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Patrick Riley
My brother had a '57 T-bird ... I was always jealous.
Interesting story (or not) ... I have a friend in California that made it big in tech. He had a gorgeous hilltop home built in Orange, CA ... it had views clear to Catalina Island. As he was a car nut, it included an "L" shaped garage to house six of his favorite vehicles plus a service bay with lift and a wash bay. The attic of this eight-bay garage housed his electric train set, the biggest (by a wide margin) I'd ever seen.
In one of the bays, he had a '56 T-bird in absolutely beautiful condition. I remarked at what a nice restoration job he'd done. He just smiled and had me look at the odometer; it had 1,460 miles on it. It had been stored since purchase and rarely driven. I can only guess what he paid for it.
To take the story full circle, the last time I saw my California friend, his fortunes had dramatically turned. He had lost absolutely everything (including his wife that divorced him) and was living penniless in a homeless shelter. I bought him lunch and have since always wondered how he was doing??? I have no way to get in touch with him.
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