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OPEN POST: I'm Your Vehicle, Baby!

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Saw this beauty the other day and it looks like a '70 Grand Prix to me. In 1970 there was a ton of great movies, including the smash hit that spawned one of the best TV shows in history, M*A*S*H, and while watching the show recently I thought, "How great was the casting of Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan?" She was a foxy, bleached-blond broad with a big mouth, just like Sally Kellerman in the original Robert Altman movie, plus she was always screaming at someone. My little gayling self was in love with her. Lots of great music that year, too. Bread had a big hit with "Make It With You." They're criminally under-rated IMO, excellent musicians with a big catalogue of great songs. Their finest moment may just be "Guitar Man," a rather melancholy, sweet song about a man who's not quite sure why he keeps playing, but he's always looking forward to next gig. So you know what? Let's hop in that brand-new Pontiac Grand Prix, drive to the bea...