To
Idontlob@aol.com
Today at 5:51 PM
Can always appreciate a good joke but I was still the Fortunate Son who drug home the most beautiful lady I’d ever even managed to date. I’d just show them her picture and would be “Tracy Calling All Cars!” Silver tongued devil even back then. Last tax free car she sold was our ’73 Blue Bavaria dealer’s cost. I’d talked Tony the Bitburg Capitol Motors owner into her a 10% profit forever and she turned it down. She’d built the building as manager in winter ’70 from small 2 rm office trailer in parking lot. Showroom with offices above and basement. I’d buy US 1.75 gal booze Fridays after work way things get done. …SCHNELL! We rescued him from bankruptcy by previous owner dealing with Base Legal Affairs. Had skipped with the funds. All but one agreed to take a basic car for the actual contract and that one came on after we’d all agreed. Tony retired VERY wealthy before Bitburg AB closed down. He’d helped finance my base newspaper initial year. We had a base open house at Spang AB with a Capitol Motors 1972 car show. Lots felt my ’68 soft window Targa was best car there just not for sale. That summer my stupid brother in law wrecked it in Brussels NATO HQ street race with a lady. We’d flown home from Frankfurt to Salinas with my sister at step dad’s funeral in July. USAA called frame damage total loss and paid me about what the loan was still worth just 25K miles on speedo in 4 years not much driven stored at home until ’71 marriage and exported back to Germany with ’55 Speedster in base impound lot as “OLD Vehicle”. not safe on roads. Don