To continue the saga, from today's Boulder local newspaper:
THAT'S ONE TOUGH TRUCK
Even the dullest vehicle can garner attention -- witness the 1951
Chevrolet 3100 Series pickup a dozen Cuban refugees used to flee the
Caribbean island.
The noble vehicle -- which otherwise wouldn't generate a blip in motor
vehicle history -- sank last week after the U.S. Coast Guard removed
its passengers and then sprayed it with gunfire, causing it to explode
off Key West, Fla.
Ira Shapiro, vice president of the Florida chapter of the Antique
Automobile Club of America, told the Miami Herald the vehicle should
have been towed in.
"Some collector would have paid money for it," Shapiro said. After
all it isn't often one finds a seaworthy Chevy.
A government plane spotted the pickup, outfitted with pontoons
fashioned from 55-gallon drums, July 16 about 40 miles off the coast in
a heavily traveled shipping lane. The refugees have been sent home.
Tim Lloyd, lloydt@colorado.edu
http://54peanut.blogspot.com
1954 Chevy 3100 Pickup "Peanut"
1954 Chevy 3100 Panel "Being paid for"
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