I Got A Really Cool Gift Today

[71ChallengeHer]

There is a very nice old guy that comes into the club almost everyday.  He use to be a salesman for the Dodge Dealership here.  He knows I'm a huge Mopar fan. He told me about this tieclip he got in '69  when he sold 100 cars. And if he ever got rid of it he would give it to me. He came in today and gave me this tieclip. I cried , he is so sweet.

[Charger1973]

Hey that is pretty cool!  Sounds like a cool guy, you should buy him a beer.   

[71ChallengeHer]

Hey that is pretty cool!  Sounds like a cool guy, you should buy him a beer.   

I did

[bordin34]

Thats so cool, but do you wear a tie?

[Charger-Bodie]

thats awesome and you can wear it on a bikini strap and show it off!!

[71ChallengeHer]

If you look close you can see 100 right were the RR's feet should be. The 1 is kinda wore off.

[70charginglizard]

PRETTY AWESOME JACKIE.
WHATS YA GONNA DO WITH IT?

[Charger_Fan]

That's pretty cool, very nice of the guy.

[71ChallengeHer]

PRETTY AWESOME JACKIE.
WHATS YA GONNA DO WITH IT?

Well, I'm keeping it , of course. I'd be afraid to wear it, lose it or something. Jerry said he wore it almost everyday for a long time.

[bordin34]

Did he get anything for 50 or 150?

[Brock Samson]

thats awesome and you can wear it on a bikini strap and show it off!!

  let's just hope he don't offer to affix it, and break something..

[71ChallengeHer]

Did he get anything for 50 or 150?

Good question. I'll ask him. He did say he got a cash bonus, too. When he got the tie clip. He also told me the Driver's Ed cars back then were Barracudas

[CharlieCharger]

I bet that would be worth something some day..other then sentimental  Nice keepsake

[bordin34]

If it was ever painted like the real roadrunner I would paint it or have it painted and then give it back to him.

[71ChallengeHer]

If it was ever painted like the real roadrunner I would paint it or have it painted and then give it back to him.

It was never painted. It's just tarnished. And that's a nice thought. Jerry is 85 and his wife passed away last year. He never had any children. And he said he really wanted me to have it.

[Skued]

This post reminds me of old man my son met outside a grocery store a few years ago.  We had just finished shopping and were walking back to the truck when this old man smile at my son and asked him his name and age.  My son was four at the time and politely answered.  The man asked him if he knew what a submarine was.  My boy said sure. He told my son he was submariner during WWII and hand him a wrapped 1936 Indian nickel and walked away.  That night I wrote down the story and placed the nickel with it.  When he's older I will give it back to him with the story and remind him to thank a vet.

Steve

[Vainglory, Esq.]

Good story.  My great uncle served on the "Skate" in WWII.  Before he died, he gave my brother and me an old book that he and his submarine was in.  We won't forget.

[71ChallengeHer]

I  asked Jerry and he has a collection off tie clips. He got one everytime he sold a certain amount of cars.