Cool Cars with Dad and Bill - 1989 Chevy S10 Blazer

Bill: "Why am I next to a pile of garbage? Is it trash day?"

Dad: "I like it!"

Bill: "Dad this is obviously somebody that has just given up. He spun the wheel again with 5 cents and landed on a dollar. He may need professional help."

Dad: "Don't be sexist. It could be a woman's truck."

Bill: "No, see, it can't. Women generally have self respect. Or at least shame if nothing else. This guy has neither."

Dad: "I think he's brave. He knows he's driving a busted 1989ish Chevy S10 Blazer. Probably worth $250 on a good day. So he lifted the body a couple of inches to give it a more powerful stance. Of course the body and frame are separate and the bumper stays with the frame so it's not exactly lined up anymore but he stuck some extra lights on it to cleverly mask it."

Bill: "And then he tied a paintbrush to a blind cat's tail and threw it at the truck?"

Dad: "What it lacks in skill it makes up for in passion. Look at the frantic lines of the waves crashing over the desert isle. The broad vivid strokes in yellowish tone that perfectly capture the golden sunlight of the fading day. The earthy brown dots that could be paint or possibly rust all over the A-pillars and hood. I think it's amazing."

Bill: "I think it's crap."

Dad: "Crap is in the eye of the beholder, Bill. Life is too short to worry about others' opinions. Do what feels right. Do what makes you happy. As Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut said during the battle of Mobile Bay on August 5th 1864: 'Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.'"

Bill: "So what you're saying is he trusts who he is and he's just going for it."

Dad: "Exactly! Just be you no matter what anybody thinks."

Bill: "This gives me a whole new perspective on your wardrobe choices."

Dad: "I know, right!"

Bill: "Haters gonna hate."

Dad: "It's what they do, son. It's what they do..."