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“How Often Do You Change The Rubber Band Out In That Thing?”

The first car I called “all mine” was a 1963, road sign yellow MGB roadster convertible.  It had wire wheels, a rag top, black and white racing stripes across the hood and over the trunk, and a little horn that sounded not unlike the Warner Brothers Road Runner call… Beep, Beep!  I got her in 1980, sometime around my 16th birthday;  I’m really fuzzy on the “when” details.

I opened up Adobe Illustrator for the first time in my life tonight and managed to draw this illustration shown above in only 20 minutes! Please don’t faint from the savant-esque quality.  However, if you’d like a better idea of what the car resembled, I’ve imported a photo for your viewing pleasure. Continue reading “How Often Do You Change The Rubber Band Out In That Thing?”