The Kilroys #14

Mr. J. Edgar Kilroy finally takes delivery of the new car he ordered back in 1946, ready to trade in his trusty old jalopy "Bessie"—but the dealer's inflated price tag and insulting appraisal of his beloved vehicle spark an unexpected family revolt. When the Kilroys refuse to abandon their steadfast companion, hilarity and righteous indignation take the wheel.

When a young man agrees to clean out his cluttered garage for a dollar, he convinces a friend to haul a pile of bottles down to the junk shop for quick cash—but the plan hits a snag when those bottles turn out to be no-deposit, no-return types. What starts as a scheme to turn junk into profit spirals into something neither of them saw coming, complete with an unexpected twist that lands them both square in the middle of an unlikely deal.

When Natch's jalopy gets a flat tire on the way to pick up Judy and her girlfriends for a beach trip, he and a pal have to scramble to find a jack—but opportunistic Wilbur Morton swoops in and steals both the girls and the chance to be their hero. What unfolds is a clever bit of payback that turns the tables on Wilbur's own schemes, proving that sometimes the best revenge is outsmarting a schemer at his own game.