Been over 40 years since I've had a serious beater. My wifes girlfriend crashed her olds cutlass and smashed the front end bad. my wife bought it from her for a good price and I only straightened the front to aim the headlights and get the fan off the radiator. It looked like total junk but ran well til I got rear ended and totalled. Amusing (for me) anecdote, I had a new york times paper route while I was in grad school, part was in an affluent neighborhood, It's 5 am, I'm shaggy hair'd with a big beard wearing an old fatigue jacket driving my beater, you know the cops are going to find an excuse to pull me over. When the cops ran my license they found a guy with the same name as me with an almost identical birthdate and also 6'1"was an escapee from the next county over jail. Not having tattoos and being 80 pounds heavier kept me from getting arrested that morning. I found 20 years later he was still in the system as a parole violator. Since my "cousin" is about my age and I'm 76, i hope he has settled down.
Maui Cruiser.
ReplyDeleteBeaters maybe ; but not that beaten up.
ReplyDeleteHas the wife been driving your ride?
ReplyDeleteHey, at least the lights are still working.
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Thor
ReplyDeleteNOT an Alabama tag, I would like to point out.
SC "IN GOD WE TRUST" tag. US & SC Flags on the left, 4 digits & 2 letters on the right.
ReplyDeleteLoos like someone forgot to latch a trailer. Seen it twice
ReplyDeleteBeen over 40 years since I've had a serious beater. My wifes girlfriend crashed her olds cutlass and smashed the front end bad. my wife bought it from her for a good price and I only straightened the front to aim the headlights and get the fan off the radiator. It looked like total junk but ran well til I got rear ended and totalled. Amusing (for me) anecdote, I had a new york times paper route while I was in grad school, part was in an affluent neighborhood, It's 5 am, I'm shaggy hair'd with a big beard wearing an old fatigue jacket driving my beater, you know the cops are going to find an excuse to pull me over. When the cops ran my license they found a guy with the same name as me with an almost identical birthdate and also 6'1"was an escapee from the next county over jail. Not having tattoos and being 80 pounds heavier kept me from getting arrested that morning. I found 20 years later he was still in the system as a parole violator. Since my "cousin" is about my age and I'm 76, i hope he has settled down.
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