Sarah Mills: The world now knows about Alice Spence and so it should
Sarah Mills is praising the two decades long work by Saskatoon police and genealogical experts that have given Alice Spe...
We all have that one thing we hold near and dear to our hearts, whether it be a keepsake, a photograph, or a favourite song.
For one 80-year-old man living in Govan, it was his 1968 Ford Galaxie GT Convertible.
Read more:
- The woman in the well: Saskatoon police solve century-old mystery
- Canada Post strike could last a long time without back-to-work legislation, lawyer says
- LISTEN: MN-S says healing can begin after province apologizes for Île-à-la-Crosse School
Keith King was forced to sell the car in 1978 when he started his family, choosing to purchase a more practical, family-oriented vehicle.
Now, after almost 47 years, it makes sense that his daughter was the one to find it.
Ebony King shared her story about her dad and his long-lost car on The Evan Bray Show, which caused the story to spread.
Listen to Ebony King on The Evan Bray Show:
King said it didn’t take long for the story to reach the right people.
“It just snowballed, and I got a Facebook message saying, ‘Hey, I think I might have your dad’s car, call me,’” said King.
“The number was in Alberta, so I didn’t have much hope for it actually. I called and we verified the VIN, and it was Dad’s car,” she said.
The car had just been returned to storage on an acreage in Alberta.
“Someone had seen the story and forwarded it on to Sean, the current owner of the car, and so then he contacted me, and that was it,” said King.
She said that after verifying the car was indeed her dad’s and speaking to the current owner, she made plans to break the news to Keith.
“We ended up getting some close friends and family together at Dad’s house on Saturday, and I had given him a greeting card, and inside it said just four big words: ‘I found your car’,” she said.
“I handed it to him, and he did not react at all, so I had a picture of the car in its current state, and I handed that to him, and he looked at it for a minute, and he said, ‘Well, I suppose it could be my car,’ and I immediately started crying, and I said, ‘No, Dad, we verified it, I know it’s your car,’” she said.
The two are now planning a trip to see the car in person.
“I think, possibly, we will be heading up to Alberta tomorrow or sometime this week, and the intention, I believe, is to bring that car home with us,” said King.
Read more:
