The Sporty Little Corvair
Point and Shoot, Florida (YU)--The car Heap and Brenda bought in Tallulah, if
the turn signal worked, the tail light was out. If the tail light worked, the turn
signal was out.
They paid a mechanic to fix it. He changed what worked.
Heap took it back. He changed it back.
Heap said he wanted it to work right
or he wanted his money refunded. The mechanic said he did the work, he must be paid.
"But you didn't do it right," Heap said. "Either time."
"Take it somewhere else," the mechanic said.
Heap traded it on
a sporty little Corvair.
The little Corvair was sporty. Heap ran into Corvair
owners who loved them. His, it slung oil, which causes fan belts to burn up, which
caused the engine to overheat. It was an air-cooled engine and the fan was critical.
When they got ready to leave Tallahassee for New Orleans, they packed all their stuff
in a U-Haul trailer and headed out.
The Corvair wouldn't pull the trailer
up the hills on I-10 north of Marianna.
They drove down to Panama City and
borrowed Wayne's Chrysler to drive to New Orleans. Heap would drive back and switch
cars, later.
A storm was in the Gulf, headed for Panama City.
Hurricane
Camille.
Heap left ahead of the storm.
The storm followed them to
New Orleans.
It was a big one.
New Orleans would be safe.
What could happen to New Orleans?