s and early ’70s. I grew up in Felida and Hazel Dell, rural communities near Vancouver, Wash. I got my first driver’s license in 1970, and it opened my world to all sorts of adventures.

That same year, my parents were late coming home for dinner one night when, much to my surprise, they arrived in a brand-new, shiny, 1970 Pontiac GTO! My brother and I hopped in for a spin. It didn’t take us long to fall in love with this new purchase, and since that moment, I’ve had a love affair with white interiors in cars.

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