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Out of Hiding!

Hanging out with a group of vintage car owners is like spending an afternoon with fishermen after they return to the dock. The parallels between the fish and car that got away are too remarkable to be a coincidence. The size of the fish that escaped the net equals the condition of a long-hidden Cadillac; its feistiness on the line as spritely as an Auburn roadster; sleekness in the water as slippery as the low-cut lines on a Packard Darrin. Or, more appropriately, a Chevrolet Corvette. You get the idea, and unless you were there to see it, these stories are either taken with a grain of salt, or swallowed whole.

If history has proven anything, it’s that some of these tales turn out

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