Papa John Reunited With His Camaro
by E. Christopher Clark | Wednesday, August 26, 2009

In 1983, John Schnatter, the man who would found Papa John’s Pizza, sold his 1971 Camaro for $2,800 in order to help keep his father’s tavern afloat. Twenty-six years ago, the dude has been reunited with the car he loved. He paid $250,000 to get it back after using a blog to help track the vehicle down.
Any of you out there have something you lost long ago that you would pay anything to have back? A car? A comic book? A toy? Let us know.
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E. Christopher Clark says:
Oh, man, so would I… And for the same reasons. I don’t know what happened to mine, and I’m so sad. That was an awesomely simple role-playing game, wasn’t it? Well, it was awesome, if nothing else.
I lost my RIFTS book once upon a time, too. That was in college. At least I know where it went, which makes it somewhat less painful.
garenb says:
I used to have two 14 gallon rubbermaid bins filled with Legos. They ended up getting lost somehow when I moved 12 years ago. I would love to get those back.
Shawn says:
I actually got back what I was looking for, albeit not the exact issue. There was an old issue of Punisher that my gram bought me when I was a little kid visiting my disabled brother at Dartmouth. It was one of the two dozen or so surgeries he’s had.
Sorry, getting sidetracked. It was the first comic I ever read and I always lamented not being able to remember the issue number, but knowing what it looked like and contained for a story. Later, at a comic con, I found it for about $2. Best $2 I ever spent.
E. Christopher Clark says:
@Garen - ...and they don’t make Legos like they used to, do they? It seems like all of the new ones I see are impossibly complex and serve very specific uses (that is, you can’t really invent your own shit with them anymore).
@Shawn - That’s a great story. Thanks for sharing. Only part I wonder about is: Your gram bought you an issue of PUNISHER? That’s a pretty hip grandma.















Brendan says:
I’d love to get all my old Marvel Roleplaying books back. To share them with my boys when they’re older if nothing else.