So,--------- I've been searching for a very rare & elusive piece of Mopar artifacts for a very long time. A Dick Landy autographed cigar!!!!!!. Had a few opportunities when he was still with us, especially when he was over at my house documenting the 68 stick Hemi Dart, but it never happened.
A short time back I met a couple brothers @ the Hemi reunion in Ohio last year. great, great guys, & we've kept in contact since by email. One of them innocently sent pictures of a little treasure chest they aquired back in 97 in Carlisle. They had no idea that I was looking in ernst for one of these things. I think he sent it to me as one of those "Look at what I got" kind of things..........
Turns out they were walking through the show field & Dick just happened to be coming the other way, towards them, with cigar clenched in his teeth. The one brother stopped Dick & asked him if he could get an autographed cigar. Promply Dick says "no problem" & pulls one out of his shirt pocket. In response the brother says to Dick, "No, I don't want a new one, I want that one, the one your chewing on"!!!! Dick complies, & signs it up with a Sharpie.
Fast forward to last month. With much convincing I was able to convince them that I needed to be the new caretaker of that cigar & it now resides in my Humidor keeping my Cohiba's company complete with Landy DNA teeth marks. It is not mine, I am just the caretaker
After all these years it still is in pritine condition, tho a little petrified. Plans are to display it at some shows with my LO23
Many special thanx goes out to "The Brothers". John (ghostmissle here) & Denny Laube.
I now have one less off the bucket list
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