I AM a moron! How kind of you to notice.
You know, I really think there's something wrong with me, but a couple of weeks ago as I was taking the kids to school one morning, while I was still TWO BLOCKS AWAY from the grimy little service station right there on Main Street, a particular car caught my eye. Yes, even from that far away, the spores of a Moron Project can still affect someone like me. But tucked there beside some other cars was a jaunty little Datsun roadster.
Got closer and saw that it looked pretty much complete. How it came to be there, I'm not sure, but the guy seems to have some interesting old cars parked out there every so often. It's the old sort of service station like used to be every service station--blackened walls, racks of tires, and someone who actually works on cars.
Anyway, for the past two weeks, I have had to do a visual check every morning to make sure it's still there. I slowed down one morning and was disappointed to see that the driver's door didn't quite close all the way shut. Why did I notice that in particular? Because I was making a mental list in my head of reasons why it would be a bad thing to have. I have no excess cash to dally with such things, but Steevil's recent Triumph Spitfire purchase has caused me to have pangs of desire for things small and unreliable. (No offense, Steve.) So I had to figure some way of making the urges quiet down.
A couple of mornings later, I noticed that the door was completely shut--apparently they'd had to move it and had actually shut the door firmly rather than barely latched, and so ONCE MORE, the moron juices in my brain kicked in again.
Why do I even care? Who knows--the lure of the weird, I suppose. I've always had a soft spot for the old Fairladies (and their sedan counterparts, the 510)--I even have a paper model of one that I keep on my bookshelf. They're just odd enough, without being totally bizarre.
Anyway, I have no intention of inquiring about it, but it sure does cause a powerful itch.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at September 28, 2006 04:45 PMAm I allowed to say that that car is really cute? Or would that detract too much from its manliness factor?
Posted by: Jordana at September 28, 2006 07:41 PMNo--there are some cars that it would worry me, but cars like this require so much in the way of manly grease-monkeying that even if it's girl-cute, it's enough torment to be worthy of any he-man.
They are really not bad cars when compared to their contemporaries, especially the later models, and are a lot less expensive than a comparable MGB or Fiat 124 or such like.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at September 28, 2006 09:08 PMJordana,
LBCs (Little British cars) and LJCs (Little Japanese cars) are all cute.
here's a Spitfire--also cute (mine is white, and not nearly as shiny as this one belonging to another Steve)
http://www.tracltd.org/Photos/Memphoto/SH/SteveH.html
here's an Austin-Healey, might be the cutest car ever made
http://www.mgcars.0rg.uk/midgetspriteclub/sprite/gs1b.htm
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