Joke on me

Starlord wrote:
Was sitting out by the gathering table and a few of the other people where
there too. I was offered a car to buy, only $300.00! Wow, figured it
couldn't be as bad as the one I'm running now, that was until I saw it. It's
a blue Chevy El Camro(sp?) you know that pickup that's not a pickup, a car
that's not a car. The joke? 1st it was first owned by the park manager and
then sold and that guy sold it again to a guy who drove it like H*ll and now
it has a blown motor.

It would be good for the scopes, but that bad motor is a stoper.

Are the car gods trying to tell me something or just having fun on me?

If you were a car person, you could grab a running motor from the
wrecking yard, drop it in in an afternoon and have a vehicle. Old cars
from the 60s and early 70s are trivial to work on and can be kept
running indefinitely; comfort is another matter. Insurance is just
liability, and registration charges are low. In this case I'd look at
interior and seating, which are difficult to fix up, and at the body for
rust (out where you are it shouldn't have any rust no matter how old it
is - you easterners hear that?) and tires. You can get that old running
motor for $150 and pay a local kid $100 to drop it in.

Solves the telescope transport problem.
Only problem is having the time/energy/knowledge/tools to do auto work
yourself.