In 1984, my pals told me of a 69 ragtop Goat sitting in the back lot of DePaula Chevrolet in Albany, NY. I was 19 and scurried over to see my (future) Expresso Brown GTO vert sitting looking tired backed up against a chain link fence all the way in the back. I inquired with the salesman and sure enough a nice gent from downstate had traded it for a Chevette. I bought her from the dealer and was lucky enough to reach the original owner by looking him up in the phone book. He was a nice guy and told me he had enjoyed the car for 15 years but now needed better gas mileage! He gave me the hubcaps he used in the winter on his snowtires too! The car had rally wheels but he ordered a set of caps at the dealer for his snows a few months after buying her.
I still have my matching number ragtop, after having sold her once and tracked her down to re-purchase her. The $$ I sold her for in 1992 helped finance my current business, and later I was able to get her back when that owner tired of her, which makes me a lucky guy.
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