[DeTomaso] NPC: Brand new '57 Plymouth to be unearthed

[Michael Shortt]

Here's a related item

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NJLINmercedes.html

A Mercedes that will last a thousand years

Michael in Savannah


On 6/11/07, Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> All I can say is "Google Rocks!"
>
> Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:  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"
> To: ;
> 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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Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia


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