My first car
Owner:
Year, Make & Model:
1962 Chevrolet Nova
Used From:
9/7/1983 to
11/18/1984;
What can I say about "clunk"? The heater core streamed from under the dash, the trunk and hood were tied down, the back doors tied together shut, the siding flapped, and the suspension was shot. But the engine and transmission were rebuilt - it was my grandmothers car given to me by my dad. My step brothers got a z-24 cavalier and a mustang II - I got clunk. I was run off the road and totaled it on my way to school in 1984 in Bellevue WA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova
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clunk - in the wrecking yard after the wreck
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How clunk earned its name
Well, it was an easy choice - 'clunk' was the sound the car made as it went down the road. The siding flapped, the trunk would not latch and was tied down, the suspension was shot. You could hear it coming long before you saw it.
Winter with clunk
I first learned about heater cores with clunk. When I got it in the summer, I never used the heat. When October came around the heater core was turned on and it began to steam from under the dash - there was a leak. I had to wipe off the windows while I was driving on the inside. My dad told me he would get me a car, all else was mine to handle. I would rather spend money on comic books than fix the heater core.
The death of clunk
It turns out the heater core leak maybe should have been fixed. I was run off the road but it did not help that I could not see. I was on my way to Seattle Prep school in the morning, and the tire marks show I was run off the road, overcompensated, came across oncoming traffice and wrapped it around a telephone pole. Caved the dash, broke my femur. Three broken ribs, multiple skull fractures, glass in my head and face (multiple reconstructive surgery), popped knee cap, traction, 3 herniations... flat-lined for almost a minute - not a good time.
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