Category: Every car is a story.
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A BENTLEY PINTO-DILLO
The minute I clicked on this one and saw someone had stuffed a GM engine into a ’62 Ferrari GTE 2+2, I knew it was going to be more controversial than vaccine mandates. I’ve seen it all before. Back when Jim Bob happened to be at the Austin Auto Auction in hopes of scoring a…
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TREADIN’ TO A WEDDIN’
Ol’ Collin ‘Camo’ Verde bought one of these just to rent out for weddings back before 9/11 when folks got sensitive to military surplus at family events involving the sacraments. A lot of people were skeptical at first, but in no time every new bride in Fort Stockton wanted to be ‘Treadin’ to the Weddin’…
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EPILOGUE
“Wasn’t expecting the end,” Rex said. “I knew that was going to happen the whole time,” Rusty hammered home. “It was obvious. You just had to pay attention to the clues.” “Not sure the old broad did the right thing at all,” Rex went on. “I mean she spent the little time she had in life left…
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ROADS NOT TAKEN
She was an attractive woman. Fair skinned, dark haired. When she laughed she did it with her whole body in a way that people were drawn in to and had to laugh along with her. Constance taught English at Jim Bowie High School. Not because she had to. She was what you’d call a trust…
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EMBRACING THE FUTURAMIC
Jane yelled at Walter at the top of her voice, “You’re not even listening to me!” which Walter thought was a strange way to start a conversation. There had been a lot of moments like that since both boys moved out of the house and left the Schuttes ‘empty-nesters’. Sometimes Jane would get so frustrated…
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BACKPEDDLING BECKY
This one rips the scab right off. Not even going to try to lie about it or pretend it never happened. They say time heals everything, but not this. Not even sixty years later. We were in a groove in RoadRunner Estates. We’d worked out a hierarchy. Everyone knew their place, where they belonged. A routine. Girls knew the fort was off…
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GATEWAY DRUG TO 1959
“What’s your name Kid?” the big guy in the flawlessly tailored suit asked. “Who me? Are you talking to me, Mr. Mitchell?” replied the shy looking kid in the ill-fitting khakis and sport coat he received as a graduation from college a year before months before. “Do you see anyone else, Kid?” “No sir. It’s just .…
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AGENT TODD AND THE EXECUTIVE LIMO
Back when he still had keys to the Oval Office, the Big Guy used to make the trip from Johnson City to Fort Stockton because the Piggly Wiggly here in town was the only place that could be counted on to always be stocked with Dr. Pepper and Boerne hot sauce, the key ingredient in…
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DAMN COOL SHOT OF ADRENALINE
Pretty typical morning at The Grounds for Divorce this morning, other than the fact that it’s damn near one hundred and twelve degrees outside. That may have been what drove everyone into the coffee shop. It was so hot that Delgado said he saw two trees fighting over a male dog out near the alley…
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SNAKES ON A PLAIN
Some would argue the government has just gotten too big. That was the theory Reagan ran on and it resonated with the people enough that he won two terms. He used to say in campaign speeches that the five most dangerous words in America were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” People…