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This is Farley when he was laid up for a few months waiting
for us to be able to afford transmission repairs. Take a good long hard look, this
is a rare photo indeed. He virtually never is in the garage face first, and never
has stuff stacked on him. He was pushed in to this spot and didn't move from August
98 to December 98. When we finally got another battery in him and dragged him
out (on two flat tires) for repairs, it should be noted that he started on the very first
crank. Gotta love the 318. |
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A pair of photos I found that were taken at the Puyallup,
Washington home of Dr. Roy Wright and his sons Brian and Gregory, whom I went to school
with. The important aspect of these pictures is that Farley's odometer showed
"00000", just having turned mile number 200,000. I believe that these date
to around 1991, very soon after I got him, which is made evident by the lack of fog lights
as well as the overall very good condition of the body. |
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My favorite shot of Farley, the millennial bigger than life
image. |
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A recent shot of Farley showing many changes
that have occurred during the lifetime in my ownership. Attached in
the rear are the official Wisconsin-issued firefighter license plates,
with an add-on plate identifying my department. The blue sticker on
the trunk lid has the internet address for Farley's Page (http://farley.lookscool.com).
The new golden interior from Patricia is
clearly visible, though be assured that my daughter Genny was not about to
drive away here. You can also see the new rear deck alternating
flashing lights mounted in the upper rear corners of the back window. |
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This and the next 11 photos (going onto the
next page) were taken for the article that
appeared in Bottom Line
Personal's November 1999 issue.
This shows me with Farley, and also shows our other
"M" body - my wife's 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue named Daphne,
and our recently acquired 1994 Ford Taurus, which is supposed to tide us
over a few months until we can get a newer Chrysler minivan. |
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This is the one photo that BLP ended up
actually using. Interestingly enough, they used a
"mirrored" image of this photo for publication (visible on the article's
page here). Even more interesting is that even though the photo was
flipped, they "re-flipped" the license plate characters and FIRE
DEPT flag on the bumper so that they appear in the right direction in
their magazine. Weird. Why not just *not* flip it? |
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Of the three I thought they would choose
from, I think this one is my favorite. "A man. His
car. What else is there?"
Actually, there's a lot, but it sounded good for this
picture. |
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Here's my son Jimmy, in his first appearance
on Farley's Page. Got him started early, pushing 18 months when he
had his first screwdriver under the hood. |
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And here's my four year old daughter Genny.
She's grown up quite a bit since her first
appearance with Farley. |
