The Vehicle on the Grassy Knoll

[Peter Lemkin]

Peter I do not know why you posted an email from Richard. There is some inaccurate info in it to. Richard did NOT learn from Bill Kelly the final resting place of the Rambler. Richard and Bill Kelly learned from me. I learned from J on his death bed. Tosh had no place to store it after his daughter and husband said they could no longer store it. It was not drivable and would have been very expensive to move let alone store. My garage was converted to a soundproof music studio in 1990 so I could not have stored it. Jay was ill with cancer and was living on almost nothing. He had no place to store it. For Richard to diss J like that ...well...I am keeping out of it. Richard is a good friend as was J.

It's a shame that this happened as this just may have been Ruth Paine's car. It certainly had many indications and connections to 1963, for those familiar with Richard's manuscript.

Dawn

I had to think several times about posting it. It was NOT sent to me privately; there is a very large CAPA email list and it was posted there - though it starts out as if it was only written to me - not so. Only seems that way as I had posted something in answer to someone else and yet another person sent it to Richard and then posted the response. I found some errors in the email...but we learn the truth by hearing different sides of the story.

However, the loss of the car is a crying shame. Obviously Jay is not to blame in this matter - he had no place to keep it. Tosh [and his daughter] took control of it...but lost it by their own collective inaction[s]. Tosh got upset at me for getting upset that it had not been saved. It wouldn't take much money to put it in a storage space or on a flatbed and brought to Tosh's home - or some alternative home nearer. Many a JFK researcher in the Austin or Dallas area would have been proud to host that rusty car. Very sad story....any version.