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Just When I Need.....Another Car

Captain Caravelle

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The short version is....I used to see this old timer and his wife at the Tim Horton's I go to every morning and he had a 77 Volare woody wagon. I used to joke with him all the time telling him if he ever wanted to get rid of it that I had first dibs. I even gave him my number.

Last summer he called me and said he wanted to sell it.....but only to me. We loosely agreed on $500. The car needs bodywork. His wife wasn't real good at parking and raked the passenger side against a pole.

Anyway....I never heard from him again. Turns out he passed away. Sort of suspecting this I called his place last winter and sure enough his wife gave me the bad news. She said one of his last wishes was that I get the car. His wife said she'd call me in three weeks and we could set it up. Again.....nothing....till last night.

She called and said the car was mine.....free. I can pick it up whenever I like. Although I'm very grateful this will be car #5 in the fleet.....where the hell am I gonna put this thing?

Here we go again.

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That's a very nice gesture. You must have made an impression.

Seems a lot of people ignore the old folks but I love chatting with them. Everytime l saw him and his wife I'd pull over and just talk with them for a while. Seemed to really make their day and it made me feel good too. He knew I liked that car and I'm guessing all the younger folks in his life just thought it was a junker. I think he just wanted it to go to a good home.

It really was incredibly sweet of both of them and I greatly appreciate it. My problem now is where to put it. I already rent two spots for the Volare and the Caravelle. I'll figure it out though. Lol....I have to now.
 
You could always stack them. There's $$ for a drive on lift in the couch, I'm sure.
 
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