<VV> Raffle car

[J R Read_HML]

I don't know if you can call it a storybook ending just yet!  The "winning"
bid was $20,500.

It seems that the gentleman from Michigan THOUGHT that he was bidding
$2,5000.  He had gotten into the bidding at the $18,000 level and had bid up
another gentleman (sitting at the table with me) to $20,000.  That man
stopped bidding when the gentleman from Michigan went to $20,500.

So, AFAIK, at this time, the gentleman from Michigan has been given until
Tuesday to see if he can get financing.  If he is unable to do so, the
gentleman from Illinois has agreed to take the car at his last bid of
$20,000, despite the fact that he was kind of "bid up" from the $18,000
level.

So, my friends, we have yet to hear "the rest of the story".

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Sheridan" <sheridanma@adelphia.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Raffle car


> What a superb ending to a fantastic convention! This storybook ending
makes
> me wish I'd stayed for the banquet. We better not hear anybody whining
this
> year about a boring banquet.
>
> Congratulations to the host clubs, for a perfect event, and to the two
> gentlemen that created the excitement at the end. It was a great
convention,
> thank you.
>
> Marc Sheridan
>
> From: <tkalp@cox.net>
>  The raffle car was won by a gentleman from California . . . who promptly
> donated it back to the club, with the stipulation that it be auctioned off
> to benefit the club. A auction was held and a gentleman from Michigan
> purchased the car for $20,000.  The money will be added to the $6,000
> donation the club was going to make to Big Brothers and Sisters.  An
> exciting night.  The raffle car did make Senior Status.
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