2007 Kombi

By contrast the Chicago Tribune had a history of the Minivan on yesterday's Business Section, and I quote:

1950: Volkswagen rolls out its Microbus. It's slow, unsafe, and has no heat.

Way to slam one of the best ideas since sliced bread.

Charles of Schaumburg

I don't think there are any cars made in 1950 that are safe by today's standards. Besides we all know Chrysler invented the mini-van. ;o)

Tony

If you believe that, I've got some ocean front property right in Downtown Phoenix I'll sell you cheap.

My dad owned a 1952 Chevy. It died in 1956. Threw a rod. That was the year before I was born. That was the first of three new cars he bought in his life. The last was a 1977 Toyota Corolla which he basically owned until he died, he had it for 22 years and 207,000 miles.

But one thing that has always puzzled me. He picked it up at the factory in the 1953 model year. Why when I think about that do I suddenly start hearing Johnny Cash singing "One Piece At A Time"?

Charles of Schaumburg

Johnny Cash

Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs

Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.

One day I devised myself a plan That should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.

CHORUS I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna drive everybody wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.

So the very next day when I punched in With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends I left that day with a lunch box full of gears Now, I never considered myself a thief GM wouldn't miss just one little piece Especially if I strung it out over several years.

The first day I got me a fuel pump And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome The little things I could get in my big lunchbox Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.

Now, up to now my plan went all right 'Til we tried to put it all together one night And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.

The transmission was a '53 And the motor turned out to be a '73 And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.

So we drilled it out so that it would fit And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit We had that engine runnin' just like a song Now the headlight' was another sight We had two on the left and one on the right But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.

The back end looked kinda funny too But we put it together and when we got thru Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin About that time my wife walked out And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."

So we drove up town just to get the tags And I headed her right on down main drag I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around But up there at the court house they didn't laugh 'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

CHORUS I got it one piece at a time And it didn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna drive everybody wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.

(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER This is the COTTON MOUTH In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on

Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER You might say I went right up to the factory And picked it up, it's cheaper that way Ugh!, what model is it?

Wanna run that new Ford Five Hundred into a 50 merc'??

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