Posted on 04/04/2010 5:27:23 PM PDT by JoeProBono
KANKAKEE, Ill.- A 1958 Buick has been unearthed almost 40 years after three young men walled it up under an Illinois house as a practical joke , observers said.
The Buick Special was abandoned in Kankakee, Ill., in 1971 when it broke down and its owner couldn't afford the repair costs, The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday.
A local dealer had no use for it and gave it to the three jokesters, who bricked it behind a wall in the basement of a house one of them owned, the newspaper said.
Daniel Newman, 65, one of the perpetrators of the gag, still lives in Kankakee.
"It was just something to do. ... We just pushed it down there ... but first, we took the tires off because they were good," Newman said.
John Tamblyn bought the house three years ago and discovered the car when he looked through a hole in the basement wall.
"I was surprised it was in such good shape, considering the car is 52 years old," Tamblyn said.
Tamblyn says he hopes to restore the car.
"My" first car (the family second car) was a '63 Dodge Custom 880: a beige two-door with the 361 2bbl and Torqueflite. The "Tan Torpedo" was a good highway car, very stable (compared to others) on gravel, and altogether a great vehicle for a fledgling driver.
I foolishly convinced the folks to trade it away for a far less worthy car.
Mr. niteowl77
Yup. I forgot how nice those boats rode until I met my wife. Her dad had passed away and left her his 1964 caddie which was in mint condition. So we’d take it for a spin now and again. Now them oldies were some real cars! You could pour a brimmin full cup of mud and drive down the nastiest road and it wouldnt spill that coffee anyhow.
The wife got talked out of that car by one of her fathers slick friends-the SOB.
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Go here: http://www.ev1.pair.com/buick/buick_1.html
Look at all the pictures. You will be dazzled and amazed.
That’s a 58 Ford.
Su-weeeeet!
(Sighhhh)
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