Thread: new hot rodder in town

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a couple weeks ago my mom was sitting in my mustang and had a glow in her eye. she was saying she always wished she had gotten a hot rod car to drive around. our whole family has always been into cars since birth and she never got to do it for herself. jokingly my brother gave her a picture of a 92 vette a friend of ours had for sale. she fell in love with the picture, but though how stupid it would be for a 67 year old lady to foolihly spend money on that. the next day she was really wanting it bad again, so i went home and called and ya sure enough it sold like 4 hours earlier. she was a bummed out, so i looked for 10 days for her a vette or camaro.

i finally found one that was very well cared for 89 vette, untampered with bone stock 350 tune port aluminum head motor, 59000 miles, automatic, leather, removable top, and needed nothing but driven. and she of coarse fell into the i dont need this thing stuff again and finally said the money ive got is for you kids inheritence. i say well your house is a brand new built house paid for in full, your new subaru legacy is paid for. you owe nothing to no one. i would rather see you finally get something you really want, you want this car we are going to at least test drive it. we did, she loved it, and i made her buy it just like any good son would do. she lives 4 blocks from me so she would be close, she drove by my house in it 4 times the first day that i saw. id say she likes it!

Guess I don't see a thing wrong with it!!!! Heck, nobody laughs at a guy that age driving one....

Moon i'm sure you would rather have her smiling and having fun. Life is to lived and enjoyed. Great looking car too .

Good for her, tell her to drive the h#$% out of it, thats what lifes about , im sure she deserves it.

Good for your Mom. She's probably done lots for everybody else, if she is like most Moms, so now it's her turn.


Great looking vette, BTW.


Don

That is great Mooneyes, and being the good son that you are, and since you live so close, I am sure you will do the right thing and drive it 'hard' once in a while so there will be no carbon build up on the plugs and valves. I mean, I think you at least owe her that.

Jack

The cool part of it is, You don't have to "Work" on it. She gets to drive a sporty vehicle and you can stand by the way side when she passes and say, "That's my Mom!".

Nice looking car!
Good on your Mum!
Good on you!
A good result all round!

johnboy

I say "GOOD FOR HER". I bet she has done her fair share of making sure everyone else had what they wanted....Now, It is her turn. Post a pic of her behind the wheel..Ya know, with that grin from ear to ear...

Funny, as I was reading about your Mom, a 92 year old dude came on the TV news and said, "Life is a journey, not a destination!" Seems to fit the thread perfectly.