A few months back, I was driving through a small country town near where I live. I spotted a really nice looking pre-1980 242, maroon, w/manual trans. I left a business card on the windshield, "If you're ever interested in selling", etc. Didn't hear a thing.

A couple of days ago, I got a call. "You interested in any parts off of that '77 240?. It got totalled yesterday." He talked about what a great car it was, "I had no idea how many miles were on it. A lot, but nothing really wrong with it, I'd drive across the country."

He hated that it was gone, but said: "It did it's job. We got t-boned by a Honda Civic going about 30 mph. My son and I unfastened our seat belts, opened the doors, and walked away." He said the Civic was, in Alabama parlance, "all tore up."

That's why we love 'em!

 

Yes it really did its job.