STORIES
If our lives are a book, the cars we drive define the chapters.
These are stories featuring cars, trucks, and even RVs that played a role in the lives of the people who owned or drove them. Many are set in Fort Stockton, Texas and involve a cast of characters in and around the dusty southwest Texas town. A lot of the stories are shared around the table at The Grounds for Divorce, where the ‘regulars’ meet.
Pull up a chair and let Lucinda pour you a hot cuppa joe and enjoy.
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CLIFFORD AND EARNEST TAKE A TRIP
Back in January of ’51 Clifford and Earnest, best friends since their time together in junior high at Our Lady of Immeasurable Concern, packed up Cliff’s old Plymouth Cranbrook and headed to New Mexico for an extended weekend ski trip. It started snowing outside Lubbock. By Amarillo it was a full blown blizzard and Cliff could…
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REX HALL’S BAD DAY
It’s true that these were known as “Doctors’ Cars” back before imported cars owned the market. However, they were known to be popular with other areas of the medical profession, as well. Back in ‘64 Rex Hall, the pharmacist here in Fort Stockton went down to Pecos Buick/GMC/International Harvester and ordered a new Wildcat convertible…