1978 Ford LTD II, widest or longest car on the road. This car was beyond a POS, it was downright dangerous. My parents bought 3 cars in their lifetime, and we didn't drive any of them. They were both from Manhattan and never learned to drive, but they thought if they bought a car they would learn. Which they never did. This Ford was the last car they bought, and had been sitting there for a few months, so I bought it from them for $500. It must have been in a major front end collision, because I'd come to find out that the entire front end was made of thick bondo. Also, the grill was simply a flat sheet of steel that someone gouged out some air holes by hammering in a chisel and prying outward. The result was the UGLIEST A-Team special you've ever seen. I decided to enhance the ugliness by putting in a truck horn that required a compressor, and left the original horn in. It was a major third along with a minor second, pure dissonance, and it was LOUD. Freaked everyone out. I was frequently pulled over by cops wondering if it was road worthy. It burned as much oil as gas, and the tires were completely bald, so if it rained it did not want to come to a stop. I got in SO many accidents, back then the law didn't require insurance. I once hit a guy on pcp crossing the street, he ran right in front of my car at the last second, and he disappeared so quickly that I thought I ran him over. Turned out he was airborne and landed about a hundred feet away. Cops said it wasn't my fault, but I was traumatized. The next morning I had to clean some blood off the sharp, A-team grill, and had to pick pieces of leg flesh and denim out of the grill holes. Disgusting. I used to drive to university downtown, and would park it anywhere. I'd get about 3 tickets per week, and had racked up over 3 grand worth by the time they took my car. Back then they just impounded your car and didn't come after you to collect the rest of the money, so that was a good deal. They should have taken it earlier, may have saved a few lives...
