Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for November 21, 2009

That’s it, Broomie: a really, really Big Smile for the Nice (and humongous) Officer!

I got my dad’s ‘56 Belvedere up to about 95 one time. You could just about watch the gas gauge needle moving down. But I loved that car.

He must have been doing more if he caught up to her.

Obviously. That’s how illegal speeders are caught: by those who can legally speed.

Paradoxical, ain’t it? :))

Are you going to try to flirt your way out of a ticket, Broomie?

..and she did a u-turn in a carwash,too…

Next she’ll ask if she can buy a ticket to the State Troopers’ Ball, and the cop will reply “State Troopers don’t have balls,” and it’ll just go downhill from there…

Joe Allen Doty:

i got stopped in my ‘63 Belvedere for 85 on the thruway near Concord Ca by a CHP officer, and all he wanted to do was see what i had under the hood, he didn’t believe it either. all there was is a 318 CI stock engine

My 55 Savoy hardtop, with the small V8, was faster than that, back in the day. Great car, black and white with a red interior, and the automatic slide stick in the dash.

“Ever notice that anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot? And anyone who drives faster than you is a maniac!” (George Carlin)

I had two Dodges with 318s. I had the ‘60 up to 120 once and cruised the ‘64 down 322/22 once at 95. 318s were goers.