’69 Oldsmobile Cutlass
The Daily Drunk
My standout talent back in my college days was the consistent ability to quickly locate and purchase with true confidence the cheapest scroungiest most mechanically dysfunctional used car, typically parked on the side of the road with a faded TAKE ME PLEASE sign placed in the front windshield.
Yep. That was me.
Person Most Likely to Purchase a Deathtrap.
More creative nonfiction than not, “’69 Oldsmobile Cutlass” was published by The Daily Drunk (12/20/2020). The lit mag continues to archive published work and I am happy to provide the link to the story after this teaser.
I deal with the ticking noise beneath the hood of my beat Karmann Ghia the same way I do all knocks and pings. I turn up the radio.
The smoke hauling out the back is harder to ignore.
The old girl limps me home and dies in the driveway. With no wheels, I find myself an inductee into a club no driver ever hopes to claim membership—public transportation.
I need a car quick.
(Ah, The Karmann Ghia. I loved the sense of constant safety risk while driving that beautiful nightmare. Read more about the Ghia (“63 Ghia”) here and (“Half-Mast”) here.
Many thanks to The Daily Drunk for publishing my work and thank you for reading.
Read “’69 Oldsmobile Cutlass” here.
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