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I drove from near Houston and once you hit Mississippi the drive really becomes very nice. Its a beautiful part of our GREAT country. I arrive at the dealership early Saturday morning and Lee is there to greet me. There is also a couple of other gentlemen in the showroom drinking their morning coffee. Its that kind of place you go sit down, have a cup of coffee and share stories about life. One of the guys asked me " Are you that guy from Texas come to buy our Shelby mustang?" I replied yes and we talked a while. The car was as described sitting in the showroom, untouched, roped off, an unbelieveable sight. You see this is an old town dealership that was established back in the 1920's. Family owned for years and then sold to another family in Sulligent with the condition they keep the dealership open. The showroom was only big enough for the KR and behind the KR was the parts counter. It reminded me of something Norman Rockwell would paint if he were going to paint a picture of a small town car dealer. Its the kind of thing that well probably most of us on this website grew up with and is being lost in todays instant society.
Well we get the car out of the showroom, a little tricky since it was so small. The guy accross the street that works at the gas station comes over to say hi and bye to the car. He has a yellow mustang cobra (good looking car) and had spend alot of time in the showroom looking at the black KR. He also came over later and helped me strap down the car in the trailer. I asked him how much did I owe him and of course he said don't worry about it. All in all I had about 15 people come by and talk to me about the car. It had been a part of their life for the last year. Most of them knew I was coming. It spend about 4 hours in Sulligent. 10 minutes doing paperwork, 30 minutes taking pictures, an hour to the load the car, and a couple of other hours was just talking with the fine people in Sulligent, AL. Another funny story to add is my wife was looking for a hotel for me the night before so she gets on the net and finds a website for Sulligent. There is a phone number so she dials the number and someone picks up the phone and says "Ya LO". She tells the man that her husband (me) is coming to sulligent to buy a car and he interupts and says " OH he's the guy coming the buy the KR". He already new I was coming. Small town America is GREAT!
Anyway thats "MY KR STORY". I feel like my car has taken on a history and life of its own and I'm so glad I made the trip. Lee had alot of documentation including info about the lottery they won with Ford and even the shipping info when they received the car. I'll try to upload a couple of pictures that will help describe my experience.
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And congrats. Where in near Houston are you?
Posted 08 November 2009 - 06:28 PM
