I recently got a note about a rare Laser 49er selling on eBay. I was out of town that day or I would have mentioned it here at the time. It ended up selling for a scant $700 (far less than it’s worth given its importance in American automobile history)! Given that there are by my estimation three Laser 49er‘s on the road (maybe) out of about thirty originally made, it’s quite a find.

I was happy to receive an email from Beth R, who on the insistance of her 11 year old son (who thought it was the coolest car he’d ever seen), found herself the auction winner. They’re thinking about doing up this pioneering mini-van up in a Nickelodeon theme in orange with a green splash, surf board, and so on, but first they were wondering — rumor is, the car was originally painted by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, and if it was, they would rather restore the original paint. If anyone knows more about that (or Laser 49er’s in general), drop a line to Beth at anthojade7122@yahoo.com.

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