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Barb and Chip eventually moved away and Read had me finished by others. (He was anything
but mechanical).
When I was fixed up , Read went back to driving me around town and to play golf.

The, to my surprise, in 1978 Read towed me to Colorado and turned
me over to Chip and Barbara for good.
Can you believe it?

After all we'd been through together, Read wanted a new Datsun
260Z.
(I was hurt but, tried not to show it.)

Once I'd changed hands, I remained in
various garages and was mostly used
to stack things on as I moved with Chip
and his family from place to place.

To be fair the younger Hanbacks were
a busy family with work and school
(and, they were also always
chronically short of funds I might add)
so like any car that is not driven or
maintained I deteriorated.

That's Chip's son Casey and his friend,
hooking me up for yet another tow,
this time to Memphis, TN, moving me
from Chip's sister's garage in Kansas
City, MO.

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