The time is almost up for a Clearfield man’s unique car to serve its purpose of campaigning for Donald Trump.

So, what does he plan to do with it now? We took another ride with him to find out.

“Whose broad stripes and bright stars…,” the car’s loudspeaker squawks, playing the National Anthem.

The “Donald Trump 4 Presadent” car made a loop through town and we rode along as it startled some voters heading for the polls.

“There will be one good thing out of it if Clinton gets elected. I’ll be able to go to college for free, so I can learn how to spell president! How about that?” says Lingle.

He says he does know how to spell president, despite the fun spelling on his car.

Lingle was thinking about different plans for the 2003 Chevy, with a Trump presidency meaning a trip to Washington for the inauguration, or with Clinton, he’s thinking to use it for advertising.

“I’m gonna strip everything off it. I’m gonna paint it lime green and hot pink and make a moving billboard out of it,” says Lingle.

For more than five months, Lingle says the car’s done exactly what he intended, getting people’s attention and making them think about the presidential race.

sherry appleton, lingle’s cousin “I just think it’s a good idea and you want to push an idea like this through. It’s an important election,” says Lingle’s cousin Sherry Appleton.

“It’s a distracting vehicle, whether you’re driving or walking, you’re gonna see it,” says Angela Hardin from Clearfield.

Lingle says he’s sold T-shirts and caps, had a dust-up with the fair board which told him to cover the word vote in the county fair parade, and even got a ticket for “studded tires” after showing an officer who pulled him over that items on his roof were secure.

“I pulled the tape back and showed them it was screwed into the roof. It’s not coming off,” says Lingle.

On Election Day, add parking tickets to the mix: he got two near the courthouse after parking the Trump car there. But. Lingle says he was determined to get his message out, even if Trump doesn’t win.

“I’m gonna be disappointed, but I’m gonna be disappointed for my children my grandchildren. …I just know I don’t like things the same as they’ve been,” says Lingle. 

He didn’t get to meet Trump, but says a member of security got one of the “Trump Car” T-shirts he had printed signed for him during Trump’s Altoona visit.

“They enjoyed it. They thought it was eye-catching,” says Lingle. “It’s been a lot of fun, got a lot of people out to vote.”