If you're working on a '66 Chevy pickup with the hopes of getting it featured on the drag-racing reality show, PINKS, it's generally not a great idea to walk out on your significant other, leaving said project vehicle in the driveway. Chances are you're not going to be popular, and any vestiges you left behind are in danger. We don't know how far along the build was, but seriously: nothing says "FAST" like one of those foot-shaped accelerator pedals. Now it can all be yours, courtesy of eBay.
The listing's full of fun, with lines like, "I don't know much about the truck since to me it is a piece of junk... All I know is that the Jerk spent hours watching "Pinks" and said this was the truck that was going to win it all out... whatever that means," and "I don't know how many miles are on it... It has a 10 on the side of it... if that helps, cash only, pick up only, I suggest a trailer, but it does run and crank, it just gets hot or something... I don't know the loser probably just couldn't drive it."Ain't love grand? Click either photo to go bid on it. Plan on going higher than 800 bucks.
Thanks for the tip, Jamie!"
[Source: eBay]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mmello @ Sep 13th 2007 6:49PM
You're so right - the description takes the cake. It's just great how a car can become a symbol of everything a person grows to dislike about a significant other.
Javi0084 @ Sep 13th 2007 7:00PM
The disgruntled wife is selling a RC boat too.
SPG @ Sep 13th 2007 7:53PM
Nice, I've herd better stories then this about the same thing but this is the first one I've seen in reality.
Sean Morris @ Sep 13th 2007 8:18PM
Funny "watching PINKS... , and this was going to win it all out".
Some old piece of junk truck, with a very delusional owner. She got lucky then, he left. If he thought that thing stood a chance against a 9 second car.... opps, that almost sounds like I am admitting to actually have watched PINKS.
Shes the winner.
Phillip @ Sep 13th 2007 9:33PM
All out puts you in a class with equal performance cars. You dont go sticking a 11 second truck with the 9 second rides. You dont watch enough.... haha
Honestly, who ever can pick up this truck for under a grand or what ever it ends as, is the true winner. Id pickup a running C10 for that little any day. Their hard to find as is.
howard @ Sep 14th 2007 2:08AM
Hey Sean Morris; A member of my daughters RacingTeam just won over $18,000 racing in a Pinks meet! not bad for a weekend of work I'd say! So I guess it's alright to admit you watch one of the fastes growing TV racing shows next to NASCAR on th tube!
VW-Guy @ Sep 14th 2007 9:44AM
Actually Philip, you must not watch Pinks enough. The show is nothing but people putting their 9 second rides against 11 second ones and then paddling all the way down the strip so not to make it obvious what they actually have.
Samuel Davis @ Sep 13th 2007 11:41PM
Great blog on cars and the automotive industry.
Seen this many times on Ebay - it gets funnier every time.
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S, Davis
Yubastard @ Sep 14th 2007 2:11AM
why is it that every comment in here sounds like hillbilly talk to me after I read that quoted description? After watching them Squidbillies I watched 3:10 to Yuma and now I feel like a cowboy, you know, trucker hat and all, but this thing right here ain't helping too much on that itch.
If it's a woman then she got herself a fine accent and a way to describe things that'll it make a man weak in the knees.
*I laughed so much I can't believe it. :D
Jaymez @ Sep 14th 2007 8:10AM
Figures. I've been wanting a '66 Chevy truck for years. I have the money to buy it, but, I don't have the money to ship it or drive down there and buy it. I guess I'll have to make due with my 87 C10 and 05 Silverado.
I really want this '66, though.
GW @ Sep 14th 2007 8:26AM
I doubt she has the title and it certainly isn't in her name. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole unless I was stripping it for parts. Feels like a royal PITA for whomever buys it.
rw @ Sep 14th 2007 8:29AM
I don't know about other states but no tittle and a bill of sale from a 3rd party is just begging for trouble.
I do think that the story is average to poor fiction.
JimmyTheMonkey @ Sep 14th 2007 10:51AM
I agree. Also could just be an act to get more money for a POS truck. Could be a fat naked guy writing that ebay description for all we know.
Uncle Bo @ Sep 14th 2007 11:24AM
Smells like BS. Never sold anything on e-bay but has 10 well chosen pics and a story that most men will find interesting? No way, that was written by a guy.
Looks like a 350 under the hood with a 3 or 4 speed (note shifter). Only a moron would attempt to race that thing and no car guy would mess with a POS like that.
And when was the last time any money was spent on it? The whole thing looks like its been sitting under a tree for a couple years. If the story was true you'd see a few new parts on it but this truck is 100% ratty. He spent all *her* money on this truck, then left her? Bullcorn.
If you can get the truck for under $1000, it would be a good deal. But I wouldn't believe a word of the story. The seller is prolly laughing his ass off from everyone taking him seriously.