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The levy was dry?
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:49 pm
by Gob
They may be over 50-year-old and covered in dust, but the vintage Chevy cars of Lambrecht dealers in Pierce, Nebraska, are young at heart - and they have the mileage to prove it.
The treasure trove collected by Ray and Mildred Lambrecht since they opened their family-run business in 1946 is due to go under the hammer in September - including the 60 or so vehicles they own with less than 10 miles on their odometers.
More a time capsule than an auction, Lambrecht's dealership closed in 1996, and its almost good-as-new cars and trucks were sealed inside only to be opened last month.
While the auction list wouldn't set any collectors of rare vehicles into a tailspin, the real draw of the lot is the fact that so many cars have almost zero on the odometer.
There are 48 cars and trucks with fewer than 20 miles on their clocks - the oldest being a pair of 1958 Chevies and the newest being a 1980 Monza with nine miles.
Ray, 95, and his 92-year-old wife Mildred opened their dealership in 1946 after he returned from fighting in World War Two.
The family-operated business stayed open with only one additional employee, a mechanic, for 50-years before it sealed its doors in 1996.
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Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:18 am
by Jarlaxle
I'll take the Monza!
Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:14 pm
by dgs49
A "levee" is an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. Much of the destruction of New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina resulted from the failure or inadequacy of the levees.
Under normal circumstances, the levee being dry is a good thing, not something to be mourned or regretted.
"Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry," doesn't make much sense.
You don't even want to think about whether a levy is dry.
Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:21 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Maybe they wanted to go skinny dipping.
Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:52 am
by Jarlaxle
Water was low...drought.
Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:01 am
by Econoline
I heard somewhere once that "The Levee" was the name of a local teen hangout in whatever town Don McClean was living in in February 1959--which of course was dry in the sense that it didn't serve alcohol. So Don and his pals had to go find somewhere else to get drunk and sing old Buddy Holly songs.
Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:36 pm
by dgs49
...or it was just a word that sounded good in the lyric so he used it, even though it made no sense.
...the pompetus of love.
Re: The levy was dry?
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:13 pm
by dales
Anywho.......it's one helluva song
