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hen Bill Flowers decided that the time was right to relive his youth by purchasing a pro-street ’65 Chev Malibu, he was intending for it to be an easy ride. Sure, seeing that he’s an elite-level car painter by trade, cars built to his standards aren’t exactly thick on the ground, but he did manage to find what he was after. It came in the form of a tubbed ’65 two-door that had recently been traded on a Plum Crazy Plymouth Cuda. The fact the car’s new owner had been happy to let the Cuda go for it gave Bill some confidence that it must have been a good car. He was right too; when it landed from Florida, he had no complaints — although the trip home was a dramatic adventure that Bill would rather not have to relive. A day later than expected, the fresh purchase was towed into the driveway only for Bill to notice that one of the strops securing the car to the trailer was cut almost all the way through. A few more miles and chances are that he would have ended up with the