Posted on 10/16/2023 5:40:02 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
An Oklahoma teen is on top of the world after winning a car last month at a funeral 30 miles away from her home — fulfilling the last wish of a woman she had never even met.
...She died suddenly on July 7, 2022 — and just a few weeks before had told her nephew that when she died, she wanted to gift one of her prized possessions — a 2016 Volkswagen Beetle — to someone who attended the funeral.
"We put it in the local paper," Ingram said. "That her wish is that whoever comes to the funeral — and she didn't care if they knew her or not, or their age, race — would have a chance to win her car. Channel 4 picked it up and asked if they could do a news story [about it].I said, ‘Absolutely. It'll pack the funeral home' — which it did."
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Now, about those taxes..
Nice VW story! Good memories.
We hit 40 in July, too. Congrats!
—”Volkswagen Beetles are still the ultimate girls car.”
I drove more than a few air-cooled VWs even “THE THING”.
Mine must have been the wrong color.
Always carry an extra throttle cable and vice grips.
—”A few weeks later they were visited by the dead man’s lawyer. “
By any chance was the attorney’s name Michael Anthony?
“You sent for me, sir?”
—”Now all she needs to do is hire a tow truck to follow her around.”
VW did have a few problem years!
But a VW dealer mechanic assured me that VW made a few dodgy cars to keep the mechanics employed and provide a bit of overtime too.
—”That’s the secret of success! Just give the public what it wants.”
My mother worked for Fields and I heard this quote a few times.
Marshall Field (1834-1906) was a founder of a six-story department store in Chicago. He used the slogan “Give the lady what she wants”. He also said, “This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want”
—” Attendees at my funeral will likely have a ten percent chance of winning. “
One of my FEW remaining buddies said he was bringing a long stick pin to my funeral, to be certain I was not faking it.
Thank you and congrats to you as well!
Peach
—”The man I married drove a 1972 VW Super Beetle “
I met my wife at a friend’s wedding at THE DRAKE HOTEL in downtown Chicago and gave her a ride home in my almost new 1974 VW THING.
When the valet brought the car, it was too late for her to make a break for it!
We were married two years later.
Our daughter’s first car was a Bug, I had a fresh motor in the garage and found a deal on a fully restored body with a bad engine.
She did most of the work and I supervised her, now a graduate engineer and former cell tower (at the top) worker.
The old bugs are great and easy to work on. I’m talking about the 2nd generation bug specifically the early models of the 2ND GENERATION bug.
That’s awesome and of course, your future wife couldn’t escape! From VW bugs to engineering and cell tower work, yep, sounds right to me!
Honestly, I have imprinted so strongly on VW bugs that a serial killer clown could be sitting in one at a stop light and I would still smile and wave because of the car.
Peach
Guessing you were not watching much TV in the 1950s?
Sorry about that!
A fun TV show from the 1950s
The Millionaire (TV series)
...The benefactor was named John Beresford Tipton. Viewers heard his voice, making observations and giving instructions; they generally saw only his arm as he reached for a cashier’s check for one million dollars each week and handed it to Michael Anthony, his executive secretary. It was Anthony’s job to deliver that check to its intended recipient...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millionaire_(TV_series)
The show opening with Mr Anthony:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvzZYQOJycg
74 VW bug bought for $600. Restored for $1200. Rebuilt engine, new paint, new upholstery, and Moones. Moones made highway driving much better by cutting down wind turbulence. Top speed was 90 with a good tail wind.
My VW mechanic called himself the Saint of the Perpetually Poor. He would accept payments for his work from us college kids.
That was a lovely post you wrote. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized how important it is to the family to pay your respects. Your mom was much loved❤️
She did.
She even mentioned in the article that she was glad to go to the funeral because she got to learn about the deceased through the stories of friends and family who did the eulogies. She was left with the impression that the deceased was an amazing woman who helped others and that she and her friends were inspired by her life.
Thanks for that summary. She sounds like a nice young lady, doesn’t she?
Yes. She also expressed her gratitude for the car, which came at the perfect time. She was so nervous to drive it for the first time her hands were shaking (despite being a licensed driver with some experience). She acknowledged that it was an amazing gift.
Seems like her family raised her right.
Compare that to the Aussie couple who won a free $4.3M home, fully furnished, suing the promoter because he removed $100K in non-furniture from the home he owned before turning it over. Ingrates.
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