Two points, really. One, is every time you get on your high horse about the evils of socialism I feel the need to point out that you are biting the hand that feeds you. Some people may view it as hypocrisy on your part. How did you swing a gas allowance/reimbursement bene? What a nice deal that is for you! What if the county proposes an increase in taxes to help defray the recent, drastic increased cost in gas? Would you favor such an increase?
Second, the '69 El Camino is one of the most beautiful vehicles ever made, IMO. The lines just look so...
right.
Do you remember the Ford Ranchero? I think the body/cab was based on the LTD. Just didn't have the pleasing lines of the Elky. By the mid to late 70s though, El Caminos were looking pretty plain.