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Personal Narrative: Me And My Dad

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Have you ever seen a car that you loved so much, and you just had to have it, and you could just die? Well calm down. This is the story of how i got my car.

Imagine looking for cars online with your dad. You’re in the living room. You’re looking at old GTO’s. Imagine… Imagine… Imagine.

So, where do I start of? Me and my Dad were looking on Craigslist for a GTO to fix up for my first car, but they were about $13,000 for one that is basically broken in half. It’s like paying for gas, but with GTO’s instead of gallons. finally we found a picture of a 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix on a blue and yellow car lift inside of a big garage, and it looked like a great car to fix up. It was in Indianapolis and, he only wanted $3,000 for it. So on March 5th 2017, my Dad borrowed a trailer …show more content…

We found the guys house and ironically, it was on Carr Road. Once we got there we also noticed two other cars in his garage. A 1964 Pontiac Tempest, and a 1986 Chevrolet Camaro. Then we put the car on the trailer since it didn’t have a motor in it. Also, the guy had this friend with him and he was some kind of hillbilly. He was really weird, and he wrapped a shirt around his forehead and used it as a bandana. When we left we started looking for a Speedway, (Speedway is the name of a Gas Station.) since we had a Speedway gift card. We couldn’t find one, so we pulled over at a Wendy’s, and my Dad said “I better tighten the ropes on the trailer just in case.” So he took care of that, then got some food and yes, we went in the drive-thru with a car on a trailer. We got home at about 9:00 pm that night. It was dark, and my throat was dry, so I had a gatorade and went to bed. The next morning, we took the car to a body shop here in Kendallville for a paint job estimate. My Dad wanted to go to this one because, that’s where his friend took his truck to get fixed. They said it would be about

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