{"id":2619,"date":"2005-01-12T03:02:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-12T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2005\/01\/wheres-walter\/"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:02:06","slug":"wheres-walter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2005\/01\/wheres-walter\/","title":{"rendered":"Where’s Walter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you have puzzled your way through the Where’s Waldo<\/a> books you know how Wayne Graefen felt. He had come to California to buy a Plymouth, and he was feeling like the child looking for Martin Handford’s<\/a> cheeky little bespectacled gent. All he could see was a

out in daylight<\/a>. Seeing, at long last, a rare 1932 PB convertible sedan, Wayne renewed his committment to buy it. Consummation merely awaited disposition of the Pontiac, Packard and GMC truck in front of it<\/a>, as well as another Pontiac and two Cadillacs, so it could be moved.<\/p>\n

The car has since emigrated to Wayne’s Texas home,<\/a> and restoration awaits. Plymouth’s convertible sedan was not as popular (690 built) as Ford’s equivalent B400<\/a> (41 fours and 842 V8s), nor as well known today. It is not, however, as obscure as the similar 1930 Sun Sedan built both as a Hudson and an Essex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps surprisingly, after too much time outdoors the Plymouth is in remarkably good shape<\/a>, the seats<\/a> almost comfortable for sitting. Wayne reports, however, that the ivy had obscured the car’s true gender; “Walter” has since been re-christened “Ivy la Deuce.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have puzzled your way through the Where’s Waldo books you know how Wayne Graefen felt. He had come to California to buy a Plymouth, and he was feeling like the child looking for Martin Handford’s cheeky little bespectacled gent. All he could see was a huge heap of ivy. In tribute to Walter….<\/span>
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