New York Minute 87 - Red Jaguar

“Do you know what that is?”

A tall, nicely dressed man in his thirties asked this of his young son.

The boy, who was about six or seven, answered without hesitation. “Jaguar!”

“That’s right! It’s a classic Jaguar. Do you want to go see it?”

“Yeah!”

When the light changed, they walked across the avenue to take a closer look at a red Jaguar E-Type Roadster. The car, probably built in the mid to late 1960s, was in flawless condition. The paint shined so luminously, it looked as though it were still wet.

Two ladies approached. One stood by the car and posed as her friend took her picture. “Should have kept it,” the friend advised. “Should have kept it.”

A tall gentleman with short-cropped white hair emerged from the cafe on the corner. He well-dressed and looked very fit for his age. The man smiled warmly toward the group that had gathered around his classic automobile.

“What year is it?” asked the lady who had had her photo taken with the car. I didn’t hear his response, but the lady then exclaimed, “I got that same car for my thirtieth birthday!”

“Should have kept it,” her friend repeated.

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