Rather than throw elbows in a deal-frenzied crowd of Christmas shoppers on Black Friday last week, I accompanied Black Metal V8olvo crew chief Hellhammer on a parts-car-obtainment mission down to Santa Cruz. Highway 17 was full of shoppers, however, and I spotted this Buick Skylark convertible hauling a huge LCD television and maintaining a pretty decent clip. Note the added safety provided by the dual bungee cords, hooked into the highway-speed-rated cardboard handles. What could possibly go wrong?

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