Hey Guys! Guys! I have a car! Signed by Paul Newman and Ed Harris!

[crim son]

It's so funny - I went to pick up my "pimpmobile" this morning and while giving it a test drive noticed that there were a couple of signatures on the glove compartment door. I thought maybe the mechanic signed his work but my son in the passenger seat started looking closely at the scribbles. He made out "Ed Harris" by the time we'd parked back at the mechanic. He left the car and I took a close look... could that freaking be "Paul Newman"? It was indeed. Long story short, it turns out that the car was Newman's when he made the movie "Empire Falls" here in Maine, and he and Ed Harris signed the car to thank the old dude who loaned it to them.

The car is a PIECE OF SHIT but every time I slide in the driver's seat I look over and see the signatures and I feel LUCKY!

Happy Friday Night! How are you? I'm moving furniture tomorrow so am relaxing after a day of packing. Can somebody pour me a beverage? :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

P.S. My son says that since the car is signed I must now call it the Pimpmobile Elite. :eyes:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear crim son!

How cool is that?

I'd say you're damn lucky!

Here's your beverage...drink up, sweetie!

:toast:

:beer:

[crim son]

4. I'm lucky once a year, Peg.

This is probably it! :D Thanks for the drink :toast:

[GOPisEvil]

2. You should do something to protect those autographs.

So, what kind of car is it?

Car = Freedom! :woohoo:

[crim son]

5. Well, (blush)

I'm not calling it a pimpmobile for nothing. It's a 1992 Lincoln Continental Exec - cheap as dirt and since I really drive only to the grocery store or the kids' schools and back, the gas mileage isn't a huge issue. We haven't got a dime so this was my stop-gap measure until I get a job and can afford something *ahem* newer.

But it drives, and I haven't had a vehicle for three months... three hellish months! :woohoo:

[GOPisEvil]

6. Sweet! A sofa on wheels!

And, hey, my car's a 1994 and I've been gainfully employed for lo these many years. I guess there are more important things.

3 months is too long without a car.

[crim son]

9. Yeah, that's exactly what it is!

My last car was a 1995 Pontiac Bonneville but I like the feeling I get from the Lincoln. I drive a car until it won't drive no more and hopefully I'll get a couple years out of this one.

You notice I've been depressed lately? It's not just because I'm newly single... it's also because I have been grounded. Major suckitude.

[GOPisEvil]

12. Road trip!!

Even if it's just down to the supermarket...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. take a picture ASAP

:bounce:

Paul Newman ~ sigh ~

congrats on the car :toast:

[crim son]

7. I will, after I move and get a bit settled. My camera is packed!

My oldest son always like the car but now my oh so elegant 17 year old daughter wants me to give it to her. Uh, NO. I already have fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror! :rofl: :toast: :hi:

[Orrex]

8. And the pencil in the glove compartment belonged to John Voigt

:evilgrin:

What a strange and cool story!

[crim son]

11. Well, maybe!

Or maybe it was Jason Alexander's! :hi: :D

[SPKrazy]

10. See I Got Ya A Car

now what will your excuse be?????


:shrug:


:(

[crim son]

13. Dude, you declared your undying love to every female on DU!

And I wanted a hybrid. :P

[SPKrazy]

14. I declared it to you first

the rest was just a cover

and it is a hybrid

part car

part tank

:P

[harmonicon]

15. step one: remove glove compartment door

step two: sell glove compartment door

step three: buy new car

[crim son]

16. Considering it!

But both my teenagers want it.

[harmonicon]

17. they'll give up the door...

when you tell them that they can keep the car and share it once the autographs are sold.

[crim son]

18. I wonder if they're actually worth something.

:shrug:

[harmonicon]

19. who knows?

I know who knows - someone that deals in that kind of thing.... or ebay. I find the association between a Paul Newman autograph and a car to be intriguing, at least, though of no value to me personally.

[leeroysphitz]

20. How cool is THAT? n/t

[CreekDog]

21. was it John Voights car?

:think:

[masshole]

22. Autographed glove box - way cool

This my personal favorite of Paul Newman's cars: (Letterman bought one too)
http://www.swedespeed.com/news/publish/Features/printer_33.html

[Shardik]

23. Wow! You need to go back to the original owner and document

the story for provenance the put it up on Ebay with a ridiculous starting bid and see what happens. Empire Falls was his last live action film. He only did voice for animated films after that. You have a great piece of film memorabilia there.

[Dystopian]

24. Very happy for you!

What an awesome event...that car is priceless...
I could never give it up.....unless some eccentric rich collector wanted it!
Happy day to you!
:bounce:

:hug:

peace~