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Very cool model which stirred up this memory for me:

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Back in 2002 a guy I worked with had to clean out the property of his late uncle. He told me there was a Model T that had been in the garage for 60 years and I was welcome to it for free. So I got my tail down to the property, a two hour drive and this is what I found...

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It wasn't a T at all, but a Model A that looked like his uncle had it sitting out in the yard for 50 years and recently pushed it inside. I had no use for it, but you don't turn down a free Model A. Certainly a case where you take it and figure out what to do with it later! So I started to arrange transport, and then I got the dreaded news. His cousins thought the car was gold... how much would I pay for it??

Well, I didn't want it in the first place, so I declined to make an offer. Especially since one cousin thought it was worth $10 grand. So I walked. In the end, they had a race with the sold property's closing date but did get a few grand out of it. Oh well!

More photos at the link...

http://public.fotki.com/ModelCitizen/11_car_reference_library/the_free_model_t/

A true "garage find." Too bad you missed out on it.

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