Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Laura Lane column
By Laura Lane, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. | |
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The base price was
"That car, it was so special to him, but he never thought it was good enough for car shows," his widow said this week. "To me, it was just an old car sitting out there in the garage."
Her husband died in February at the age of 71, leaving behind in that garage the car he bought
Les Saunders, he's 92 and knows cars, told somebody at Jerry's funeral to make sure I didn't sell it for less than it is worth. He said it was about
On
Stoops took pictures and documented all of the car's parts. Everything is original, and the classic Chevrolet scored 92 out of 100 points. "He showed where it still has the factory water pump, after 218,000 miles and 50 years,"
Stoops estimated the car's value at
"I couldn't believe it,"
Her husband had parked the car in the garage about 1982, then hauled it out to be refurbished in the mid-1990s. Ed Thralls at
The Impala was back on the road. "We'd go out cruising, and of course, everyone knew it was Jerry's car because he'd had it for so long," Kay said.
Her husband battled cancer for seven years before his
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