Don’t do that until you fix the trunk weatherstripping and put a piece of plywood in the bottom to keep everything out of the water. Make sure the trunk lock key works.
Baldo, you need to invest in a couple of portable storage bins for your clothes, and stack them neatly in your room. Then get back to focusing on that car!
We’ve had discussions about what year Baldo’s Impala is. Judging by the taillights, and the Impala logo on the rear quarter, I think it’s a 1964. In other strips the front looked more like 1962. But then it’s a comic strip. Also, even rough Impala convertibles of that era cost a fortune now.
I used to work at a Goodyear in my late teens until about 20. We did all kinds of work, but flat repairs were very common. One thing I learned, given we had to return the spare tire to the trunk and retrieve the flat most times, was that 90% of the country appears to be driving around with up to 100 pounds of junk they really don’t need in their trunk.
We keep a lidded bin in the trunk for our hiking stuff: boots, thick socks (clean), old sneakers, water shoes, caps, small backpack, bug spray, etc. Keeps it all readily available and frees up room in the house/garage.
When in college (and after for awhile) I had a 1972 Mustang. I was great and I kept long after I should have gotten rid of it as one of the reasons it was great is that it was hit in rear by a driver not paying attention and I walked out of the accident with the trunk rather smashed. Despite the work which done on it the trunk always leaked afterwards. (One feature was it was much more room in it for parking with boyfriend/later husband than his Merc Capri.) It took a lot for him to get me to give up that car. (Though no longer my favorite car I had – my Chevy small Blazer is that.)
PoodleGroomer 8 months ago
Don’t do that until you fix the trunk weatherstripping and put a piece of plywood in the bottom to keep everything out of the water. Make sure the trunk lock key works.
Doctor Toon 8 months ago
Many years ago a had an old Chevy delivery van we used as storage
At least it was parked on the side of the house, behind a fence
djtenltd 8 months ago
Baldo, you need to invest in a couple of portable storage bins for your clothes, and stack them neatly in your room. Then get back to focusing on that car!
goboboyd 8 months ago
A dangerous precedent. No room for your subs.
ladykat 8 months ago
Well, at least he found a use for the old car.
Old Time Tales 8 months ago
That’s a bad habit to start, mijo.
elbow macaroni 8 months ago
No one wants to see a run-down junker on cement blocks in their neighborhood. It’s an insult to the community.
ajr58(1) 8 months ago
Nick Knight had a ‘62 Caddy, because of occasional need for large trunk space.
kenharkins 8 months ago
Shifted year of this car again.
fjc007 8 months ago
The interior of an old car’s leaky trunk is going to smell something terrible.
SofaKing Premium Member 8 months ago
We’ve had discussions about what year Baldo’s Impala is. Judging by the taillights, and the Impala logo on the rear quarter, I think it’s a 1964. In other strips the front looked more like 1962. But then it’s a comic strip. Also, even rough Impala convertibles of that era cost a fortune now.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 8 months ago
Attaboy Baldo….
well-i-never 8 months ago
For a car on blocks, it sure gets around. Sometimes it faces the house, sometimes if faces the street. No telling where they’ll find it next.
royq27 8 months ago
Maybe donate some of the stuff?
LONNYMARQUEZ 8 months ago
just put them in weather seal bags, the bat and basketball are on there own
eb110americana 8 months ago
I used to work at a Goodyear in my late teens until about 20. We did all kinds of work, but flat repairs were very common. One thing I learned, given we had to return the spare tire to the trunk and retrieve the flat most times, was that 90% of the country appears to be driving around with up to 100 pounds of junk they really don’t need in their trunk.
raybarb44 8 months ago
AND you are getting some use out of it…..
nonoyobeezwaks 8 months ago
In a few months, he may find a grim case of decomposition.
ChattyFran 8 months ago
We keep a lidded bin in the trunk for our hiking stuff: boots, thick socks (clean), old sneakers, water shoes, caps, small backpack, bug spray, etc. Keeps it all readily available and frees up room in the house/garage.
stamps 8 months ago
That whole car belongs in the dumpster.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 8 months ago
Any port in the storm, I say.
eced52 8 months ago
It also helps the homeless people with used clothes.
DennisH2 8 months ago
I knew a family that did that. They had a station wagon parked in their driveway loaded with stuff.
mafastore 8 months ago
When in college (and after for awhile) I had a 1972 Mustang. I was great and I kept long after I should have gotten rid of it as one of the reasons it was great is that it was hit in rear by a driver not paying attention and I walked out of the accident with the trunk rather smashed. Despite the work which done on it the trunk always leaked afterwards. (One feature was it was much more room in it for parking with boyfriend/later husband than his Merc Capri.) It took a lot for him to get me to give up that car. (Though no longer my favorite car I had – my Chevy small Blazer is that.)