Went fishing today, "caught" 13 Marlins...on film in one place!

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 We ( the Wash. DC area Potomac Ramblers club ) had heard about a 
gentleman near Fredericksburg, VA who had a huge collection of 
fish...Marlins. We had our club meeing there today, he runs a used car 
dealership on Rt. 1 near Thornburg, address 8305 Jefferson Davis Hwy. Anyway, 
we all got there about noon, and proceed behind his fence to the woods 
beyond...wow! Never seen so many Marlins in one place, except at a 
dealership, before my time, though ( ahem! ). Red ones, white ones, black 
ones, blue ones, all packed together somewhat. I can't say that I remember 
counting 13, though, he may have had some elsewhere , but there were at least 
8 at that spot. He had some other interesting cars too, a '59 camino parts 
car, 54 Desoto 4-dr sedan being converted to a convertible ( had the top 
assbly welded in place, the steel top still sitting on top as well ). An 
Edsel, an '80s diesel Olds wagon. A few caddy's from the '60s. The Marlins 
were the main attraction though. Some or most are probably parts cars only, 
but most were complete. He's been collecting them for years, and is willing 
to sell parts. One guy bought the center console out of one of them while 
there. He has mostly 65-66's, with a lone '67 with 327 / 4-spd. His name is 
Kenny Haddock, and his phone # is (540) 898-5657 . Hate to see them Fish 
spoil, maybe someone can save or salvage one or more of these cars for the 
future. I was thinking, while looking at one, how it might make a cool custom 
car by cutting the roof off down the roof trim line on either side, all the 
way back to the trunk. Would make a neat looking open-air cruiser. Make some 
"jump" seats for the trunk area, maybe. Ah, what a dreamer I am! I'm an idea 
man, though, maybe one of these days, I can take a course in welding, and 
actually make one of them happen! Still dreaming about a Gremlin Openfire or 
Woodie Gremlin conversion. :) Well, enough fantasy for one weekend, back to 
work tomorrow, and doing more hoop-jumping courtesy of the neighobrs 
complaints and the county inspector leaving a note on Friday. Can't wait 
until I get a chance to make those 5-foot high fluorescent Gremlins to nail 
to my new gates across the driveway. >:) 

Jerry 
Good day fishing....