“What a find! Forty-year-old car with under 3000 miles! This is a serious car for a serious investor but not serious money. Where else can you find a low-mileage, popular car like this for under $20,000! If you like the best, this one is ready for you. Don’t miss it.”
Duffy Schamberger was a second-hand car dealer (with a name like that, he was born to be) and he understood his job well. When the opportunity arose in 1995 for him to acquire an immaculate 1955 Plymouth Savoy in two-tone Tempo Turquoise and Orlando Ivory with a genuine 2970 miles on the clock, he knew that car should occupy pride of place on the forecourt of Duffy’s Collectible Cars at 250 Classic Car Court SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Duffy’s purchased it from John Savanyu, a Mopar enthusiast from Warren, Ohio, but he was only the second owner after ‘the proverbial little old lady’ who had