Preparing For The Final Goodbye: Giving A Destroyed Dart Sport A Final Cleaning

When you are a kid, chances are good that you wanted to be a cop , or a firefighter, or a well-paid athlete. Maybe you wanted to go to space, or to see the world. When you are young, the possibilities are endless. Every kid has dreams of what their career path will be, but no young child will look at you and tell you that they want to be involved wit mortuary affairs. That’s a decision that’s made after wisdom and maturity have taken hold. That is a somber, serious career and one that very few choose to do. Those that do tend to have a similar viewpoint amongst themselves: they are proud to help bring the last bit of dignity to those who have passed on for the sake of their greiving family and loved ones. Getting the final outfit together, making sure that everything is ready to go for the funeral…there’s a nobility to the profession that is almost beyond belief.

Seeing this 1974 Dodge Dart Sport being plucked from where it’s been sitting for decades gives me the same feeling. This car died young…if the math is correct, sometime in 1979 this thing was drilled in the passenger side hard and that was that. Ever since, it’s just been sitting in the woods, left alone to waste away. The trees grew up around it, the moss and algae covered the paint up, and it slowly sank into the earth. This car was never going to move again, so why rescue it at all? Parts harvesting. Did that necessitate a cleaning? Eh, you can be the judge of that. From where we sit, this is the same as picking out that last suit, making sure the hair is done up, and making sure appearances are up to par.

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