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Thanks for your well-wishes, and also for your bids. It looks like a few bids have come from members of the yenko.net. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it...

There are several reasons we don't take it to the BJ Auction. First, dad's big surgery is Jan 24, and we need to raise funds BEFORE then for all the preparation that's going into this. BJ is in January, which would be too late.

Second, dad is not physically able to get to Scottsdale for the BJ, and he doesn't want to sell the car and not be involved in the process. Maybe that is hard to understand, but when you have as many emotions tied to a car as he does to this one, it makes sense. He can be involved with an Ebay auction from right there in his wheelchair.

Third, we attended the BJ from 1983 to 2004. We used to love that event. When we attended in 2004, he had a horrible experience. The event is completely different than it used to be. My dad is physically handicapped, and they treated him like sh*t. Their handicapped facilities there are horrible, and we were bullied continually by the moronic "VIP" security staff there when I tried to transport my dad around the facilities on a golf cart. It ended by me witnessing dad having to crawl across the floor of a supposedly handicapped-abled transport van. It was a humiliating experience. We no longer like that place, and the last thing we want to do is take our car to that circus-like environment. Money or not, it's just not something we want to get involved with.

Anyway, thanks again for your well-wishes. You guys are a great group, and I appreciate your interest.