StraightEight
One of the Regulars
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- 267
- Location
- LA, California
Just today, a buddy and I are cruising around in his 57 T-Bird when it quit. He called the motor club and I called a cab. C'est la vie.....
Ha!
On Monday I went to retrieve dear old mom from LAX in the DeSoto. Picking up people at the airport is one of my favorite old-car activities. So I pulled up to the Delta baggage claim, loaded up mom and her bags, and went to start. Rapid clicking, but no rotations or internal combustion. Flat battery. Thought I might squeeze out a start if I gave it a few minutes for temps to come down, but alas, I had to call AAA because nobody at LAX carries cables. We were quite a sight, sitting there in the loading zone with the hood up, chatting away in the front seat. The cops were cool; I guess terrorists don't attack in '58 DeSotos. After the restart from the Auto Club I confirmed the generator was putting out 13.7 and we went straight over to the nearest Pep Boys and replaced the old lump with an Optima (big believer in Optimas). A half-hour errand turned into two, but we went over to the beach and had a nice walk in Playa Del Rey as the sun went down, so it came out for the best.