Wanted:
or
Got:
'77 Merc Grand Marquis, bought in 1998 -- Paid $900 in $10s and $20s from my job a t crappy diner to a widow of the deceased police chief, the car had the police interceptor package but had never been used as a cop car (it was a coupe!) -- 7.5L Big Block, 3 speed C6 transmission, and heavy duty curb hopping suspension. Slow, dangerously bad handling, 10 MPG, awesome!
Got nicknamed "The Gray Whale" (totally accurate) by me, and "The Love Boat" by my HS yearbook (never really lived up to this one though). I oversteered it into a tree swerving to avoid a dog that ran into the street in a rainstorm, used a crowbar to pull the fender back out and then drove it with a tree-shaped front end for another year!