Re: [AMC-list] neato SST for sale (Mark Donohue Javelin for sale)

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: bruceg <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" When I was in college I walked to a bakery in town pretty frequently. I 
" noticed a pristine Corvair convertible in a garage and always wondered 
" why it just sat there. It looked showroom fresh. I finally saw a man 
" working in the yard and asked. His son bought the car just before going 
" to Vietnam. The son died and his father couldn't let the car go. It was 
" a sad story, but I can imagine situations where a guy would hold on to a 
" car forever.
" 
" On 10/10/2012 03:26 PM, C The wrote:
" >   
" > that's good to know, thanks for the update. when you hear about
" > a car that sat, especially inside, for 40yrs,  i always wonder
" > about 'the rest of story',   like who does that?
" >
" > --carl

yup, plenty of stories like that.  read one a few years ago by a
writer who bought a tricked-out lowrider from a lot in la - the
dealer's employee built it, then got killed in viet nam.  the writer
was fascinated by the hydraulics and everything, probably sold it when
something broke.

could also be that carnut dad [or grandpa] bought the donohue, finally
died, and heirs who know nothing about cars and care less were just
happy to get rid of the 'old heap'.
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