European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 daily Magazine the stars and stripes May photo by Linda Sparks Victoria protests she wants daddy to keep the faithful the last Roundup Bubo Boyer staff writer old in sorrow mingled with i let you when i patted you on the fender and put you put to 1 Felt a twinge of you deserved a better but i could no longer afford to keep you on the surface you still looked but your innards were groaning from and rust was rotting your fender Wells and doors like a your Carburettor and automatic Choice were beyond your fourth exhaust system was you were running on your third your second water your fourth set of your narrow aesthetic Grill was bashed in the Handiwork of a i Landrun artist who backed into you on a parking your Shock absorbers no longer when your transmission sprang a we simply had to it was the Only sensible thing to tout that didst make it any it would have Cost More than you were Worth to repair but i want you to know i will always re member you with you were resilient and in trips to nine european in rolling up the Miles we passed much More elegant and expensive idled with mechanical bows and Peu goots and Volvo All stood by the Side of the Highway with their hoods up As you sped your acceleration was on the slug Gish Side and your lop Speed 95 but As a car designed for americas 55mph Speed you were and you seemed to become More i trusty in the Early i have to Tichene were prob on at least three occasions i had to take the Street car to work because of your defective returning from a visit to Rhine Valley vineyards you sputtered and bucked in heavy this was your most shoddy in anger 1 wanted to dump you in the for a week i threatened to sell you to the available but you were saved by a Mechanic with a Golden who deftly identified and replaced the wire that was causing you to when fellow car owners were apprised of your they suggested thai you were one of those Blue monday cars thrown together on the Assem Bly lines of at Miles your starter motor played out at your Flywheel but that was the last major in Middle and old age you were As steady As a Dray you transported me and my to Den you carried us on vacations to the Brittany and together we took in the Swiss Alps and the glories of ancient you delivered us to the Bright lights of Munich and Luxem Brussels and along the champs Elysee in Paris you held your own with French in Pisa an italian admirer de scribed you As Uri Auto a virile a German porsche owner praised your sleek not realizing you were Lead footed compared to his in the cold of Winter and the heat of you always started and always got us where we wanted to much stronger cars did far less for their As one of More than 2 million pintos you were among the Best of americas Early Small you served business and government inter ests with impartial for years you pulled duty with army transportation motor pools in in the Best of circumstances your Tough four Cylinder engines racked up More than Miles without major your Rackman opinion Long a Standard in was praised by the automotive you had your triumphs and in your finest hour you were named car of the year by an Industry mag in your darkest Day you were taken to court charged with faulty design that caused Gas tank explosions upon heavy government investigations litigation forced changes in design and modifications to existing in foe end the decision was made to replace you with a lighter with curtailment of an Era now the last of your Breed soon wih toe forced to soon you will vanish from the but the old and Young you served with is Tufa dogged determination will not forget Little our 4yearold first saw you As a when she Rode in a Basket on your bade when i drove you away for the last she of youre not getting rid of the Pinto today crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 1 lattice strip Airport 8 journey 12 in Juarez 13 duct 14 Leander loved her 15 Melville whale 17 arthurian lady 18 col Lection 19 Wapiti 20 pacing Glacier direction 21 Foo like Organ 22 Dernier 23 toil 26 Dali or a Vinci 80 Gem 31 Cistern burrowing animal 33 ambushed 35 insipid 36 Sweet potato fur and feathers 38radaf Cousin 41 proscribe 42 Indian 45 arabian Gulf 46barrie hero 48 thin 49 French season 50 Stop 51 twelve Oaks neighbor 52 fuel 53 european capital Down 1 tibetan priest 2 contest 3 Large Horn 4 horse fodder 5 bad things 6 Small Nail 7 inquire 8oz character 9 Western City 10 Spring Flower 11 pea cases for one 21 optimistic heroine 22 Angora or persian 23 Moo 24 Arm of the sea 26 Cushion 27 Acme 28 Yale Man 29 Cincinnati player 31 Energy 34 Swiss River 35 climber 37 goddesses solution time 25 528 to yesterdays Puzzle control destiny 38 season 39 concert Halls 40 close at hand 41 second greek letter 42 javanese tree 43 in the Saddle 44 within form 46 girl of song 47 i Follower 528 Hubert ought to 1st me ru0 it Xor Chest Chicken tie am old sock Arcuni x3ur Wacky