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From "Phil Ethier" <pethier at isd.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: What a gift
> > Don "I wish I had my grandfather's Auburn!" Vierling
>
> My grandfather would not buy a car as flashy as an Auburn. An hour after
my
> dad bought the Auburn for 25 bucks, his dad told him that he ought to
"take
> it down to Rondo Avenue and peddle it". He did finally sell it to
race-car
> driver Ralph DePalma. For 75 bucks.
>
> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
If that car could be found today the price would be the same but with the
addition of three zeros!
Lou Metelko
Auburn, Indiana
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