Thread: Car buying war stories.....
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08-23-2010 06:23 PM #7
1970 Swinger
In 1973 I was working for a company that had it's own credit union. I guy told me a lunch one day that he had won in a silent auction a 1970, 340, 4 speed, Swinger. It had been road hard had wiring burned in the dash and shifter fork broken in the transmission with a lot of rash on the body. The thing was he did not want to go thru with the purchase from the C/U. His winning bid was $272.28. I did not have any money so I applied for a loan with the C/U and they loaned me the money and I bought the car. I already had a 1972 swinger but it was a 318 plain nice car. I could not pass this car up. I fixed the wiring and transmission fork. Would that car run!!!! Had a lot of fun with it. That said I sold it for $400.00 just enough to move into my first apartment.
Sorry for your loss of friend Mike McGee, Shine. Great trans men are few and far between, it seems. Sadly, Mike Frade was only 66 and had been talking about retirement for ten years that I know...
We Lost a Good One