Vehicular Homicide, by Owner Neglect
Bondo on the roof. Silver duct tape on the sides, like bandages on a malignant tumor. Bungee cords tying the trunklid down.
If anyone treated a child like this, DCFS would step in. For animals, PETA and the ASPCA. What about owners who let their cars get in this kind of sorry shape? Even if it has to sit outside in a Chicago winter, take it to a self-service carwash and powerwash the salt off!
One reason the blue Caprice looks like it does is that when it was new, she got it Ziebarted. Once a week during every winter, my Mom would have it hand-washed, making sure they got the undersides with a power spray. after every winter, she would take it to the body shop and have any little nicks and scratches taken care of before they started spreading.
Yes, it cost money. How expensive would it be to fix all this internal and external rust damage? And you can't just run out and buy a full-size, V8, body-on-frame car anymore; nobody makes them! GM stopped in 1996 and Ford dumped the Crown Vic last year.
The fact that this one's still running just proves how tough American cars, and traditional big American cars especially, really are.
Vehicular Homicide, by Owner Neglect
Bondo on the roof. Silver duct tape on the sides, like bandages on a malignant tumor. Bungee cords tying the trunklid down.
If anyone treated a child like this, DCFS would step in. For animals, PETA and the ASPCA. What about owners who let their cars get in this kind of sorry shape? Even if it has to sit outside in a Chicago winter, take it to a self-service carwash and powerwash the salt off!
One reason the blue Caprice looks like it does is that when it was new, she got it Ziebarted. Once a week during every winter, my Mom would have it hand-washed, making sure they got the undersides with a power spray. after every winter, she would take it to the body shop and have any little nicks and scratches taken care of before they started spreading.
Yes, it cost money. How expensive would it be to fix all this internal and external rust damage? And you can't just run out and buy a full-size, V8, body-on-frame car anymore; nobody makes them! GM stopped in 1996 and Ford dumped the Crown Vic last year.
The fact that this one's still running just proves how tough American cars, and traditional big American cars especially, really are.