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Saturday Jam: World Party Mini-Set on KEXP

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ObserverArt6/12/2016 7:18:46 am PDT

I love seeing all the old cars everyone drove.

Iā€™ve said it beforeā€¦those cars are fun for nostalgia but the cars today or so much better in so many ways. They drink less gas, need less maintenance, perform way better and the biggieā€¦so much safer. So much!

This was my first car. Bought it from my brother for $250 and it had slightly more than 200,000 miles on it. I drove it for 4.5 years and got it to about 250,000+.

1964 Pontiac Tempest

1964 Pontiac Tempest. Mine was this color with a nifty white vinyl roof. And it had this little 215 cu. in. 6 cylinder in it.

Bullet-proof 215 In-line 6

I love to drive and always liked a good handling car. The little Tempest with the 6 was perfectly balanced with the light engine. I could throw that car around like a little race car. And the engine had plenty of grunt for the carā€™s size.