GR translation: My old short was a gasgobbler all right

[Michael Bailey]

yes, urban dictionary, meaning # 7 here (scrolling down of course)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=short

"Short was used long before there were compact cars. It goes back to at
least the Forties on the Southside of Chicago. It means ANY car. It was
from the vernacular of hotrodders and black gangsters. It probably derives
from "hot short", which evolved to "hotwire" ... a car.
Get your short and let's go for a ride.
Here Slothrop is referring to his car as "my old short".  Is there any
special meaning of the word "short" I am not aware here?"

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