{"id":1383,"date":"2005-05-28T17:04:39","date_gmt":"2005-05-28T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/05\/28\/strongfor-sale\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:45:14","slug":"strongfor-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/05\/28\/strongfor-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"For sale, 1975 Escort GL:  \u00a32.5 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/ford_escort_papale1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"122\" alt=\"Ford_escort_papale\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/ford_escort_papale.jpg\" width=\"250\"  \/><\/a> 60,000 miles on the clock, light blue, just one careful owner: Pope John Paul II. Jim Rich, the Illinois businessman who bought it directly from the Pope in 1996 for $102,000, has decided to sell it in order to raise cash for his businesses. It is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kruse.com\/news\/2005_0505_lv05_popePR.asp\">Kruse International <\/a>that puts it up for auction next June 3-4 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. The auction company\u2019s president, Dean Kruse, thinks the bids may reach $5 million (\u00a32.5 million), even if the value of such a car is impossible to determine. Against all odds, sold for $244,000 only,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruggedelegantliving.com\/a\/003635.html#more\"> Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s 1999 Golf<\/a> was a mere bargain !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>60,000 miles on the clock, light blue, just one careful owner: Pope John Paul II. Jim Rich, the Illinois businessman who bought it directly from the Pope in 1996 for $102,000, has decided to sell it in order to raise cash for his businesses. 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