June 27, 2004.

After climbing back down the mountain, I got to thinking how I'd get that '49 fastback outta there. To be honest, I didn't see how it had got in there in the first place.

There didn't seem to be any clear trail, though the trees in general were a little clearer there.

I was also thinking 'how do I keep this little gem secret?'

Eventually I realised I was going to need some help. The town I had stopped in at the bottom of the range, Bear Mountain, seemed like a good place to start.

A few of the old rattlesnakes in town might have a better idea of how to get a truck up there to get the old beauty down - or at least know how to get back up there - I hadn't been paying particular attention to the route.

Anyways, old Bob who apparently used to run the garage was my first point of call.

Fond of a whisky or two (bottles, not glasses), old Bob said he knew of the car - as did most of the older folks. There was no mystery there.

Bob poured another drink - and I knew that this was going to take some time. Bob said 'If you think the car is worth it, then the story was worth listening to too.

'In the old days the town had been built on gold. First it was panning at the river, where the town was built. Later, with mechanisation, the miners had worked there way up into the hills - gold gleamed in their eyes.'

'Most of the money ended up in Big River, where the highway met the river, and where most of the bars and 'Houses' were. But some stayed in the hands of those with more sense. One of them was Doc Charleson. Not an MD, but a Doctor of machines (of some sort). Not a mechanic, but a man who made some money from the mechanical misfortune of others.'

'He had made enough in the town, after World War II to purchase the flashest car in town - the aforementioned 1949 Buick Fastback. Many others in his position had had a taste of the Continent during the war, and had brought back various sporty English contraptions when they had the opportunity. But not Doc. He apparently had said that if they wanted to blow all their money on machines that would spend more time in the garage than on the road - that was their business. He trusted in Detroit Iron, and didn't care who knew it.'

'Doc was regularly up in the mine, working on this or that and usually went up the track by the rail line that worked its way up to the mine.'

"Is that where the car is now?" I asked.

"All depends."

"On what?"

"Tomorrow's bottle of whiskey."

And with that he rolled over, bid me farewell, and said to catch up with him tomorrow, after breakfast, at say, 3:00 or so.

So I headed off, found my car, and set up camp for another night.........

This model is built for LUGNuts 25th Build Challenge 'I wanna be like you', in honour of our founding father Lino and his beauty 'Hidden Treasure'

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June 27, 2004.

After climbing back down the mountain, I got to thinking how I'd get that '49 fastback outta there. To be honest, I didn't see how it had got in there in the first place.

There didn't seem to be any clear trail, though the trees in general were a little clearer there.

I was also thinking 'how do I keep this little gem secret?'

Eventually I realised I was going to need some help. The town I had stopped in at the bottom of the range, Bear Mountain, seemed like a good place to start.

A few of the old rattlesnakes in town might have a better idea of how to get a truck up there to get the old beauty down - or at least know how to get back up there - I hadn't been paying particular attention to the route.

Anyways, old Bob who apparently used to run the garage was my first point of call.

Fond of a whisky or two (bottles, not glasses), old Bob said he knew of the car - as did most of the older folks. There was no mystery there.

Bob poured another drink - and I knew that this was going to take some time. Bob said 'If you think the car is worth it, then the story was worth listening to too.

'In the old days the town had been built on gold. First it was panning at the river, where the town was built. Later, with mechanisation, the miners had worked there way up into the hills - gold gleamed in their eyes.'

'Most of the money ended up in Big River, where the highway met the river, and where most of the bars and 'Houses' were. But some stayed in the hands of those with more sense. One of them was Doc Charleson. Not an MD, but a Doctor of machines (of some sort). Not a mechanic, but a man who made some money from the mechanical misfortune of others.'

'He had made enough in the town, after World War II to purchase the flashest car in town - the aforementioned 1949 Buick Fastback. Many others in his position had had a taste of the Continent during the war, and had brought back various sporty English contraptions when they had the opportunity. But not Doc. He apparently had said that if they wanted to blow all their money on machines that would spend more time in the garage than on the road - that was their business. He trusted in Detroit Iron, and didn't care who knew it.'

'Doc was regularly up in the mine, working on this or that and usually went up the track by the rail line that worked its way up to the mine.'

"Is that where the car is now?" I asked.

"All depends."

"On what?"

"Tomorrow's bottle of whiskey."

And with that he rolled over, bid me farewell, and said to catch up with him tomorrow, after breakfast, at say, 3:00 or so.

So I headed off, found my car, and set up camp for another night.........

This model is built for LUGNuts 25th Build Challenge 'I wanna be like you', in honour of our founding father Lino and his beauty 'Hidden Treasure'

Tags:   Buick 1949 Fastback Coupe V8 LUGNuts Lino challenge moc model miniland auto car lego

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June 27, 2004.

After climbing back down the mountain, I got to thinking how I'd get that '49 fastback outta there. To be honest, I didn't see how it had got in there in the first place.

There didn't seem to be any clear trail, though the trees in general were a little clearer there.

I was also thinking 'how do I keep this little gem secret?'

Eventually I realised I was going to need some help. The town I had stopped in at the bottom of the range, Bear Mountain, seemed like a good place to start.

A few of the old rattlesnakes in town might have a better idea of how to get a truck up there to get the old beauty down - or at least know how to get back up there - I hadn't been paying particular attention to the route.

Anyways, old Bob who apparently used to run the garage was my first point of call.

Fond of a whisky or two (bottles, not glasses), old Bob said he knew of the car - as did most of the older folks. There was no mystery there.

Bob poured another drink - and I knew that this was going to take some time. Bob said 'If you think the car is worth it, then the story was worth listening to too.

'In the old days the town had been built on gold. First it was panning at the river, where the town was built. Later, with mechanisation, the miners had worked there way up into the hills - gold gleamed in their eyes.'

'Most of the money ended up in Big River, where the highway met the river, and where most of the bars and 'Houses' were. But some stayed in the hands of those with more sense. One of them was Doc Charleson. Not an MD, but a Doctor of machines (of some sort). Not a mechanic, but a man who made some money from the mechanical misfortune of others.'

'He had made enough in the town, after World War II to purchase the flashest car in town - the aforementioned 1949 Buick Fastback. Many others in his position had had a taste of the Continent during the war, and had brought back various sporty English contraptions when they had the opportunity. But not Doc. He apparently had said that if they wanted to blow all their money on machines that would spend more time in the garage than on the road - that was their business. He trusted in Detroit Iron, and didn't care who knew it.'

'Doc was regularly up in the mine, working on this or that and usually went up the track by the rail line that worked its way up to the mine.'

"Is that where the car is now?" I asked.

"All depends."

"On what?"

"Tomorrow's bottle of whiskey."

And with that he rolled over, bid me farewell, and said to catch up with him tomorrow, after breakfast, at say, 3:00 or so.

So I headed off, found my car, and set up camp for another night.........

This model is built for LUGNuts 25th Build Challenge 'I wanna be like you', in honour of our founding father Lino and his beauty 'Hidden Treasure'

Tags:   Buick 1949 Fastback Coupe V8 LUGNuts Lino challenge moc model miniland auto car lego

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June 27, 2004.

After climbing back down the mountain, I got to thinking how I'd get that '49 fastback outta there. To be honest, I didn't see how it had got in there in the first place.

There didn't seem to be any clear trail, though the trees in general were a little clearer there.

I was also thinking 'how do I keep this little gem secret?'

Eventually I realised I was going to need some help. The town I had stopped in at the bottom of the range, Bear Mountain, seemed like a good place to start.

A few of the old rattlesnakes in town might have a better idea of how to get a truck up there to get the old beauty down - or at least know how to get back up there - I hadn't been paying particular attention to the route.

Anyways, old Bob who apparently used to run the garage was my first point of call.

Fond of a whisky or two (bottles, not glasses), old Bob said he knew of the car - as did most of the older folks. There was no mystery there.

Bob poured another drink - and I knew that this was going to take some time. Bob said 'If you think the car is worth it, then the story was worth listening to too.

'In the old days the town had been built on gold. First it was panning at the river, where the town was built. Later, with mechanisation, the miners had worked there way up into the hills - gold gleamed in their eyes.'

'Most of the money ended up in Big River, where the highway met the river, and where most of the bars and 'Houses' were. But some stayed in the hands of those with more sense. One of them was Doc Charleson. Not an MD, but a Doctor of machines (of some sort). Not a mechanic, but a man who made some money from the mechanical misfortune of others.'

'He had made enough in the town, after World War II to purchase the flashest car in town - the aforementioned 1949 Buick Fastback. Many others in his position had had a taste of the Continent during the war, and had brought back various sporty English contraptions when they had the opportunity. But not Doc. He apparently had said that if they wanted to blow all their money on machines that would spend more time in the garage than on the road - that was their business. He trusted in Detroit Iron, and didn't care who knew it.'

'Doc was regularly up in the mine, working on this or that and usually went up the track by the rail line that worked its way up to the mine.'

"Is that where the car is now?" I asked.

"All depends."

"On what?"

"Tomorrow's bottle of whiskey."

And with that he rolled over, bid me farewell, and said to catch up with him tomorrow, after breakfast, at say, 3:00 or so.

So I headed off, found my car, and set up camp for another night.........

This model is built for LUGNuts 25th Build Challenge 'I wanna be like you', in honour of our founding father Lino and his beauty 'Hidden Treasure'

Tags:   Buick 1949 Fastback Coupe V8 LUGNuts Lino challenge moc model miniland auto car lego

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June 27, 2004.

After climbing back down the mountain, I got to thinking how I'd get that '49 fastback outta there. To be honest, I didn't see how it had got in there in the first place.

There didn't seem to be any clear trail, though the trees in general were a little clearer there.

I was also thinking 'how do I keep this little gem secret?'

Eventually I realised I was going to need some help. The town I had stopped in at the bottom of the range, Bear Mountain, seemed like a good place to start.

A few of the old rattlesnakes in town might have a better idea of how to get a truck up there to get the old beauty down - or at least know how to get back up there - I hadn't been paying particular attention to the route.

Anyways, old Bob who apparently used to run the garage was my first point of call.

Fond of a whisky or two (bottles, not glasses), old Bob said he knew of the car - as did most of the older folks. There was no mystery there.

Bob poured another drink - and I knew that this was going to take some time. Bob said 'If you think the car is worth it, then the story was worth listening to too.

'In the old days the town had been built on gold. First it was panning at the river, where the town was built. Later, with mechanisation, the miners had worked there way up into the hills - gold gleamed in their eyes.'

'Most of the money ended up in Big River, where the highway met the river, and where most of the bars and 'Houses' were. But some stayed in the hands of those with more sense. One of them was Doc Charleson. Not an MD, but a Doctor of machines (of some sort). Not a mechanic, but a man who made some money from the mechanical misfortune of others.'

'He had made enough in the town, after World War II to purchase the flashest car in town - the aforementioned 1949 Buick Fastback. Many others in his position had had a taste of the Continent during the war, and had brought back various sporty English contraptions when they had the opportunity. But not Doc. He apparently had said that if they wanted to blow all their money on machines that would spend more time in the garage than on the road - that was their business. He trusted in Detroit Iron, and didn't care who knew it.'

'Doc was regularly up in the mine, working on this or that and usually went up the track by the rail line that worked its way up to the mine.'

"Is that where the car is now?" I asked.

"All depends."

"On what?"

"Tomorrow's bottle of whiskey."

And with that he rolled over, bid me farewell, and said to catch up with him tomorrow, after breakfast, at say, 3:00 or so.

So I headed off, found my car, and set up camp for another night.........

This model is built for LUGNuts 25th Build Challenge 'I wanna be like you', in honour of our founding father Lino and his beauty 'Hidden Treasure'

Tags:   Buick 1949 Fastback Coupe V8 LUGNuts Lino challenge moc model miniland auto car lego

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