Watching some late night TV, hoping around and there was a show called Crusin Ohio. Interviewing and looking at some old cars and shows.
He starts talking with an owner, they scan to a car, turns out to be a '57 Crown Imperial, four-door, Well, in my younger days in Nevada when I had much more money than sense, I ended up buying a '57 Imperial, four-door. They panned all around it, and it was exactly like mine. Same color interior, plastic seat covers, which had been left on, so same color interior. Brought back a lot of memories.
Then, during the interview, he mentioned that he had bought it in Nevada, my jaw dropped, as did my heart. I'm sure there were a number of four-door Imperials of that color, with that interior, just like mine, but, well, it could have been mine .............. what are the odds on that?
Earlier, out there, I had a Studebaker Golden Hawk, loved that car, really fast, and then, no speed limit on the highway in Nevada. Often took advantage of that. Long, straight roads, could see for miles, desert or nothing on either side, well, you can imagine. Driving in Oregon one time, a deer, jumped on my hood, and popped it, slammed down on the top, no one hurt but some damage.
Got it fixed, new paint job, all new leather interior, it really looked sharp.
A car salesman in Reno used to come into the Primm often and eat lunch, had lunch with him a few times, or at least talked with him as he passed the table. Anyway, he had seen the Hawk parked outside, found out I owned it, he wanted it. We worked out a deal, my Hawk, and cash, and I ended up with the Imperial that was very low mileage, I think a year or so old then, previously owned by a lady who had a chauffer and they used the car very sparingly.
That is how this "boxman" at the time, very impressed with myself, Louis Roth suits, allegator shoes, white on white shirts, silk ties, really impressive, 26 or so years old, wearing a "suit" in a casino in Reno. Reportedly, and I admit I never saw it, but somehow a story got to the Reno newspaper in a column about the "youngest" boxman in Nevada, and some told me it got picked up by a Vegas paper. I repeat, I never saw it, but many said they did.
