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BY FLINT CHRISTENSEN

THIS TIRED PIECE OF METAL

IN MY GARAGE IT SAT

WHILE I JUST STARED AND BEAMED

"HEY HUN WHATCHA THINK OF THAT?"

I’M SURE IT WAS A ‘46

THOUGH NO VIN WAS IN SIGHT

AND MUCH TO HER CHAGRIN

I STARTED WORK ON IT THAT NIGHT

IT’S A WONDER TO THIS DAY

THAT IT SURVIVED IT’S TRUE

WITH MORE THERE THAT WAS MISSING

WHERE THE FLOOR BOARDS WENT WHO KNEW?

THE FENDERS HELD THE BODY ON

BUT ONLY JUST SO-SO

AND HOW IT STAYED IN ONE PIECE

I GUESS WE’LL NEVER KNOW

THE BRAND NEW CHEVY BLAZER SEATS

LOOKED ODD IN THIS OLD WRECK

WHEN I STARTED DISASSEMBLE

I KNEW I’S UP TO MY NECK

OH THE HOURS SPENT OUT GRINDING

AND STRAITENING THE FRAME

IT’S ALL I COULD DO FROM GOING MAD

AND DARN NEAR HALF INSANE

IT DIDN’T COST ME MUCH AT ALL

TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER

I TOOK HALF THE MONEY FROM MY WIFE

THE REST FROM OLDER BROTHER

OH BOY YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD IT

WHEN THE ENGINE CAME TO LIFE!

AND NEARLY TOOK MY ARM OFF

WAS IT WORTH ALL THE STRIFE?

I TRIED TO DO A GOOD RESTORE

BUT THE MORE I SANDED DOWN

THE LESS AND LESS MY JEEP WAS LEFT

TILL ALL I HAD WAS THE GROUND

I HAD A BODY SHIPPED FROM PHILLY

AND THE TRANS FROM ABILEEN

BUT MOST OF ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS

FROM THE J C WHITTNEY MAGAZINE

IN FACT THE ONLY PART THAT’S LEFT

ORIGINAL AT ALL

IS THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE

WHICH I’LL SWITCH OUT IN THE FALL

IT DRIVES REAL GOOD, I MUST CONFESS

WITH ALL MY WORK AT STAKE

NOW IF I CAN ONLY MAKE IT STOP

I GUESS I’LL NEED A BRAKE

MY YOUNGEST TRIED TO HELP ME

AND IT’S TRUE I SURE DO LOVE HER

IT WAS, I SWEAR, AN ACCIDENT

THE TIME I RAN HER OVER

I’LL NEVER FIGURE OUT

WHY MY SWEETY GOT IRATE

WHEN A BROUGHT ANOTHER BEAUTY HOME

A CLASSIC ‘68