I could take some closeups that would tell the story. Rust that makes my 78 look like a creampuff. Water everywhere inside. Corrosion or rot on every line in the car. The engine does turn by hand, but I haven't tried to get it running. It's sat for over 20 years now ... it started and ran fine when it was parked. I have no explanation for why this happened to it, other than my dad is really weird (I love him anyway). I'd like to play with it, but it would cost so much just to get it to the point where I could try that I really can't even begin. It's also sitting outside with nowhere to move it to and is now surrounded by trash Suburbans and piles of yard-waste and overgrown grass.

I still have fantasies of trying to fix it in better times, even if financially silly. Right now I want desperately to leave this terrible job, which doesn't pay much anyway, and I'm trying to pinch my pennies a little. I wish I had somewhere to store the old beast for a couple years.

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