Re: nice ride at Kmart today

by Limey SE on Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:57 pm

sorry JB I always heard it was Sears buying Kmart.........thanks for the info

http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/17/news/fortune500/sears_kmart/

by JB2wheeler on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:49 am

Well, I guess it all depends on your point of view. K-mart will own Sears, but will use the Sears name instead of the K-mart name. "NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Kmart is buying Sears, Roebuck & Co. for $11 billion in a deal that will marry two of the nation's oldest retailers that had trouble keeping up with the changes in American culture around them." I am just glad Craftsman tools will still be available. JB

by The Dude on Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:34 am

Never really been a fan of those years of Dodges. The fins look like an afterthought. Plymouth on the other hand, now THAT's the 1957 car that I wouldn't mind owning.

Wait, Kmart is buying out Sears? Every Kmart in this area dried up decades ago... literally. I think the last one I knew of was in Tulsa & it's been closed for years too. I really thought they went the way of Montgomery Ward.

by 74MonteCarlo on Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:46 am

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We still have quite a few K-Marts around here.

by 1973 454 MONTE on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:29 pm

http://www.allpar.com/history/auto-shows/time-capsule.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr6aoM8eG0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elw6Ci5q7Tw&feature=related

by 74MonteCarlo on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:37 pm

Last I read, it's being restored and they got a doner car for a new frame.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/05/06/hemmings-collector-car-radio-episode-16-de-rusting-miss-belvedere-why-cash-for-clunkers-doesnt-work/

by Jedediah on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:42 pm

wow they didnt build that very good for the car to be perserved. Thing looks like it was in a pond for 50 years. Kinda makes me sad it sat down there and rotted.

by 74MonteCarlo on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:53 pm

It was pretty much in a pond.

Back when the whole Tulsarama 2007 was going on, I read that back in the '80's there was some work done at the Tulsa courthouse, where the Plymouth was buried, and there was heavy machinery going over where it was buried, and cracked the vault open and a lot of moisture got in. There were a few inches of water in the bottom of the vault when they opened it.

by knightfan26917 on Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:11 pm

Wow....NICE!

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