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Man buried with beloved car
The Times of India ^
| 4 April 2007
| The Times of India
Posted on 04/04/2007 9:17:13 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
KUMBAKONAM: A farmer in a Tamil Nadu village loved his car so dearly that when he died, his relatives decided to bury his old Morris Minor along with him as per his wishes.
Narayanswami, headman of Sivapuram village near Kumbakonam, in southern India died last week at the age of 64. A wealthy farmer with three sons and daughters, he bought his prized Morris Minor in 1958.
According to reports, Narayanswami was spiritually inclined but lavished his affection on his vintage car. He had earlier expressed the wish that he be buried with his car when he died.
When his friends and relatives gathered to bury him on Monday, they decided that the Morris Minor should definitely go with him.
The car was decorated and Narayanswami's body was placed in it.
A huge grave was dug with an excavator and a large crowd gathered to see the master and his machine laid to rest together.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: auto; breaking; chat; farmer; india; weird
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To: CarrotAndStick
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:19:01 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
Here's a 1958 Morris Minor:
To: Victoria Delsoul
‘You can take it with you’ PING!
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:19:54 AM PDT
by
HitmanLV
("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do suck seed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
To: CarrotAndStick
What a waste of a classic auto.
To: EternalVigilance
To: CarrotAndStick
How oddly British of him.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:20:19 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
To: MeanWestTexan
How many years will it take to completely rust out?
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:21:54 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: CarrotAndStick
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:21:55 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:26:59 AM PDT
by
realr
To: CarrotAndStick
Reminds me of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s ‘Willie the Wimp’.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:28:29 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(One fish, two fish, I want to go catch bluefish.)
To: CarrotAndStick
I’ve always loved Morris Minors. The old Renault 4CV had a similar body style.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:29:12 AM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: CarrotAndStick
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:29:57 AM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: EternalVigilance
LOL! I had a 1961 Morris Minor when I was in college. They were always burning valves. I finally solved that problem by replacing the $1 standard valve with $4 Mini Cooper valves.
Even back then, it got well over 40 MPG. I remember driving from Salinas, CA to Yuba City, CA (210 miles) for $1.95...
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:30:00 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
("Rudy can win the War on Terror!" Perhaps, but for whose side?)
To: dc-zoo
“I’ve always loved Morris Minors. The old Renault 4CV had a similar body style.”
Yes, the car made famous in an Abbott and Costello skit with the sewing machine in the trunk. (grin)
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:32:09 AM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: unkus
Depends on how wet the soil is and the mineral content.
If dry and relatively neutral, never.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:33:12 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
To: digger48
That’s weird! They should have at least closed his eyes or put sunglasses on him or something.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:34:58 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there are bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
To: EternalVigilance
That’s a cool little car! It would make a neat street rod.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:38:20 AM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: CarrotAndStick
I had a Morris Minor back when they were still making them, my first car!
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:40:08 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: CarrotAndStick
It’s too bad he wasn’t allowed to marry his car while he was alive.
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posted on
04/04/2007 9:45:26 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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