Rick Tyler's Car

**Rick's Car** is a 1966 yellow mustang that once belonged to his father, Rex Tyler, before his death. Rick inherited the car after Rex's death and spent years repairing it to its former glory.

## Description

The license plate for the vehicle is **1CF GAB**.

## Series

### Season 1

Back in the JSA's golden years, Rex Tyler owned the yellow mustang. He took a picture with it that Pat Dugan keeps in his JSA belongings.

In a flashback to nine years ago, Rex and Wendi Tyler prepare to leave Blue Valley in the middle of the night. Rex and Wendi tearfully said goodbye to their son. Rex gives Rick a 1966 yellow mustang keychain and told him to hold onto it while he was away. He alludes that it is more important than Rick knows. He remarks that he once had a car exactly like that, which was the love of his life before he met Wendi. Rick went off to the side and played with the yellow mustang. He hugs his son close and the family shares a moment before he has to encourage Wendi along.

In the present day, October 31, 2020, Rick is hard at work on his father's 1966 yellow mustang when he rolls out from under the car and runs a rag over his face and hair. He picks up a box and is annoyed when it is empty. Matt comes out of the house and dismissively tells Rick not to wait up. Rick asks what happened to the carburetor that was in the box, as it was the last piece for his car, to which Matt told him he sold it. This angered Rick, who expressed that Matt can't just sell the part - it was his.

After school, Rick is walking back home when he encounters Pat Dugan, whose car had broken down. He stops to comment that the alternator might be the issue, earning a positive reaction from Pat. After some prompting, Rick explains that he works on one car - yellow a 1966 mustang that belonged to his father.

Pat goes to Rick's house to bring him a car part as a gift. He sees the yellow mustang and recognizes it. He feels familiarity and confirms his theory that night when he looks at the picture of himself with Rex against the yellow mustang. He realizes that Rick is Rex's son.

With the fight against the Injustice Society of America looming over the newly formed JSA, Rick is still starting at his father's journal when he is overcome with annoyance and throws the journal aside. He runs his hands through his hair in frustration just as Pat appears asking if Rick's having trouble. The boy snaps back asking what Pat thinks, before explaining that he knows there's a number that will unlock the code. He tried birthdays but those didn't work, then he thought since his dad was Hourman that he would try 60 seconds, twelve hours, twenty-four, and still nothing. Pat picks up the journal and approaches Rick at the banister pondering what else Rex cared about that had a number. Rick emotionally admits that who the hell knows, he didn't get to know his father because of the ISA. He turns away just as Pat asks about Rex's car - the yellow mustang that Rex loved. Rick realizes that it was a 1966 mustang and snatches the journal from Pat and fills in the code, then solves it several seconds later much to Pat's confusion as to what the boy is writing. Rick smacks the journal saying that it worked and that's the answer right there. He grins happily for the first time in a long time.

### Season 2

Summer finally arrives in Blue Valley. Rick drives on the outskirts of town in his yellow mustang, listening to the radio recap the bear attacks on small businesses. A bear broke into the Taco Whiz and ate 200-pounds of nacho chips. The bear attacked Waffle World a few days later, as management found every jug of syrup missing.

## Owner

* Rex Tyler (Formerly)
* Rick Tyler

## Notes and Trivia

* Beth Chapel is the only passenger of the car in the modern day.
	+ Wendi Tyler was a passenger while her husband drove in "*Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite*".

## References

1. ↑ "*Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite*"
2. ↑ "*S.T.R.I.P.E.*"
3. ↑ "*Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite*"
4. ↑ "*Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Part One*"
5. ↑ "*Summer School: Chapter One*"