A gift for my father

[Dino]

Proper ending of this story is you and your Dad go beat that Jerk-off with the bumper!!!  Now that's closure.

Copy that!  Theives are the lowest form of life on this planet!

Body shops have pulled the "there's no evidence this car had such and such part" line on me before as well.  I think the real kicker is how we allow those low-lifes to get away with it...

It really pisses me off when people think they need to lump all body shops and body guys into the scum bag pile. Most of the time when people get snaked by a body shop it's because the owner picked that guy, because he was dirt cheap and that should be a first clue that something isn't right. People are usually pretty close to right on par with what they charge. They charge their worth.

Same here, I always went above and beyond to make sure the customer got his money's worth.  Those few scumbags gave all of us a bad name, just like with mechanics and contractors.

[Drache]

Dad will be here in an hour!

Told him I bought a fiberglass bumper for the Dart. Going to open the box and play dumb "This isn't the right bumper!" and see if he notices what kind of bumper it is 

[Baldwinvette77]

XD Nice

[Ghoste]

I bet he notices. 

[Plum Crazy 68]

Dad will be here in an hour!

Told him I bought a fiberglass bumper for the Dart. Going to open the box and play dumb "This isn't the right bumper!" and see if he notices what kind of bumper it is 

 

[Drache]

Here's my dad reunited with his bumper after 31 years! He's trying to hold back a few tears....



And look! Paint transfer from when he had his car painted B5 Blue!

[Baldwinvette77]

Thats awesome!!!!!!! 

Any chance of finding the rest of the car too? 

[Drache]

Thats awesome!!!!!!! 

Any chance of finding the rest of the car too? 

Sadly no. Most of the car was replaced during it's racing years. As one of the past owners told me, only about the Roof was still original to the car by the time he sold it. The car disappeared from History with multiple past owners looking for it.

Although whomever bought that white '70 R/T clone now owns my dad's grille 

My dad wants to buy a grille and headlights for it to hang on his wall until he can find a car to put it on! 

[Ghoste]

This has been a real automotive heartwarmer Drache.  Great tale.

[Dino]

This has been a real automotive heartwarmer Drache.  Great tale.

I concur, good job man!   

[Bob T]

Nice one.

[charge69]

That grill is priceless as is the grin on your father's face!  Congratulations on a job well done!

Carl

[SuperJim]

Great story. First time I've read it, so thanks for sharing it.