Must consider the religious aspects. Have you never heard the saying: He who has the most cars (especially rusty ones in your field) goes to heaven when they die! . Tony Rinaldi with only one collector car. Pray for me! Amen brothers and sisters christopher beilby wrote: > Years ago, back when an old car was a 30s model, as a kid, one day when looking locally for some urgently needed that day old car part, with two friends, we stopped outside a farm front gate, could see an old vintage off to the side of an old Mallee/wheat property farmhouse. > > The gate was open/fallen off, so we walked up the 50 yds red dirt driveway towards the ramshackle house as someone came out from the house. Stopping a bit short of the house, the car's remains were off to the right about 50 feet, and I could make out it was a mid 20s Dodge Tourer with a well established stunted tree starting to grow up through where the floorboards would have once been. The red sandy Mallee dirt was swallowing/eating the wheels and running boards. > > "An old Dodge Tourer I guess" I said to the farm man. "Yes", he replied, "going to be worth big money one day". > > Looking across towards it, I replied after a brief silence "If you can get it under cover, you might be right". And I turned to me two car friends to see what reaction, only to see them turn and start running for the gate. As I turned back to farm man, I saw he had a shovel handle and was coming at me. > > Lesson - some people just can't help themselves??! - how often as car people, do we come across cars people won't sell because they are worth a fortune, yet they won't put them undercover. When it is a 300, that is sad/stupid. > > Christopher Australia > > To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; c300@xxxxxxx > From: finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:34:25 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1956 300B 3N561639 > > I have more pictures if any one is interested. Les and I tracked this car > down 1997 on our way home from the fall meet in Mena AR. Looks like it's > still sitting in the same place along Rte 5 south of town. > I figured it would turn up again someday. > The old guy must have died. He was some kind of big shot (judge, lawyer or > mabe Co. Superintendant) that worked at or for the court house in Camdenton. > Quote " Man that car is worth a lot of money" > Don't that just frost Ya, these folks think theye are sitting on a pot of > gold, yet they won't lift one finger to "protect" their "investment" but > leave it abandoned to the elements. We all have probably been there running > across these "deals" too many times and got the T-shirts to boot. Well I > didn't get the shirt but I did get pictures and they are worse (imagine > that!) than those on E-bay > We were driving the C at the time, and he wasn't interested in looking at it > at all. > He clamed at the time that the extra trim and gold insert were factory > original.. > It's a real mess to say the least. What a cryin' shame for sure. The Air > cleaner was upside down in the back seat and the back window was busted out. > Dave Schwandt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx> > To: "'Listserver'" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:17 PM > Subject: [Chrysler300] 1956 300B 3N561639 >> Barn find without the barn. In Missouri, with "factory" a/c. Be prepared >> to bawl when you see it, especially the Delta Wing air cleaner. VIN >> 3N561639 might be recorded for posterity. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ylqq4qk >> >> C-300'ly >> Rich Barber, Thankful for what I've got, today >> Brentwood, CA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Looking for a date? View photos of singles in your area! > http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/150855801/direct/01/ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! 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