Tyche
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 80
Alice surrendered the keys and went home.
On the way out the door, she said, “Boat school in the morning ... be there.”
“It’s not done,” I said. I was referring to my cedar strip kayak ... poor thing.
“Rent one ... I know you ... as soon as the stripper is finished it’ll be in the water ... and you’ll try and I’m not going to be responsible for you drowning.”
The big problem with doors in a metal container? They SLAM.
“Umh ... Auntie Mom? You’re NOT going to like my car.”
“I won’t?” Surprise asked, “Why not? It was perfectly mannered on the way here. No tickets ... no problems.”
“Let me put it this way... 3 seconds zero to 80.”
“Tyche ... it’s a Volvo.” She added, “A Volvo ... just like my Volvo. Same year, even.”
“Only on the outside.”
So ... I had to show her.
The ‘car port’ ... can’t call it an ‘airport’ ... even if there sits the biggest two seat single engine Piston Engine aircraft Douglas Aircraft Company ever built ... can ALMOST hold a Goodyear Blimp ... Almost.
The Volvo easily fits between the Spad and the woodshop. I stopped for a moment ... if you like old Fords ... Fords of pre 1950’s vintage ... picture a 1940 two door sedan ... only 7/8ths size ... and just looked. Olaf is a beauty ... sparkly even.
I opened the door and released the hood latch ... the hood hinges at the radiator and latches at the cowl ... got out and lifted...
302 Boss ... as built.
“OH!” said Surprise, “it fits ... like it came from the factory.”
“Mom,” I call her that because she mostly raised me. “Mom. This isn’t like your Volvo. This 1969-70 302 H.O. engine was developed in 1968 for the SCCA’s Trans-Am road racing series, it’s a unique Ford small-block featuring a thin-wall casting.
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