1973 sd by the side of the road.
A few days ago I was at work and I needed a power tool that was at my shop. I was traveling on Rt 80 east and I passed a firebird that was on the side of the road broken down. The car and driver had help it was a NJ Trooper behind him with lights on and hood up. The thing that struck me was the Trans Am hood and the white call out on the shaker. Even at 75 -80 mph you could not miss it. It was not white, blue or red but one of the other Firebird colors. I then knew that it was one of the few 1973 SD Formula's. I should have turned around at that point but had to keep on going. I said If the car is still there when I pass a again I will stop to see if I can help out. You guessed he was still in the same spot. When I pulled up behind him and asked if I could help I was told that he was waiting about an hour for help. I asked what was wrong and was told his heater hose broke. I asked if he had any duct tape maybe that would get him to a service statioin where repairs could be compleated.We startered to talk about his car and you could tell how he loved it for it was his baby the one that he ordered new in 1973. He told me how the dealer kept calling him and saying the GM would not build it because he had to have a 4spd and AC. This went on for almost 9 months. Finnaly he said look I need AC just get me the car so the 4spd was out and tubo 400 trans in. It was fun talking to this man I said if you ever want to sell your car call me and if I can swing it I would love to buy yourr car. Some days things just seem to go right. If he calls that would be great he has my name and number so one can only hope.
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