The Road to Nitro, week 5, the shocker on Lillian Lane!
Remember when I wrote
last week “Why is it you find the best deals on stuff when you don’t have any
money!” Well I missed the screaming deal on the dragster with the blown nitro
motor for sale and it sold to a fellow 7.0 Pro racer who is also moving to the
Fuel Altered class.
Then there was the inexpensive funny car for sale that is a McKinney
car. The price is ultra-cheap also and the guy is willing to sell it for $8,000
and all I need to do is sell something to work up the cash for it. I have every
part priced out on my car to sell it piece by piece to get that funny car in my
garage!
So here is how the shocker went down on Lillian Lane!
We were all at my
mom’s house on Lillian Lane for her birthday. Doing a pot luck Chinese food and
presents. We ate, sang happy birthday and took some pictures, kids, grands and
great grands. There are so many of us there is no way that we would all fit in
one picture.
So after that was all
done Cliff said he needed to get everyone back in the living room to talk about
something. I gathered up everyone and Cliff started talking about my”Road to
Nitro” blog. I thought what the heck is he doing? He said that him, mom, Russ
and Lee all got together and decided that the money from the sale of Dad’s
Mustang after he passed away was to go to buy the funny car!
I just about freaked
out. Lisa came up and hugged me and it was everything I could do to keep from
crying. To think that Dad is still involved with me in Drag Racing through my
brothers and my mom is overwhelming. Dad always liked Funny Cars and roadsters
and this car will be both!
A couple of other
funny things also happened before the shocker. We were out looking at Cliff’s
new race car trailer and I said well I know where the car is so all I need to
do is sell some stuff and Cliff said “well you never know when some money will
fall in your lap”. Then Bryan brings out a Chinese fortune that says “You will
soon receive an offer you cannot refuse”! Now that is a timely Chinese fortune!
This is the ultimate
shocker and I still can’t believe it! I will be getting that car home as soon
as possible and continue with the sale of the old car and this thing may happen
sooner that I thought!
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