[Spridgets] Cruel or dumb? no LBC

Frank Clarici spritenut at comcast.net
Sun Jun 10 18:55:17 MDT 2007


A neighborhood kid, just 17 with his brand new drivers license stopped 
over today desperatly seeking help with his new car.
I asked him what kind of car and he tells me a 1947 Desoto!
It blew it's oil filter and it has electrical issues.
So like the good "old man" I am, I stopped over the kids house, there 
sits a 47 Desoto that must have been sitting since 1965. What a mess, 
what a tank! And all the wires just crumble when you touch them.
I asked the kid what he paid for it, he says with a confident smile 
"only $4,000".
It looks like he paid 3900 too much. But he says it has new tires, yeah, 
brand new bias ply tires put on in 1976 when the last inspection of the 
car was.
So I feel the seller was cruel to sell this thing to a 17 year old kid.
Sure the kid was dumb but he does have parents. Are they dumb too?
His dad doesn't know what a wrench is, nor does the kid for that matter.
Would you let your kid buy a 60 year old car that needs paint, 
mechanicals, interior, all the glass, and a new harness?
Besides, I don't know much about DeSotos, and I can't find a new harness 
for it in my crates of Spridget parts.
-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ


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