The Fleetwood is one owner... my boss bought it new and has been to all 48 States... he was in sales for office business machines.
I had not heard from them in years and one day I got a call and it was his wife... she said he is not doing well and would like to see me if I had time...
I stopped by... we had a good chat to catch up... he was in a Hospital bed in the living room.
He said I was one of the best employees he ever had... it was a summer job for me.
I asked if he still had the Fleetwood and he said yes... it has been parked in the garage of few years and his wife would start it...
He then said he remembered when I had fixed a few things on it for him... 30 years ago!
Then he said he wanted me to have it... no strings attached...
I took that picture in front of their home and he kept that picture next to his hospital bed to show visitors.
Didn't really have the place to store it here so I drove it to Seattle where I do... road trip!
Drove great... did have to stop for gas three times. His wife said he was so pleased and told everyone that would listen I had driven his car to Seattle... she said it was the happiest he had been for a long time... he was originally from Tacoma and joined the service.
Retired as a Navy commander and I was in a Seattle appliance store and one of the guys noticed the car and the Navy sticker and California plates and we got to talking...
He was amazed at how clean it was... and asked where I kept it... said I just drove up the SF Bay Area yesterday... he was taken back... and then I said why??? it's a Cadillac
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