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dar83501 · 10-17-2007, 11:46 PM

Me and my buddy were driving around today just killing time, when all of a sudden something caught my eye. I stopped the car in the middle of this gravel road, and my friend goes "hey, what did you stop for?"

I just pointed to a fruit orchard across the road.

There sat a 60's Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight 4 door. It had a box sitting on the hood, some wire around it, looks like it had been sitting a couple years. Hood wasn't latched down all the way, but the body didn't look bad. It was on their property so I didn't come up and inspect it, but from about 30 feet away it appeared to be straight.

I called the people who own the orchard today and asked them about it, and apparently the motor is good (dunno if it's a 425 or 455 yet), and they said it should start if a battery is put in it. I said i'd be interested in buying it depending on the price, so she said she'd ask her husband when he gets home. I hope they call back sometime soon...and I hope they think they just have some old junker car that they can make $100 on to get it off their property!

10-17-2007, 11:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
dar83501 Brewsmobile > Bluesmobile Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lewiston, Idaho Posts: 272	Possibly a fruit orchard find... Me and my buddy were driving around today just killing time, when all of a sudden something caught my eye. I stopped the car in the middle of this gravel road, and my friend goes "hey, what did you stop for?" I just pointed to a fruit orchard across the road. There sat a 60's Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight 4 door. It had a box sitting on the hood, some wire around it, looks like it had been sitting a couple years. Hood wasn't latched down all the way, but the body didn't look bad. It was on their property so I didn't come up and inspect it, but from about 30 feet away it appeared to be straight. I called the people who own the orchard today and asked them about it, and apparently the motor is good (dunno if it's a 425 or 455 yet), and they said it should start if a battery is put in it. I said i'd be interested in buying it depending on the price, so she said she'd ask her husband when he gets home. I hope they call back sometime soon...and I hope they think they just have some old junker car that they can make $100 on to get it off their property!