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Family gets car back after 20 years
upi ^ | Nov. 9, 2010

Posted on 11/10/2010 8:53:19 AM PST by JoeProBono

PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man spent $20,000 to surprise his father with a Pontiac GTO he sold nearly 20 years ago.

Brian Laney said he wanted to purchase a GTO and was searching online five months ago when he spotted the vehicle his father purchased for $6,000 in 1970 and later sold, WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, reported Tuesday.

Laney bought the car, which was being sold in Marina Del Ray, Calif., for $20,000 and surprised his father, Walter, with the discovery.

"I think it's great. It's just unbelievable after all these years, you know," said Walter Laney.

Brian Laney said it was "unbelievable" to have the car back.

"Couple little marks on it. Needs a little work yet, but it still looks real good for as long as it's been gone," he said.


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To: sanjoaquinvalley

If you have a VIN, I believe you can do a CarFax and see where it is now.


21 posted on 11/10/2010 10:41:53 AM PST by RainMan
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To: Bigh4u2

22 posted on 11/10/2010 10:43:36 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

*drool*

I actually had a convertible given to me in 1972, but I never got to drive it. The person who gave it to me suddenly died and his wife sold it before I could go pick it up.

Not in as good a shape as this one, but still...


23 posted on 11/10/2010 10:48:43 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Syntyr
Some I loved, some I hated. Hated my first car when Dad gave it to me, cried when I wrecked it.

1. 1970 Buick LeSabre Dad bought it new, gave it to me in 76.
2. 1974 Triumph Shi-er-Spitfire. What a piece of spit.
3. 1976 Ford Granada Totalled it after 2 weeks (good riddance)
4. 1965 VW beetle. 3 1/2 years out of a $500.00 car. Not bad.
5. 1984 VW Rabbit GTI. My first new car.
6. 1988 Dodge Dakota truck. Sold it in 98 with 105,000 miles and the guy who bought it drove it until 2007.
7. 1989 Dodge Colt (by Mitsubishi) The people who made the WWII Zero's revenge on America.
8. 1998 Chevy truck. No frills, just your basic work truck. Got totalled in 2000
9. 2000 Chevy Silverado Good truck except for that 50 cent connector on the gas tank that would have cost $450.00 to replace.
10. 2000 Chevy Cavalier. No problems, just didn't like the car.
11. 2004 Chevy Impala. Should have kept this one.
12. 2007 Nissan Titan. Enough torque to pull the panties off a nun. Love it.
13. 2008 VW Beetle-wanna-be (New Beetle) convertible. SIX different warranty repairs in 1 1/2 years. Can you say Mexican built German Car?
14. 2010 Ford Focus. Wife's car (replacing the 2008 VW) and she loves it.
15. and my baby. 1969 VW Beetle Convertible that I am in the final steps of a body off restoration.

24 posted on 11/10/2010 10:51:15 AM PST by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: fredhead

1970 Buick LeSabre


25 posted on 11/10/2010 10:55:50 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

Except for the color (mine was gold) that’s my car!!! Four door hardtop, 350 c.i. with 4 bbl Rochester carb, automatic trans. Never had a car since that rode so good.


26 posted on 11/10/2010 11:14:35 AM PST by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: JoeProBono
My baby, after paint with the body ready to be put onto the chassis


27 posted on 11/10/2010 11:17:04 AM PST by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: fredhead

1971 VW Carmen Ghia


28 posted on 11/10/2010 11:29:13 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: henkster

“It is an unwritten rule of life that your first car must be a beater, your second car is the one you wish you still had when you are 40.”

My father would love this. His first car was a ‘73 Plymouth Duster with the 198 Slant Six and a three-on-the-tree transmission. It was totally stripped. Vinyl seats, rubber floormats, no radio. Car was extremely reliable, but like all Chryslers of that era had terrific rust problems.

He replaced it with a new Dodge Charger (the Omni-based L-body one) in 1982, which he had up to 1997. A fun car, but a lot of Charger purists hate them.


29 posted on 11/10/2010 3:31:00 PM PST by Strk321
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To: Trajan88

“AMERICAN STEEL greatness... awesome.”

Has anyone else noticed that liberals attacked American cars for years (like in the far-left Consumer Reports), but now since the creation of Government Motors, they can’t get enough of them?


30 posted on 11/10/2010 3:59:39 PM PST by Strk321
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To: RainMan

Oh I was just a child I wouldn’t have known what a vin number was back then.


31 posted on 11/10/2010 11:50:37 PM PST by sanjoaquinvalley (Longtime Lady Lurker)
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