An old car and an old lady
Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:11 pm
Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:28 pm
Great story - more power to her. Never know those little small-blocks had that much life in them!
Back in '03 my friend Ray bought a one-owner 1940 Buick Special from the original owner, the widow of a former B-17 pilot named Hal Wallet. This lady could have been Myrna Loy's little sister in both looks and personality - just delightful. The car is a dark green four-door sedan, and when I asked her why she didn't pick out something fancy like a coupe or convertible (she bought it before she got married), she said that she was raised in Pasadena, and nice girls didn't drive sporty cars!
Back in '03 my friend Ray bought a one-owner 1940 Buick Special from the original owner, the widow of a former B-17 pilot named Hal Wallet. This lady could have been Myrna Loy's little sister in both looks and personality - just delightful. The car is a dark green four-door sedan, and when I asked her why she didn't pick out something fancy like a coupe or convertible (she bought it before she got married), she said that she was raised in Pasadena, and nice girls didn't drive sporty cars!
Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:38 pm
What a great story! Thanks for posting it...
Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:18 am
Awsome!
As a car nut I always love seeing original owner cars that have been pampered. Kudos to her.
It is even nicer to see a Mercury getting some press time too.
My 1995 Comp T/A was purchased new by a women in her 80's She went into the showroom to buy a Corvette but bought the Trans Am instead 
It has about 9k miles on it now. I have several pictures of her with the car and her name is on all the paper work.
As a car nut I always love seeing original owner cars that have been pampered. Kudos to her.
It is even nicer to see a Mercury getting some press time too.
My 1995 Comp T/A was purchased new by a women in her 80's
She went into the showroom to buy a Corvette but bought the Trans Am instead It has about 9k miles on it now. I have several pictures of her with the car and her name is on all the paper work.