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Alot of us here know Doug, he is a friend to many long time members and a stand up guy. Maybe ChevyThunder will have additional comments after he talks to Doug, and I sure hope he does. He may just have a new good buddy
Things have already been said that are not the case, maybe a little restraint is in order ?
Thanks Mike
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Well said Mike
Just got off the phone with Doug . We had a nice conversation , had a few laughs and life goes on . Doug sounds like he has some great cars and I enjoyed or talk. He would like to see these parts back with the orignal car as well.
I will try and re-unite the parts with this car.
Bottom line is this car stays with me . I did not buy it to flip it . I Have already started cleaning her up. However, if I ever sell it the owner of the M22 and BE rear end will get first dibs on the car at a price reflective of his contribution/efforts to reuniting these parts with the original car. Rube has been after this car for 10 years and just an FYI - I never knew this would play out the way it did. I was 20 min from the owners house to pick up the car when I discovered the original M22 and BE for this car existed. I was told that the BE was taken to a scrap yard two months earlier. After talking to Doug he had heard the same story.
It is tough when you buy a car and then talk to a guy who has been after the same car for ten years.. has sat in it , held the POP in his hand ... At one time Rube almost had a deal only to have the seller change his mind . Rube is a great guy and part of me wants to turn the car over to him but the other parts says , " you finally found the car you wanted" . So I find myself going back and forth in a quandary about what I should do but bottom line is I am going to keep the car . Still I feel for Rube . So the deal is the car is not for sale , because a few have asked... and if it ever gets sold I will make Rube a deal at below what the car is worth because I think that is the right thing to do. I do not see that happening anytime soon but whether it is 2 years from now or 50 he gets the first call. And if he passes it may or may not be fore sale publicly , and if it isn‘t , Rube will get another call down the road.
Sorry this thread got a little off track . Maybe I should have put some more thought into a few of my posts. Hopefully we can get back to following a story that has a happy ending , or I would like to think new begining, of a special car getting all it's parts back and being enjoyed like it was almost 40 years ago. I promise you guys I will do it justice