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What's the old joke? A bum knocks on the door of a mansion, and when the owner of the house answers, begs him for work. "I'm not looking for a hand-out, mister, I want to earn my keep. I'm hungry -I haven't eaten in two days." The mansion owners proceeds to give the bum a good lecture about how being poor comes from laziness, but finally decides to take advantage of the offer - and the situation. "There's a porch on the other side of the house that needs to be painted. I have the paint. I'll pay you $10 to paint it." The bum tries to argue for more money (It's Dallas in the summer and it's 100 degrees). The owner cuts him off - "If you weren't so lazy, and you were really hungry, you'd do anything for the money and be glad of it." The bum agrees to the $10. The owner goes into the house and comes back with two gallons of green paint - and a 2 inch brush. "I'll be inside; call me when you're done and I'll pay you". Two hours later, the bum, covered from head to toe in splashes of green paint knocks on the door. The owner, lemonade in hand, answers the door and hands the bum his $10. "Don't you feel better now?" he asked the bum; "A little hard work now and then is good for you". As he walked away, the bum said, "To tell the truth I did kind of enjoy it". He turned and after a few more steps, turned back to the smiling mansion owner and said - .... "Oh, by the way, that isn't a Porsche back there - it's a Ferrari 
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I like that one. I also like this one (well, not THIS one, but these). But, lessee here: just got it running after 14 years, needs 'upholstery, paint and TLC' (in other words, everything; at least it has no rust, allegedly), ergo the Buy It Now price is just....a joke....the old 'I can't even be bothered to uncover, wash, move outta the garage and take decent photos but I want over top dollar' deal. The very nicest of its ilk are only around $15k, and this one lacks the tilt/telescope and climate control: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-Fleetwood-60-Special_W0QQitemZ110404311559QQ- - - cmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item19b49c1a07&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkpa- - - rms=65%3A-1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 25, 2009 12:19 am) I thought the back seat was really neat, how it had the little foot rests and drop-down trays. And having 8 power window switches on the driver's door (4 windows and 4 vents) was way cool! It would've been a neat car to have, but to a college student making around $7.50 per hour at best, who was already beginning to amass a small fleet, I just couldn't justify it. I imagine not having a/c is going to be only one of many obstacles to selling for that eBay car.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 25, 2009 4:42 am) The "problem" of course is that you can buy the Pebble Beach version for about $12,000. To get from THERE to THERE is going to cost you way more than $9000 bucks. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 25, 2009 4:42 am) By no A/C, does he mean the car never had A/C, (very odd for a Fleetwood) or that the A/C doesn't work? I love that brocade upholstery. Too bad it's so ratty. I like that car, but I don't have the time or money I'd like to devote to it. Even if I did, I'd never get a return on the money I invested into it.
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 25, 2009 9:31 am) I remember that '66 Fleetwood; that was a nice car. Did we see that at one of the GM shows, or was it one of the Spring or Fall meets? I tried to look back at my old pictures to see if I took a pic of it, but couldn't find it. I also remember that same day, seeing a later model Fleetwood, like a '67-68, that was a light greenish-blue that I really liked. It was pretty ratty compared to that '66 though.
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 25, 2009 9:31 am) |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 25, 2009 10:12 am) My garage is integrated into my building. To enlarge it would require adding onto the outside of the building, which would be tricky as the driveway slopes down toward the garage door. The other alternative would be to knock down the cement wall in front which would eliminate my basement bathroom and cedar closet all for about 6 extra inches of Cadillac. Now, the real trick would be for me to be skilled enough to back something as big as that Fleetwood out of my garage without hitting the flower boxes in the corner or the chainlink fence to the left. I'd need the experience of the USS Nimitz's captain to do so.
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 25, 2009 10:44 am)
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72 Charger I've seen worse for the money.... I think
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