One Chicagoboy says this photo reminds him of a Johnny Cash song:

ONE PIECE AT A TIME
Recorded by Johnny Cash
Written by W. Kemp

[F] Well, I left Kentucky back in ’49
An’ [Bb] went to Detroit workin’ on a ‘sembly line
The C] first year they had me puttin’ wheels on cadil- [F] lacs
Every day I’d watch them beauties roll by
And [Bb] sometimes I’d hang my head and cry
‘Cause I [C] always wanted me one that was long and [F] black.

One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I’d sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin’ caught meant gettin’ fired
But I figured I’d have it all by the time I retired
I’d have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.

CHORUS
[F] I’d get it one piece at a time
And it [Bb] wouldn’t cost me a dime
You’ll [C] know it’s me when I come through your [F] town
I’m gonna ride around in style
I’m gonna [Bb] drive ever’body wild
‘Cause I’ll [C] have the only one there is a-[F] round.

So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now I never considered myself a thief
But GM wouldn’t miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.

The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an’ bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy’s mobile home.

Now up to now my plan went allright
‘Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that’s when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
The transmission was a ’53
And the motor turned out to be a ’73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.

So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin’ just like a song
Now the headlight’ was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of ’em come on.

The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that’s when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said “Honey, take me for a spin.”

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear ever’body laughin’ for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn’t laugh
‘Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

CHORUS
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn’t cost me a dime
You’ll know it’s me when I come through your town
I’m gonna ride around in style
I’m gonna drive ever’body wild
‘Cause I’ll have the only one there is around.

(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER This is the COTTON MOUTH
In the PYSCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on
Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it’s cheaper that way
Ugh!, what model is it

[F] Well, It’s a ’49, ’50, ’51, ’52, [Bb] ’53, ’54, ’55, ’56
[C] ’57, ’58’ 59′ Automo-[F] bile
(Fade) It’s a ’60, ’61, ’62, ’63, [Bb] ’64, ’65, ’66, ’67
[C] ’68, ’69, ’70 Automo-[F] bile.

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  1. Better Song fit:

    Bruce Springsteen
    Pink Cadillac
    :

    You may think I’m foolish
    For the foolish things I do
    You may wonder how come I love you
    When you get on my nerves like you do
    Well baby you know you bug me
    There ain’t no secret ’bout that
    Well come on over here and hug me
    Baby I’ll spill the facts
    Well honey it ain’t your money
    ‘Cause baby I got plenty of that
    I love you for your pink Cadillac
    Crushed velvet seats
    Riding in the back
    Oozing down the street
    Waving to the girls
    Feeling out of sight
    Spending all my money
    On a Saturday night
    Honey I just wonder what you do there in back
    Of your pink Cadillac
    Pink Cadillac

    Well now way back in the Bible
    Temptations always come along
    There’s always somebody tempting
    Somebody into doing something they know is wrong
    Well they tempt you, man, with silver
    And they tempt you, sir, with gold
    And they tempt you with the pleasures
    That the flesh does surely hold
    They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
    But man I ain’t going for that
    I know it was her pink Cadillac
    Crushed velvet seats
    Riding in the back
    Oozing down the street
    Waving to the girls
    Feeling out of sight
    Spending all my money
    On a Saturday night
    Honey I just wonder what it feels like in the back
    Of your pink Cadillac
    Now some folks say it’s too big
    And uses too much gas
    Some folks say it’s too old
    And that it goes too fast
    But my love is bigger than a Honda
    It’s bigger than a Subaru
    Hey man there’s only one thing
    And one car that will do
    Anyway we don’t have to drive it
    Honey we can park it out in back
    And have a party in your pink Cadillac

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