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Web site image gallery for part one of Slip, Sliding Away

Above is an admittedly rough artistic recreation of an actual photo taken of Shadow not long before the time of the events related here, sitting in a lot off the parkway described in several stories on-site (even the real photo was of poor quality like this, due to being snapped on one of those cheap 'instamatic' cameras of the era).

At the time I took the photo, Shadow possessed fresh new paint and bodywork, plus a factory chin spoiler I think I'd bought used. I'd also run a white pin stripe over some side body lines, ending in the rear fender scoops (the pin-stripe was perhaps the main feature distinguishing my 1969 Mustang from that of Sue Anne's football player boyfriend of the time).

I believe the actual photo I'm aping here ended up in the possession of the real-life "Lindsay" who helped inspire this account.

My friend Steve's 1971 Boss 351 Mustang looked like this before it was totaled.

My friend Ben's 1967 Chevrolet Camaro.