Jewish Lightning ?!?
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Jewish Lightning ?!?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You beat me to it.
It was a long time ago, 20 years, maybe more. It was right before his address changed from Columbus to Ga.
I kind of doubt it, but who knows.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Burn up a bunch of boxes of K-car junk (and I like k-cars), who's gonna know it isn't hemi cuda widgets?
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
The "fire" was just after all the good stuff had been removed, probably to Fairmont already. Pretty convenant.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You reap what you sow.Boy...I can feel the love.
I agree, but would you care to expand on that?
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Ole Frank is dead and gone...... suffice to say he didn't get much love, or give it.
Mopars & Missiles
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Just as a side note to this discussion about the warehouse fire, one of the cars I now own was inside that warehouse when it caught fire, kind of a small world. Below is a transcript of the events as I was told by Mr. Jason Wescott.
I had a very pleasant and interesting conversation with Jason Wescott on the telephone on July 12th, 2010 about this Coronet R/T. I had sent a letter to him back in 2005 and had never gotten a reply. I thought it was probably the wrong address, or he had moved, or the letter was undeliverable for some reason and the Post Office had put it in a dead letter file. But, surprise, Jason had received the letter and then misplaced it for 5 years before finding it once again when he finally called me to talk about the car. Jason related how he had worked for several years for Frank Mitchell at Mitchell Motor Parts helping with transporting parts and cars around the country for Mr. Mitchell as he was conducting his parts business. Seems Frank had this R/T stored in one of his warehouses (Georgia) for a number of years and Jason had been eyeing the car for some time while moving parts in and out of the warehouse all the while wishing that he could afford to buy it. Jason even hauled the R/T from the Georgia warehouse to the Chryslers at Carlisle car show in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for Mr. Mitchell during the mid-90’s where he attempted to sell the car. The R/T did not sell at the Carlisle show so Jason was instructed by Mr. Mitchell to transport the car back from Pennsylvania to Mitchell’s second warehouse located in Grove City, Ohio just south of Columbus. The car was put into storage once again at this warehouse in Ohio. At some point after this, the warehouse caught fire and according to Jason the fire destroyed about half of the warehouse and its contents. Luckily, this R/T was stored in the part of the warehouse that was not damaged and the car survived the fire. Some time after all this, Jason finally worked out a deal with Mr. Mitchell to purchase the car from him on an installment basis while he continued to work for Mr. Mitchell. Jason informed me he then owned and drove the R/T for about 1 year (Apr ’99 to early 2000) during which time he put no more than 1000 miles on the R/T. In early 2000, he made the decision to change his career path and told Mr. Mitchell that he would be leaving his employ. Jason had not yet paid off his purchase agreement with Mr. Mitchell for the R/T, so an agreement was reached in which ownership of the R/T was transferred back to Frank Mitchell once again. Jason Wescott then became a member of the Roswell, Georgia Police Department in July 2000 and continues to this day to be an officer for the city of Roswell.
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65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
Is this the same stash that we discussed in a thread before?
It seemed to me that the fire was longer ago than the late 90's, but maybe not.
Yes Frank had some customer service issues, but in all fairness he treated me quite fairly and had actually given me parts when I was having an issue with my car at the MoPar Nationals years ago, plus he was an absolute wealth of information when it came to Chrysler parts. I know most people didn't like Frank, and I didn't either at first, but he really was a pretty good guy when you got to know him. I'm not trying to change anybodies opinion, just offering my point of view.
Mopars & Missiles
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That may very well be true, but during my first face-to-face with Frank at the 2005 Mopar Nationals it became difficult for me to remain civil with him after merely asking him a couple questions, at which time I decided I didn't need to get to know him any better. Evidently, that decision was my loss!
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