This Ford ferried me to my education job daily until she gave up due to a frozen engine. She sat inthe woods for several years until her swan song last Saturday at our event for writers: Cops and Robbers. Folks learned about weapons of the 1920's and '30's. They got to try some, too.
After the writers finished decorating the Festiva, The M-37 hauled her to the shooting range. Set into position the old car gave her all for the winner of the raffle for the first shot.
Jean-Marie took aim...
...and blew the windows away!
More shots followed, delivered by eager writers.
"STOP! STOP! OMG!!!! Where's my cell phone?" Stacy searched while writers waited. "I dropped it when I was steering the car into place!" Despite the hail of bullets earlier, the phone was rescued intact from under the driver's seat.
Proudly, JML shows the results of her shooting.
What can be learned by "tagging" and shooting up a car? Writers discovered:
* spray painting cars is FUN
* side windows shatter more easily than windshields
* hiding behind a car in a shoot out might not be a good idea
* bullets penetrate both sides of a vehicle at a 75' distance
* cell phones lodged under the seats are protected from gunfire
I'm hoping to see some of this information incorporated into someone's novel someday.
As for the Festiva, it's off to the recycler to become something new, but she'll live in the imaginations of the writers and their readers.What more could any teacher's car want?
Fantastic! I was going to write about this tonight but may link to it. I doubt it can be done better.
ReplyDeleteOur local street gangs could not have done a better job perforating that car. Good job! Looks like it was great fun for all.
ReplyDeleteYou should have seen it after we let everyone else open up on it.
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