The boys on his block had no love for Eddie's hand-me-down Packard. They teased him brutally... relentlessly... and in the same way they teased him about his "stupid hat" years ago when they were in middle-school. They were bullies. And I can't tell ... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Ha! I've always thought there were products specifically made to continue the Bully - Pansie circle, this just proves my point.
Gotta love ad men. When electricity was catching on everything became "electric" this and "electric" that. Same with the atomic age. Thanks for starting my day with a grin Ryan.
Not having the desired effect upon his foes; Eddie remembered a trick that his cool cousin Jim out in L.A. had shown him. Armed with his Dad's drill, some Model T coils, several spark plugs, and some wire Eddie went to work...
You just can't argue with a product that has been proven "in many tests". This thing should probably say "duration until rust appears will vary (4-6 months)."
Reminds me of those Doug Thorley fake zoomie side pipes. All the geeks had 'em. Then the bullies would kick thier asses harder.
A guy I went to high school with back in the 70's had a set of those zoomies on his '69 Z-28. Actually hooked them up and promptly melted the paint on the quarter panel in front of the wheels. He found it nowhere as funny as we did.
Must have been Eddie Haskel,,he's the only kid that was a known hoodlum. He's the kid of guy that would forge a check while his dad was passed out. HRP