Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Too Close for Comfort

Last weekend Ariel's dad and her two younger sisters did a horrific thing. They dismantled and cut up a '64 4-door cousin of mine. Here's a picture of Victoria cutting off the roof. Here's a link to an online photo album documenting the savagery. Their justification is that the car didn't have any suspension (Tom had removed it to rebuild and put under his Corvair), had rust issues in the floors, front and rear valances, and elsewhere, and its drivetrain is powering Heidi (Ariel's older sister's Corvair). Add to that 4-doors aren't that desirable, so cutting it up and transporting the pieces to the Corvair Ranch for others to use on their Corvairs somehow made it all right in their minds. I'm not convinced.