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My apologies if I'm late to the party (catching up on the photos in this thread, after being away for awhile) and suggesting facts already known, but it appears this may be the same car.... photo 1 from back in the day, and photo 2, (near) present day?

 

Sadly, this laurel & crocus 210 sport sedan was mostly destroyed about 10-12 years ago and the driver was badly hurt. (I used to be in a car club with him). I'm to understand the owner still has the very wrecked car in storage somewhere, with hopes of having it repaired. The car was pulling a color-matched, covered, sort of tear-drop-shaped utility trailer when he was cut off on the interstate east of Seattle, causing the car/trailer to jack-knife and pile into the jersey barrier or guard rail. I heard thru a friend the front, back & sides sustained damage, and if memory serves me correctly the frame was bent and the roof kinked. The owner had had the car repainted it's original colors just a few years prior to that. One reason I know the car well, is he purchased the then one owner car from my home state of NDakota, where it had been owned by a little ol' lady who drove it until she passed in her 90's.

 

The 4dr is being built by a friend, the blue one belongs to another friend, the grey one is from the late ‘60s local figure eight racing, and the white drag racer was one of my dads old classmates

 

I put some miles on the 56 last Saturday evening! It was so hot and nice outside that I kept cruising into the night until I came back early Sunday morning…