This is the car on Merrick Rd in the lot!!!!!! We passed by it several times a week. He thought it was too far gone to restore (you should have seen the basket cases he restored years later!). My dad had a few 1941's at the time and told his friend Bob Hellstrom about it. Bob bought it, took it to CT, and did some work to it. I don't know what condition it was in when he sold it to Jim Harnsant in Michigan. He had it for many years. I believe he worked for Oldsmobile. That car was recently put up for sale. Dusty Gray with a red interior, Tan top.
I still have my father's 1941 Phaeton which is Dusty Grey, red interior with a Gray top. It's in Amityville.
You may remember my father, Carlo Cola, from the AACA. We did the Garden City Easter Parade every year, many shows at Salisbury/Eisenhower Park.