The Bahnburner: Hot Rod Adventures Audio Drama

By Charles S. Clark

Charlie thought he and his wife had gone to Germany to visit their grandkids and enjoy a vacation. Instead, they witness a vicious old Nazi commit murder on the Autobahn. Though it’s not possible for the police to discover who committed the crime, Charlie encounters the perpetrator accidently and challenges him to a racing dual on the auto

• Language: English
• Publisher: Flathead Press LLC
• Release date: Nov 21, 2019
• ISBN: 9781734288513

Charles S. Clark

I am a retired instrumentation engineer specializing in medical electronics with a lifelong interest in hot rods and high performance cars. I do total restorations of rare classic cars. I currently have restored a 1940 Lincoln Continental convertible which is one of 300 made. Proud to say that it took First place Concourse at the Early Ford V8 Club 50th anniversary meet. I also have restored two 1955 Chrysler C 300 both to factory original specs including the dual four barrel hemis. In my book you will read about the 1940 Ford coupe that I own. I leave it to you to sort fact from fiction as the six stories that you read involve a lot of very authentic action with this car passing from owner to owner each time with a special adventure. Be prepared to run bootleg whiskey in North Carolina and race an old Nazi on the German autobahn. (disastrous result). You will discover that I know a lot of authentic details about the flathead Ford engine and I have been to all the places mentioned in the book. So join the old engineer and go back in time for reading adventure. (Women like the book)

Book preview

Act 1, Scene 1

FADE MUSIC

SFX: Jet interior

SFX: Ding

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

[Filtered] Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts and raise your tray tables. We will shortly be landing in Berlin. [Same announcement, in German] Meine Damen und Herren schnallen Sie bitte Ihren Sicherheitsgurt und klappen Sie Ihren Tisch hoch. Wir landen in Kürze in Berlin.

CHARLIE

Long flight from Denver, but a nice one. No turbulence.

SARA

Only that little bauble when you were asleep.

CHARLIE

I fell asleep?

SARA

Yes, dear. Oh, it’ll be so good to see our grandkids! Our daughter is a wonderful mother. But they’re growing up too fast.

CUE MUSIC: SOLO PIANO MOODS - #_ BRIGHT NEW AGE

FADE OUT

FADE IN

Act 1, Scene 2

CHARLIE

My wife and I had decided to rent a car and travel to Munich to visit a customer of my Colorado-based company just south of Denver. The drive from Berlin to Nürnberg was interesting but slow because of all the construction going on in the old Eastern zone.

SFX Cars passing fast

At Nürnberg both the autobahn and the pace changed dramatically. The road is three lanes wide and glass smooth. At 90 mph, the VW Golf I was driving could barely qualify for the center lane. The fast lane, the one on the left, is the province of BMW, Porsche and Mercedes.

SFX car approaching

CUE MUSIC: CINEMATIC: #11 DEEP MYSTERIES

We were just buzzing along when out the corner of my eye, I caught a quick glimpse, in the side mirror of a big black Mercedes coming up at an ungodly velocity. It went by us so fast that it shook the poor little VW like a leaf. I recognized it as a Mercedes 600 S Class with the ultra-powerful V12 engine. Although a BMW 535 up ahead doing a normal 120 mph in the fast lane, the Mercedes drove up onto its rear bumper pushing it out of the lane.

SFX horrible car crash

A horrible skid ensued that caused the BMW to blow a tire and roll many times like a NASCAR stocker on a bad day.

SFX tires squealing

I couldn’t stop, but dodged the wreck and kept going, knowing there was nothing I could do except cause another wreck.

RADIO ANNOUNCER

[in German] Auf der Autobahn E30 Richtung Süden gibt es einen Unfall. Bitte nehme Sie zur Kenntnis, dass es jetzt dort einen Stau von 20 km gibt. Zwei Personen sind bei dem Unfall ums leben gekommen und die Notdienste vor Ort haben die rechte Bahn gesperrt.

[There has been an accident on the southbound autobahn at E30. Be advised there is now a 20 km stau on the autobahn. The accident involves two fatalities, and emergency crews have arrived at the scene, blocking the right lane of traffic. ]

CHARLIE

The emergency radio came on shortly announcing the accident and the fact that there was now a 20 km stau on the autobahn. A stau is what we call a traffic jam, adding that there were two fatalities in the BMW. I backed off the gas as we continued on to Munich. I could see Sara was very nervous and, truth be known, I was shaky myself. Who was that bastard in the Mercedes?

CUE MUSIC: CINEMATIC #12: MELODY OF REGRET

FADE IN

Act 1, Scene 3

MUSIC CONTINUES

SFX: Car doors opening

JURGEN

Let me help you out of the car, Sara.

SARA

Yes, Jurgen. So good to see you. I’m sorry, I’m . . . there was a terrible accident on the autobahn, and—

VICKY

Oh, Mom,