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Joe buys a '1948 Hudson Club Coupé<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hBe8JwhApGF66qsZIdq6c2nCbwFNY4w3/view?usp=sharing 1948 Hudson Super Six Club Coupé]</ref> in its original metallic | Joe buys a '1948 Hudson Club Coupé<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hBe8JwhApGF66qsZIdq6c2nCbwFNY4w3/view?usp=sharing 1948 Hudson Super Six Club Coupé]</ref> in its original metallic | ||
gold color with a huge 300 cubic inch flathead 6 engine.' at an estate sale in Bethesda (Maryland)<ref>This is | gold color with a huge 300 cubic inch flathead 6 engine.' at an estate sale in Bethesda (Maryland)<ref>This is | ||
a large car, aimed at | a large car, aimed at families, not people who want fast | ||
cars. Hudson, owner of Detroit's largest department store, funded its | cars. Hudson, owner of Detroit's largest department store, funded its | ||
founding. It made less-expensive cars. Minneapolis's Dayton | founding. It made less-expensive cars. Minneapolis's Dayton | ||
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Brooks, who tells him it's stolen: he can keep it. | Brooks, who tells him it's stolen: he can keep it. | ||
11:40: Joe, driving a car his boss had lent him, sees Brooks on the | 11:40: Joe, driving a car his boss had lent him<ref>Remember what Joe did to the boss's car he borrowed in [[The Wire]]?</ref>, sees Brooks on the | ||
Friday before Halloween with a new Lexus. They end up on a chase out | Friday before Halloween with a new Lexus. They end up on a chase out | ||
US 50 into Maryland. On an off-ramp they get into a fight. | |||
Exhausted, they make friends.<ref>Joe chases Brooks 'west on 16th | Exhausted, they make friends.<ref>Joe chases Brooks 'west on 16th | ||
street' - 16th is a north-south street (all numbered streets in DC | street' - 16th is a north-south street (all numbered streets in DC | ||
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"crunchy milk and fake vanilla".' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavored_fortified_wine Flavored fortified wines at Wikipedia] | "crunchy milk and fake vanilla".' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavored_fortified_wine Flavored fortified wines at Wikipedia] | ||
That the store had sold out of quarts | That the store had sold out of quarts | ||
and had only a single pint left could be a | and had only a single pint left could be a deliberate comment on the | ||
popularity of cheap, sweetened, fortified wines on skid row. The | popularity of cheap, sweetened, fortified wines on skid row. The | ||
comment about the red 'flavor' reminds me of the line in The Kinks's | comment about the red 'flavor' reminds me of the line in The Kinks's | ||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | ||
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Joe buys a classic car and tries to sell it years later. Joe working as a used car salesman buys a stolen car and then chases the guy who sold it to him. Joe buys whiskey for an Indian in a wheelchair. | Joe buys a classic car and tries to sell it years later. Joe working as a used car salesman buys a stolen car and then chases the guy who sold it to him. Joe buys whiskey for an Indian in a wheelchair. | ||