From:
OtterV@aol.com
Sent: Thursday,
August 14, 2008
My 2 brothers and I rode in it with
Fuller in 1934. I was not yet six years old. He was visiting author friend
Christopher Morley, and we saw the car sitting in the driveway. As we peered
inside, Fuller came out ..
wanted to go get cigarettes, would we like a
ride?
Yes!
We rode sitting on what seemed a deep couch in the
back...and he was high, upfront. Kind of like riding in a tailwheel DC-3
berfore takeoff,
He was proud as he demonstrated how it could make a
tight U-turn (on Mineola Av) in Roslyn, NY.
I dont recall unique
sounds : all cars were noisy in 1934.
My memory is that the car was
grey/blue, and the upholstery seemed gray blue.
I believe that Fuller
later that day took the car to New York City where news cameras
recorded
him giving a ride to Amelia Earhart.
Decades later, he was again in
Roslyn, at the dedication of the Christopher Morley Park.
I was then a
big adult, and he was older, small and frail. I thanked him then for having
given us a memorable ride in his car.
Peter Viemeister
Bedford,
Virginia
www.peterv.com