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Impounded Classic Cars: High School 1973 Oldsmobile 98 Car Memories & Automotive Adventures

Impounded Classic Cars: High School 1973 Oldsmobile 98 Car Memories & Automotive Adventures

To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Classic Car Restoration, JDM, and Automotive History Feb 25, 2025 1 min
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A nostalgic trip down memory lane unfolds as the host shares a hilarious and somewhat reckless story about a 1973 Oldsmobile 98 from high school days. The episode dives into the creative modifications made for homecoming, including unique reverse white walls that caught everyone's attention. The tale takes a twist when the car is sold to a friend who ends up getting it impounded after a late-night escapade. The host recounts the panic of dealing with the police and the humorous cover-up with his dad, making for an entertaining listen filled with youthful mischief.

Topics: classic cars high school memories car modifications impound stories automotive adventures
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Absolutely, absolutely.
We painted that car up for homecoming.
We gave it reverse white walls, where the whites were like stars, broadneck rules.
But it got to the point where when we drove around, you could just see people pointing
and read their lips.
They were going, that's the car.
I ended up, I never told my dad about it.
I parked at the neighbor's house, another neighbor I did lawn work for, and I ended
up selling it to a friend and a friend.
Well, he was a friend.
He might not have been a friend after that.
And can I tell what happened?
Yes, please.
So that night, they went out, and the car had a tag, but no registration, no insurance.
And I didn't even have a driver's license at that point.
But he got the car, he drove into the high school park a lot at three in the morning.
There was a police officer there, needless to say the car got impounded.
Three in the morning, the police call my house.
My dad wakes me up three in the morning and says, hey, the police are on the phone.
So I'm talking to the police about this.
No, no, no, no, that's not my car.
You know, that that that car belongs to this other gentleman, you know.
So here's his number, if you will.
And I hang up the phone and my dad goes, what was that about?
I got his wrong number.
That was that was the end of that story.

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