Moody Garage

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:47 pm

So I have noticed for years that in Moody Garage there is a car covered up in a corner that never moves. I always assumed that it was an early Mustang owned by the school, but when I looked today it is actually a giant white cadilac. The license plate says T-BALL. Anyone know the significance of this car?

giacfsp · Post by **giacfsp** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:04 am

Apparently he thinks SMU is his personal garage -- that guy graduated 10-12 years ago.
I wonder if the campus cops know about it?

me@smu · Post by **me@smu** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:37 pm

T-Ball is Thomas Ball and did graduate a while ago. The caddy is used every year by SMU in the homecoming parade driving dignitaries around the boulevard. Not sure if this allows the caddy to be parked at SMU all year long, but so the legend goes.

Pony4Life · Post by **Pony4Life** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:33 pm

Actually, in this case the T is a middle initial. He got out in the early 1990s, and is still around the campus all the time. I don't know if he has any arrangement for parking that boat in the garage, and I don't care except when I can't find a space in there.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:58 pm

What year and model (El Dorado, Sedan deVille, Coupe deVille, Seville) of Cadillac is it? Just curious.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:19 pm

I don't know, I didn't want the owner to walk up and find me nosing around. I'm sure it is whatever the largest cadillac ever built is - I've never seen a car this large. You could park an SUV in the trunk. If you are really interested, it is on the third floor in the north-east corner under a cover. Can't miss it.

MustangSally · Post by **MustangSally** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:44 pm

It belongs to T-Ball, ha-ha...figures. Spaz, please tell me you're reading this.

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:33 pm

Why is it the rest of us get tickets when we try to park on campus for even a few minutes without the right sticker, yet this guy gets to use the Moody garage as his personal landing strip? He'd better be paying to park there.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:51 pm

Because they want to use his car for parades. I think we all know that SMU PD gives out tickets to make money, not enforce fair parking. I recall I got a parking ticket despite parking in a space completely legal to me. I went to Patterson Hall to let them know this, and the Cheif wouldn't listen, and insisted the officer was right. So I went to the review board at the end of the year where the officer there still argued that my ticket was valid. The other non-PD members of the board litterally laughed, out loud, at the officer. It was promptly dismissed. Is that not corruption?

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:52 pm

I'm gonna use this guy's Cadillac to distribute tickets to Mustang fans on gameday!

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:23 pm

MrMustang1965, I give you permission to fix up my car and give out tickets.

Corso · Post by **Corso** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:29 am

This is actually a very valid thread. This clown should have to pay for everyone else's parking tickets until he moves that barge. If he can buy a tank like that, he should have his own garage to stuff it in.