Back when I was a real redneck with a mullet me and a few buddies pitched in and bought a 1970 Nova for $150 and proceeded to beat the snot out of it until it broke. It survived many a ditch and who knows how many things we ran it into. The demise was when the tie rod popped off cruising through McDonalds where the car sat for a week or so. Then we sold it and recovered half the cost. The new owner attached the tie rod with a cloths hanger and drove it home.
Then there was the 1978 Caprice Classic I bought from my buddy for $150. It had the rare option of drop in tin floor board mats which replaced the real floors. It was convenient for disposing of beer cans driving down the road. My buddy drove it down gravel roads with no air cleaner and never changed the oil before I became the lucky owner. Who needs a heater in December in Iowa. I drove this gem in the Winter time until the master cylinder became erratic. Not wanting to make such a huge investment, I sold it to another friend for $75. With full disclosure about the erratic brakes, we took it out for a spin. He must have had some short term memory loss. When we pulled into his Mom's driveway, he hit the brakes an nothing happened. Next thing I know we are crashing through her garage door. Everytime I went over there from that day forwad and his Mom was around, she would chaffe his ass over that garage door. She has the constant reminder because my buddy took it upon himself to fix it. All while breaking his hand in the process and it rarely worked for Mom.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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