Y'all ain't gonna believe this...our hero still lives! Last week I was laughing my rear off, now I just feel sorry for this poor dumb b*st*rd. Although I wish I could have caught this on film too. Went back by the scene of the grisly murder/suicide (still don't know what to call it...), and the oil slick is still there, although pretty much all of the debris field has been picked up. Darn, I think, I'll never know what kind of transmission this guy HAD. So I drive on out to the end of the road, where the pavement turns to gravel (edge of an industrial park), and TA-DAAAHH!!! There, in the waist-high grass of the right-hand ditch, is our hero's prized multi-colored bondo-rail Duster, still complete with hijacked rear end. But - there's a trail of scraped/plowed dirt road leading up to the Duster, and something else doesn't look quite right, but can't put my finger on it...so we get out and wander over to take a closer look. Well, the left rear wheel looks bent pretty well, the tire is aimed at the right front of the car. Go over to the other side, and the right rear tire is UNDER THE QUARTERPANEL!!! :eek2: The driveshaft, or at least a large mangled tubular metal piece with a u-joint and transmission coupling gene-spliced into it, is sticking out the back of the car. The other end is attached to the former front end of an axle center section, which is now under the gas tank / trunk, pointed straight down, with a large pile of dirt/rocks pushed up in front of it. The slapper bars have both plowed nice furrows in the ground before folding backwards, the passenger side apparently held out long enough to rip the axle loose. The fuel tank apparently ate the differential (or maybe it was the other way around?), because there's gasoline all over the ground under there. Parked in the grass up in front of the Duster is an old, worn-out-looking car-hauling dolly, the kind that carries the front wheels only. The straps that hold the front tires down are there, only one is about half gone. As best we could figure, out Hero was dolly-ing his Prized Duster back to the pits, and the driveshaft dropped down, caught dirt, tore the hell out of the back end, which pulled the car loose or off of the tow dolly, with the entire shooting match ending up in the ditch! ou: I've gotta find out where this guy lives, and go film a day in his life. I'll bet it's never dull!:spank: "If it weren't for bad luck, he'd have no luck at all!" James
I forgot: 340 V8 with an automatic. At least, that's what was under the hood before the bomb went off! Clean interior, though, even the driver's seat!!! :gt: James
Poor guy! He just wasn't born a car guy, ou: or even with any luck at all! :gt: Its seems to me (with some exceptions of course), that there are a LOT of Mopar owners in this IQ catagory! Hell, Dodge even makes fun of themselves in their own commercial!!:laugh: ("Hey, that gotta Hemi in it?" commercial.) :laugh:
Jamyers I have rescued many Mopars from stupid people. The only reason I think that idiots end up with them is because they are so affordable new and they are built so well they run forever. When they are sold after 300,000 miles it is for very little money. As we all know education = income. That is a shame, there goes another 340 Duster for the history books.
Yup, I know what you mean, we had a '66 Valiant (slant-6 w/ 3-on-the-tree) way back when, that car just wouldn't die! Remember Bill Cosby talking about going 105 mph, and the hood fluttering, and the wheels shaking, etc? That was me and my older brother! All I can say is God watches over fools and children... Was one Tough car, and an equally tough engine. In the winter, we made sure to park it facing south, because the north wind would ensure that you'd never get the engine started if you left it facing north! Still remember those looonnnnnnggggg intake runners on cylinders #1 and #6. :eek2: And that unmistakeable sound of a Mopar starter on a cold day: DeeHeeee Heee Heeee Heeeee Heeeee...... :TU: James ps: Our Hero finally got the Duster hauled off. I'll keep watch for it at the local wrecking yard :gt:
