Royally Original
Curiosity is a great thing when it comes to antique cars, as are yard sales, quick thinking and patience. “I went into the house and I went down the basement,” recalled Joe Moramarco, who hadn’t been expecting to find a 1939 Chrysler Royal at the sale. “I was walking around the basement and I opened the garage door to look inside and go in and the guy said, ‘Close the garage door. There’s nothing for sale in there.’ I saw this car, covered up in the corner, and I said, ‘What about that old car?’ ‘It’s not for sale. Close the door.’
“So I closed the door and I walked around the basement for a while.”
It might have ended there, but Moramarco couldn’t resist. He’d seen enough of the car’s shape under the cover to know that it was something from the
