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10-15-2010 10:46 PM #1
[QUOTE=REGs;402436]Hey Don ... you guys must have been well off ... was that in 1933???
Nah, tbat was when all these old cars were $ 25.00 each. I'd be sitting in class and a buddy would come up and tell me that someone he knew had such and such a car for sale, usually $ 25.00 was the going rate, so I'd hit my Mom up for a few bucks and would get a new toy. I would also call junkyards because people would scrap great cars just because they were tired of them. They usually charged $ 25.00 for a car, and if you wanted the battery it was $ 6.00 more..........I have no idea why that was.
I knew a guy who would get a car from a junkyard and drive it as his car until it finally died. Then he would call them up and ride with the tow truck driver to the yard, pick out a new car, and drive that one until it also died.
Don
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy