Did you get a free pizza? I didn't, and took my Ambassador wagon, but what
the heck, was worth a try but the Egyptian man said "that rambler car!" which
surprised me he knew what it was to begin with. As for Papa John dropping $250K
on his original old Camaro, that is neat, as few times can one actually put
price tag on sentimental value. Just a few weeks ago here someone was talking
about a old man who has a Hornet and he wanted to maybe sell, and ideas/thoughts
of megball money floated thru his head, but on other hand, lots of memories
since hew as original owner and can't put price tag on stuff like that, so the
Camaro was more of a ananomly I guess.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 6:40
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Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Papa's Johns
Pizza Camero
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This isn't AMC related but it does have some connection to what we
have been discussing with sentimental value and the guy who was offering
$25 for help in finding his Hornet. John Schnatter the fonder of Papa
Johns Pizza sold his 1971 Z28 Camero for $2800 in 1983
This let his father keep his bar and allowed him to start selling pizzas
out of the backroom of the bar. The start of the third largest pizza
chain in the US. A few years ago he had a replica of that z28 made and
used it some commercials and had it sitting in the lobby of his
headquarters here in Louisville. Well I guess this wasn't good enough
for him he decided he would try and find the original. He had a web site
and offered $25,000 for it having no takers he upped the amount to
$250,000. The people who he originally sold it to got involved and found
the people they sold it to and they gave them the name of the guy they
sold it to about 5 years ago for $4,000. Schnatter went to Frankfort Ky
and had them trace the Vin number back and it did come back to his
fathers name. I am sure he had to stand in line to get it done. Right.
The guy was from the big town of Flatwoods Ky and had restored the car
with a big ass engine and had done away with the sunroof. He did keep
the same paint scheme though. Schnatter is convinced that even with the
changes it is his car. So he had a big party and parked the car in the
lobby. See if that guy who wants his original Hornet back would offer
$250,000 instead of $25 he might get it back and talk about sentimental
value. He gave $250,000 for the car just because of what it meant to
him. I guess he did get a bargain he said he would have given the money
if it had been in a basket instead he got a nice car worth I would guess
$20,000 maybe . He hasn't decided weather he is going to keep it like it
is or change it back to the way it was in 1983. To help him celebrate we
can all drive out Cameros to a Papa John's pizza place tomorrow and they
will give you a free pizza. I thought about getting some of the window
chalk and writing Camero on my Gremlins window and get my free piazza. I
doubt if most of those guys who work there would even question it. Then
I thought I wouldn't insult my Gremlin to get the free pizza.
Terry
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