At the End of Every Rainbow… Aerostar
This photo could only be better if there were a leprechaun pouring Skittles on the road, like a corn syrup carpet.
Interested in lots of cars and their various historical contexts. Started writing articles for TTAC in late 2016, when my first posts were QOTDs. From there I started a few new series like Rare Rides, Buy/Drive/Burn, Abandoned History, and most recently Rare Rides Icons. Operating from a home base in Cincinnati, Ohio, a relative auto journalist dead zone. Many of my articles are prompted by something I'll see on social media that sparks my interest and causes me to research. Finding articles and information from the early days of the internet and beyond that covers the little details lost to time: trim packages, color and wheel choices, interior fabrics. Beyond those, I'm fascinated by automotive industry experiments, both failures and successes. Lately I've taken an interest in AI, and generating "what if" type images for car models long dead. Reincarnating a modern Toyota Paseo, Lincoln Mark IX, or Isuzu Trooper through a text prompt is fun. Fun to post them on Twitter too, and watch people overreact. To that end, the social media I use most is Twitter, @CoreyLewis86. I also contribute pieces for Forbes Wheels and Forbes Home.
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Saw the title and thought the author was initially referring to the aircraft of same name. http://www.flyingmag.com/pilot-reports/pistons/aerostar-702p I remember back in the day driving one of these for a pharmaceutical delivery company. Tough as nails and dead reliable with the Vulcan V6. Pretty comfortable too on long hauls.
Some rainbows have a Chrysler at the end. :) I was driving one of my big old Chryslers down to Chryslers at Carlisle. We drove into a rainstorm on the highway. Both my brother and I witnessed a rainbow terminating on the front of my car! This confirmed what I already knew: there's a pot of gold under the hood of that one.
Had myself a Vulcan in my 1993 Taurus GL, and my sis had one in her 2001 SE. I did an alternator at 130k, a water pump on hers at 142k, and kept the trans fluid changed on the reg. Used to state "Vulcans are hewn, from the granite in Grant's tomb." It rolls off the tongue.
My hippie van!!! Should I ever decide to become a hippie.