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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I remember that charger, and yours. :)
I didn't even have my license yet.
Yeah, a long time ago.
Damn I wish I didn't sell my VG coupe, but we do what we do with the information and understanding we have at the time I guess huh?
It's funny because I can't really think of anything that was "valuable" in the traditional sense from when I was a kid. My cars fulfilled a function, but I wouldn't consider any of them "cool". Probably the only thing I can think of wasn't that old, but it was a rifle that I "lost". I wish I still had that.
This makes it sound like you had to throw it in the river to hide the evidence.
Not anything that exciting. I had it at an ex's house and when things ended I forgot it was there, so it wasn't included in the possessions exchange.
Best line I've read in a good while 😂
I think there's always something from our past we remember fondly or with respect...I think there's value in that.
No way you could have know the value it would have by now back then... These were real cars, as said in the other post, here you are free to drive with this one
As a personal thing I have my peluche of when I was a little kid, it gave always me good company, to sleep, as sick... I still have it and will never throw it in the garbage
I also love history btw, wars me too, strategies and battles
There's a certain enjoyment and satisfaction that I find in knowing the outcome of a thing (in history) and being able to delve into what happened, how and why that outcome came to be. You obviously understand.
As for the car, you're right; I sold it for a purpose, as I've done with countless other cars, and with the information I had at the time. Had I known what would happen down the track maybe I'd not have sold it, but I can't go back and doing it again right?
I also like not famous historic anecdotes, like this one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plutonium_Files
You will hate mankind even more
I would definitely love time travel though
An interesting link and worth delving into right?
Yep, and that's not on history books, good guys never do bad things you know
Old memories, old photographs and old cars just seem to go together. It sure can stir up the good old days!
Indeed, and also makes a person clearly see how far they've come I guess.
Yep, and just think...in twenty years these will be the good old days 😆. I reckon that means you should be making some good memories right now to recall in the future!
Exactly. It's often not until a person looks back and sees what's behind them that they think about making now something to remember in the future. I think this is why I'm inclined to embrace the fact I'll be dead someday, makes me want to live more right now. Some think it's morbid, I think it's pragmatic.
Yep, it's just truth. Some folks refuse to see the truth looking back at them in the mirror so make up some story about 'some day'. You have the right of it
Right now, I’m thinking of an item and its history that has been passed down through my family to me. It was originally a brooch belonging to my great-grandmother, which was turned into a ring for my mother’s birthday. Then, as there wasn’t enough money for a big present for my 15th birthday, my mother gave it to me; it’s a beautiful white gold ring. I remember the day she gave it to me; it was such a moving moment. It’s not the big gifts that matter, but those that have meaning and a story behind them.
Something I guess you'll pass on to someone else eventually. I wonder if you'll wait until you're deceased and hand it on as an estate item to a beneficiary or pass it on while you're still alive.
I’ll do it whilst I’m still alive… I don’t know exactly when the time will come for me to leave this world. I’ll choose the right person, as I have no children or nieces or nephews.
I have a 7-book edition of "The Lord of the Rings" in English, given to me by a best friend when he moved away from Ecuador with the quote "Take care of this for me", originally said by Warren Zevon to David Letterman at the last concert Zevon played before dying. Besides being a beautiful edition, the fact that he gave it to me, and me knowing how much LOTR means to him in his life, and that he would never be able to read it again as he has severe eye problems - that makes this one of my most cherished belongings.
That's an excellent thing to cherish and an excellent reason.
I love me some LOTR!
There are many, many lessons to be learned in LOTR. So many correlations to real life, to virtues, to how people are. He always said that he read it once a year for almost 20 years, and each time it was different. I'm not sure he listens to the audio book now, if so, he hasn't mentioned it in a while. But he usually did that after his eyes went bad.
History are very much interesting indeed.
We once ever went to an excursion and they showed and teaches us, was all this natural history about animals it's was very interesting, I even wished we could stay much longer.
About history items there is one certain motor circle it's wasn't mine actually but I grew up and met it I was so amazed when my dad told me. and I'm also riding it
For sure.