[DeTomaso] NPC: Brand new '57 Plymouth to be unearthed
Charles Engles
cengles at cox.net
Mon Jun 11 20:06:42 EDT 2007
Dear Garth,
Truly excellent "no Pantera content" automotive enthusiast
material for "the eternal road trip".......!
Did you have that trivia on hand or did you google it up?
Dazzlingly well done.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
PS: do you think we could nominate Dorothy for honorary POCA membership?
She certainly had the right attitude.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Rodericks" <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>; <asajay at asajay.com>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:36 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: Brand new '57 Plymouth to be unearthed
1. SANDRA ILENE WEST (1977). Buried seated at the wheel of her Ferrari.
Sandra West, a wealthy 37-year-old Beverly Hills socialite, was buried in
her baby-blue 1964 Ferrari. The seat was placed at a comfortable slant and
West was wearing her favorite lace nightgown. According to court
instructions, West and her automobile were interred in a large box and
covered over with two truckloads of cement to discourage theft.
2. MRS. DOROTHY STEVENS. Buried in her Ferrari with the engine running
and headlights on.
(I don't know if this one has any truth to it, but supposedly was
mentioned on a History Channel special about caskets in November 1985.)
Excerpt from a post on an automotive forum
(http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t89250.html):
The first handful of earth dropped like a shadow on the sharply inclined
rear window of the 365 GTB-4 Daytona. I couldn't believe my eyes. The car
was perfectly clean and shiny and the dark spot detracted from the beauty of
that sight. Then a hail of clods fell, spoiling forever the design of the
body by Pininfarina. The two servants shoveled hard and soon all of the
splendid red paint was buried in earth. Only a little space on the side
window remained to be covered, a space that still revealed the flashy
interior lined in white leather personally chosen by the owner. Meanwhile
the engine continued to run, rumbling as it idled, its 12 cylinders moving
up and down for the last time. Incredible: although the car was by now
almost completely submerged in earth, the 12V continued to live, as if it
wanted to cry out for pity to the whole world, as if it wanted to get out of
that trench in which it had been buried. But after a while the engine's air
intakes were entirely
obstructed and silence reigned supreme. And so the last desire of Mrs.
Dorothy Stevens was fulfilled - that of being buried in her Ferrari Daytona
with the engine still running. In her will, Mrs. Stevens had written, "I
leave my mansion in Miami to the charity institute for orphans, the rest of
my estate and an income of 20,000 dollars a month to my son Erik. On
condition that he fulfils my last wish: that of being buried in my Ferrari
GTB-4 Daytona with the engine still running and the headlights on, so I can
have the illusion of running for the last time in my sports car and lighting
up the shadows I am going to meet. And maybe in the end, with this GT I will
really be able to run through the roads of heaven.
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