James and Sam were pretty much done with the Gremlin by the time Boone showed up in the Barnyard Viper, I had sent Rachael after ice and more drinks, so we could split up the coolers for each vehicle.
"Where's Darren?" I shot out to him as he walked towards the Gremlin.
"Still at the muffler shop, he should be along in a bit", he shrugged his shoulders, "where's Dale?"
"Parts store, I think".
"I better call him, Darren's going to need a new water pump".
"Great, we are never going to get out of here!" I removed my hat and scratched my head, then pushed my hair back, "Mom didn't cut our hair this year."
"Yeah", he laughed, "and we needed it!"

We were gathering stuff to load into the trailer when Darren finally showed up. He climbed out of the Dakota, and addressed Boone straightaway, "I thought I heard something driving to the muffler shop, but with mufflers on, it's unmistakable, those 5.13 gears are toast!"
"How can you hear that with all that awful howling coming from the engine?" I interrupted.
"It's a gear drive, Dave, isn't it cool?"
"No, not cool...so, the third member is broke, that HAS to be the final straw, right?"

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"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks" 4 Street cars, 5 Race engines