Down On The Mile High Street: How To Look Cool Getting Picked Up at the Airport

by Murilee Martin

March 14th, 2011 1:46 AM

down on the mile high street how to look cool getting picked up at the airport

I do a lot of air traveling in my role as Chief Justice of the LeMons Supreme Court, which means I spend a lot of time at Shadow Government World Headquarters, aka Denver International Airport. My ride was coming to get me in a late-model Subaru Outback, i.e. the type of vehicle driven by approximately 70% of Colorado drivers… but this traveler climbed into an early, no-frills Ford Falcon. Yes, I was envious.

At the moment I looked up and saw this fine automobile, I had been thinking about Detroit’s struggles to build a good/big-selling compact car in the post-Falcon (and post-Chevy II) era. What would a 2011 equivalent of a 1960 Falcon be like?

Thanks to Old Car Brochures for the image above.

#1960 #1960s #1961 #1962 #DownOnTheMileHighStreet #DownOnTheStreet #FordFalcon

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Nicodemus on Mar 14, 2011

"What would a 2011 equivalent of a 1960 Falcon be like?" Is this some kind of trick question? http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRWK3WiHfbsoEFxGRQ1lJdKzN6z8_IxU-sRmJd8637LQdcRBvvi

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VanillaDude on Mar 15, 2011

The 2011 equivalent of a 1960 Falcon is the new VW Jetta.

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