The Story of the Meter Mobile

Thanks to Mort Metersky, PhD, BAe 1958 for sending us the following memory...

I forget what year it was, but I'll never forget the eating binge we went on one day.  I had my 1949 black Chevy convertible at school.  We decided to go to an all-you-can-eat restaurant in downtown Atlanta.  With the top down, we were able to fit 10 in my convertible.  It was so low to the ground that I was afraid if I hit a bump the car would collapse.  One of my brothers, Larry Stone ( future architect) was a big guy and could eat like a horse.  To make a long story short, we basically ate the restaurant out after about three hours of gorging ourselves.  Of course, Larry eat the most.  When we left, the owner warned us never to come back.  I really don't blame him.

Another fond memory occurred during a Winter quarter (I was a Winter Summer co-op).  We needed a water cooler in the fraternity house.  I happened to see one that had been abandoned at a car dealership not far from the house.  Again the Meter Mobile, the black convertible with its top down, was the preferred getaway car.  At three in the morning four of us,yes, Larry Stone was one of the four, drove to the dealership and we "lifted" the water cooler.  We installed it that night and when the house woke up the next morning they were presented with a functioning water cooler.  I wonder if it is still there 53 years?

I have mended my ways and have led a crime free life ever since.  I am now a fine art photographer and teach in a nonprofit Community Conservatory in Doylestown, PA where my students range from 10 to over 70. I call it "playing." It has a total student body of over 700 in Arts, Drama, and Music.   I retired from "working" in 1994.

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