Have any of you ever ridden in an old DeSoto? My mom had one once when I was a kid. She was rocketing down a two-lane highway when it overheated and died by the side of the road. She took a glass cola bottle and carried water to the radiator from the roadside ditch until she had it filled again. I remember the back seat, wide and deep, dark and leathery. I think the DeSoto was black, a humpbacked machine. I remember the tall pines and the empty road, no traffic on it to help mom out. She got the engine started and rocketed on across the South. I dont remember where we were going. It could have been to Alabama, Texas, wherever, but she meant to get there and finally the old DeSoto got us to the destination.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:12:32 +0000