Dexter car auction promises something for all car enthusiasts

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

DEXTER, Mo. -- It's not just make believe: be the top bidder this weekend and you can hit the road in Conway Twitty's car. Or, if you prefer, put your foot on the accelerator pedal formerly pushed by Carl Perkins' blue suede shoes. Twitty's 1956 Ford Thunderbird and Perkins' 1986 Chevrolet El Camino are just two of a couple of hundred collector cars that will be shown and put up on the auction block for Smith's Classic Car Auction at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

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