| English term or phrase: roll of cable with a jack | The Horch was dented from its encounters, but it was still impressive. It weighed almost six thousand pounds. This car had come up from Latin America; it had been built in 1937 by the Auto-Union, and this model, a five-passenger sport convertible, had been the staff car of the Wehrmacht and S.S. Grimmelman had never told anyone how and where he had gotten hold of it or how much he had paid. The Horch was painted jet black, and with its remote-control system it was unique.
Art got in behind the wheel and started up the engine. In the closed garage, the noise deafened them; exhaust fumes billowed up in clouds, and the smell of gasoline was sickening.
... Grimmelman said, attaching the relay board of the remote control unit. With a screwdriver, he cinched up the lugs to the terminals.
"I want the Horch filled with gas, ready for a long trip. If necessary we may have to move operations to a new area." As he completed the wiring of the vital control unit, he added, "From now on I want the weapons kept here in the Horch."
"I'll take the Plymouth," Joe Mantila said, passing through the doorway and outside after Ferde. He carried with him the controls and a microphone and a ***roll of cable with a jack*** on the end. "Let's see if I can back it out." |
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peer agreement (net): +7