Lee_in_KC
Active Member
Well sorta. I jumped in the bucket after work to run to the grocery store. As I was idling down the street at about 25 mph I noticed a local occifer headed the other way. He was really checking me out me as we passed. I happened to look in the rear-view a moment later and saw him pulliing a u-ee behind me. I thought, "Oh crap, he doesn't like my loud pipes!" I pulled into the left-turn lane to turn into the shopping center, and he pulled in behind me two cars back. I just kept driving normally and pulled into a parking spot in front of the grocery store, and he pulled up behind me in the aisle (or whatever you call the part where you drive between the rows of parking spots).
As I was climbing out of the bucket he got out of his patrol car. He was an older guy (for a street cop), probably 50-ish. (I noticed later that he was a captain.) As he walked over to the T I said, "Howdy" and he said, "Good afternoon" in kind of a stern voice. He crossed his arms and stood looking at my motor for what seemed like forever but was probably 30 seconds, then he turns to me with a big grin and says, "That is about the coolest hot rod I've ever seen." He then starts asking all kinds of questions about the T... you know, the typical questions you get when someone is checking out your car... what motor is that, is that a 6-71, how much horsepower, did you build it, who did the flame job, etc. I'll bet he spent a good five minutes checking out the T, not in a "law enforcement" way but in a "car guy" way. Then he shook my hand and said, "Sorry to hold you up, but I just had to see your car close-up. Have a good evening." Gets in his car, gives me a wave and drives off!
As I was climbing out of the bucket he got out of his patrol car. He was an older guy (for a street cop), probably 50-ish. (I noticed later that he was a captain.) As he walked over to the T I said, "Howdy" and he said, "Good afternoon" in kind of a stern voice. He crossed his arms and stood looking at my motor for what seemed like forever but was probably 30 seconds, then he turns to me with a big grin and says, "That is about the coolest hot rod I've ever seen." He then starts asking all kinds of questions about the T... you know, the typical questions you get when someone is checking out your car... what motor is that, is that a 6-71, how much horsepower, did you build it, who did the flame job, etc. I'll bet he spent a good five minutes checking out the T, not in a "law enforcement" way but in a "car guy" way. Then he shook my hand and said, "Sorry to hold you up, but I just had to see your car close-up. Have a good evening." Gets in his car, gives me a wave and drives off!
